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With the Dodgers’ 2017 season now over, let’s look at the roster heading into the offseason. At the moment, including players who ended the year on the 60-day disabled list, there are 48 players on the 40-man roster, broken into different groups.
Free agents (6)
Yu Darvish
Curtis Granderson
Franklin Gutierrez
Brandon Morrow
Chase Utley
Tony Watson
The qualifying offer this offseason — the average of the top 125 salaries in baseball — is $17.4 million, up from $17.2 million last winter. The Dodgers don’t really have anyone who would receive such an offer, a one-year contract tender. Darvish would have been the only one, but since he was traded midseason he is ineligible to receive a qualifying offer.
Darvish on Wednesday night said he would like to return.
“The last three years I’ve been struggling to re-find my passion for baseball, and then I came here and I found it again,” Darvish said. “I would like to come back in the World Series, and I want to pitch better. It’s tough, but personally I want to come back to the Dodgers.”
Options (2)
Andre Ethier
Logan Forsythe
Ethier finished out his five-year, $85 million contract. There is a $17.5 million club option for 2018 that would have vested had Ethier totaled 550 plate appearances in 2017 (he had 38). If the Dodgers don’t exercise the option — they won’t — Ethier will receive a $2.5 million buyout.
Forsythe has a $9 million club option for 2018, with a $1 million buyout if it isn’t exercised.
Under contract (10)
| Player | Service Time | 2017 salary | 2018 salary | Signed through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Service Time | 2017 salary | 2018 salary | Signed through |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 12.108 | $21,500,000 | $21,500,000 | 2018 |
| Rich Hill | 8.127 | $14,000,000 | $16,000,000 | 2019 |
| Kenley Jansen | 7.073 | $14,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 2021* |
| Scott Kazmir | 11.119 | $16,000,000 | $16,000,000 | 2018 |
| Clayton Kershaw | 9.105 | $33,000,000 | $33,000,000 | 2020* |
| Kenta Maeda | 2.000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 2023 |
| Brandon McCarthy | 11.122 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 2018 |
| Yasiel Puig | 4.102 | $6,500,000 | $7,500,000 | 2018^ |
| Hyun-jin Ryu | 5.000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 2018 |
| Justin Turner | 7.105 | $12,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 2020 |
| Erisbel Arruebarrena | 0.074 | $4,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 2018 |
| Yaisel Sierra | 0.000 | $2,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 2021 |
Half of Scott Kazmir’s 2018 salary is deferred to 2021.
Also included here are Yaisel Sierra and Erisbel Arruebarrena, who are still in the organization but not on the 40-man roster.
The Dodgers have $135.5 million committed to 12 players in 2018, including Sierra and Arruebarrena, plus another $10.2 million in dead money (payments to Matt Kemp, Howie Kendrick and Dian Toscano, who are no longer in the organization).
Arbitration-eligible (9)
| Player | Service Time | 2017 salary | MLBTR projections |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Service Time | 2017 salary | MLBTR projections |
| Yasmani Grandal | 5.115 | $5,500,000 | $7,700,000 |
| Alex Wood | 4.123 | $2,800,000 | $6,400,000 |
| Luis Avilan | 4.146 | $1,500,000 | $2,300,000 |
| Tony Cingrani | 4.088 | $1,825,000 | $2,200,000 |
| Josh Fields | 4.083 | $1,050,000 | $2,200,000 |
| Joc Pederson | 3.023 | $555,000 | $2,000,000 |
| Pedro Baez | 3.059 | $550,000 | $1,500,000 |
| Kiké Hernandez | 3.054 | $550,000 | $1,300,000 |
| Yimi Garcia | 3.004 | $550,000 | $700,000 |
The Dodgers have nine players eligible for salary arbitration, all with at least three years but less than six years of major league service time. First-time arb-eligibles this offseason include Joc Pederson, Kiké Hernandez and Pedro Baez, as well as Yimi Garcia, who missed the entire 2017 season after Tommy John surgery.
Luis Avilan and Tony Cingrani are out of options.
The date for players and teams to exchange salaries is Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. Should the team and player not come to an agreement beforehand, arbitration hearings will be scheduled between Feb. 1-20, either in Los Angeles, Phoenix, or the Tampa/Orlando area.
The rest of the 40-man roster is comprised of players with under three years of service time.
Team control (21)
| Player | Service Time | Options remaining (used) | 2017 salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Service Time | Options remaining (used) | 2017 salary |
| Austin Barnes | 1.124 | 1 (2015-16) | $540,000 |
| Cody Bellinger | 0.160 | 3 (none) | $535,000 |
| Walker Buehler | 0.026 | 3 (none) | $535,000 |
| Charlie Culberson | 2.084 | 0 (2012-13, 2016) | $550,000 |
| Grant Dayton | 1.069 | 1 (2014-15) | $540,000 |
| O'Koyea Dickson | 0.031 | 3 (none) | $535,000 |
| Kyle Farmer | 0.046 | 2 (2017) | $535,000 |
| Wilmer Font | 0.085 | 0 (2011-14) | $535,000 |
| Adam Liberatore | 2.086 | 1 (2015, 2017) | $545,000 |
| Tim Locastro | 0.003 | 3 (none) | $535,000 |
| Edward Paredes | 0.070 | 1 (2010-11) | $535,000 |
| Josh Ravin | 1.151 | 0 (2013, 2015, 2017) | $540,000 |
| Corey Seager | 2.032 | 3 (none) | $575,000 |
| Rob Segedin | 1.038 | 2 (2017) | $540,000 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.007 | 1 (2016-17) | $537,500 |
| Ross Stripling | 1.112 | 2 (2016) | $540,000 |
| Chris Taylor | 2.031 | 1 (2015-16) | $540,000 |
| Trayce Thompson | 1.124 | 0 (2014-15, 2017) | $545,000 |
| Andrew Toles | 1.087 | 3 (none) | $540,000 |
| Julio Urias | 0.123 | 1 (2016-17) | $540,000 |
| Alex Verdugo | 0.031 | 3 (none) | $535,000 |
Charlie Culberson, Wilmer Font, Josh Ravin, and Trayce Thompson are out of options.
Grant Dayton, Ross Stripling, and Chris Taylor were all optioned in 2017, but their total optional assignments didn’t last 20 days so it didn’t count as using an option year.
The minimum major league salary for 2018 is $545,000.
Important dates
Thursday (the day after the World Series ends): Free agency begins at 6 a.m. PT
Monday, Nov. 6: Free agents can sign with new teams beginning at 2 p.m. PT; also the deadline for teams to submit qualifying offers
Nov. 16: Deadline for free agents to accept or reject qualifying offers is 2 p.m. PT
Nov. 20, 2017: Deadline to set rosters in preparation for Rule 5 draft. Among the names to watch for potential addition to the Dodgers’ 40-man roster here include Trevor Oaks and Dennis Santana.
Jan. 12, 2018: Deadline for players and teams to exchange salaries for arbitration
Feb. 1-20: Salary arbitration hearings (scheduled on a case-by-case basis)