On election day, the San Francisco Giants gave their own vote of confidence to a candidate for their open president of baseball operations position. Early in the day, Jon Heyman was among the many to report that the Giants had offered the position to Farhan Zaidi, and later in the day, Hank Schulman was the first to report that Zaidi accepted the offer.
After an extensive search that lasted more than a month and included a wide variety of candidates, the Giants set their sights on Zaidi, formerly the general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.