Let's take a look at the WAR of primary Dodger players at this point in time (5/23).
| Hitters
|
| Name
| WAR
|
| R.Furcal
| 7.13
|
| R.Martin
| 3.97
|
| B.DeWitt
| 3.53
|
| M.Kemp
| 2.22
|
| A.Ethier
| 1.50
|
| J.Loney
| 1.48
|
| J.Pierre
| 0.41
|
| G.Bennett
| -0.12
|
| D.Young
| -0.25
|
| N.Garciappara
| -0.40
|
| M.Sweeney
| 0.83
|
| A.Jones
| -0.99
|
| J.Kent
| -1.06
|
| C.Hu
| -1.37
|
| Hitters Total
| 15.23
|
|
|
| Pitchers
|
| C.Billingsley
| 4.16
|
| H.Guo
| 3.00
|
| D.Lowe
| 2.79
|
| J.Broxton
| 2.69
|
| H.Kuroda
| 2.24
|
| B.Penny
| 2.01
|
| J.Beimel
| 1.85
|
| T>Saito
| 1.81
|
| C.Wade
| 1.46
|
| E.Loaiza
| 0.46
|
| R.Troncoso
| 0.44
|
| C.Park
| -0.22
|
| S.Proctor
| -0.83
|
| Pitching Total
| 21.88
|
| Team Total
| 87.11
|
Keep in mind to come up with the 87.11 total we add the hitters and pitchers totals and then add an offset of 50 wins, which is the team replacement level number of wins. At the moment the WAR calculation says the Dodgers should win 87.11 games. Their current record is 25-21, which pro-rated over an 162 game season would be 88.04 wins. Keep in mind in my
Pre-Season Dodger WAR study, which used 2008 ZIPS projections, I had the Dodgers with 87.50 wins. All three numbers are pretty consistent at this point in time. It will be interesting to see how things fluctuate from this point on. I will make it a habit to update this study once a week.
