November 17th, 2020 at 8:46 am 
by Ron Cervenka What came as a surprise to no one, or at least shouldn’t have, 44-year-old Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman has been named Major League Baseball’s Executive of the Year. The announcement came early Tuesday morning.
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Friedman, who served as general manager of the (then) Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2006 through the 2014 season, was hired by the Dodgers on October 14, 2014, to replace Ned Colletti as the Dodgers GM. Colletti remained with the team in an advisory role while also serving as an analyst for SportsNetLA, but eventually left the team to spend more time with SNLA, where he ended up winning an Emmy Award with the network.
Ironically – perhaps even prophetically – when Friedman left Tampa Bay, he told reporters that he wouldn’t be surprised to see the Dodgers and Rays meet in the World Series one day.
Great call, Andrew!
The entire staff at ThinkBlueLA.com sends our heartiest congratulations to Andrew and to the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers for this prestigious – and well-deserved – honor.
Play Ball!
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He’s done a great job. A well deserved honor.
Nobody is going to get every move right. And sometimes the best move are the moved that didn’t happen. Friedman (and a hat tip to Kasten) deserve a ton of credit for getting back to the mentality of drafting and developing above average major leaguers. This is how so many championship Dodgers teams were built! Homegrown talent playing Dodgers Baseball. It’s evolved a bit, but LA could have an entire rotation and at least half their position players as originally signed/drafted as Dodgers. That’s a testament to the whole operation of from scouts to coaches, analytics department and everyone who helps build a winning team, without actually playing the game. Here’s to a few more championships!