LOS ANGELES -- New Dodgers vice president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos just started at his new position on Monday, two months after walking away from the Blue Jays after 13 years in the organization. His choice of Los Angeles for his new endeavor had a lot to do with a pair of old adversaries in place.
"The Los Angeles Dodgers are obviously one of the premiere organizations in the game, but the people that work here are the main draw," Anthopoulos said via conference call on Tuesday. "The ability to work with Andrew [Friedman], Farhan [Zaidi] and Josh [Byrnes] and everyone that's here.