When Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers, his first call wasn't to Andrew Friedman, Brandon Gomes, or anyone else in the front office; it was to Shohei Ohtani. Friedman said that it was Ohtani who broke the news to the team.
Dodgers fans don't call Ohtani "ShoGM" for no reason. Sasaki is just the latest in a growing list of free agents that Ohtani has had a hand in courting. Of course, he was there when Yoshinobu Yamamoto was being courted, and he advocated heavily for the Dodgers to sign Hyeseong Kim.
This offseason, Yamamoto might be taking on some recruiting responsibilities himself.