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Dodgers LAD

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President of baseball ops: Andrew Friedman · GM: Brandon Gomes

Overview

CONTEND ↘ cooling
expensive & winning · year 12 in this regime · payroll 2.14× league · TAB +6.1
+6.1TAB — talent above budget9th/30
+1.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)17th/30
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars4th/30
-3.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag6th/30
29%dead money %16th/30
0.574win %5th/30
49.8roster fWAR3rd/30
-135surplus $M (value vs cost)29th/30
$331Mpayroll $M2nd/30

2025: World Series champions · 93–69. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFAndy Pages 121GTommy Edman 25GHyeseong Kim 17G
LFMichael Conforto 132GAlex Call 49GAndy Pages 27G
RFTeoscar Hernández 133GAndy Pages 51GAlex Call 50G
SSMookie Betts 148GMiguel Rojas 22GHyeseong Kim 11G
2BMiguel Rojas 68GTommy Edman 66GHyeseong Kim 45G
3BMax Muncy 97GEnrique Hernández 27GMiguel Rojas 23G
1BFreddie Freeman 146GEnrique Hernández 28GDalton Rushing 8G
STARTERSShohei Ohtani 9.4WARYoshinobu Yamamoto 5.0WARClayton Kershaw 2.5WAREmmet Sheehan 2.1WARBlake Snell 1.9WAR
CWill Smith 101GBen Rortvedt 44GDalton Rushing 41G
DHShohei Ohtani 158GAlex Call 6GEnrique Hernández 2G
BULLPEN★ Tanner Scott 23svAlex Vesia 26hBrock Stewart 16hKirby Yates 15hBen Casparius 13hAnthony Banda 12hBlake Treinen 10hJustin Wrobleski 7h
CWill Smith 101 · Ben Rortvedt 44 · Dalton Rushing 41
1BFreddie Freeman 146 · Enrique Hernández 28 · Dalton Rushing 8
2BMiguel Rojas 68 · Tommy Edman 66 · Hyeseong Kim 45
3BMax Muncy 97 · Enrique Hernández 27 · Miguel Rojas 23
SSMookie Betts 148 · Miguel Rojas 22 · Hyeseong Kim 11
LFMichael Conforto 132 · Alex Call 49 · Andy Pages 27
CFAndy Pages 121 · Tommy Edman 25 · Hyeseong Kim 17
RFTeoscar Hernández 133 · Andy Pages 51 · Alex Call 50
DHShohei Ohtani 158 · Alex Call 6 · Enrique Hernández 2
SPShohei Ohtani 9.4 · Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5.0 · Clayton Kershaw 2.5 · Emmet Sheehan 2.1 · Blake Snell 1.9
BP★ Tanner Scott 23 · Alex Vesia 26 · Brock Stewart 16 · Kirby Yates 15 · Ben Casparius 13 · Anthony Banda 12 · Blake Treinen 10 · Justin Wrobleski 7

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.

2025 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Shohei Ohtani 30 FA-elig 1589.4 28.2 +9.0
Yoshinobu Yamamoto 26 pre-arb 305.0 18.3 +1.5
Will Smith 30 arb 1104.2 12.9 +3.5
Andy Pages 24 pre-arb 1564.1 0.8 +15.3
Freddie Freeman 35 FA-elig 1473.9 22.7 -7.3
Mookie Betts 32 FA-elig 1503.4 26.2 -12.6
Max Muncy 34 FA-elig 1002.9 14.5 -2.9
Clayton Kershaw 37 FA-elig 232.5 16.0 -6.1
Emmet Sheehan 25 pre-arb 152.1 0.7 +7.5
Blake Snell 32 FA-elig 111.9 28.4 -20.9
Jack Dreyer 26 – 671.7 0.8 +5.9
Tyler Glasnow 31 FA-elig 181.6 32.5 -26.0
Justin Wrobleski 24 pre-arb 241.5 0.4 +5.6
Miguel Rojas 36 FA-elig 1141.5 4.0 +2.0
Ben Casparius 26 pre-arb 461.3 0.7 +4.3
Tommy Edman 30 arb 971.2 8.4 -3.7
Alex Vesia 29 arb 681.0 2.2 +1.6
Dustin May↔ BOS 27 – 190.9 1.1 +2.3
Hyeseong Kim 26 – 710.8 2.8 +0.4
Teoscar Hernández 32 FA-elig 1340.6 13.3 -10.8
Edgardo Henriquez 23 pre-arb 220.3 0.6 +0.5
Alex Freeland 23 – 290.3 0.2 +1.0
Will Klein 25 pre-arb 140.3 0.0 +1.0
Luis García↔ ANA 38 – 280.2 2.2 -1.2
Lou Trivino III↔ PHI 33 – 260.2 – –
Evan Phillips 30 arb 70.2 6.1 -5.2
Ben Rortvedt↔ TBR 27 arb 180.2 0.3 +0.5
Alex Call↔ WSN 30 pre-arb 380.1 0.2 +0.2
Anthony Banda 31 arb 710.1 1.0 -0.8
José Ureña↔ ANA 33 – 20.1 0.0 +0.2
Brock Stewart↔ MIN 33 arb 40.0 0.1 +0.1
Esteury Ruiz 26 pre-arb 190.0 0.3 -0.2
Michael Kopech 29 arb 140.0 5.2 -5.1
Jack Little 27 – 20.0 0.0 +0.1
Paul Gervase↔ TBR 25 – 10.0 0.0 +0.1
Hunter Feduccia↔ TBR 28 – 2-0.0 0.0 -0.0
Justin Dean 28 – 18-0.0 0.2 -0.3
Tanner Scott 30 FA-elig 61-0.0 12.8 -12.9
Alexis Díaz↔ ATL 28 – 9-0.0 1.3 -1.5
Chuckie Robinson 30 – 1-0.0 0.1 -0.3
Eddie Rosario↔ ATL 33 – 2-0.0 0.0 -0.2
Blake Treinen 37 FA-elig 32-0.1 8.5 -8.7
Julian Fernández↔ WSN 29 – 1-0.1 0.0 -0.3
Roki Sasaki 23 – 10-0.1 0.8 -1.0
Andrew Heaney↔ PIT 34 FA-elig 1-0.1 0.2 -0.5
Yoendrys Gómez↔ CHW 25 – 3-0.1 0.0 -0.4
Chris Stratton↔ KCR 34 FA-elig 3-0.1 0.9 -1.2
Kirby Yates 38 FA-elig 50-0.1 13.1 -13.4
Ryan Loutos↔ WSN 26 – 2-0.1 0.0 -0.4
Dalton Rushing 24 – 53-0.1 0.6 -1.0
Bobby Miller 26 pre-arb 2-0.1 0.0 -0.5
Matt Sauer 26 – 10-0.1 0.2 -0.7
J.P. Feyereisen↔ ARI 32 arb 2-0.1 0.0 -0.5
Landon Knack 27 pre-arb 10-0.1 0.2 -0.7
James Outman↔ MIN 28 – 22-0.1 0.1 -0.6
Tony Gonsolin 31 arb 7-0.1 5.4 -5.9
Austin Barnes 35 – 13-0.3 3.5 -4.6
Chris Taylor↔ ANA 34 – 28-0.3 8.2 -9.3
Buddy Kennedy↔ PHI 26 pre-arb 7-0.3 0.1 -1.2
Enrique Hernández 33 FA-elig 93-0.3 6.5 -7.7
Noah Davis↔ MIN 28 – 5-0.4 0.1 -1.6
Michael Conforto 32 FA-elig 138-0.6 17.0 -19.4

