President of baseball ops: Andrew Friedman · GM: Farhan Zaidi
2018: won pennant · 92–71. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmani Grandal | 29 | FA-elig | 140 | 5.3 | 7.9 | +10.0 |
| Max Muncy | 27 | pre-arb | 137 | 4.3 | 0.5 | +14.3 |
| Justin Turner | 33 | FA-elig | 103 | 4.1 | 12.0 | +2.1 |
| Clayton Kershaw | 30 | FA-elig | 27 | 4.0 | 35.6 | -22.1 |
| Cody Bellinger | 22 | pre-arb | 162 | 3.5 | 0.6 | +11.4 |
| Chris Taylor | 27 | arb | 155 | 3.5 | 0.6 | +11.4 |
| Walker Buehler | 23 | pre-arb | 24 | 3.2 | 0.5 | +10.5 |
| Manny Machado↔ BAL | 25 | FA-elig | 66 | 2.7 | 6.5 | +2.8 |
| Enrique Hernández | 26 | arb | 145 | 2.6 | 1.6 | +7.4 |
| Yasiel Puig | 27 | arb | 125 | 2.3 | 9.2 | -1.3 |
| Kenta Maeda | 30 | pre-arb | 41 | 2.3 | 3.1 | +4.7 |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | 31 | arb | 16 | 2.3 | 7.8 | -0.0 |
| Alex Wood | 27 | arb | 33 | 2.1 | 6.0 | +1.0 |
| Ross Stripling | 28 | pre-arb | 36 | 2.0 | 0.6 | +6.3 |
| Matt Kemp | 33 | FA-elig | 146 | 2.0 | 21.8 | -14.9 |
| Joc Pederson | 26 | arb | 148 | 1.8 | 2.6 | +3.5 |
| Austin Barnes | 28 | arb | 100 | 1.5 | 0.6 | +4.7 |
| Rich Hill | 38 | FA-elig | 25 | 1.5 | 16.7 | -11.7 |
| Pedro Báez | 30 | arb | 55 | 0.7 | 1.5 | +1.0 |
| David Freese↔ PIT | 35 | FA-elig | 19 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +1.4 |
| Dylan Floro↔ CIN | 27 | pre-arb | 29 | 0.6 | 0.1 | +1.8 |
| Tony Cingrani | 28 | FA-elig | 30 | 0.5 | 2.3 | -0.5 |
| Corey Seager | 24 | arb | 26 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +0.7 |
| Kenley Jansen | 30 | FA-elig | 69 | 0.3 | 11.3 | -10.2 |
| Josh Fields | 32 | arb | 45 | 0.3 | 2.2 | -1.1 |
| Scott Alexander | 28 | arb | 73 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +0.5 |
| Alex Verdugo | 22 | pre-arb | 37 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.7 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 21 | – | 30 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.5 |
| Ryan Madson↔ WSN | 37 | FA-elig | 9 | 0.2 | 1.2 | -0.5 |
| Kyle Farmer | 27 | pre-arb | 39 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| Dennis Santana | 22 | – | 2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +0.1 |
| Tim Locastro | 25 | pre-arb | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Julio Urías | 21 | pre-arb | 3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| Pat Venditte | 33 | pre-arb | 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.0 |
| JT Chargois | 27 | pre-arb | 39 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| Chase Utley | 39 | FA-elig | 87 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.8 |
| Erik Goeddel↔ SEA | 29 | pre-arb | 26 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.2 |
| John Axford↔ TOR | 35 | FA-elig | 5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Zac Rosscup | 30 | pre-arb | 17 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| Brian Dozier↔ MIN | 31 | FA-elig | 47 | -0.0 | 2.8 | -2.9 |
| Daniel Corcino | 27 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Rocky Gale | 30 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Zach Neal | 29 | – | 1 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Adam Liberatore | 31 | – | 17 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Andrew Toles | 26 | pre-arb | 17 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Daniel Hudson | 31 | FA-elig | 40 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Edward Paredes | 31 | pre-arb | 15 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Breyvic Valera↔ BAL | 26 | – | 20 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Brock Stewart | 26 | pre-arb | 9 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.2 |
| Logan Forsythe↔ MIN | 31 | FA-elig | 70 | -0.4 | 5.2 | -6.6 |
| Yimi García | 27 | arb | 25 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -2.1 |
| Wilmer Font↔ OAK | 28 | FA-elig | 6 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -1.8 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Max Muncy | 4.3 |
| Manny Machado | 2.7 |
| Matt Kemp | 2.0 |
| David Freese | 0.6 |
| Dylan Floro | 0.6 |
| Scott Alexander | 0.3 |
| Player | 2017 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Brandon Morrow | 1.6 |
| Yu Darvish | 0.9 |
| Tony Watson | 0.1 |
| Chris Hatcher | 0.1 |
| Fabio Castillo | 0.0 |
