by The stock outside the season in Los Angeles has been expanded on Monday to the Front Office that the Dodgers will reduce former general manager Farhan Zaidi in a new role.
According to multiple reports, the Dodgers Zaidi hire as a special adviser. In his role, Zaidi will also advise Dodgers -owner Mark Walter in his other sport interests, including commitment in the Lakers, Sparks, Premier League Soccer Team Chelsea and the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
Zaidi was the general director of the Dodgers of 2014-18. He has previously tightened his analysis-based approach as a data analyst and the assistant-all-generally director of the Oakland A’s Under Billy Beane. Zaidi used that approach to build a Dodgers selection that achieved the late season under his watch that included trips to the World Series in 2017 and 2018.
After the 2018 season, Zaidi left the Dodgers to take over as president of baseball activities for the rival San Francisco Giants. The Giants improved from 73-89 (.451) in the season before the arrival of Zaidi to 107-55 (.635) and NL West Champions in 2021.
The Giants are no better than third place since the title of the 2021 Division, and she fired Zaidi in September after a season 80-82. They replaced him with a franchise icon and former MVP -Catcher Buster Posey.
Now Zaidi returns to a Dodgers franchise with which he has developed his reputation that is fresh from a World Series championship and an acquisition outside the season that includes the addition of the Japanese Pitching-Fenoma Roki Sasaki and double Cy Young winner Blake Snell .
