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Dodgers LAD

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GM: Ned Colletti

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2007, 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
$116M
Surplus $M
-40
Win %
0.506
TAB
-1.6
WAB
-4.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
36.8
Dead money %
35%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-4.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2007 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRussell Martin145
RMike Lieberthal31
RChad Moeller⇄7

1B

LJames Loney93
RNomar Garciaparra68
LMark Sweeney⇄13
ROlmedo Saenz13
RShea Hillenbrand⇄6
RRamon Martinez1

2B

RJeff Kent133
RRamon Martinez36
BTony Abreu25
RWilson Valdez12
BDelwyn Young2
LMarlon Anderson⇄1

3B

RNomar Garciaparra43
RAndy LaRoche30
BTony Abreu28
RRamon Martinez17
RShea Hillenbrand⇄14
RWilson Valdez9
ROlmedo Saenz3

SS

BRafael Furcal138
RWilson Valdez12
RChin-Lung Hu10
RRamon Martinez8
BTony Abreu7

LF

LLuis Gonzalez127
LAndre Ethier60
BDelwyn Young6
RWilson Valdez2
RAndy LaRoche1

CF

LJuan Pierre162
RMatt Kemp6
RWilson Valdez1

RF

LAndre Ethier102
RMatt Kemp88
LJames Loney1
BWilson Betemit⇄1

DH

ROlmedo Saenz5
LMarlon Anderson⇄3
RRussell Martin2
LLuis Gonzalez1
RMike Lieberthal1
LRandy Wolf1

Starters

RBrad Penny5.1 WAR
RDerek Lowe3.0 WAR
RChad Billingsley2.0 WAR
LRandy Wolf1.7 WAR
LMark Hendrickson1.4 WAR
RBrett Tomko⇄0.5 WAR
LHong-Chih Kuo0.5 WAR
LDavid Wells⇄0.5 WAR
LEric Stults0.5 WAR
RJason Schmidt0.2 WAR
REsteban Loaiza⇄-0.7 WAR

Bullpen

★ RTakashi Saito39 sv
RJonathan Broxton32 h
RScott Proctor⇄18 h
LJoe Beimel16 h
RRoberto Hernandez⇄5 h
RRudy Seanez4 h
RChin-hui Tsao3 h
RD.J. Houlton2 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 2006)

PlayerfWAR
Juan Pierre2.4
Randy Wolf1.7
Tony Abreu0.6
Luis Gonzalez0.6
David Wells0.5
Rudy Seanez0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
J.D. Drew4.2
Greg Maddux1.5
Aaron Sele1.3
Kenny Lofton1.0
Danys Baez0.7
José Cruz Jr.0.6

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 2007; everyone else is shown as a 2007 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Brad Penny 2007 +5.1 +101.8 7.8 +94.1 $1.5M 2.50× –
Russell Martin 2007 +5.5 +56.3 0.4 +55.9 $0.1M 1.28× –
Derek Lowe 2007 +3.0 +47.3 9.5 +37.8 $3.1M 1.96× –
Takashi Saito 2007 +2.0 +32.0 1.0 +31.0 $0.5M 1.95× –
Jonathan Broxton 2007 +1.9 +30.4 0.4 +30.0 $0.2M 1.95× –
Juan Pierre 2007 +2.4 +23.2 7.5 +15.7 $3.1M 1.22× –
Matt Kemp 2007 +1.6 +15.8 0.4 +15.5 $0.2M 1.22× –
Andre Ethier 2007 +1.6 +15.8 0.4 +15.4 $0.2M 1.22× –
Chad Billingsley 2007 +2.0 +15.7 0.4 +15.3 $0.2M 0.98× –
Jeff Kent 2007 +2.8 +24.4 9.8 +14.6 $3.5M 1.07× –
Randy Wolf 2007 +1.7 +20.0 7.5 +12.5 $4.5M 1.49× –
James Loney 2007 +1.8 +11.7 0.4 +11.4 $0.2M 0.81× –
Wilson Betemit↔ 2007 +0.9 +5.8 0.3 +5.5 $0.3M 0.83× –
Mark Hendrickson 2007 +1.4 +7.4 2.9 +4.5 $2.1M 0.67× –
Joe Beimel 2007 +1.0 +5.2 0.9 +4.3 $0.9M 0.67× –
Hung-Chih Kuo 2007 +0.5 +4.4 0.4 +4.0 $0.7M 1.02× –
David Wells↔ 2007 +0.5 +4.1 0.7 +3.4 $1.4M 1.02× –
Eric Stults 2007 +0.5 +2.5 0.4 +2.1 $0.8M 0.67× –
Rudy Seanez 2007 +0.5 +2.5 0.7 +1.8 $1.5M 0.67× –
Wilson Valdez 2007 +0.4 +1.7 0.4 +1.3 $1.0M 0.56× –
Scott Proctor↔ 2007 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.1 $34.9M 1.34× –
Yhency Brazoban 2007 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $17.1M 0.67× –
Chad Moeller↔ 2007 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 – 0.52× –
Mark Sweeney↔ 2007 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 – 0.56× –
Brett Tomko↔ 2007 +0.5 +2.8 3.4 -0.6 $6.5M 0.67× –
Marlon Anderson↔ 2007 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -1.0 – 0.69× –
Roberto Hernandez↔ 2007 -0.1 -0.8 1.5 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Mike Lieberthal 2007 -0.3 -1.2 1.1 -2.3 – 0.52× –
Olmedo Saenz 2007 -0.3 -1.5 1.0 -2.5 – 0.56× –
Luis Gonzalez 2007 +0.6 +3.8 7.2 -3.4 $12.7M 0.83× –
Shea Hillenbrand↔ 2007 -0.6 -2.7 1.6 -4.4 – 0.58× –
Brady Clark↔ 2007 -0.3 -1.8 2.7 -4.5 – 0.83× –
Ramon Martinez 2007 -0.9 -4.2 0.8 -5.0 – 0.56× –
Rafael Furcal 2007 +1.4 +6.6 13.7 -7.1 $10.1M 0.61× –
Esteban Loaiza↔ 2007 -0.7 -5.8 5.4 -11.2 – 1.02× –
Nomar Garciaparra 2007 -1.0 -4.4 8.5 -12.9 – 0.56× –
Jason Schmidt 2007 +0.2 +2.0 15.7 -13.7 $63.7M 1.02× –
Andy LaRoche 2007 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.58× –
Chin-Lung Hu 2007 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.61× –
Chin-hui Tsao 2007 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.67× –
D.J. Houlton 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Delwyn Young 2007 +0.5 +3.1 – – – 0.83× –
Eric Hull 2007 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Jon Meloan 2007 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Tony Abreu 2007 +0.6 +2.7 – – – 0.58× –
Total—+36.9+427.8116.1+303.9—

