Dodgers — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2008, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$112M

Surplus $M

-26

Win %

0.519

TAB

-0.9

WAB

-1.0

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

36.2

Dead money %

58%

Depth Players

9.0

Dead WAR

-6.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2008 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRussell Martin149

RDanny Ardoin24

RGary Bennett10

RA.J. Ellis3

1B

LJames Loney158

RCasey Blake⇄10

RNomar Garciaparra8

LMark Sweeney2

RAndy LaRoche⇄1

RJeff Kent1

2B

RJeff Kent116

RLuis Maza35

RChin-Lung Hu30

LBlake DeWitt27

RPablo Ozuna⇄22

BDelwyn Young5

RAngel Berroa5

RAndy LaRoche⇄3

RCasey Blake⇄1

3B

LBlake DeWitt95

RCasey Blake⇄47

RNomar Garciaparra11

RRussell Martin11

RPablo Ozuna⇄10

SS

RAngel Berroa79

BRafael Furcal36

RChin-Lung Hu35

RNomar Garciaparra31

RLuis Maza16

RPablo Ozuna⇄2

LF

LJuan Pierre84

RManny Ramirez⇄53

LAndre Ethier41

BDelwyn Young15

RJason Repko12

LMark Sweeney1

RPablo Ozuna⇄1

BTerry Tiffee1

CF

RMatt Kemp101

RAndruw Jones66

LJuan Pierre18

RJason Repko2

RF

LAndre Ethier109

RMatt Kemp63

BDelwyn Young11

RJason Repko7

DH

LMark Sweeney2

RAndruw Jones1

BDelwyn Young1

LJuan Pierre1

RRussell Martin1

Starters

RDerek Lowe4.2 WAR

RChad Billingsley3.7 WAR

RHiroki Kuroda3.4 WAR

LHong-Chih Kuo2.2 WAR

LClayton Kershaw1.0 WAR

RGreg Maddux⇄0.4 WAR

LEric Stults0.3 WAR

RChan Ho Park0.1 WAR

REsteban Loaiza⇄0.1 WAR

RBrad Penny-0.0 WAR

RJason Johnson-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJonathan Broxton14 sv

LJoe Beimel12 h

LHong-Chih Kuo12 h

RCory Wade8 h

RRamon Troncoso2 h

RScott Proctor2 h

RTakashi Saito0 h

RBrian Falkenborg⇄0 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 2007)

Player	fWAR
Hiroki Kuroda	3.4
Manny Ramirez	3.0
Blake DeWitt	1.6
Clayton Kershaw	1.0
Casey Blake	0.9
Ramon Troncoso	0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2007)

Player	2007 fWAR
Randy Wolf	1.7
Mark Hendrickson	1.4
Wilson Betemit	0.9
Tony Abreu	0.6
Luis Gonzalez	0.6
Brett Tomko	0.5

