Tony La Russa, De Jon Watson, and Dave Stewart are all gone from the Arizona Diamondbacks now. Before they left, though, they kicked the lantern and burnt the whole dang barn down. From the charred remains of a team that was left in their wake, a next generation front office led by General Manager Mike Hazen and his Assistant GMs Jared Porter and Amiel Sawdaye has risen like a Phoenix to shine light on the Valley of the Sun once again.
Mike Hazen earned his stripes as a member of the Cleveland Indians in their scouting and, later, player development departments in the early 2000s.