There's no chance that the Giants were banging on trash cans, or doing something similarly nefarious, while the Houston Astros were cheating their way through the 2017 season. President of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi was the Dodgers' general manager in 2017 when they lost the World Series to the Astros. There's a chance Zaidi lost out on a ring because of the scandal, but on Thursday, speaking to reporters for the first time since MLB handed down punishments and the Astros fired their GM and manager, Zaidi said he is not bitter.