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201182–79 (0.509)
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GM: Ned Colletti

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2011, 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
$102M
Surplus $M
-5
Win %
0.509
TAB
+4.6
WAB
-0.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
39.5
Dead money %
37%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-4.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2011 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRod Barajas88
BDioner Navarro54
RA.J. Ellis29
RTim Federowicz7
BHector Gimenez1

1B

LJames Loney150
RJuan Rivera⇄21
RCasey Blake8
RJerry Sands6
RRussell Mitchell6

2B

RJamey Carroll81
BAaron Miles72
RJuan Uribe18
RJustin Sellers12
BEugenio Velez11
RIván De Jesús Jr.11
RJuan Castro4

3B

BAaron Miles61
RJuan Uribe59
RCasey Blake45
RRussell Mitchell11
RJustin Sellers5
RJuan Castro1

SS

RJamey Carroll66
LDee Strange-Gordon54
BRafael Furcal⇄37
RJustin Sellers19
RJuan Uribe4
BAaron Miles1

LF

LTony Gwynn Jr.110
RJerry Sands41
RJuan Rivera⇄31
RMarcus Thames17
LTrent Oeltjen13
LJay Gibbons10
BEugenio Velez4
RCasey Blake2
RJamie Hoffmann1

CF

RMatt Kemp159
LTony Gwynn Jr.12
RJerry Sands1
LTrent Oeltjen1

RF

LAndre Ethier126
RJerry Sands22
LTrent Oeltjen11
RJuan Rivera⇄9
LJay Gibbons4
LTony Gwynn Jr.2
RRussell Mitchell1

DH

LAndre Ethier2
RMatt Kemp2
RMarcus Thames2
LTrent Oeltjen2
BDioner Navarro1
LJames Loney1
LJay Gibbons1

Starters

LClayton Kershaw7.8 WAR
RChad Billingsley2.9 WAR
RHiroki Kuroda2.8 WAR
LTed Lilly1.8 WAR
RRubby de la Rosa0.7 WAR
LDana Eveland0.5 WAR
RNathan Eovaldi0.2 WAR
RJon Garland0.0 WAR
RJohn Ely-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJavy Guerra21 sv
RMike MacDougal14 h
RMatt Guerrier13 h
RKenley Jansen9 h
RBlake Hawksworth7 h
LScott Elbert7 h
LHong-Chih Kuo3 h
RJosh Lindblom3 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 2010)

PlayerfWAR
Tony Gwynn Jr.1.6
Matt Guerrier0.8
Juan Rivera0.7
Rubby De La Rosa0.7
Aaron Miles0.7
Justin Sellers0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 2010)

Player2010 fWAR
Russell Martin3.1
Manny Ramirez0.9
Blake DeWitt0.9
Reed Johnson0.3
Travis Schlichting0.2
Ryan Theriot0.1

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 2011; everyone else is shown as a 2011 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Clayton Kershaw 2011 +7.8 +156.6 0.5 +156.1 $0.1M 2.50× –
Matt Kemp 2011 +8.3 +135.8 7.1 +128.7 $0.9M 2.05× –
Chad Billingsley 2011 +2.9 +44.9 6.3 +38.6 $2.2M 1.96× –
Hiroki Kuroda 2011 +2.8 +44.0 11.8 +32.2 $4.2M 1.96× –
Andre Ethier 2011 +3.0 +38.2 9.5 +28.7 $3.2M 1.60× –
Kenley Jansen 2011 +1.6 +24.8 0.4 +24.4 $0.3M 1.95× Free Agent · 2026–2027 · $11.0M AAV
Tony Gwynn Jr. 2011 +1.6 +15.2 0.7 +14.5 $0.4M 1.22× –
Ted Lilly 2011 +1.8 +21.2 8.2 +13.0 $4.6M 1.49× –
Jamey Carroll 2011 +2.1 +13.5 2.3 +11.2 $1.1M 0.82× –
James Loney 2011 +2.1 +13.5 4.9 +8.6 $2.3M 0.81× –
Javy Guerra 2011 +0.6 +6.2 0.4 +5.7 $0.7M 1.34× –
Rubby De La Rosa 2011 +0.7 +5.9 0.3 +5.6 $0.4M 1.02× –
Jerry Sands 2011 +0.7 +4.5 0.4 +4.1 $0.6M 0.83× –
Josh Lindblom 2011 +0.7 +3.7 0.4 +3.3 $0.6M 0.67× –
Justin Sellers 2011 +0.7 +3.5 0.4 +3.1 $0.6M 0.61× –
Aaron Miles 2011 +0.7 +3.2 0.5 +2.7 $0.7M 0.56× –
Matt Guerrier 2011 +0.8 +4.2 1.5 +2.7 $1.9M 0.67× –
Scott Elbert 2011 +0.6 +3.1 0.4 +2.7 $0.7M 0.67× –
Dee Strange-Gordon 2011 +0.6 +2.8 0.4 +2.4 $0.7M 0.61× –
Juan Rivera↔ 2011 +0.7 +4.9 2.5 +2.4 $3.4M 0.83× –
Nathan Eovaldi 2011 +0.2 +1.4 0.1 +1.3 $0.7M 1.02× Free Agent · 2025–2027 · $25.0M AAV
Blake Hawksworth 2011 +0.2 +1.0 0.4 +0.6 $2.2M 0.67× –
A.J. Ellis 2011 +0.2 +0.9 0.4 +0.4 $2.0M 0.52× –
Tim Federowicz 2011 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $14.1M 0.52× –
Hector Gimenez 2011 -0.1 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 – 0.52× –
Mike MacDougal 2011 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Xavier Paul↔ 2011 -0.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 – 0.83× –
Casey Blake 2011 +1.0 +4.6 5.5 -0.9 $5.6M 0.58× –
Vicente Padilla 2011 +0.1 +0.8 2.0 -1.2 $13.5M 0.67× –
Ramon Troncoso 2011 -0.2 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Rod Barajas 2011 +0.3 +1.4 3.2 -1.9 $9.8M 0.52× –
Dioner Navarro 2011 -0.2 -1.0 1.0 -2.0 – 0.52× –
Iván De Jesús Jr. 2011 -0.5 -2.1 0.4 -2.5 – 0.56× –
Jay Gibbons 2011 -0.3 -2.1 0.7 -2.7 – 0.83× –
Lance Cormier 2011 -0.3 -1.5 1.2 -2.7 – 0.67× –
Marcus Thames 2011 -0.4 -2.7 1.0 -3.7 – 0.83× –
Hung-Chih Kuo 2011 -0.3 -1.7 2.7 -4.4 – 0.67× –
Jon Garland 2011 +0.0 +0.3 5.0 -4.7 $152.5M 1.02× –
Juan Uribe 2011 +0.0 +0.0 5.3 -5.3 $866.5M 0.58× –
Rafael Furcal↔ 2011 -0.3 -1.4 5.5 -6.9 – 0.61× –
Jonathan Broxton 2011 -0.2 -2.5 7.0 -9.5 – 1.34× –
Dana Eveland 2011 +0.5 +4.2 – – – 1.02× –
Eugenio Velez 2011 -0.7 -3.1 – – – 0.56× –
Jamie Hoffmann 2011 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.83× –
John Ely 2011 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Juan Castro 2011 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.56× –
Russell Mitchell 2011 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.58× –
Trent Oeltjen 2011 +0.2 +1.2 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+39.5+543.6102.0+440.7—

