GM: Ned Colletti
2008: made playoffs · 84–78. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Martin | 25 | pre-arb | 155 | 7.3 | 0.5 | +16.1 |
| Derek Lowe | 35 | FA-elig | 34 | 4.2 | 10.0 | -0.4 |
| Chad Billingsley | 23 | pre-arb | 35 | 3.7 | 0.4 | +7.9 |
| Hiroki Kuroda | 33 | pre-arb | 31 | 3.4 | 7.4 | +0.3 |
| Andre Ethier | 26 | pre-arb | 141 | 3.4 | 0.4 | +7.2 |
| Matt Kemp | 23 | pre-arb | 155 | 3.3 | 0.4 | +7.2 |
| Manny Ramirez↔ BOS | 36 | FA-elig | 53 | 3.0 | 6.6 | +0.2 |
| Hung-Chih Kuo | 26 | arb | 42 | 2.2 | 0.4 | +4.7 |
| Jonathan Broxton | 24 | arb | 70 | 2.0 | 0.5 | +4.2 |
| Rafael Furcal | 30 | FA-elig | 36 | 2.0 | 15.7 | -11.2 |
| Takashi Saito | 38 | pre-arb | 45 | 1.6 | 2.0 | +1.6 |
| Blake DeWitt | 22 | pre-arb | 117 | 1.6 | 0.4 | +3.2 |
| Clayton Kershaw | 20 | – | 22 | 1.0 | 0.2 | +2.0 |
| Casey Blake↔ CLE | 34 | FA-elig | 58 | 0.9 | 2.3 | -0.4 |
| Joe Beimel | 31 | FA-elig | 71 | 0.5 | 1.9 | -0.8 |
| Ramon Troncoso | 25 | pre-arb | 32 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +0.5 |
| Greg Maddux↔ SDP | 42 | FA-elig | 7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | -1.2 |
| Cory Wade | 25 | – | 55 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Jeff Kent | 40 | FA-elig | 121 | 0.3 | 9.0 | -8.3 |
| Eric Stults | 28 | – | 9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 34 | FA-elig | 55 | 0.2 | 9.5 | -9.1 |
| Danny Ardoin | 33 | – | 24 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Esteban Loaiza↔ CHW | 36 | FA-elig | 7 | 0.1 | 5.2 | -4.9 |
| Chan Ho Park | 35 | – | 55 | 0.1 | – | – |
| James McDonald | 23 | – | 4 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Terry Tiffee | 29 | – | 6 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Jason Repko | 27 | – | 22 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 37 | – | 3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Yhency Brazoban | 28 | – | 2 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Juan Pierre | 30 | FA-elig | 119 | -0.0 | 8.0 | -8.0 |
| Brad Penny | 30 | FA-elig | 19 | -0.0 | 9.2 | -9.3 |
| Gary Bennett | 36 | FA-elig | 10 | -0.1 | 0.8 | -1.0 |
| Delwyn Young | 26 | pre-arb | 83 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| A.J. Ellis | 27 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Brian Falkenborg↔ SDP | 30 | – | 16 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Scott Proctor | 31 | arb | 41 | -0.2 | 1.1 | -1.5 |
| Scott Elbert | 22 | – | 10 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Pablo Ozuna↔ CHW | 33 | FA-elig | 36 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -1.3 |
| Andy LaRoche↔ PIT | 24 | pre-arb | 27 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.9 |
| Jason Johnson | 34 | – | 16 | -0.3 | – | – |
| James Loney | 24 | pre-arb | 161 | -0.4 | 0.4 | -1.4 |
| Luis Maza | 28 | – | 45 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Chin-Lung Hu | 24 | pre-arb | 65 | -0.6 | 0.4 | -1.7 |
| Mark Sweeney | 38 | FA-elig | 98 | -0.8 | 0.6 | -2.4 |
| Angel Berroa | 30 | – | 84 | -0.9 | – | – |
| Andruw Jones | 31 | FA-elig | 75 | -1.1 | 14.7 | -17.3 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Hiroki Kuroda | 3.4 |
| Manny Ramirez | 3.0 |
| Blake DeWitt | 1.6 |
| Clayton Kershaw | 1.0 |
| Casey Blake | 0.9 |
| Ramon Troncoso | 0.4 |
| Player | 2007 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Randy Wolf | 1.7 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 1.4 |
| Wilson Betemit | 0.9 |
| Tony Abreu | 0.6 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 0.6 |
| Brett Tomko | 0.5 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2008, 2008–2014. 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 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Furcal | 30 | 8.000 | $15.7M | $7.5M | $9.5M | $7.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Andruw Jones | 31 | 12.000 | $14.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Derek Lowe | 35 | 11.000 | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Nomar Garciaparra | 34 | 12.000 | $9.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brad Penny | 30 | 8.000 | $9.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeff Kent | 40 | 16.000 | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Juan Pierre | 30 | 8.000 | $8.0M | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Manny Ramirez | 36 | 15.000 | $6.6M | $23.9M | $13.7M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Esteban Loaiza | 36 | 13.000 | $5.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Casey Blake | 34 | 9.000 | $2.3M | $5.0M | $6.2M | $5.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Greg Maddux | 42 | 22.000 | $2.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joe Beimel | 31 | 7.000 | $1.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Gary Bennett | 36 | 13.000 | $825k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mark Sweeney | 38 | 13.000 | $600k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Pablo Ozuna | 33 | 8.000 | $556k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jason Johnson | 34 | 11.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chan Ho Park | 35 | 14.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tanyon Sturtze | 37 | 13.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Danny Ardoin | 33 | 8.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian Falkenborg | 30 | 9.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Angel Berroa | 30 | 7.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Proctor | 31 | 4.000 | $1.1M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jonathan Broxton | 24 | 3.000 | $454k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Hung-Chih Kuo | 26 | 3.000 | $392k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Yhency Brazoban | 28 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jason Repko | 27 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroki Kuroda | 33 | 0.000 | $7.4M | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Takashi Saito | 38 | 2.000 | $2.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Russell Martin | 25 | 2.000 | $500k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Andre Ethier | 26 | 2.000 | $424k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Chad Billingsley | 23 | 2.000 | $415k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| James Loney | 24 | 2.000 | $411k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Matt Kemp | 23 | 2.000 | $406k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Delwyn Young | 26 | 2.000 | $391k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Chin-Lung Hu | 24 | 1.000 | $390k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Eric Stults | 28 | 2.000 | $390k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ramon Troncoso | 25 | 0.000 | $390k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Blake DeWitt | 22 | 0.000 | $390k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Clayton Kershaw | 20 | 0.000 | $224k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andy LaRoche | 24 | 1.000 | $139k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Terry Tiffee | 29 | – | — | ||||||
| Luis Maza | 28 | – | — | ||||||
| A.J. Ellis | 27 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Scott Elbert | 22 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| James McDonald | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Cory Wade | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Dodgers 2008; 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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