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200292–70 (0.568)
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GM: Dan Evans

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2002, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$86M
Surplus $M
-18
Win %
0.568
TAB
+3.3
WAB
+6.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
40.7
Dead money %
9%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-3.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RPaul Lo Duca137
BChad Kreuter41
RDavid Ross6

1B

REric Karros142
LDave Hansen27
RPaul Lo Duca18
RMike Kinkade11
LTyler Houston⇄5

2B

RMark Grudzielanek147
LAlex Cora40
RJeff Reboulet11
LJoe Thurston4
BCésar Izturis1
RJolbert Cabrera⇄1

3B

RAdrian Beltré157
LTyler Houston⇄30
LDave Hansen11
RJeff Reboulet3
RJolbert Cabrera⇄1

SS

BCésar Izturis128
LAlex Cora61
RJeff Reboulet5

LF

RBrian Jordan121
RMarquis Grissom36
RPaul Lo Duca9
RMike Kinkade8
LDave Roberts3
RJolbert Cabrera⇄3
RChin-Feng Chen1

CF

LDave Roberts115
RMarquis Grissom72
RWilkin Ruan5

RF

LShawn Green156
RJolbert Cabrera⇄5
RBrian Jordan4
LLuke Allen3
RMarquis Grissom2

DH

RBrian Jordan3
LDave Hansen3
RJeff Reboulet1
RMark Grudzielanek1
LShawn Green1

Starters

LOdalis Perez5.1 WAR
RHideo Nomo2.7 WAR
RAndy Ashby1.7 WAR
LOmar Daal1.6 WAR
RKevin Brown0.8 WAR
LKazuhisa Ishii0.4 WAR
LVictor Alvarez0.3 WAR
RKevin Beirne-0.1 WAR
RGiovanni Carrara-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ REric Gagne52 sv
RPaul Quantrill32 h
RPaul Shuey⇄19 h
LJesse Orosco16 h
RGiovanni Carrara13 h
RGuillermo Mota4 h
LTerry Mulholland⇄0 h
RKevin Beirne0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2001)

PlayerfWAR
Odalis Perez5.1
Hideo Nomo2.7
Dave Roberts2.6
Brian Jordan2.5
Omar Daal1.6
Paul Quantrill1.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Player2001 fWAR
Gary Sheffield4.6
Chan Ho Park4.4
Terry Adams4.0
Darren Dreifort1.4
James Baldwin0.8
Matt Herges0.7

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Dodgers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2002; everyone else is shown as a 2002 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Odalis Perez 2002 +5.1 +102.7 0.6 +102.1 $0.1M 2.50× –
Eric Gagne 2002 +3.6 +83.5 0.3 +83.2 $0.1M 2.88× –
Shawn Green 2002 +4.9 +69.8 13.4 +56.3 $2.8M 1.79× –
Hideo Nomo 2002 +2.7 +42.8 4.5 +38.3 $1.6M 1.96× –
Adrian Beltré 2002 +4.0 +39.8 2.8 +37.0 $0.7M 1.25× –
Dave Roberts 2002 +2.6 +33.4 0.2 +33.1 $0.1M 1.60× –
Brian Jordan 2002 +2.5 +32.1 6.6 +25.5 $2.6M 1.60× –
Alex Cora 2002 +2.5 +23.9 0.6 +23.3 $0.2M 1.18× –
Paul Lo Duca 2002 +2.7 +21.6 0.5 +21.1 $0.2M 1.00× –
Omar Daal 2002 +1.6 +19.0 5.0 +14.0 $3.1M 1.49× –
Andy Ashby 2002 +1.7 +20.7 8.0 +12.7 $4.6M 1.49× –
Marquis Grissom 2002 +1.6 +15.2 5.0 +10.2 $3.2M 1.22× –
Paul Quantrill 2002 +1.5 +7.8 2.8 +5.0 $1.9M 0.67× –
Kaz Ishii 2002 +0.4 +3.1 0.9 +2.2 $2.4M 1.02× –
Chad Kreuter 2002 +0.5 +2.1 1.1 +1.0 $2.2M 0.52× –
Dave Hansen 2002 +0.4 +1.7 0.7 +1.0 $1.8M 0.56× –
Hiram Bocachica↔ 2002 +0.1 +0.8 0.1 +0.7 $1.1M 0.83× –
Mark Grudzielanek 2002 +1.2 +5.4 5.0 +0.4 $4.2M 0.56× –
Jolbert Cabrera↔ 2002 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 – 0.83× –
Eric Karros 2002 +1.4 +6.3 6.9 -0.6 $4.9M 0.56× –
Paul Shuey↔ 2002 +0.0 +0.0 1.4 -1.3 $373.0M 1.34× –
Jeff Reboulet 2002 -0.3 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 – 0.56× –
Tyler Houston↔ 2002 -0.6 -2.6 0.5 -3.1 – 0.58× –
Cesar Izturis 2002 -0.8 -3.8 0.2 -4.0 – 0.61× –
Terry Mulholland↔ 2002 -0.6 -3.3 1.8 -5.1 – 0.67× –
Giovanni Carrara 2002 -0.5 -5.1 0.4 -5.5 – 1.34× –
Kevin Brown 2002 +0.8 +6.3 15.7 -9.4 $20.2M 1.02× –
Bryan Corey 2002 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Chin-Feng Chen 2002 -0.1 -0.8 – – – 0.83× –
David Ross 2002 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.52× –
Dennis Springer 2002 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Guillermo Mota 2002 +0.4 +2.2 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Williams 2002 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Jesse Orosco 2002 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Joe Thurston 2002 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.56× –
Kevin Beirne 2002 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Luke Allen 2002 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.83× –
Mike Kinkade 2002 +0.9 +4.0 – – – 0.56× –
Robert Ellis 2002 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Victor Alvarez 2002 +0.3 +1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Wilkin Ruan 2002 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+40.7+529.085.6+436.3—

