© Jake Roth | 2018 Jul 12
Per a report by Jon Morosi, the Giants have made an offer to Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi, to fill San Francisco’s vacant front office position previously held by Bobby Evans. The reports have raised mixed feelings amongst Giants fans because (a) Zaidi is a Dodger, and (b) his staunchly analytical approach led to some questionable decision making during the Dodgers’ World Series loss to the Red Sox.
Longtime Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow isn’t worried about any of that, however, and told Murph & Mac on Tuesday morning that Zaidi is an ideal candidate.
“I don’t know him personally, I’ve never met him,” Krukow began. “I just know of his reputation and his reputation is outstanding obviously. Successful in two organizations, kind of at the cutting edge of saber metrics and applying it to a daily game plan, so he comes with a great resume. I just can’t understand how the Dodgers would be so willing to give a guy up. Now I know they’re a little top heavy with their executives, they’ve got a ton of them up there, and they’ve spent a great deal of money in their front office a while back, but he’d be a guy to get.
“He’d be a guy that would be a catalyst guy and again I haven’t met him personally, but his reputation is solid, so I hope it happens. This is the kind of guy they want to get. They want to get somebody that is a No.1, and he certainly is that.”
Zaidi, 41, has been the Dodgers’ GM since November 2014, previously holding multiple front office positions with the Oakland A’s for the 10 years prior. In Zaidi’s four years with Los Angeles, the Dodgers have won the NL West division title every year, making it to the World Series twice. The Giants haven’t won the division since 2012, when they also won the World Series title.
Listen to the full interview below. To hear Krukow on Zaidi, start from the beginning.
