The Giants’ search for a new head of baseball operations has come to an end. Per Hank Schulman, Farhan Zaidi has accepted the offer that was extended Tuesday afternoon.
The Giants also made the hire official.
If there’s anything the 1997 smash thriller Face/Off taught us, it’s that if you can’t beat them, become them.
Not only does this make the Giants’ front office stronger, but it almost certainly makes the Dodgers weaker. Zaidi was a major force in refining the Dodgers front office. In the first years of the Dodgers’ new ownership, they had the resources to throw money at anyone and everyone, but under Zaidi they spent smartly and they used their wealth to build depth rather than make a top heavy team.