Brandon Crawford has spent his entire career with the San Fransico Giants, but this season the veteran shortstop will join the St. Louis Cardinals.
The move to leave San Fransico wasn't his first choice. He spent 13 seasons with the Giants and wanted to remain with them in 2024, but the front office had other plans, he told The Athletic's Andrew Baggarly.
"The bottom line is I was not wanted back by the one person whose (opinion) matters," said Crawford, referring to Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi. "So I went with a team that gave me a major-league contract.