Twitter Reaction To Dodgers Expected Hire Of Farhan Zaidi

The Los Angeles Dodgers responded to their NLDS exit by hiring Andrew Friedman as president of baseball operations, which was a position the team created for the highly-touted executive.

While prying Friedman out of Tampa Bay was largely considered a major coup for the Dodgers, they still faced questions regarding other front office positions. Among them is general manager as Ned Colletti was reassigned to a role as a special advisor to team president and CEO, Stan Kasten.

After reports had the Dodgers contacting Josh Byrnes, Chad MacDonald and Farhan Zaidi within the last two weeks, they reportedly have settled on Zaidi to become their new GM. Zaidi will join the Dodgers after spending 10 seasons with the Oakland Athletics.

Zaidi served as the Athletics’ assistant general manager and director of baseball operations, and fits the mold of another executive with a strong background in analytics. Though the Dodgers are not yet done reconfiguring their front office, their moves thus far earned plenty of praise across Twitter.

Prior to the report Zaidi will join the Dodgers, Peter Gammons thought highly of what may come to fruition:

Andrew Friedman's front office w/Farhan Zaidi as GM Josh Byrnes and some more potential great hires is like a dream team

— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) November 4, 2014

Rany Jazayerli, who has written for Grantland, shared his thoughts on the hire:

Farhan Zaidi is a brilliant, universally respected baseball mind who has learned from the best, and is an outstanding hire for the Dodgers.

— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) November 5, 2014

Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports believes the Dodgers have assembled a juggernaut of sorts in the front office:

With Andrew Friedman, Farhan Zaidi and Josh Byrnes, the Dodgers have a front office with brains and audacity. A force to be reckoned with.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 5, 2014

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports also used the “Dream Team” reference:

dodgers endeavoring to form exec dream team. farhan zaidi comes from a's to be gm, josh byrnes to be a top exec. more coming

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) November 5, 2014

Ryan Theriot wasn’t quite as enthusiastic over the hire:

Wow Dodgers! Nice hire for the GM job. Hahahahahaha…….Good luck with that! #moneyballdoesntwork

— ryan theriot (@rtheriot7) November 5, 2014

Should be a Prerequisite for ALL sports GM jobs that they actually have PLAYED the game. Too much riding on their decisions!

— ryan theriot (@rtheriot7) November 5, 2014