San Francisco Giants' Farhan Zaidi voted MLB's Executive of the Year
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi was announced as Major League Baseball's Executive of the Year on Monday after San Francisco topped all teams with 107 wins during the regular season.
Zaidi, 44, finished his third season with the Giants, who set a franchise record for victories, then lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in a National League Division Series.
Zaidi, an MIT graduate with a Ph.D. in economics from Cal, worked for the Oakland Athletics from 2011 to '14, was Dodgers general manager from 2014 to '18, then was hired by the Giants.
In voting conducted by major league clubs before the postseason, Tampa Bay Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander was second and Milwaukee Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns was third.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32588248/san-francisco-giants-farhan-zaidi-voted-mlb-executive-year
Zaidi's road to this award could arguably be pointed to his hiring of manager Gabe Kapler two years ago (IMO).
Well deserved, no matter how you look at it.