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Brandon Gomes

Brandon Gomes

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Born Jul 15, 1984 · Fall River, MA · age 42

General manager for the Dodgers (2022–present).

5 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.

Overview

Titles2
Pennants2
Playoffs4
Record468–284
Win %0.622
+5.9GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±6.15th/195 execs
9.4Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)4th/195 execs
-2.9Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)5th/195 execs
26%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)27th/195 execs
$33MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track41st/195 execs
$7MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)86th/195 execs
$2MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade96th/195 execs
$-0MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees130th/195 execs
+59.1TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total15th/195 execs
+54.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)15th/195 execs
3.36Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)32nd/195 execs
-364Roster surplus $M180th/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Dodgers GM 2022–present 5 +54.5 +10.90 +59.1 -80.0 +44.9 +2.9 +11.6 +0.0 3.36 0.622 422 -364
Career total (1985+ data) 5 +54.5 +59.1 -80.0 +44.9 +2.9 +11.6 +0.0 3.36 0.622 42 2 -364

Roster Construction

How the roster was sourced

by valueby volume

Share of acquired fWAR by channel vs. league average.

Build channels — net fWAR

Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.

Home-grown (draft/intl)+44.9
Trade+2.9
Free agency+11.6
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.0
Sourcing mix: 35% draft · 52% FA · 13% trade · 0% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across Brandon Gomes's seasons. Bars = his rosters; the black line = the league-average player at each slot. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge.

