Major League Baseball announced Tuesday morning that Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman has been named MLB’s 2020 Executive of the Year.
News: Andrew Friedman of @Dodgers voted @MLB Executive of the Year, in ballots cast by all 30 clubs prior to the start of the postseason. Rick Hahn of the @WhiteSox was second, followed by Erik Neander of @RaysBaseball. @MLBNetwork
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) November 17, 2020
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman named Executive of the Year. White Sox’s Rick Hahn second, Rays’ Erik Neander third. Award given by MLB and results from voting among the 30 clubs, each of which cast a vote prior to the postseason.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 17, 2020
The news was first reported by Jon Morosi and Ken Rosenthal and confirmed by MLB’s PR Department, and also the Dodgers.
Los Angeles @Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman, whose Club posted the best 2020 regular season before earning their first World Series Championship since 1988, has been named the recipient of MLB's 2020 Executive of the Year Award. pic.twitter.com/XPd1HCjZDs
— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) November 17, 2020
World Champion and Executive of the Year.
Congratulations to Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman on being named MLB’s 2020 Executive of the Year! pic.twitter.com/MrMtMsa5d6
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 17, 2020
Friedman, 44, is just the third winner of MLB’s Executive of the Year Award, which began at the conclusion of the 2018 season. Oakland’s Billy Beane won the inaugural award before Tampa Bay’s Erik Neander earned the honor in 2019.
Friedman assembled a Dodger roster that finished the 2020 regular season with a Major League best 43 wins in 60 games and won their eighth straight division title, on the road to becoming World Series champions and ending a 32-year championship drought in Los Angeles.
For this award, all 30 clubs cast a vote for the award prior to the start of the postseason. Friedman finished ahead of runner-up Rick Hahn of the White Sox and last year’s winner Erik Neander of the Rays.
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