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 2008; everyone else is shown as a 2008 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Russell Martin	2008	+7.3	+74.6	0.5	+74.1	$0.1M	1.28×	–
Chad Billingsley	2008	+3.7	+64.0	0.4	+63.6	$0.1M	2.19×	–
Derek Lowe	2008	+4.2	+73.6	10.0	+63.6	$2.4M	2.19×	–
Hiroki Kuroda	2008	+3.4	+53.1	7.4	+45.6	$2.2M	1.96×	–
Andre Ethier	2008	+3.4	+42.9	0.4	+42.5	$0.1M	1.60×	–
Matt Kemp	2008	+3.3	+42.7	0.4	+42.3	$0.1M	1.60×	–
Manny Ramirez↔	2008	+3.0	+37.9	6.6	+31.3	$2.2M	1.60×	–
Jonathan Broxton	2008	+2.0	+31.7	0.5	+31.2	$0.2M	1.95×	–
Takashi Saito	2008	+1.6	+24.5	2.0	+22.5	$1.3M	1.95×	–
Hung-Chih Kuo	2008	+2.2	+17.6	0.4	+17.2	$0.2M	0.98×	–
Blake DeWitt	2008	+1.6	+10.6	0.4	+10.2	$0.2M	0.85×	–
Clayton Kershaw	2008	+1.0	+7.9	0.2	+7.7	$0.2M	1.02×	–
Eric Stults	2008	+0.3	+2.2	0.4	+1.8	$1.5M	1.02×	–
Casey Blake↔	2008	+0.9	+4.0	2.3	+1.7	$2.7M	0.58×	–
Ramon Troncoso	2008	+0.4	+2.0	0.4	+1.6	$1.0M	0.67×	–
Greg Maddux↔	2008	+0.4	+3.0	2.1	+0.9	$5.6M	1.02×	–
Joe Beimel	2008	+0.5	+2.7	1.9	+0.7	$3.9M	0.67×	–
Delwyn Young	2008	-0.1	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	–	0.83×	–
Gary Bennett	2008	-0.1	-0.2	0.8	-1.1	–	0.52×	–
Rafael Furcal	2008	+2.0	+14.3	15.7	-1.4	$7.9M	0.89×	–
Andy LaRoche↔	2008	-0.3	-1.5	0.1	-1.6	–	0.56×	–
Pablo Ozuna↔	2008	-0.3	-1.4	0.6	-2.0	–	0.56×	–
Scott Proctor	2008	-0.2	-0.9	1.1	-2.0	–	0.67×	–
James Loney	2008	-0.4	-1.9	0.4	-2.3	–	0.56×	–
Chin-Lung Hu	2008	-0.6	-2.9	0.4	-3.3	–	0.61×	–
Mark Sweeney	2008	-0.8	-3.6	0.6	-4.2	–	0.56×	–
Esteban Loaiza↔	2008	+0.1	+0.8	5.2	-4.5	$35.7M	0.67×	–
Jeff Kent	2008	+0.3	+1.4	9.0	-7.6	$29.8M	0.56×	–
Juan Pierre	2008	-0.0	-0.0	8.0	-8.0	–	0.83×	–
Nomar Garciaparra	2008	+0.2	+1.0	9.5	-8.5	$47.0M	0.61×	–
Brad Penny	2008	-0.0	-0.3	9.2	-9.5	–	1.02×	–
Andruw Jones	2008	-1.1	-7.4	14.7	-22.1	–	0.83×	–
A.J. Ellis	2008	-0.1	-0.3	–	–	–	0.52×	–
Angel Berroa	2008	-0.9	-4.5	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Brian Falkenborg↔	2008	-0.1	-0.5	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Chan Ho Park	2008	+0.1	+0.8	–	–	–	1.34×	–
Cory Wade	2008	+0.4	+1.9	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Danny Ardoin	2008	+0.2	+0.7	–	–	–	0.52×	–
James McDonald	2008	+0.1	+0.4	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Jason Johnson	2008	-0.3	-1.8	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Jason Repko	2008	+0.0	+0.1	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Luis Maza	2008	-0.5	-2.2	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Scott Elbert	2008	-0.2	-0.9	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Tanyon Sturtze	2008	+0.0	+0.0	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Terry Tiffee	2008	+0.0	+0.1	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Yhency Brazoban	2008	-0.0	-0.0	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Total	—	+36.6	+485.7	112.0	+379.5	—

Trades

Every graded 2008 deal involving the Dodgers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2008 · CLE / LAD

CLE · Mark Shapiro +$60.8M

Jon Meloan, Carlos Santana

LAD · Ned Colletti −$60.8M

Casey Blake

CLE came out ahead by $60.8M

2008 · LAD / BOS

LAD · Ned Colletti +$0.0M

Christian Lara

BOS · Theo Epstein +$0.0M

Eric Hull

Even trade

2008 · KCR / LAD

KCR · Dayton Moore +$5.6M

Juan Rivera

LAD · Ned Colletti −$5.6M

Ángel Berroa

KCR came out ahead by $5.6M

2008 · SDP / LAD

SDP · Kevin Towers +$16.8M

Eduardo Pérez, Mike Watt

LAD · Ned Colletti −$16.8M

Greg Maddux

SDP came out ahead by $16.8M

2008 · BOS / LAD / PIT

BOS · Theo Epstein +$112.0M

Jason Bay

LAD · Ned Colletti −$44.8M

Manny Ramirez

PIT · Neal Huntington −$67.2M

Craig Hansen, Brandon Moss, Andy LaRoche, Bryan Morris

BOS came out ahead by $112.0M 3-team

Current & Historical Payroll

2008 payroll

$112.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2008, 2008–2014. 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 (21)

