The Los Angeles Dodgers lost a key member of their front office this week when former general manager Farhan Zaidi was named the rival San Francisco Giants’ new president of baseball operations.
Zaidi, one of the more analytically-driven executives in the sport, helped replenish the Dodgers’ farm system over the past four seasons while guiding the organization to back-to-back World Series appearances in 2017-18.
Given Zaidi’s expertise in that department, the Giants were intrigued enough to make him head of their front office as they prepare for a lengthy rebuild.
That being said, there are still many fans who prefer an old school approach rather than organizations that make analytically-based decisions.