| Charlie Culberson | -0.0 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2018, 2018–2024. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2018; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Kershaw | 30 | 9.105 | $35.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Kemp | 33 | 11.049 | $21.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rich Hill | 38 | 8.127 | $16.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Justin Turner | 33 | 7.045 | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kenley Jansen | 30 | 7.072 | $11.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Logan Forsythe | 31 | 6.113 | $5.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ryan Madson | 37 | 12.155 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chase Utley | 39 | 14.027 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| David Freese | 35 | 8.028 | $715k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Daniel Hudson | 31 | 7.117 | $469k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| John Axford | 35 | 7.118 | $150k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasiel Puig | 27 | 4.102 | $9.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Yasmani Grandal | 29 | 5.115 | $7.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Hyun Jin Ryu | 31 | 5.000 | $7.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Manny Machado | 25 | 5.056 | $6.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Alex Wood | 27 | 4.123 | $6.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brian Dozier | 31 | 5.100 | $2.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joc Pederson | 26 | 3.028 | $2.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Tony Cingrani | 28 | 4.088 | $2.3M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Josh Fields | 32 | 4.083 | $2.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Enrique Hernández | 26 | 3.054 | $1.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Pedro Báez | 30 | 3.059 | $1.5M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Yimi García | 27 | 3.004 | $630k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Adam Liberatore | 31 | 3.086 | $140k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenta Maeda | 30 | 2.000 | $3.1M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Corey Seager | 24 | 2.032 | $605k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Cody Bellinger | 22 | 0.160 | $585k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Chris Taylor | 27 | 2.031 | $575k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Austin Barnes | 28 | 1.124 | $555k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Ross Stripling | 28 | 1.115 | $555k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Scott Alexander | 28 | 1.097 | $555k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Julio Urías | 21 | 0.123 | $550k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Zach Neal | 29 | – | $545k | ||||||
| Walker Buehler | 23 | 0.026 | $513k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Max Muncy | 27 | 1.030 | $489k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| JT Chargois | 27 | 0.084 | $438k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dennis Santana | 22 | 0.000 | $363k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Erik Goeddel | 29 | 1.126 | $334k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Caleb Ferguson | 21 | 0.000 | $328k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Zac Rosscup | 30 | 2.164 | $259k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Kyle Farmer | 27 | 0.046 | $237k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Pat Venditte | 33 | 1.017 | $193k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Wilmer Font | 28 | 0.085 | $174k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Alex Verdugo | 22 | 0.031 | $138k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dylan Floro | 27 | 0.056 | $135k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andrew Toles | 26 | 1.087 | $122k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Tim Locastro | 25 | 0.003 | $120k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Edward Paredes | 31 | 0.053 | $114k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Rocky Gale | 30 | 0.047 | $85k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brock Stewart | 26 | 1.007 | $73k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Breyvic Valera | 26 | 0.018 | $60k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Daniel Corcino | 27 | 0.034 | $15k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Dodgers 2018; 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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