Patience is a Virtue

by Brendan Scolari on Apr 20, 2009 12:00 PM PDT in News

We're 13 games into the season, and the Dodgers lead the National League in runs scored and walks. While their improved power helps, the .393 on-base percentage is fueling the offense. Here's a comparison of the 2008 lineup and 2009 lineup in terms of plate discipline through the first 13 games:

2008 Starters	BB/PA	2009 Starters	BB/PA
Martin	7/54	Martin	8/50
Loney	6/55	Loney	7/56
Kent	3/49	Hudson	8/60
Furcal	9/60	Furcal	4/55
Dewitt	7/51	Blake	5/47
Ethier	4/57	Manny	14/57
Jones	6/50	Kemp	5/53
Kemp	0/43	Ethier	9/59
Pierre	1/36	Pierre	1/9
Totals	43/455, 9.4%	Totals	61/446, 13.7%

In the early goings of 2008 the aforementioned Dodgers walked in 9.4% of their plate appearances. This year's lineup has improved on that figure by more than 4%, with a 13.7% mark. If the Dodgers can keep up their improved plate discipline they might walk their way to an NL West Title.

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Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$490,000
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000
LF	23	Abreu	$401,311
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$481,000
OF/1B	33	Van Slyke	$388,197
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000

CL	74	Jansen	$491,000
RHP	52	Lindblom	$483,000
RHP	51	Belisario	$414,426
RHP	54	Guerra	$488,000
RHP	28	Wright	$900,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$488,500
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000

DL	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
DL	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
DL	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
60DL	36	Hawksworth	$495,000
60DL	41	De La Rosa	$485,000

AAA	13	DeJesus	$86,648
AA	50	Eovaldi	$7,885
AAA	56	Antonini	$7,869

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout
DFA	66	MacDougal	$650,000

Totals			$114,830,268
For more detailed information, click here.
Current 40-man roster count: 42 (incl. De La Rosa & Hawksworth)

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