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JB

Jeff Bridich

Born Sep 10, 1977 · Milwaukee, WI · age 48

General manager for the Rockies (2015–2021).

7 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.

Overview

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs2
Record492–540
Win %0.477
-1.8GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±5.4122nd/195 execs
5.0Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)143rd/195 execs
-6.4Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)159th/195 execs
49%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)177th/195 execs
$33MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track39th/195 execs
$23MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)12th/195 execs
$8MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade51st/195 execs
$2MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees67th/195 execs
-36.2TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total167th/195 execs
-14.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)130th/195 execs
0.74Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)137th/195 execs
-236Roster surplus $M160th/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Rockies GM 2015–2021 6 -14.5 -2.41 -36.2 -57.3 +9.2 +0.5 -23.0 +0.2 0.74 0.477 2–– -236
Career total (1985+ data) 7 -14.5 -36.2 -57.3 +9.2 +0.5 -23.0 +0.2 0.74 0.477 2– – -236

Roster Construction

How the roster was sourced

by valueby volume

Share of acquired fWAR by channel vs. league average.

Build channels — net fWAR

Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.

Home-grown (draft/intl)+9.2
Trade+0.5
Free agency-23.0
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.2
Sourcing mix: 24% draft · 15% FA · 60% trade · 0% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across Jeff Bridich's seasons. Bars = his rosters; the black line = the league-average player at each slot. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge.