Trades

Every graded 2011 deal involving the Dodgers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2011 · LAD / BAL
LAD · Ned Colletti +$1.6M
Jarret Martin, Tyler Henson
BAL · Andy MacPhail −$1.6M
Dana Eveland
LAD came out ahead by $1.6M
2011 · LAD / STL
LAD · Ned Colletti +$3.2M
Alex Castellanos
STL · John Mozeliak −$3.2M
Rafael Furcal
LAD came out ahead by $3.2M
2011 · BOS / LAD / SEA
BOS · Theo Epstein +$10.4M
Érik Bédard, Josh Fields
LAD · Ned Colletti +$2.4M
Tim Federowicz, Juan Rodriguez, Stephen Fife
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$12.8M
Chih Hsien Chiang, Trayvon Robinson
BOS came out ahead by $10.4M 3-team

Current & Historical Payroll

2011 payroll
$102.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2011, 2011–2017. 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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2011201220132014201520162017
Andre Ethier2911.153$9.5M$10.9M$13.5M$15.5M$18.0M$18.0M$17.5M
Ted Lilly3510.102$8.2M$10.5M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Rafael Furcal3311.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Casey Blake378.138$5.5MFREE AGENT
Juan Uribe329.089$5.3M$8.0M$8.0M$6.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Jon Garland3110.071$5.0MFREE AGENT
Rod Barajas3510.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Hung-Chih Kuo296.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Juan Rivera328.047$2.5M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Jamey Carroll378.020$2.3MFREE AGENT
Vicente Padilla3312.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Matt Guerrier326.056$1.5M$4.8M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Marcus Thames349.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Jay Gibbons347.057$650kFREE AGENT
Mike MacDougal346.039$500k$650kFREE AGENT
Aaron Miles348.000$500kFREE AGENT
Juan Castro3916.000—FREE AGENT
Dana Eveland276.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2011201220132014201520162017
Hiroki Kuroda363.000$11.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Kemp264.049$7.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Broxton275.020$7.0MFREE AGENT
Chad Billingsley264.110$6.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
James Loney274.012$4.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Lance Cormier305.154$1.2MFREE AGENT
Dioner Navarro275.046$1.0MFREE AGENT
Tony Gwynn Jr.285.000$675kFREE AGENT
Hector Gimenez285.000$425kFREE AGENT
Ramon Troncoso283.087$414kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eugenio Velez294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2011201220132014201520162017
Clayton Kershaw232.105$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blake Hawksworth282.000$426kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
A.J. Ellis301.062$421kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kenley Jansen230.072$416kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Sellers251.124$414kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Javy Guerra250.000$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Elbert250.100$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dee Strange-Gordon230.000$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Lindblom240.000$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Iván De Jesús Jr.240.000$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Federowicz230.000$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Sands231.142$414kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rubby De La Rosa220.000$313kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nathan Eovaldi210.000$120kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Xavier Paul262.119$23kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Russell Mitchell26–—
Trent Oeltjen28–—
Jamie Hoffmann26–—
John Ely250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2011 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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