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They believe in our pitching group and the ability they have to get the most out of them. Prospect Joey Bart is expected to be handed the keys as the Giants' next catcher. They also have Curt Casali, who is arbitration-eligible, still in the building.

Casali proved this past season how much pitchers trust him, and his 2. The Giants went in games that Casali started. The Giants' starting rotation consists of just Logan Webb right now. It was not a surprising end to his tenure. Dickerson, who is arbitration-eligible, was going to be non-tendered late next week anyway, and the Giants, needing a roster spot, decided to give the veteran a head start on finding his next home.

After talking about the DeSclafani move, president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi expressed his appreciation for everything Dickerson meant to the organization over three seasons. The Giants gave Dickerson that opportunity in after injuries kept him from breaking through in San Diego, and he should always be remembered as a key figure in Zaidi's push to quickly reload and win over a fan base. Like with Yastrzemski, he was early proof that Zaidi and his front office could find undervalued players elsewhere and give them the runway, as Zaidi has said so often, to succeed in the big leagues.

Dickerson's arrival also might have been the reason Madison Bumgarner and Will Smith ended up spending the rest of that season in orange and black.

Dickerson hit a homer and drove in six runs on his first night in the lineup and the Giants, 11 games under. With the "Dick!

He had six game-tying or go-ahead hits in the ninth inning. He also earned the respect and admiration of his teammates, who helped him win the Willie Mac Award. Zaidi graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an economics degree in and received a Ph.

D in economics from California in He likes to combine the analytics that have become so prevalent in the game with a philosophy that values qualities beyond numbers. He spent three seasons in L. It never feels overbearing. It always feels like a partnership. I definitely am pretty hands-off as far as the sort of modern interaction between managers and front office goes.