General managers and front offices are judged on results.
What players did they sign? Did their trade pan out the way they wanted? Yeah, the team ahead of them drafted the guy they really wanted, but how did their actual selection work out? It’s obvious that these decisions aren’t made in a vacuum and have external factors that influence them, but that’s just part of baseball. You are evaluated on your results because it is a results-driven league.
However, this does not tell the whole story. General managers and front offices are judged on results, yes, but they should equally be judged on processes.