Alex Anthopoulos was the Toronto Blue Jays’ general manager from 2010-15. (Getty Images)

The Dodgers officially hired former Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos as their Vice President, Baseball Operations on Tuesday. Anthopoulos joins Andrew Friedman, Farhan Zaidi and Josh Byrnes and will assist in all aspects of baseball operations, according to a team release.

The Blue Jays ended a 22-year playoff drought last year under Anthopoulos, who resigned at the end of the season rather than accept a five-year contract extension. Anthopoulos was already out of work when The Sporting Newschose him as its Executive of the Year in October.

The Blue Jays went 489-483 during Anthopoulos’ tenure.

“We are thrilled to be bringing Alex on board,” Friedman said in a statement. “Farhan [Zaidi], Josh [Byrnes], and myself all have longstanding relationships with him and believe his experience and perspective will be a tremendous asset to our organization.”

Anthopoulos joined Toronto following the 2003 season as a scouting coordinator and became the Blue Jays’ Vice President, Baseball Operations & Assistant General Manager in 2006 before taking over as GM on Oct. 3, 2009. He began his baseball career with the Expos as a media relations intern in 2000 before transitioning to scouting for the club for the next three seasons.

Anthopoulos, 38, is a native of Montreal. News of the impending hire was first reported last week.