Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Dodgers
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Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Dodgers
By Tim Dierkes [April 9 at 12:49pm CST]
Next up in our Offseason In Review series, the Dodgers. Here's what we wrote
about them on October 22nd. Changes for 2009:
Additions: Manny Ramirez (re-signed), Rafael Furcal (re-signed), Casey Blake
(re-signed), Orlando Hudson, Randy Wolf, Guillermo Mota, Will Ohman, Claudio
Vargas, Brad Ausmus, Mark Loretta, Doug Mientkiewicz, Eric Milton, Jeff Weaver,
Charlie Haeger, Ronald Belisario, Tanyon Sturtze (re-signed), Shawn Estes, Juan
Castro
Subtractions: Derek Lowe, Brad Penny, Chan Ho Park, Joe Beimel, Greg Maddux,
Jeff Kent, Nomar Garciaparra, Mark Sweeney, Andruw Jones, Scott Proctor,
Takashi Saito, Angel Berroa, Jason Johnson
As expected, it was an eventful offseason for the Dodgers. All the shuffling
actually led to an $18MM reduction in Opening Day payroll.
Last year the Dodgers ranked 13th in the NL with 4.32 runs scored per game.
The '09 lineup will not feature Kent, Jones, Berroa, or Garciaparra. It will
hopefully have full seasons of Ramirez, Furcal, Blake, and Hudson. The
revamped lineup projects to score a healthy 4.98 runs per game, according to
CHONE projections and the Baseball Musings lineup analysis tool. Such
production would've ranked 2nd in the NL last year. GM Ned Colletti gave his
offense a huge boost at a total commitment of less than $100MM for the four
free agents.
The 2008 rotation ranked 3rd in the NL with a 3.87 ERA in 927.6 innings.
Colletti downgraded by replacing Lowe with Wolf, but he also committed $5MM
instead of $60MM. Clayton Kershaw and James McDonald will pick up the innings
Penny, Maddux, Eric Stults, and Park consumed last year. Using CHONE and my
own innings approximations I have the '09 rotation posting a 4.16 ERA - still
pretty good. I don't think they need to worry about adding Pedro Martinez
right now. Maybe Colletti can go after a bigger fish at midseason if someone
gets hurt.
The Dodgers had a sterling pen last year, with a 3.34 ERA in 519.6 innings.
The pen has a different look this year, with Mota and Ohman coming in and
Park, Beimel, Saito, and Proctor gone. The new bullpen projects at a 3.96 ERA.
Defensively the Dodgers ranked 10th in the NL last year according to The
Fielding Bible II. Despite more Manny I think they've improved overall given
the keystone combo of Hudson and Furcal.
I see the Dodgers currently as a 91-92 win team, which should be enough to hold
off the Diamondbacks and perhaps Giants.
Bottom line: Colletti dove headfirst into free agency and, for once, emerged a
victor. The Dodgers' new offense should be among the best in the league, and
they'll reach the playoffs with decent pitching.
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