Could Dodgers have too many ex-chiefs in their front office?

Apparently a team can never have too many ex-general managers around, or at least the Dodgers appear ready to test the theory.

Taking in an Arizona Fall League game together Monday were Dodgers President and CEO Stan Kasten, special GM advisors Gerry Hunsicker and Pat Corrales, director of contracts and research Alex Tamin and Josh Byrnes.

It seems increasingly clear Byrnes will soon join the Dodgers in some front office capacity. Byrnes, of course, has twice been fired as a GM (Padres, Diamondbacks).

So add Andrew Friedman and Ned Colletti to Hunsicker and Byrnes, and that’s four former general managers and I’m not even counting grand overseer Kasten, or the still vacant GM spot. By my way of counting, that’s six. And I’m only counting Byrnes once.

That’s a lot of chiefs and a lot of voices used to being heard, but asked last week if he was concerned that the front office might be approaching the too-many-cooks-in-the-kitchen arena, Kasten pooh-poohed the thought.

“I’m not concerned about it,” he said. “We’ll have someone clearly in charge. In that department, that’s going to be Andrew. And whatever he needs to supplement, then I’m all for it. Mark [Walter, chairman] is all for it. We just want to add the best and the brightest that we can.”

It’s unclear in exactly what capacity Byrnes would be used. The Dodgers, of course, also need to fill their farm director position since De Jon Watson left to join the Diamondbacks. Byrnes has a background that’s embraced sabermetrics, so there’s that connection with Friedman. He once worked under Theo Epstein with the Red Sox.