The Los Angeles Dodgers rehired longtime major leaguer Raul Ibanez as their new vice president of baseball development and special projects, the team announced Friday.

Ibanez spent the past two years working with Major League Baseball as a senior vice president of on-field operations, reporting directly to executive vice president Morgan Sword -- who helped spearhead last year's rule changes -- while working on issues related to rules, equipment and on-field technology. Prior to that, Ibanez spent six years as a special assistant within the Dodgers' baseball operations department.