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Dodgers name Alex Anthopoulos Vice President, Baseball Operations.

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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.

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

For the second straight season, the Dodgers’ biggest off-season acquisition might be a new member of their executive team.

Alex Anthopoulos, the Toronto Blue Jays’ general manager from 2010-15, will join the Dodgers’ front office in some capacity according to multiple reports this week. Two sources familiar with the situation told me that Anthopoulos, a Montreal native, has close ties to the Toronto area and would be reluctant to leave unless he felt strongly compelled by the Dodgers’ offer. It’s unknown what that offer is.

The Dodgers have had one of MLB’s more robust executive teams for the last year, a group that includes team president Stan Kasten, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, general manager Farhan Zaidi, and executive vice president Josh Byrnes. If they aren’t running out of titles, the Dodgers might be running out of executive offices on the fifth floor of Dodger Stadium.

The Blue Jays ended a 22-year playoff drought this 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 News chose him as its Executive of the Year in October.

The Blue Jays went 489-483 during Anthopoulos’ tenure. Before he became GM, the 38-year-old served as the Blue Jays’ scouting coordinator and assistant general manager.