A's executive Zaidi named Dodgers' general manager

"Farhan's primary focus will be the Major League team and player acquisitions, while Josh will concentrate on the oversight of scouting and player development. However, they will both work closely with me on all aspects of baseball operations in our efforts to make the Dodgers' front office and team the best it can possibly be."

The Dodgers also are rumored to be considering Billy Gasparino and Gabe Kapler for senior positions, but they were not included in Thursday's announcement.

MLB Network reports that the Dodgers are announcing the additions of Farhan Zaidi as GM and Josh Byrnes as senior VP of baseball operations

Friedman's hiring by CEO Stan Kasten was announced on Oct. 14. In the three weeks that followed, Friedman has added two cabinet members who blend youth and experience, while demonstrating a cutting-edge analytical intellect and a respectful appreciation for old-school baseball.

But unlike the Dodgers' previous foray into analytics with the hiring of Paul DePodesta before the 2004 season, this collection of new-breed execs includes Friedman, a GM for nine seasons, and Byrnes, twice a GM covering nearly a decade.

Zaidi comes from the same Oakland training ground as DePodesta. Gasparino has already been a scouting director, and Kapler, most recently a FOX TV analyst, played 11 seasons as a Major League outfielder.

While fans remain understandably fixated on a 26-year World Series drought, the new regime will be equally focused on delivering Kasten's promise to revitalize a player-development pipeline that fell into disrepair under previous ownerships and still struggles to promote difference makers to the Major Leagues.

In the big league dugout, Friedman has said manager Don Mattingly will return for 2015, but Mattingly's coaching staff remains in limbo.

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A's executive Zaidi named Dodgers' general manager