Overview
- The A’s announced on Friday that they and David Forst have mutually agreed to part ways and that assistant general manager Dan Feinstein will serve as interim GM through the end of the 2026 season while the team searches for a permanent replacement.
- Forst spent 27 years with the organization, joining in 2000 and serving as general manager since 2015, continuing the front office approach shaped during the Moneyball era.
- Multiple reports say a key factor in the split was Forst’s unwillingness to relocate his family to Las Vegas for the franchise’s planned 2028 move.
- The change comes with the A’s struggling this year at 45–70 and on an eight-game losing streak, after a youth-focused roster overhaul produced injuries and underperformance among several homegrown players.
- Owner John Fisher and Forst issued conciliatory statements praising one another, and the new GM search will shape the club’s roster strategy and operations as it prepares to move to Las Vegas.