GM: Ned Colletti
2006: made playoffs · 88–74. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
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.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Lowe | 33 | FA-elig | 35 | 4.3 | 9.5 | -1.0 |
| J.D. Drew | 30 | FA-elig | 146 | 4.2 | 11.4 | -3.0 |
| Rafael Furcal | 28 | FA-elig | 159 | 3.8 | 8.7 | -1.1 |
| Brad Penny | 28 | FA-elig | 34 | 3.7 | 5.2 | +2.1 |
| Takashi Saito | 36 | – | 72 | 3.1 | – | – |
| Russell Martin | 23 | – | 121 | 2.4 | – | – |
| Andre Ethier | 24 | – | 126 | 2.2 | – | – |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 32 | FA-elig | 122 | 2.0 | 6.0 | -2.0 |
| Jeff Kent | 38 | FA-elig | 115 | 1.7 | 9.4 | -6.1 |
| Greg Maddux↔ CHC | 40 | FA-elig | 12 | 1.5 | 3.2 | -0.1 |
| Jonathan Broxton | 22 | – | 68 | 1.4 | 0.3 | +2.5 |
| Hung-Chih Kuo | 24 | pre-arb | 28 | 1.4 | 0.3 | +2.4 |
| Aaron Sele | 36 | – | 28 | 1.3 | – | – |
| Olmedo Saenz | 35 | FA-elig | 103 | 1.2 | 1.0 | +1.3 |
| Kenny Lofton | 39 | FA-elig | 129 | 1.0 | 3.8 | -1.7 |
| Brett Tomko | 33 | FA-elig | 45 | 1.0 | 3.6 | -1.7 |
| Marlon Anderson↔ WSN | 32 | FA-elig | 25 | 0.9 | 0.2 | +1.7 |
| Mark Hendrickson↔ TBR | 32 | arb | 18 | 0.9 | 1.1 | +0.7 |
| James Loney | 22 | – | 48 | 0.8 | 0.3 | +1.2 |
| Danys Baez↔ ATL | 28 | arb | 46 | 0.7 | 3.2 | -1.9 |
| Chad Billingsley | 21 | – | 18 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +0.9 |
| José Cruz Jr. | 32 | FA-elig | 86 | 0.6 | 2.9 | -1.8 |
| Cody Ross↔ CIN | 25 | arb | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | +1.0 |
| Willy Aybar↔ ATL | 23 | – | 43 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Cesar Izturis↔ CHC | 26 | arb | 32 | 0.4 | 1.9 | -1.0 |
| Jason Repko | 25 | pre-arb | 69 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +0.5 |
| Odalis Perez↔ KCR | 28 | FA-elig | 21 | 0.3 | 5.6 | -4.9 |
| Toby Hall↔ TBR | 30 | FA-elig | 21 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| Dioner Navarro↔ TBR | 22 | pre-arb | 25 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Joe Beimel | 29 | – | 62 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.0 |
| Yhency Brazoban | 26 | pre-arb | 5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Eric Stults | 26 | – | 6 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Einar Díaz | 33 | – | 3 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Giovanni Carrara | 38 | – | 25 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Eric Gagne | 30 | FA-elig | 2 | 0.0 | 10.0 | -10.0 |
| Joel Guzman | 21 | – | 8 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Ramon Martinez | 33 | FA-elig | 82 | -0.0 | 0.6 | -0.7 |
| Jae Weong Seo↔ TBR | 29 | arb | 19 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Ricky Ledee↔ NYM | 32 | FA-elig | 43 | -0.0 | 0.9 | -1.0 |
| Lance Carter | 31 | FA-elig | 10 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -0.7 |
| Delwyn Young | 24 | – | 8 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Wilson Betemit↔ ATL | 24 | arb | 55 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Elmer Dessens↔ KCR | 35 | FA-elig | 19 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Bill Mueller | 35 | FA-elig | 32 | -0.2 | 4.6 | -4.9 |
| Oscar Robles | 30 | – | 29 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Franquelis Osoria | 24 | pre-arb | 12 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| Sandy Alomar Jr.↔ CHW | 40 | FA-elig | 27 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -1.0 |
| Matt Kemp | 21 | – | 52 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Tim Hamulack | 29 | pre-arb | 33 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -1.2 |
| Julio Lugo↔ TBR | 30 | FA-elig | 49 | -0.8 | 2.0 | -3.5 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Rafael Furcal | 3.8 |
| Takashi Saito | 3.1 |
| Russell Martin | 2.4 |
| Andre Ethier | 2.2 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 2.0 |
| Greg Maddux | 1.5 |
| Player | 2005 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jeff Weaver | 2.8 |
| Milton Bradley | 1.6 |
| Jayson Werth | 1.2 |
| Hee-Seop Choi | 1.1 |
| Antonio Perez | 0.9 |
| Duaner Sanchez | 0.5 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2006, 2006–2012. 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.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Drew | 30 | 8.000 | $11.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eric Gagne | 30 | 7.000 | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Derek Lowe | 33 | 9.000 | $9.5M | $9.5M | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jeff Kent | 38 | 14.000 | $9.4M | $9.8M | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Rafael Furcal | 28 | 6.000 | $8.7M | $13.7M | $15.7M | $7.5M | $9.5M | $7.5M | FREE AGENT |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 32 | 10.000 | $6.0M | $8.5M | $9.5M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Odalis Perez | 28 | 8.000 | $5.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brad Penny | 28 | 6.000 | $5.2M | $7.8M | $9.2M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bill Mueller | 35 | 10.000 | $4.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kenny Lofton | 39 | 15.000 | $3.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brett Tomko | 33 | 9.000 | $3.6M | $3.4M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Greg Maddux | 40 | 20.000 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | $7.9M | ||||
| José Cruz Jr. | 32 | 9.000 | $2.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Julio Lugo | 30 | 6.000 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Olmedo Saenz | 35 | 12.000 | $1.0M | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ricky Ledee | 32 | 8.000 | $921k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ramon Martinez | 33 | 8.000 | $600k | $800k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Toby Hall | 30 | 6.000 | $556k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Lance Carter | 31 | 7.000 | $550k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Elmer Dessens | 35 | 10.000 | $521k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Sandy Alomar Jr. | 40 | 18.000 | $382k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Marlon Anderson | 32 | 8.000 | $173k | $603k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Giovanni Carrara | 38 | 11.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Einar Díaz | 33 | 10.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aaron Sele | 36 | 13.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danys Baez | 28 | 5.000 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Cesar Izturis | 26 | 5.000 | $1.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mark Hendrickson | 32 | 4.000 | $1.1M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Joe Beimel | 29 | 5.000 | $327k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jae Weong Seo | 29 | 4.000 | $185k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Wilson Betemit | 24 | 5.000 | $133k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Cody Ross | 25 | 3.000 | $26k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yhency Brazoban | 26 | 2.000 | $345k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jason Repko | 25 | 1.000 | $338k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Franquelis Osoria | 24 | 1.000 | $328k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Tim Hamulack | 29 | 1.000 | $328k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jonathan Broxton | 22 | 1.000 | $328k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Hung-Chih Kuo | 24 | 1.000 | $328k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chad Billingsley | 21 | 0.000 | $327k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| James Loney | 22 | 0.000 | $327k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dioner Navarro | 22 | 2.000 | $102k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Oscar Robles | 30 | – | — | ||||||
| Willy Aybar | 23 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Russell Martin | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Joel Guzman | 21 | – | — | ||||||
| Delwyn Young | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andre Ethier | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Eric Stults | 26 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Kemp | 21 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Takashi Saito | 36 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Dodgers 2006; 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.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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