Key additions (new vs 2024)

PlayerfWAR
Emmet Sheehan2.1
Blake Snell1.9
Jack Dreyer1.7
Dustin May0.9
Hyeseong Kim0.8
Alex Freeland0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2024)

Player2024 fWAR
Gavin Lux1.4
Jack Flaherty0.8
Jason Heyward0.5
James Paxton0.5
Daniel Hudson0.3
Nick Ahmed0.2

Current & Historical Payroll

2025 payroll
$331.2M
2026 guaranteed
$226.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2025, 2025–2031. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2025; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (25)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Tyler Glasnow317.158$32.5M$32.5M$32.5M$30.0MCLUBFREE AGENT
Blake Snell328.072$28.4M$27.9M$27.3M$36.4M$26.5M$10.0MCLUBFREE AGENT
Shohei Ohtani307.000$28.2M$28.2M$28.2M$28.2M$28.2M$28.2M$28.2M
Mookie Betts3210.070$26.2M$25.2M$29.7M$29.7M$29.7M$27.2M$27.2M
Freddie Freeman3514.033$22.7M$22.9M$23.1MFREE AGENT
Yoshinobu Yamamoto261.000$18.3M$20.3M$34.3M$34.3M$34.3M$33.2MOPT-OUT$33.2M
Michael Conforto328.043$17.0MFREE AGENT
Clayton Kershaw3716.105$16.0MFREE AGENT
Max Muncy348.027$14.5MFREE AGENT
Teoscar Hernández327.097$13.3M$14.7M$16.9M$15.0MCLUBFREE AGENT
Kirby Yates3810.021$13.1MFREE AGENT
Will Smith305.090$12.9M$12.9M$12.9M$9.4M$9.4M$9.4M$9.4M
Tanner Scott306.059$12.8M$12.6M$16.4M$16.2MFREE AGENT
Blake Treinen3710.065$8.5M$13.5MFREE AGENT
Tommy Edman305.114$8.4M$12.1M$11.8M$11.5M$11.2M$13.0MCLUBFREE AGENT
Chris Taylor349.037$8.2MFREE AGENT
Enrique Hernández3310.054$6.5MFREE AGENT
Miguel Rojas3610.043$4.0MCLUBFREE AGENT
Austin Barnes358.098$3.5MFREE AGENT
Hyeseong Kim260.000$2.8M$4.1M$4.1M$5.0MCLUB$5.0MCLUBARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Stratton347.100$889kFREE AGENT
Andrew Heaney349.150$196kFREE AGENT
Eddie Rosario339.080$30kFREE AGENT
José Ureña338.045$25kFREE AGENT
Lou Trivino III336.163—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Evan Phillips304.136$6.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Gonsolin314.152$5.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Kopech295.041$5.2MFREE AGENT
Alex Vesia294.078$2.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis García383.142$2.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alexis Díaz283.000$1.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin May275.059$1.1MFREE AGENT
Anthony Banda313.135$1.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Rortvedt273.043$312kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brock Stewart333.093$55kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.P. Feyereisen323.136$30kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (26)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Andy Pages240.155$770kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Dreyer260.000$760kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roki Sasaki230.000$760kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Emmet Sheehan251.080$721kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Casparius260.016$694kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edgardo Henriquez230.006$648kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dalton Rushing240.000$564kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Wrobleski240.050$430kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Esteury Ruiz262.029$340kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Sauer26–$213k
Justin Dean280.000$212kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Call301.161$181kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Landon Knack270.079$163kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Freeland230.000$155kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chuckie Robinson300.129$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James Outman281.095$92kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Noah Davis280.129$70kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Buddy Kennedy260.131$51kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Will Klein250.035$47kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julian Fernández292.033$45kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Little27–$39k
Ryan Loutos260.021$27kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yoendrys Gómez250.029$18kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Gervase250.000$15kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hunter Feduccia280.029$13kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Miller261.116$12kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Dodgers 2025; 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.