Players acquired — 100 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Freddie Freeman 1B LAD Free agency 2022 5 +25.2 +5.0 9.8
Shohei Ohtani DH LAD Free agency 2023 3 +24.3 +8.1 42.8
Yoshinobu Yamamoto P LAD Draft 2024 3 +10.9 +3.6 –
Andy Pages OF LAD Draft 2024 3 +8.6 +2.9 –
Tyler Glasnow P LAD Trade 2023 3 +6.6 +2.2 15.7
Miguel Rojas SS LAD Trade 2023 5 +5.4 +1.1 –
Teoscar Hernández OF LAD Free agency 2024 3 +4.5 +1.5 13.6
Tyler Anderson P LAD Free agency 2022 1 +4.0 +4.0 6.8
James Outman OF LAD Draft 2022 2 +4.0 +2.0 –
Justin Wrobleski P LAD Draft 2024 2 +3.9 +2.0 –
Emmet Sheehan P LAD Draft 2023 3 +3.7 +1.2 –
Tommy Edman 2B LAD Trade 2024 3 +3.1 +1.0 3.0
Jack Dreyer P LAD Draft 2025 2 +2.3 +1.1 –
J. D. Martinez DH/OF LAD Free agency 2022 1 +2.3 +2.3 13.6
Jason Heyward OF LAD Free agency 2022 2 +2.2 +1.1 12.9
Bobby Miller P LAD Draft 2023 1 +2.0 +2.0 –
Blake Snell P LAD Free agency 2024 2 +2.0 +1.0 5.8
Gavin Stone P LAD Draft 2023 1 +1.7 +1.7 –
Ben Casparius P LAD Draft 2024 2 +1.4 +0.7 –
Tanner Scott P LAD Free agency 2025 1 +1.4 +1.4 2.2
Michael Grove P LAD Draft 2022 2 +1.2 +0.6 –
Edgardo Henriquez P LAD Draft 2024 3 +1.2 +0.4 –
Hyeseong Kim 2B/SS LAD Draft 2025 2 +1.2 +0.6 –
Chris Martin P LAD Trade 2022 1 +1.2 +1.2 2.2
Andrew Heaney P LAD Trade 2022 1 +1.1 +1.1 2.1
Will Klein P LAD Trade 2025 2 +1.1 +0.6 0.8
Dalton Rushing C LAD Draft 2025 1 +1.0 +1.0 –
Daniel Hudson P LAD Trade 2022 3 +1.0 +0.3 1.6
Craig Kimbrel P LAD Trade 2022 1 +0.9 +0.9 1.7
Kyle Tucker OF LAD Free agency 2026 1 +0.8 +0.8 1.2
Jack Flaherty P LAD Trade 2024 1 +0.8 +0.8 2.9
Yency Almonte P LAD Free agency 2022 2 +0.7 +0.3 1.0
Alex Freeland 2B LAD Draft 2025 2 +0.7 +0.3 –
Enrique Hernández OF LAD Free agency 2024 8 +0.7 +0.1 8.0
Michael Kopech P LAD Trade 2024 2 +0.7 +0.3 2.4
Anthony Banda P LAD Trade 2024 2 +0.6 +0.3 2.1
Kyle Hurt P LAD Draft 2023 3 +0.6 +0.2 –
Shelby Miller P LAD Free agency 2022 1 +0.5 +0.5 3.1
Roki Sasaki P LAD Draft 2025 1 +0.5 +0.5 –
James Paxton P LAD Trade 2024 1 +0.5 +0.5 1.7
Alex Call OF LAD Trade 2025 2 +0.5 +0.2 0.3
Ryan Brasier P LAD Free agency 2023 2 +0.4 +0.2 6.3
Ryan Pepiot P LAD Draft 2022 1 +0.4 +0.4 –
River Ryan P LAD Trade 2022 1 +0.4 +0.4 –
Amed Rosario SS LAD Trade 2023 2 +0.4 +0.2 1.9
Jonny DeLuca OF LAD Draft 2023 1 +0.3 +0.3 –
Ryan Ward OF LAD Draft 2026 1 +0.3 +0.3 –
Landon Knack P LAD Draft 2024 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Kolten Wong 2B LAD Trade 2023 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.9
Jake Lamb 3B LAD Trade 2022 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.5
Nick Ahmed SS LAD Trade 2024 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.7
Joey Gallo OF LAD Trade 2022 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.3
Lou Trivino P LAD Trade 2025 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.7
Ben Rortvedt C LAD Trade 2025 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.6
Nabil Crismatt P LAD Free agency 2023 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Santiago Espinal 2B/3B LAD Free agency 2026 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.1
Hunter Feduccia C LAD Draft 2024 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Paul Gervase P LAD Trade 2025 2 +0.1 +0.0 –
Brock Stewart P LAD Trade 2025 2 +0.1 +0.0 –
José Ureña P LAD Trade 2025 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Noah Syndergaard P LAD Trade 2023 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.6
Nick Ramirez P LAD Trade 2024 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Tayler Scott P LAD Trade 2023 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.5
Brent Honeywell P LAD Trade 2024 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.3
Eric Lauer P LAD Trade 2026 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.1
Austin Wynns C LAD Trade 2023 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.7
Tyson Miller P LAD Trade 2023 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.4
Yohan Ramírez P LAD Trade 2024 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Gus Varland P LAD Trade 2023 1 +0.1 +0.1 1.1
Tyler Cyr P LAD Free agency 2023 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.2
Justin Dean OF LAD Draft 2025 – -0.0 – –
Edwin Díaz P LAD Free agency 2025 – -0.0 – –
Jake Eder P LAD Trade 2026 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Bryan Hudson P LAD Draft 2023 – -0.0 – –
Joe Kelly P LAD Trade 2023 4 -0.0 -0.0 0.1
Jack Little P LAD Draft 2025 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Zach Logue P LAD Free agency 2024 – -0.0 – –
Kevin Pillar OF LAD Free agency 2022 – -0.0 – –
Luke Williams 3B/OF LAD Free agency 2023 – +0.0 – –
Jake Marisnick OF LAD Trade 2023 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Esteury Ruiz OF LAD Trade 2025 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Eduardo Salazar P LAD Trade 2024 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Robbie Erlin P LAD Free agency 2022 – -0.1 – –
Dinelson Lamet P LAD Free agency 2024 – -0.1 – –
Wyatt Mills P LAD Free agency 2025 – -0.1 – –
Evan Phillips P LAD Free agency 2026 5 -0.1 -0.0 0.2
Matt Sauer P LAD Free agency 2025 – -0.1 – –
Wander Suero P LAD Free agency 2023 – -0.1 – –
Kirby Yates P LAD Free agency 2025 – -0.1 – –
Shane Greene P LAD Trade 2022 1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1
Ryan Yarbrough P LAD Trade 2023 1 -0.1 -0.1 1.1
J. P. Feyereisen P LAD Trade 2022 – -0.2 – –
Jonathan Hernández P LAD Free agency 2026 – -0.2 – –
Yonny Hernández 2B/3B LAD Trade 2022 – -0.2 – –
David Peralta OF LAD Free agency 2023 – -0.3 – –
Hanser Alberto 2B/3B LAD Free agency 2022 – -0.5 – –
Chuckie Robinson C LAD Free agency 2025 – -0.5 – –
Miguel Vargas 3B LAD Draft 2022 1 -0.5 -0.5 –
Michael Busch 1B LAD Draft 2023 – -0.6 – –
Michael Conforto OF LAD Free agency 2024 – -0.6 – –

WAB = wins above what the team's payroll predicted (resource-controlled). WAR surplus = era-neutral value (WAR minus payroll in win-equivalents). Roster surplus $M = dollar value of WAR over cost. Build channels (realized fWAR): HG = home-grown via amateur draft / international signing; Trade = acquired minus surrendered (incl. purchases/waivers); FA = signed minus walked; R5 = Rule-5 / minor-league-draft pickups. Credit follows the acquisition year — home-grown to the regime at the player's draft/signing (not whoever was in the chair when he peaked), trade/FA/R5 to the GM who made the move. Players acquired as prospects before debuting (e.g. Smoltz, Bagwell; Rule-5 picks like Uggla) are counted as trade/R5, not home-grown. All are franchise-level outcomes during the stint, not solely attributable to one executive.

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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.