President of Baseball Operations, Los Angeles Dodgers

In charge of the team’s blueprint since 2014, Friedman molded a roster that won a franchise-record 111 games last year but came up disappointingly short in the playoffs. To avoid payments in the MLB’s Competitive Balance Tax, he’s also worked around a payroll reduction of what was once a league-high $261 million down to $217 million this year, which came with the decisions to offload high-priced players such as Trea Turner, Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner while abstaining from spending in the free-agent market.

YEARS ON THE LA500: 7