to approve Jeff Moorad’s purchase of the Padres. As a result, Byrnes was an inherited GM for a new ownership group led by Ron Fowler. When the Padres did not perform according to Fowler's expectations, he relieved Byrnes of his duties. However, from 2012-2014, the Padres' average payroll was 26th out of 30 teams. During Byrnes’ time with the Padres, his drafting excellence continued. In the three drafts he oversaw from 2012-2014, the Padres selected Trea Turner, Max Fried, Hunter Renfroe and Zach Eflin with their first-round picks. Each of the four selections would eventually reach 6 WAR in their careers. Only two other Padres first-rounders in the preceding 17 years would reach that threshold. Additionally, Fried and Turner would receive Cy Young Award and MVP votes, respectively, and represent the NL in the All-Star game. In Byrnes' final season in 2014, he assembled a record-setting pitching staff and the Padres set a franchise record with the fewest runs allowed in a 162-game season. Byrnes also engineered a trade with Cincinnati to acquire Yasmani Grandal, Yonder Alonso and Brad Boxberger, who all became All-Stars. Los Angeles Dodgers In 2014, Byrnes joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as senior vice president of baseball operations. He was recruited by Andrew Friedman, who had just joined the team as president of baseball operations. With Byrnes at the helm of scouting and the farm system, the Dodgers have placed in the top 10 in each of MLB Pipeline's biannual farm system rankings since they began in 2015. Plus, the team has posted their five best winning percentage seasons as a franchise since moving to Los Angeles in 1958. The Dodgers have advanced to the World Series in 2017, 2018 and 2020 and in 2019, the Dodgers finished the season with the most victories in franchise history (106). The 2020 Dodgers went 43-17 during the COVID-19 shortened regular season and won their first World Series in 32 years. Called "historically great" by CBS Sports, the 2022 Dodgers are on track to be one of the best MLB teams of all time. In 2020, MLB Pipeline ranked the Dodgers farm system as the third best in the game with five prospects listed among MLB Pipeline’s top 100: Gavin Lux, SS/2B (No. 2), Dustin May, RHP (No. 23), Josiah Gray, RHP (No. 67), Keibert Ruiz, C (No. 73) and Brusdar Graterol, RHP (No. 83). Lux, May and catcher