Player	Age	Svc	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Rafael Furcal	30	8.000	$15.7M	$7.5M	$9.5M	$7.5M	FREE AGENT
Andruw Jones	31	12.000	$14.7M	FREE AGENT
Derek Lowe	35	11.000	$10.0M	FREE AGENT
Nomar Garciaparra	34	12.000	$9.5M	FREE AGENT
Brad Penny	30	8.000	$9.2M	FREE AGENT
Jeff Kent	40	16.000	$9.0M	FREE AGENT
Juan Pierre	30	8.000	$8.0M	$10.0M	FREE AGENT
Manny Ramirez	36	15.000	$6.6M	$23.9M	$13.7M	FREE AGENT
Esteban Loaiza	36	13.000	$5.2M	FREE AGENT
Casey Blake	34	9.000	$2.3M	$5.0M	$6.2M	$5.5M	FREE AGENT
Greg Maddux	42	22.000	$2.1M	FREE AGENT
Joe Beimel	31	7.000	$1.9M	FREE AGENT
Gary Bennett	36	13.000	$825k	FREE AGENT
Mark Sweeney	38	13.000	$600k	FREE AGENT
Pablo Ozuna	33	8.000	$556k	FREE AGENT
Jason Johnson	34	11.000	—	FREE AGENT
Chan Ho Park	35	14.000	—	FREE AGENT
Tanyon Sturtze	37	13.000	—	FREE AGENT
Danny Ardoin	33	8.000	—	FREE AGENT
Brian Falkenborg	30	9.000	—	FREE AGENT
Angel Berroa	30	7.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Player	Age	Svc	2008	2009	2010	2011
Scott Proctor	31	4.000	$1.1M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jonathan Broxton	24	3.000	$454k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Hung-Chih Kuo	26	3.000	$392k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Yhency Brazoban	28	4.000	—	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jason Repko	27	3.000	—	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

Player	Age	Svc	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Hiroki Kuroda	33	0.000	$7.4M	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Takashi Saito	38	2.000	$2.0M	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Russell Martin	25	2.000	$500k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Andre Ethier	26	2.000	$424k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Chad Billingsley	23	2.000	$415k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
James Loney	24	2.000	$411k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Matt Kemp	23	2.000	$406k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Delwyn Young	26	2.000	$391k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Chin-Lung Hu	24	1.000	$390k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Eric Stults	28	2.000	$390k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Ramon Troncoso	25	0.000	$390k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Blake DeWitt	22	0.000	$390k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Clayton Kershaw	20	0.000	$224k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Andy LaRoche	24	1.000	$139k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Terry Tiffee	29	–	—
Luis Maza	28	–	—
A.J. Ellis	27	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Scott Elbert	22	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
James McDonald	23	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Cory Wade	25	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Graphs

Regime	Seasons	Win %	Playoff %	Pennant %	WS %
WINDOW	289	52.2	30.1	4.8	1.0
CONTEND	309	56.8	63.1	19.1	10.0
FORCED-SPEND	262	48.0	9.2	1.5	1.5
REBUILD	328	43.3	1.2	0.3	0.3

How each 2008 acquisition stacked onto Dodgers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Dodgers LAD

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

2008 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2007)

Key subtractions (gone from 2007)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (21)

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Pre-arbitration (20)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Dodgers LAD

Overview

Front Office

Offense All positionsC1B2B3BSSOF (LF/CF/RF)LFCFRFINF (1B/2B/3B/SS)Middle infield (2B/SS)C/DH

Pitching & Defense ALL SP RP

Roster

2008 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2007)

Key subtractions (gone from 2007)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (21)

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Pre-arbitration (20)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Offense

Pitching & Defense