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200995–67 (0.586)Made Playoffs
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GM: Ned Colletti

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
$112M
Surplus $M
-2
Win %
0.586
TAB
+9.9
WAB
+10.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
46.6
Dead money %
26%
Depth Players
12.0
Dead WAR
-1.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRussell Martin137
RBrad Ausmus30
RA.J. Ellis7

1B

LJames Loney155
LJim Thome⇄17
RMark Loretta17
LDoug Mientkiewicz4
RCasey Blake2

2B

BOrlando Hudson145
RJuan Castro20
RRonnie Belliard⇄20
RMark Loretta3
LBlake DeWitt2
BTony Abreu1

3B

RCasey Blake134
RMark Loretta23
LBlake DeWitt14
RJuan Castro8
RRonnie Belliard⇄4
RRussell Martin1
BTony Abreu1

SS

BRafael Furcal149
RJuan Castro28
RChin-Lung Hu3
LBlake DeWitt2

LF

RManny Ramirez101
LJuan Pierre94
RCasey Blake2
RJuan Castro2
RJason Repko2

CF

RMatt Kemp158
LJuan Pierre15
RJason Repko3
LXavier Paul1

RF

LAndre Ethier158
RMatt Kemp7
RJamie Hoffmann5
RJason Repko3
LXavier Paul3
RMitch Jones1

DH

RMark Loretta5
RRussell Martin3
RMitch Jones2

Starters

LClayton Kershaw4.0 WAR
LRandy Wolf3.3 WAR
RChad Billingsley3.1 WAR
RHiroki Kuroda2.2 WAR
RVicente Padilla⇄0.8 WAR
RJon Garland⇄0.5 WAR
LEric Milton0.5 WAR
RJeff Weaver0.5 WAR
LEric Stults0.5 WAR
RJason Schmidt0.0 WAR
RJames McDonald-0.1 WAR
RCharlie Haeger-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJonathan Broxton36 sv
RRamon Troncoso14 h
LHong-Chih Kuo14 h
RRonald Belisario12 h
LGeorge Sherrill⇄11 h
RJames McDonald5 h
LBrent Leach4 h
RGuillermo Mota2 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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Randy Wolf3.3
Orlando Hudson2.8
Ronnie Belliard1.0
Vicente Padilla0.8
Brad Ausmus0.7
Jeff Weaver0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
Derek Lowe4.2
Takashi Saito1.6
Joe Beimel0.5
Greg Maddux0.4
Jeff Kent0.3
Nomar Garciaparra0.2

