On Sunday, Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager Mike Hazen completed his first week on the job.
His hiring received wide-ranging praise and respect, and many around baseball are wondering what direction the Princeton graduate will take the Diamondbacks.
Hazen put his first week in perspective.
“Hopefully, it’s going to be a strong team environment where we have dynamic, forward-thinkers mixed with guys who know the game and bring different skill sets,” Hazen told The Arizona Republic. “Hopefully, it will be collaborative and an open environment where people in scouting and player development and others in baseball operations can challenge each other on assumptions and come to some good decisions.