| Player | Value Added | VA/PA | Change |
| J.D. Drew | 20.856 | .039 | 2.294 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 18.046 | .038 | -1.391 |
| Rafael Furcal | 16.173 | .024 | 2.912 |
| Andre Ethier | 12.687 | .031 | -1.731 |
| Jeff Kent | 9.651 | .023 | .566 |
| Olmedo Saenz | 7.923 | .041 | .181 |
| Cody Ross | 4.364 | .312 | .000 |
| Kenny Lofton | 3.084 | .007 | -.858 |
| Marlon Anderson | 1.661 | .062 | .691 |
| Bill Mueller | 1.534 | .012 | .000 |
| Russell Martin | 1.078 | .003 | .190 |
| Matt Kemp | .957 | .006 | -1.109 |
| Jose Cruz | .864 | .003 | .000 |
| Dioner Navarro | .569 | .007 | .000 |
| Willy Aybar | .397 | .003 | .000 |
| Toby Hall | .265 | .005 | .215 |
| Wilson Betemit | -.284 | -.002 | -2.418 |
| Delwyn Young | -.537 | -.268 | N/A |
| James Loney | -.650 | -.007 | -.109 |
| Jason Repko | -1.099 | -.008 | -.691 |
| Oscar Robles | -1.445 | -.044 | -.250 |
| Sandy Alomar | -1.691 | -.027 | .000 |
| Joel Guzman | -2.444 | -.106 | .000 |
| Ricky Ledee | -2.820 | -.051 | .000 |
| Cesar Izturis | -4.168 | -.032 | .000 |
| Ramon Martinez | -4.970 | -.027 | -.287 |
| Julio Lugo | -6.896 | -.054 | .986 |
After holding onto the top spot pretty much since the beginning of the season, J.D. Drew has replaced Nomar as the team leader in linear weights.
Looking at this, it makes me wonder if the Dodgers have the worst team leader in this category. After all, Nomar had better numbers than this in July. If the team leader regresses two and a half months later, it can't bode well for the team.
After some non-thorough searching, I found that this isn't true. Kansas City's leader is Mark Teahen, who is at 17.719. The team that I'm guessing is the worst in this category, however, is the Padres. Since they lack any standout hitters, and their better hitters hit into a large amount of double plays, their leader is Dave Roberts at 12.199. There could be other teams that are worse off than the Dodgers, but I stopped checking after these two.
As for the rest of team, it was a rather unnotable week for anyone but Drew and Furcal. The Dodgers really can't afford an offensive shutdown at this time of year.
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