Athletics fire GM David Forst, turn to Dan Feinstein

The A's finally pulled the trigger. David Forst, the man who's run Oakland/Sacramento's front office since 2015 and spent 27 years in the organization dating back to his days as a scout, is out as general manager. Assistant GM Dan Feinstein takes over on an interim basis for the rest of the 2026 season while the club runs a full search for Forst's replacement.

Ken Rosenthal

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The A’s have fired general manager David Forst, sources tell me and @charlottevarnes

Ken Rosenthal broke the news alongside Charlotte Varnes, and Jon Heyman confirmed it moments later, crediting the same duo with the scoop. When two of the most plugged-in reporters in the sport are racing to confirm the same firing within minutes of each other, you know it's been building for a while.

Jon Heyman

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A’s fire longtime GM David Forst @Ken_Rosenthal and @charlottevarnes 1st

And it has been building. This A's team actually looked competent for a stretch, sitting right at.500 (38-38) on June 19 after leading the AL West earlier in the season. Then the wheels came off in historic fashion — a 7-32 stretch since that point, reportedly 7.5 games worse than any other team in baseball over that span. That's not a slump, that's a full organizational collapse, and it cost the GM his job.

Mark Feinsand's report made the move official, confirming Forst is out and Feinstein is stepping in for the remainder of the year.

Mark Feinsand

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The Athletics announced that David Forst is out as GM. Assistant GM Dan Feinstein takes over on an interim basis for the remainder of the 2026 season.

The timing adds another layer here. This is happening while the franchise is in limbo — playing in Sacramento, years removed from Oakland, and waiting on a new stadium in Las Vegas that isn't scheduled to open until 2028. Whoever takes over for Feinstein on a permanent basis inherits all of it: locking up young cornerstone Nick Kurtz, figuring out payroll, luring pitching to a home ballpark that's currently a AAA facility, and keeping the Vegas relocation on track. It's about as unglamorous a GM opening as exists in the sport right now.

For now, Feinstein is the guy steering the ship through the rest of a lost season, and the front office search becomes the real storyline in Oakland — er, Sacramento — er, eventually Vegas. Baseball's most nomadic franchise just added front office turmoil to the list of things it's figuring out on the fly.