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 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Clayton Kershaw 2009 +4.0 +70.1 0.4 +69.7 $0.1M 2.19× –
Matt Kemp 2009 +4.9 +70.2 0.5 +69.7 $0.1M 1.79× –
Jonathan Broxton 2009 +2.6 +53.0 1.8 +51.2 $0.7M 2.57× –
Chad Billingsley 2009 +3.1 +48.5 0.5 +48.0 $0.2M 1.96× –
Randy Wolf 2009 +3.3 +52.2 5.0 +47.2 $1.5M 1.96× –
Casey Blake 2009 +4.5 +45.4 5.0 +40.4 $1.1M 1.25× –
Russell Martin 2009 +3.6 +32.6 3.9 +28.7 $1.1M 1.12× –
Orlando Hudson 2009 +2.8 +24.0 3.4 +20.6 $1.2M 1.07× –
Rafael Furcal 2009 +3.0 +28.1 7.5 +20.6 $2.5M 1.18× –
Andre Ethier 2009 +2.2 +21.5 3.1 +18.4 $1.4M 1.22× –
Hiroki Kuroda 2009 +2.2 +25.9 12.4 +13.4 $5.7M 1.49× –
Juan Pierre 2009 +1.9 +18.3 10.0 +8.3 $5.3M 1.22× –
Ramon Troncoso 2009 +0.5 +5.7 0.4 +5.3 $0.7M 1.34× –
Ronald Belisario 2009 +0.5 +5.1 0.4 +4.7 $0.8M 1.34× –
James Loney 2009 +1.1 +5.1 0.5 +4.6 $0.4M 0.56× –
Ronnie Belliard↔ 2009 +1.0 +4.6 0.4 +4.1 $0.4M 0.56× –
Eric Stults 2009 +0.5 +3.7 0.4 +3.3 $0.9M 1.02× –
Vicente Padilla↔ 2009 +0.8 +6.8 3.7 +3.1 $4.4M 1.02× –
George Sherrill↔ 2009 +0.4 +4.2 1.1 +3.0 $2.9M 1.34× –
Jon Garland↔ 2009 +0.5 +3.8 1.1 +2.7 $2.4M 1.02× –
Brad Ausmus 2009 +0.7 +2.8 1.0 +1.8 $1.5M 0.52× –
Hung-Chih Kuo 2009 +0.4 +2.0 0.4 +1.6 $1.1M 0.67× –
Manny Ramirez 2009 +2.5 +24.1 23.9 +0.3 $9.6M 1.22× –
Tony Abreu 2009 +0.1 +0.5 0.4 +0.1 $3.8M 0.56× –
Chin-Lung Hu 2009 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $32.4M 0.61× –
James McDonald 2009 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 – 0.67× –
A.J. Ellis 2009 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 – 0.52× –
Blake DeWitt 2009 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 – 0.58× –
Cory Wade 2009 -0.1 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 – 1.34× –
Jason Repko 2009 -0.1 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 – 0.83× –
Guillermo Mota 2009 +0.1 +0.6 2.4 -1.8 $21.5M 0.67× –
Jim Thome↔ 2009 -0.1 -0.5 1.8 -2.3 – 0.56× –
Mark Loretta 2009 -0.3 -1.2 1.2 -2.4 – 0.58× –
Will Ohman 2009 -0.4 -2.2 1.6 -3.7 – 0.67× –
Jason Schmidt 2009 +0.0 +0.1 15.2 -15.1 $1042.2M 1.02× –
Claudio Vargas↔ 2009 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 -0.0 $8.8M 0.67× –
Brent Leach 2009 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Charlie Haeger 2009 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 1.02× –
Doug Mientkiewicz 2009 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Eric Milton 2009 +0.5 +4.1 – – – 1.02× –
Jamie Hoffmann 2009 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Jeff Weaver 2009 +0.5 +2.8 – – – 0.67× –
Juan Castro 2009 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.61× –
Mitch Jones 2009 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.69× –
Scott Elbert 2009 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Travis Schlichting 2009 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Xavier Paul 2009 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+46.4+556.8112.0+440.3—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Dodgers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2009 · ARI / LAD
ARI · Josh Byrnes +$2.4M
Tony Abreu
LAD · Ned Colletti −$2.4M
Jon Garland
ARI came out ahead by $2.4M
2009 · LAD / CHW
LAD · Ned Colletti +$4.8M
John Ely, Jon Link
CHW · Kenny Williams −$4.8M
Juan Pierre
LAD came out ahead by $4.8M
2009 · LAD / WSN
LAD · Ned Colletti +$0.8M
Ronnie Belliard
WSN · Michael Rizzo −$0.8M
Luis García, Víctor Gárate
LAD came out ahead by $0.8M
2009 · LAD / PIT
LAD · Ned Colletti +$2.4M
Eric Krebs, Harvey García
PIT · Neal Huntington −$2.4M
Delwyn Young
LAD came out ahead by $2.4M
2009 · LAD / MIL
LAD · Ned Colletti +$1.6M
Vinny Rottino
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$1.6M
Claudio Vargas
LAD came out ahead by $1.6M
2009 · LAD / BAL
LAD · Ned Colletti +$6.4M
George Sherrill
BAL · Andy MacPhail −$6.4M
Josh Bell, Steve Johnson
LAD came out ahead by $6.4M
2009 · CHW / LAD
CHW · Kenny Williams +$25.6M
Justin Fuller
LAD · Ned Colletti −$25.6M
Jim Thome
CHW came out ahead by $25.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$111.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Manny Ramirez3716.000$23.9M$13.7MFREE AGENT
Jason Schmidt3614.000$15.2MFREE AGENT
Juan Pierre319.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Rafael Furcal319.000$7.5M$9.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Casey Blake3510.000$5.0M$6.2M$5.5MFREE AGENT
Randy Wolf3210.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Vicente Padilla3110.000$3.7M$5.0M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Orlando Hudson317.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Guillermo Mota3510.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Jim Thome3818.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Will Ohman319.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Mark Loretta3714.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Jon Garland299.000$1.1MFREE AGENT$5.0M
Brad Ausmus4016.000$1.0M$850kFREE AGENT
Ronnie Belliard3411.000$415k$825kFREE AGENT
Claudio Vargas316.000$89kFREE AGENT
Juan Castro3714.000—$687kFREE AGENT
Eric Milton3311.000—FREE AGENT
Doug Mientkiewicz3511.000—FREE AGENT
Jeff Weaver3210.000—$800kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Russell Martin263.000$3.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andre Ethier273.000$3.1MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Broxton254.000$1.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
George Sherrill325.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Jason Repko284.000$500kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Billingsley243.000$475kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Kemp243.000$467kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James Loney253.000$465kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hung-Chih Kuo274.000$437kARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Stults293.000$402kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Charlie Haeger253.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Hiroki Kuroda341.000$12.4MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blake DeWitt231.000$405kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clayton Kershaw211.000$404kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Wade261.000$402kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Troncoso261.000$401kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chin-Lung Hu252.000$401kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James McDonald241.000$401kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
A.J. Ellis280.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ronald Belisario260.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Abreu242.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Xavier Paul240.119—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Elbert230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Schlichting24–—
Mitch Jones31–—
Jamie Hoffmann24–—
Brent Leach26–—

Graphs

How each 2009 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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