But the Dodgers held on and won the division. Would LoDuca and Roberts have made a difference in '06? Give it a rest Jim. Or are you Bill Plaschke? If that team didn't have the benefit of the lead the old Dodgers team created, they would have missed the playoffs. The second version wasn't a playoff team based on how they played. Record before the trade: 60-43, .583 Record after the trade: 33-26, .560 Number of wins a .583 team gets over 59 games: 34 They were pretty much the same team. Except for the fact that the winning percentage the second version of the team had, spread over the course of a full season, would have put them a game back of S.F. and out of the playoffs. There is almost 4 wins difference between the two...isn't that about the impact Lee has on the Cubs over 4 months or so per that article done here awhile back? That's a significant difference, isn't it? You can't project out for the larger sample and assume its accuracy. And even then, it ignores the fact that the trade impacted about 8-12% of the roster, and ignores the fact that you're reneging on your original claim.