Trades

Every graded 2002 deal involving the Dodgers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2002 · ATL / LAD
ATL · John Schuerholz +$15.2M
Gary Sheffield
LAD · Dan Evans −$15.2M
Brian Jordan, Odalis Pérez, Andrew Brown
ATL came out ahead by $15.2M
2002 · LAD / CHC
LAD · Dan Evans +$4.0M
Todd Hundley, Chad Hermansen
CHC · Andy MacPhail −$4.0M
Mark Grudzielanek, Eric Karros
LAD came out ahead by $4.0M
2002 · LAD / DET
LAD · Dan Evans +$8.0M
Tom Farmer, Jason Frasor
DET · Randy Smith −$8.0M
Hiram Bocachica
LAD came out ahead by $8.0M
2002 · LAD / WSN
LAD · Dan Evans +$12.8M
Guillermo Mota, Wilkin Ruan
WSN · Larry Beinfest −$12.8M
Matt Herges, Jorge Nunez
LAD came out ahead by $12.8M
2002 · LAD / CLE
LAD · Dan Evans +$2.4M
Jolbert Cabrera
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$2.4M
Lance Caraccioli
LAD came out ahead by $2.4M
2002 · CLE / LAD
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$1.6M
Ricardo Rodríguez, Terry Mulholland, Francisco Cruceta
LAD · Dan Evans −$1.6M
Paul Shuey
CLE came out ahead by $1.6M
2002 · MIL / LAD
MIL · Dean Taylor +$4.0M
Ben Diggins, Shane Nance
LAD · Dan Evans −$4.0M
Tyler Houston, Brian Mallette
MIL came out ahead by $4.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2002 payroll
$85.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 2002, 2002–2008. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Kevin Brown3716.000$15.7M$15.7MFREE AGENT
Shawn Green299.000$13.4M$15.7M$16.7MFREE AGENT
Andy Ashby3411.000$8.0M$8.5MFREE AGENT
Eric Karros3411.000$6.9MFREE AGENT
Brian Jordan3510.000$6.6M$9.6MFREE AGENT
Mark Grudzielanek327.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Omar Daal309.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Marquis Grissom3513.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Hideo Nomo337.000$4.5M$7.8M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Paul Quantrill3310.000$2.8M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Terry Mulholland3916.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Paul Shuey318.000$1.4M$3.9MFREE AGENT
Chad Kreuter3714.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Dave Hansen3312.000$675kFREE AGENT
Tyler Houston316.000$512kFREE AGENT
Jeff Reboulet3810.000$450kFREE AGENT
Giovanni Carrara347.000$360kFREE AGENT$500k
Jesse Orosco4523.000—FREE AGENT
Dennis Springer377.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Adrian Beltré234.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Cora264.000$625kARB 3FREE AGENT
Odalis Perez244.000$625kARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Lo Duca304.000$547kARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Gagne263.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Roberts303.000$218kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jolbert Cabrera294.000$55kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Corey284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Kinkade294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Guillermo Mota283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Kaz Ishii280.000$900kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cesar Izturis221.000$215kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hiram Bocachica262.000$133kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Ellis31–—
Kevin Beirne282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Williams30–—
Luke Allen23–—
Chin-Feng Chen24–—
Wilkin Ruan23–—
Joe Thurston220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Alvarez25–—
David Ross250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2002 acquisition stacked onto Dodgers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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