Rosternomics

Dodgers LAD

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GM: Ned Colletti (since 2006)

2008 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-1.2
WAB — wins above budget
-1.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
84–78 (0.519)
record · made playoffs
-29M
surplus $M (value/$)
36.2
roster fWAR
$111.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Russell Martin 25 pre-arb 155 7.3 0.5 +15.9
Derek Lowe 35 FA-elig 34 4.2 10.0 -0.5
Chad Billingsley 23 pre-arb 35 3.7 0.4 +7.8
Hiroki Kuroda 33 pre-arb 31 3.4 7.4 +0.2
Andre Ethier 26 pre-arb 141 3.4 0.4 +7.1
Matt Kemp 23 pre-arb 155 3.3 0.4 +7.1
Manny Ramirez↔ BOS 36 FA-elig 53 3.0 6.6 +0.1
Hung-Chih Kuo 26 arb 42 2.2 0.4 +4.7
Jonathan Broxton 24 arb 70 2.0 0.5 +4.1
Rafael Furcal 30 FA-elig 36 2.0 15.7 -11.2
Takashi Saito 38 pre-arb 45 1.6 2.0 +1.5
Blake DeWitt 22 pre-arb 117 1.6 0.4 +3.1
Clayton Kershaw 20 22 1.0
Casey Blake↔ CLE 34 FA-elig 58 0.9 2.3 -0.4
Joe Beimel 31 FA-elig 71 0.5 1.9 -0.8
Ramon Troncoso 25 pre-arb 32 0.4 0.4 +0.5
Greg Maddux↔ SDP 42 FA-elig 7 0.4 2.1 -1.2
Cory Wade 25 55 0.4
Jeff Kent 40 FA-elig 121 0.3 9.0 -8.3
Eric Stults 28 9 0.3
Nomar Garciaparra 34 FA-elig 55 0.2 9.5 -9.1
Danny Ardoin 33 24 0.2
Esteban Loaiza↔ CHW 36 FA-elig 7 0.1 5.2 -4.9
Chan Ho Park 35 55 0.1
James McDonald 23 4 0.1
Terry Tiffee 29 6 0.0
Jason Repko 27 22 0.0
Tanyon Sturtze 37 3 0.0
Yhency Brazoban 27 2 -0.0
Juan Pierre 30 FA-elig 119 -0.0 8.0 -8.0
Brad Penny 30 FA-elig 19 -0.0 9.2 -9.3
Gary Bennett 36 FA-elig 10 -0.1 0.8 -1.0
Delwyn Young 26 pre-arb 83 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
A.J. Ellis 27 4 -0.1
Brian Falkenborg↔ SDP 30 16 -0.1
Scott Proctor 31 arb 41 -0.2 1.1 -1.5
Scott Elbert 22 10 -0.2
Pablo Ozuna↔ CHW 33 FA-elig 36 -0.3 0.6 -1.3
Andy LaRoche↔ PIT 24 pre-arb 27 -0.3 0.1 -0.9
Jason Johnson 34 16 -0.3
James Loney 24 pre-arb 161 -0.4 0.4 -1.4
Luis Maza 28 45 -0.5
Chin-Lung Hu 24 pre-arb 65 -0.6 0.4 -1.7
Mark Sweeney 38 FA-elig 98 -0.8 0.6 -2.4
Angel Berroa 30 84 -0.9
Andruw Jones 31 FA-elig 75 -1.1 14.7 -17.2

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (65%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for LAD
Andre Ethier200524.4
Yasmani Grandal201420.6
Chris Taylor201616.9
Gary Sheffield199814.7
Tim Belcher198713.3
Pedro Guerrero197413.1
Eddie Murray198810.8
Hanley Ramírez20128.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Sid Fernandez198327.5
Yordan Álvarez201626.7
Carlos Santana200821.6
Juan Guzmán198721.1
Gary Sheffield200212.1
Mike Devereaux198911.7
Charlie Hough198011.2
Sid Bream198510.3