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GM: Ned Colletti

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 2.02× league · TAB +8.9
+8.9TAB — talent above budget4th/30
+2.9WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)12th/30
14.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars1st/30
-6.5dead WAR — sub-replacement drag25th/30
20%dead money %5th/30
0.580win %4th/30
51.8roster fWAR1st/30
-74surplus $M (value vs cost)28th/30
$228Mpayroll $M1st/30

2014: made playoffs · 94–68. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFAndre Ethier 68GYasiel Puig 53GMatt Kemp 41G
LFCarl Crawford 94GMatt Kemp 44GScott Van Slyke 32G
RFYasiel Puig 91GMatt Kemp 59GAndre Ethier 15G
SSHanley Ramirez 115GMiguel Rojas 66GErisbel Arruebarrena 21G
2BDee Strange-Gordon 144GDarwin Barney 79GJustin Turner 14G
3BJuan Uribe 102GJustin Turner 59GMiguel Rojas 19G
1BAdrián González 157GScott Van Slyke 21GClint Robinson 3G
STARTERSClayton Kershaw 8.4WARZack Greinke 5.3WARHyun Jin Ryu 4.1WARDan Haren 2.0WARJosh Beckett 0.7WAR
CA.J. Ellis 92GDrew Butera 57GTim Federowicz 22G
DHHanley Ramirez 5GMatt Kemp 2GAndre Ethier 1G
BULLPEN★ Kenley Jansen 44svJ.P. Howell 27hBrian Wilson 22hBrandon League 11hChris Withrow 6hChris Perez 6hJamey Wright 5hPedro Báez 5h
CA.J. Ellis 92 · Drew Butera 57 · Tim Federowicz 22
1BAdrián González 157 · Scott Van Slyke 21 · Clint Robinson 3
2BDee Strange-Gordon 144 · Darwin Barney 79 · Justin Turner 14
3BJuan Uribe 102 · Justin Turner 59 · Miguel Rojas 19
SSHanley Ramirez 115 · Miguel Rojas 66 · Erisbel Arruebarrena 21
LFCarl Crawford 94 · Matt Kemp 44 · Scott Van Slyke 32
CFAndre Ethier 68 · Yasiel Puig 53 · Matt Kemp 41
RFYasiel Puig 91 · Matt Kemp 59 · Andre Ethier 15
DHHanley Ramirez 5 · Matt Kemp 2 · Andre Ethier 1
SPClayton Kershaw 8.4 · Zack Greinke 5.3 · Hyun Jin Ryu 4.1 · Dan Haren 2.0 · Josh Beckett 0.7
BP★ Kenley Jansen 44 · J.P. Howell 27 · Brian Wilson 22 · Brandon League 11 · Chris Withrow 6 · Chris Perez 6 · Jamey Wright 5 · Pedro Báez 5

