Dodgers president of baseball operations knows there's work to do if LA wants to remain in World Series conversations.
Well, the celebration of a second straight World Series championship is now over for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the work of maintaining or adding to the 40-man roster begins.
As the General Managers meetings open on Monday, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman will have some things on his mind.
Friedman understands that he has a roster full of players who went out and gave it their all against the Toronto Blue Jays, going seven games to repeat as baseball's champions.
What, though, is there to do now? It's going to make Friedman get out his calculator and start tinkering with the massive Dodgers payroll a bit.
After last week's championship parade through the streets of Los Angeles, Friedman admitted to the Los Angeles Times that there's stuff to address.,
"Our attention span has been about two and a half minutes to think about the offseason throughout the month of October," he said. "So we have a lot of work to do."
Friedman also admitted that the Dodgers' front office was working on "really getting a sense of our roster, which obviously we know, but to really dig in and appreciate what areas we want to really target and making sure we have the requisite depth."
Last season, the Dodgers had $347 million in year-end salary and $415 million in competitive balance tax payroll.
That's a whole lot of cash for sure.
The Dodgers have a veteran-laden lineup with the likes of Freddie Freeman, Andy Pages, Mookie Betts, and others. How Friedman either adds or subtracts from it all remains to be seen.
But Los Angeles is not going to sit idly by and watch other teams improve.
It needs to be said that the GM meetings aren't really where deals or significant changes usually get announced. That probably will happen during the Winter Meetings, which will take place in early December.
But Friedman can begin a process of chatting with other GMs about potential moves. Also, don't be surprised if reports come out from media members about what's being talked about, albeit in a "sources say" context.
So, Dodgers fans, while you can revel in the team's capturing The Commissioner's Trophy for a second straight season, Friedman is going to put his head down and get back to work.
It's time to formulate another roster in search of an elusive three-peat.