Giants name Buster Posey President of Baseball Operations, replacing Farhan Zaidi

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Giants have parted ways with Farhan Zaid and instead named former catcher Buster Posey as the new prresident of baseball operations, the Giants announced on Monday. 

"You know, I'm just excited," Posey said at a Tuesday news conference. "I'm excited to have an opportunity to be in this role. I'm excited to be a part of a team again. The San Francisco Giants organization is all I've ever known."
 

Former Giants catcher Buster Posey is now president of baseball operations. Oct. 1, 2024 

Posey became a principal partner in the Giants organization in 2022 after his retirement. 

At the time, he was the first former player to take a partner and board of directors role. 

Posey spent 12 seasons with the Giants, helping the team earn three World Series Championships. 

He was a seven-time All-Star with a career .302 batting average and was San Francisco’s fifth overall draft pick in the 2008 amateur draft out of Florida State.

"We are looking for someone who can define, direct and lead this franchise’s baseball philosophy and we feel that Buster is the perfect fit," Giants Chairman Greg Johnson said in a statement. Buster has the demeanor, intelligence and drive to do this job, and we are confident that he and Bob Melvin will work together to bring back winning baseball to San Francisco."

Zaidi joined the Giants in 2018. 

He had previously served as the general manager for the rival Los Angeles Dodgers and assistant general manager for the Oakland A's. 

"We appreciate Farhan’s commitment to the organization and his passion for making an impact in our community during his six years with the Giants," Johnson said. "Ultimately, the results have not been what we had hoped, and while that responsibility is shared by all of us, we have decided that a change is necessary."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.