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2014 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Clayton Kershaw 26 FA-elig 278.4 6.6 +18.0
Yasiel Puig 23 pre-arb 1485.5 3.7 +12.4
Zack Greinke 30 FA-elig 325.3 26.0 -10.6
Hyun Jin Ryu 27 pre-arb 264.1 4.3 +7.8
Hanley Ramirez 30 FA-elig 1283.7 16.0 -5.0
Adrián González 32 FA-elig 1593.7 21.0 -10.3
Dee Strange-Gordon 26 arb 1483.6 0.5 +10.0
Juan Uribe 35 FA-elig 1033.4 6.5 +3.3
Justin Turner 29 arb 1093.4 1.0 +8.8
Scott Van Slyke 27 pre-arb 982.8 0.5 +7.7
Matt Kemp 29 FA-elig 1502.5 21.0 -13.6
Carl Crawford 32 FA-elig 1052.4 20.2 -13.1
Kenley Jansen 26 arb 682.2 4.3 +2.1
Dan Haren 33 FA-elig 322.0 10.0 -4.1
Andre Ethier 32 FA-elig 1301.0 15.5 -12.6
Josh Beckett 34 FA-elig 200.7 15.8 -13.6
Darwin Barney↔ CHC 28 arb 220.7 0.5 +1.5
Drew Butera 30 arb 610.7 0.7 +1.3
Chone Figgins 36 – 380.6 9.0 -7.3
J.P. Howell 31 FA-elig 680.4 4.0 -2.7
Brandon League 31 FA-elig 630.3 7.5 -6.6
Jamey Wright 39 FA-elig 610.3 1.8 -1.1
Roger Bernadina↔ CIN 30 arb 90.2 0.1 +0.4
Paco Rodríguez 23 pre-arb 190.1 0.5 -0.1
Pedro Báez 26 – 200.1 0.5 -0.2
Miguel Rojas 25 – 850.1 0.3 -0.1
Carlos Frías 24 – 150.0 0.5 -0.4
Scott Elbert 28 FA-elig 70.0 0.6 -0.5
Clint Robinson 29 – 90.0 – –
Joc Pederson 22 – 180.0 0.1 -0.0
Chris Withrow 25 pre-arb 200.0 0.5 -0.5
Red Patterson 27 – 1-0.0 – –
Yimi García 23 – 8-0.0 – –
Danny Coulombe 24 – 5-0.1 – –
José Domínguez 23 pre-arb 5-0.1 0.5 -0.9
Mike Baxter 29 arb 4-0.1 0.7 -1.1
Carlos Triunfel 24 – 12-0.1 – –
Brian Wilson 32 FA-elig 61-0.2 10.0 -10.4
Alex Guerrero 27 pre-arb 11-0.2 4.0 -4.7
Miguel Olivo 35 – 8-0.3 – –
Stephen Fife 27 – 1-0.3 – –
Jamie Romak 28 – 15-0.3 – –
Erisbel Arruebarrena 24 pre-arb 22-0.3 3.0 -3.9
Roberto Hernandez↔ PHI 33 FA-elig 9-0.4 1.3 -2.3
Tim Federowicz 26 pre-arb 23-0.4 0.3 -1.6
Kevin Correia↔ MIN 33 FA-elig 9-0.5 1.5 -3.1
Paul Maholm 32 FA-elig 30-0.5 1.5 -3.1
Chris Perez 28 FA-elig 49-0.6 2.3 -4.1
A.J. Ellis 33 FA-elig 93-1.9 3.5 -9.1

Key additions (new vs 2013)

PlayerfWAR
Justin Turner3.4
Dan Haren2.0
Darwin Barney0.7
Chone Figgins0.6
Jamey Wright0.3
Roger Bernadina0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Ricky Nolasco1.9
Nick Punto1.5
Ronald Belisario0.3
Ramon Hernandez0.1
Edinson Volquez0.1
Shawn Tolleson0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$228.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2014, 2014–2020. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Zack Greinke309.057$26.0M$25.0MFREE AGENT
Adrián González328.108$21.0M$21.9M$21.9M$22.4MFREE AGENT
Matt Kemp297.049$21.0MFREE AGENT$21.8M
Carl Crawford3211.072$20.2M$21.4M$21.6MFREE AGENT
Hanley Ramirez308.014$16.0MFREE AGENT
Josh Beckett3412.030$15.8MFREE AGENT
Andre Ethier3211.153$15.5M$18.0M$18.0M$17.5MFREE AGENT
Brian Wilson326.059$10.0MFREE AGENT
Dan Haren339.154$10.0MFREE AGENT
Chone Figgins3610.145$9.0MFREE AGENT
Brandon League317.145$7.5MFREE AGENT
Juan Uribe3512.089$6.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT
J.P. Howell317.007$4.0M$4.0M$6.2MFREE AGENT
Jamey Wright3915.086$1.8MFREE AGENT
Kevin Correia339.027$1.5MFREE AGENT
Paul Maholm328.037$1.5MFREE AGENT
Roberto Hernandez337.004$1.3MFREE AGENT
Miguel Olivo3510.171—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Clayton Kershaw265.105$6.6MFREE AGENT
Kenley Jansen263.072$4.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
A.J. Ellis333.151$3.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Perez285.136$2.3MFREE AGENT
Justin Turner293.045$1.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Drew Butera303.018$700kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Elbert283.069$575kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darwin Barney283.053$538kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roger Bernadina304.146$83kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Hyun Jin Ryu271.000$4.3MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Guerrero270.000$4.0MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yasiel Puig230.119$3.7MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erisbel Arruebarrena240.074$3.0MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Baxter292.129$700kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dee Strange-Gordon261.154$515kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paco Rodríguez231.029$512kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Van Slyke272.000$507kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Withrow250.132$507kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Domínguez230.119$501kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Báez260.000$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Frías240.000$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Federowicz261.037$342kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Rojas250.000$314kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joc Pederson220.000$76kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jamie Romak280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Triunfel241.030—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clint Robinson291.028—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Coulombe240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stephen Fife271.034—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yimi García230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Red Patterson27–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Dodgers 2014; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

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

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), 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); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.