Players acquired — 77 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Germán Márquez P COL Trade 2016 9 +19.1 +2.1 –
Ryan Feltner P COL Draft 2018 5 +4.6 +0.9 –
Austin Gomber P COL Trade 2021 4 +3.8 +1.0 0.1
Chris Rusin P COL Trade 2015 4 +3.8 +1.0 0.1
C. J. Cron 1B COL Free agency 2021 2 +3.7 +1.9 0.2
Brendan Rodgers 2B COL Draft 2015 4 +2.8 +0.7 –
Daniel Bard P COL Free agency 2020 3 +2.4 +0.8 0.3
Tony Wolters C COL Trade 2016 2 +1.7 +0.9 –
Tyler Kinley P COL Trade 2020 5 +1.6 +0.3 0.1
Carlos González OF COL Free agency 2018 9 +1.5 +0.2 4.5
Connor Joe 1B/OF COL Free agency 2020 2 +1.3 +0.6 0.1
Sam Hilliard OF COL Draft 2015 4 +1.2 +0.3 –
Nick Hundley C COL Free agency 2015 1 +1.2 +1.2 0.1
Greg Holland P COL Free agency 2017 1 +1.1 +1.1 1.7
Justin Lawrence P COL Draft 2015 3 +1.0 +0.3 –
Pat Neshek P COL Trade 2017 1 +1.0 +1.0 1.6
Jake McGee P COL Free agency 2017 1 +0.9 +0.9 2.3
John Axford P COL Free agency 2015 1 +0.8 +0.8 0.1
Peter Lambert P COL Draft 2015 3 +0.8 +0.3 –
Boone Logan P COL Trade 2015 2 +0.8 +0.4 0.0
Justin Miller P COL Trade 2015 2 +0.8 +0.4 0.1
Jonathan Lucroy C COL Trade 2017 1 +0.7 +0.7 1.1
Jairo Díaz P COL Free agency 2018 2 +0.6 +0.3 0.0
Lucas Gilbreath P COL Draft 2017 2 +0.6 +0.3 –
Chris Owings 2B/SS COL Free agency 2019 1 +0.5 +0.5 0.0
Robert Stephenson P COL Trade 2020 2 +0.5 +0.3 0.0
Elías Díaz C COL Free agency 2020 2 +0.4 +0.2 0.1
Wade Davis P COL Free agency 2017 1 +0.3 +0.3 1.8
Chi Chi González P COL Free agency 2018 3 +0.3 +0.1 0.0
DJ Johnson P COL Trade 2018 2 +0.3 +0.2 –
Kevin Pillar OF COL Trade 2020 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.2
Jeff Hoffman P COL Trade 2015 3 +0.2 +0.1 –
Mark Reynolds 1B/3B COL Free agency 2015 2 +0.2 +0.1 2.0
Jordan Sheffield P COL Rule 5 2020 2 +0.2 +0.1 –
Yency Almonte P COL Trade 2015 2 +0.1 +0.0 –
Ben Bowden P COL Draft 2016 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Jason Gurka P COL Trade 2015 2 +0.1 +0.1 –
Garrett Hampson 2B/OF COL Draft 2016 3 +0.1 +0.0 –
Simón Castro P COL Trade 2015 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
David Hale P COL Trade 2015 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Phillip Diehl P COL Trade 2019 1 -0.0 -0.0 –
Ashton Goudeau P COL Trade 2021 1 -0.0 -0.0 –
Joe Harvey P COL Free agency 2020 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Brooks Pounders P COL Free agency 2017 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Zac Rosscup P COL Free agency 2020 1 -0.0 -0.0 0.1
Antonio Santos P COL Intl FA 2015 1 -0.0 -0.0 –
Miguel Castro P COL Trade 2015 – -0.1 – –
Mike Dunn P COL Free agency 2016 1 -0.1 -0.1 0.3
Matt Kemp OF COL Free agency 2020 – -0.1 – –
Chad Qualls P COL Free agency 2015 – -0.1 – –
AJ Ramos P COL Free agency 2020 – -0.1 – –
Ryan Vilade OF COL Draft 2017 – -0.1 – –
James Pazos P COL Trade 2019 1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
Gonzalez Germen P COL Free agency 2015 – -0.2 – –
Tim Melville P COL Free agency 2019 – -0.2 – –
José Mujica P COL Trade 2020 – -0.2 – –
Tommy Doyle P COL Draft 2017 – -0.3 – –
Rico Garcia P COL Draft 2016 – -0.3 – –
Jason Motte P COL Free agency 2015 – -0.3 – –
Seunghwan Oh P COL Trade 2018 1 -0.3 -0.3 0.4
Gerardo Parra OF COL Free agency 2016 1 -0.3 -0.3 1.7
Ryan Raburn OF COL Free agency 2016 – -0.3 – –
Colton Welker 1B/3B COL Draft 2016 – -0.3 – –
Daniel Castro 2B/SS COL Free agency 2016 – -0.4 – –
Daniel Descalso 2B/3B COL Trade 2016 1 -0.4 -0.4 2.2
Mychal Givens P COL Trade 2021 1 -0.4 -0.4 0.0
Matt Adams 1B COL Free agency 2021 – -0.5 – –
Bryan Shaw P COL Free agency 2017 – -0.5 – –
Drew Butera C COL Free agency 2019 – -0.6 – –
Stephen Cardullo 1B/OF COL Trade 2016 – -0.6 – –
Kyle Kendrick P COL Free agency 2015 – -0.6 – –
Ryan Hanigan C COL Free agency 2017 – -0.7 – –
Alan Trejo 2B/SS COL Draft 2017 1 -0.9 -0.9 –
Alexi Amarista 2B/SS/OF COL Free agency 2017 – -1.0 – –
Ian Desmond SS/OF COL Free agency 2016 – -1.4 – –
Jesús Tinoco P COL Trade 2015 1 -1.4 -1.4 –
Daniel Murphy 1B/2B COL Free agency 2018 – -1.6 – –

WAB = wins above what the team's payroll predicted (resource-controlled). WAR surplus = era-neutral value (WAR minus payroll in win-equivalents). Roster surplus $M = dollar value of WAR over cost. Build channels (realized fWAR): HG = home-grown via amateur draft / international signing; Trade = acquired minus surrendered (incl. purchases/waivers); FA = signed minus walked; R5 = Rule-5 / minor-league-draft pickups. Credit follows the acquisition year — home-grown to the regime at the player's draft/signing (not whoever was in the chair when he peaked), trade/FA/R5 to the GM who made the move. Players acquired as prospects before debuting (e.g. Smoltz, Bagwell; Rule-5 picks like Uggla) are counted as trade/R5, not home-grown. All are franchise-level outcomes during the stint, not solely attributable to one executive.

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Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.