Trades

Every graded 2007 deal involving the Dodgers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2007 · LAD / CHW
LAD · Ned Colletti +$0.0M
Dwayne Pollok
CHW · Kenny Williams +$0.0M
Tomás Pérez
Even trade
2007 · MIL / LAD
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$6.4M
Elmer Dessens
LAD · Ned Colletti −$6.4M
Brady Clark
MIL came out ahead by $6.4M
2007 · SFG / LAD
SFG · Brian Sabean +$8.8M
Travis Denker
LAD · Ned Colletti −$8.8M
Mark Sweeney
SFG came out ahead by $8.8M
2007 · LAD / NYY
LAD · Ned Colletti +$1.6M
Scott Proctor
NYY · Brian Cashman −$1.6M
Wilson Betemit
LAD came out ahead by $1.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$115.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2007, 2007–2013. 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 (24)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Jason Schmidt3412.000$15.7MFREE AGENT$15.2M
Rafael Furcal297.000$13.7M$15.7M$7.5M$9.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Jeff Kent3915.000$9.8M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Derek Lowe3410.000$9.5M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Nomar Garciaparra3311.000$8.5M$9.5MFREE AGENT
Brad Penny297.000$7.8M$9.2MFREE AGENT
Juan Pierre297.000$7.5M$8.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Randy Wolf308.000$7.5MFREE AGENT$5.0M
Luis Gonzalez3917.000$7.2MFREE AGENT
Esteban Loaiza3512.000$5.4M$5.2MFREE AGENT
Brett Tomko3410.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Brady Clark347.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Shea Hillenbrand316.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Roberto Hernandez4216.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Lieberthal3513.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Olmedo Saenz3613.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Joe Beimel306.000$912k$1.9MFREE AGENT
Ramon Martinez349.000$800kFREE AGENT
David Wells4420.000$724kFREE AGENT
Rudy Seanez3818.000$700kFREE AGENT
Marlon Anderson339.000$322kFREE AGENT
Wilson Betemit256.000$281kFREE AGENT
Mark Sweeney3712.000$255k$600kFREE AGENT
Chad Moeller327.000$132kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Mark Hendrickson335.000$2.9MFREE AGENT
Yhency Brazoban273.000$395kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilson Valdez293.000$381kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Proctor303.000$170kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chin-hui Tsao264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Takashi Saito371.000$1.0MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Broxton232.000$390kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Russell Martin241.000$388kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andre Ethier251.000$388kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Billingsley221.000$384kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hung-Chih Kuo252.000$384kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Kemp221.000$383kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James Loney231.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Stults271.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Delwyn Young251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
D.J. Houlton272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy LaRoche230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Hull27–—
Jon Meloan220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chin-Lung Hu230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Abreu220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2007 acquisition stacked onto Dodgers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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