Kenta Maeda
Following the disappointing end of the 2014 season, the Dodgers entered their 2015 season by replacing general manager Ned Colletti and hiring Andrew Friedman, (formerly of the Tampa Bay Rays) to the newly created post of "President of Baseball Operations" with a mandate to rebuild the farm system so that the team could build from within instead of continuing to pursue costly free agents. The new front office, which included hiring new general manager Farhan Zaidi, Farm Director Gabe Kapler, Vice President of Baseball Operations Josh Byrnes, Director of Player Personnel Galen Carr, and Director of Amateur Scouting Billy Gasparino made several trades that first off-season and drastically reshaped the roster and farm system. They traded away Matt Kemp, Dee Gordon, Dan Haren and others in moves that brought in established veterans like Howie Kendrick, Jimmy Rollins and young players with potential such as Yasmani Grandal, Austin Barnes, Enrique Hernandez, and Alex Wood. At the minor league level, they put more emphasis on statcast data rather than traditional statistics, hired at least one Spanish-speaking coach to every minor league staff and introduced organic foods to players. The team battled injuries in 2015 that removed two members of the projected starting rotation to early season ending injuries and Puig also spent much of the season injured. Rookies Joc Pederson and Corey Seager came up and showed potential and Kershaw and Greinke remained the best one-two punch starting pitchers in the league. The Dodgers won their third straight NL West title for the first time in franchise history but again flamed out in the first round of the playoffs, losing to the Mets. Following the 2015 season, the club parted ways with manager Don Mattingly and Greinke exercised an opt-out clause in his contract, going on to sign with division rival Arizona. The club replaced Mattingly with San Diego coach and former Dodgers player Dave Roberts to be the team's new manager for the 2016 season and added former Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos to their front office. The team battled injuries in 2016, setting a new MLB record for the most players to spend time on the disabled list in one season. The team signed Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda in the off-season and acquired Rich Hill at the trading deadline, helping them makeup for the loss of Kershaw for two months with a back injury. They won the NL West for the fourth straight season and defeated the Washington Nationals in the Division Series before losing in the NLCS to the eventual World Series champion Cubs. Corey Seager won the National League Rookie of The Year award.