Editorials
Resetting the LA Dodgers Roster After the Trade Deadline
While the Dodgers didn’t make the splash many MLB pundits anticipated, they have had a good bit of roster change and turn over since the All-Star break. Here’s a look at the current roster, and an example of how deep the team is in terms of home-grown talent.
* = Not currently on active roster as of 8/13/2019
| PITCHERS | Year | Round | Pick | Team |
| Scott Alexander* | 2007 | 37th | 1122 | CIN |
| Pedro Baez | 2007 | Amateur FA | n/a | LAD |
| Walker Buehler | 2012 | 1st | 24 | LAD |
| JT Chargois | 2012 | 2nd | 72 | MIN |
| Dylan Floro* | 2012 | 13th | 422 | TB |
| Yimi Garcia | 2009 | Amateur FA | n/a | LAD |
| Tony Gonsolin* | 2016 | 9th | 281 | LAD |
| Rich Hill* | 2002 | 4th | 112 | CHC |
| Kenley Jansen | 2004 | Amateur FA | LAD | |
| Joe Kelly | 2009 | 3rd | 98 | STL |
| Clayton Kershaw | 2006 | 1st | 7 | LAD |
| Adam Kolarek | 2010 | 11th | 332 | NYM |
| Kenta Maeda | 2016 | Amateur FA | n/a | JPN |
| Dustin May | 2016 | 3rd | 101 | LAD |
| Casey Sadler* | 2010 | 25th | 7474 | PIT |
| Hyun-Jin Ryu | 2012 | Amateur FA | n/a | KOR |
| Ross Stripling* | 2012 | 5th | 176 | LAD |
| Julio Urias | 2012 | Amateur FA | n/a | MEX |
| CATCHERS | Year | Round | Pick | Team |
| Russell Martin | 2002 | 17th | 511 | LAD |
| Will Smith | 2016 | 1st | 32 | LAD |
| Austin Barnes* | 2011 | 9th | 283 | FLA |
| INFIELDERS | Year | Round | Pick | Team |
| Matt Beaty | 2011 | 48th | 1446 | LAD |
| David Freese* | 2006 | 9th | 273 | SD |
| Enrique Hernandez* | 2009 | 6th | 191 | HOU |
| Max Muncy | 2012 | 5th | 169 | OAK |
| Kristopher Negron | 2006 | 7th | 223 | BOS |
| Edwin Rios | 2015 | 6th | 192 | LAD |
| Corey Seager | 2012 | 1st | 18 | LAD |
| Justin Turner | 2006 | 7th | 204 | CIN |
| Tyler White* | 2013 | 33rd | 977 | HOU |
| OUTFIELDERS | Year | Round | Pick | Team |
| AJ Pollock | 2009 | 1st | 17 | ARI |
| Cody Bellinger | 2013 | 4th | 124 | LAD |
| Kyle Garlick | 2015 | 28th | 852 | LAD |
| Joc Pederson | 2010 | 11th | 352 | LAD |
| Chris Taylor* | 2012 | 5th | 161 | SEA |
| Alex Verdugo* | 2014 | 2nd | 62 | LAD |
That’s 17 of 25 active players on the roster that were drafted by the Dodgers, or signed by the team on the international market.
Next time a fan of another team says that the Dodgers buys their team, feel free to throw this in their face.
Haters claim we bought our team they clearly don’t even pay attention to our games because if they did they would realize the guys on our team hardly consist of any big FA signings but almost all of our own stars, homegrown players and under the radar scrap heap pickups that we’ve turned into good players. On another note, almost all of these guys are Colleti’s. Only Smith May and Gonsolin are Friedman’s