Rosternomics

Dodgers LAD

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President of baseball ops: Andrew Friedman (since 2015)

2021 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+13.0
WAB — wins above budget
+12.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
106–56 (0.654)
record · made playoffs
-112M
surplus $M (value/$)
56.8
roster fWAR
$297.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Walker Buehler 26 arb 34 5.6 3.8 +14.4
Julio Urías 24 arb 32 5.4 3.6 +13.8
Will Smith 26 pre-arb 130 4.6 0.6 +14.3
Max Muncy 30 FA-elig 144 4.5 9.0 +5.6
Justin Turner 36 FA-elig 151 4.1 12.0 +1.1
Mookie Betts 28 FA-elig 122 3.9 22.9 -10.2
Corey Seager 27 FA-elig 95 3.8 13.8 -1.4
Clayton Kershaw 33 FA-elig 24 3.7 31.0 -19.1
AJ Pollock 33 FA-elig 117 3.2 18.0 -7.8
Chris Taylor 30 FA-elig 148 2.8 7.8 +1.1
Trea Turner↔ WSN 28 FA-elig 52 2.7 4.6 +4.3
Max Scherzer↔ WSN 36 FA-elig 11 2.6 12.7 -4.2
Blake Treinen 33 FA-elig 72 1.9 8.0 -1.9
Kenley Jansen 33 FA-elig 69 1.8 20.0 -14.1
Trevor Bauer 30 FA-elig 17 1.6 31.3 -26.2
Gavin Lux 23 pre-arb 102 1.0 0.5 +2.6
Jimmy Nelson 32 FA-elig 28 0.9 1.2 +1.8
David Price 35 FA-elig 39 0.9 32.0 -29.1
Joe Kelly 33 FA-elig 48 0.7 8.8 -6.6
Austin Barnes 31 FA-elig 77 0.7 1.6 +0.5
Tony Gonsolin 27 pre-arb 17 0.6 0.6 +1.5
Corey Knebel 29 FA-elig 27 0.6 5.2 -3.3
Phil Bickford↔ MIL 25 pre-arb 56 0.6 0.4 +1.5
Dustin May 23 pre-arb 5 0.5 0.6 +0.9
Albert Pujols↔ ANA 41 FA-elig 85 0.5 23.4 -21.9
Mitch White 26 pre-arb 21 0.4 0.2 +1.2
Matt Beaty 28 pre-arb 120 0.4 0.5 +0.8
Brusdar Graterol 22 pre-arb 34 0.3 0.4 +0.5
Alex Vesia 25 pre-arb 41 0.3 0.4 +0.4
Justin Bruihl 24 21 0.2 0.2 +0.4
Andrew Vasquez 27 pre-arb 2 0.1 0.0 +0.4
Evan Phillips↔ TBR 26 pre-arb 7 0.1 0.1 +0.3
Edwin Uceta 23 14 0.1 0.2 +0.2
Victor González 25 pre-arb 44 0.1 0.5 -0.1
DJ Peters↔ TEX 25 18 0.1 0.1 +0.3
Neftalí Feliz↔ PHI 33 FA-elig 3 0.1 0.0 +0.2
Andy Burns 30 arb 9 0.0 0.1 +0.0
Conner Greene↔ BAL 26 2 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Andre Jackson 25 3 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Kevin Quackenbush 32 arb 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Keibert Ruiz↔ WSN 22 6 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Yefry Ramírez 27 pre-arb 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Jake Reed↔ NYM 28 6 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Scott Alexander 31 FA-elig 18 -0.0 1.0 -1.1
Mike Kickham 32 pre-arb 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.2
James Sherfy↔ SFG 29 arb 4 -0.1 0.2 -0.4
Zach McKinstry 26 pre-arb 60 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Dennis Santana↔ TEX 25 16 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
Shane Greene↔ ATL 32 9 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Yoshi Tsutsugo↔ PIT 29 pre-arb 12 -0.1 1.0 -1.5
Steven Souza Jr. 32 17 -0.1
Garrett Cleavinger 27 pre-arb 22 -0.2 0.5 -1.0
Zach Reks 27 6 -0.2 0.0 -0.7
Darien Núñez 28 6 -0.3 0.1 -0.9
Josiah Gray↔ WSN 23 2 -0.3 0.0 -0.9
Nate Jones↔ ATL 35 FA-elig 8 -0.3 0.0 -1.0
Billy McKinney↔ MIL 26 pre-arb 37 -0.3 0.1 -1.2
Luke Raley 26 33 -0.3 0.1 -1.2
Sheldon Neuse 26 pre-arb 33 -0.4 0.1 -1.5
Edwin Rios 27 pre-arb 25 -0.5 0.6 -2.1
Cody Bellinger 25 arb 95 -1.0 16.1 -19.4

61 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 60 of them (98%). 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
Gary Sheffield199814.7
Tim Belcher198713.3
Pedro Guerrero197413.1
Chris Taylor201611.9
Eddie Murray198810.8
Hanley Ramírez20128.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Sid Fernandez198327.5
Yordan Álvarez201625.9
Carlos Santana200821.6
Juan Guzmán198721.1
Mike Devereaux198912.4
Gary Sheffield200212.1
Charlie Hough198011.2
Sid Bream198510.3