Ned Rice
General manager for the Phillies (2020–2020).
Across the full 1-season sample, the measured profile stands out most for playoff leverage per acquired WAR (98th percentile), avoidance of dead payroll (96th percentile), and net WAR per trade (90th percentile). The clearest contrast is roster depth (0th percentile): the measured rosters have produced fewer two-win regulars than most peers. Because the sample covers fewer than five seasons, those comparisons are descriptive rather than stable.
1 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.
0 pennants · 0 playoff appearances · 28–32 (0.467)
Overview
| Team | Role | Year | Pay $M |
Rel Pay |
Surp $M |
Surp WAR |
Dead % |
Cheap $M |
Draft $M |
Trd $M |
Int'l $M |
$ / WAR |
WAR | Depth | Dead WAR |
HG | Trade | Net/ Trd |
FA | R5 | RFA | PPA | CPA | WAB | TAB | W-L% | PO | Pen | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phillies |
GM | 2020 28–32 | $159 | 135 | -68 | -9.3 | 20% | +7 | +3 | +5 | -1 | $9.2M | 12.5 | 0.0 | -4.7 | +0.0 | +4.4 | +1.10 | -4.4 | +0.0 | +0.01 | 6.04 | 0.41 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.467 | |||
| Career total (1985+ data) | $159 | 135 | -68 | -9.3 | 20% | +7 | +3 | +5 | -1 | $9.2M | 12.5 | 0.0 | -4.7 | +0.0 | +4.4 | +1.10 | -4.4 | +0.0 | +0.01 | 6.04 | 0.41 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.467 | – | – | – | ||
Roster Construction
Build channels — net fWAR
Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.
Trades
Trades made — 7 deals credited to Ned Rice, best expected value first; surplus is realized value in $M
PHI · Ned Rice
+$2.4M
TBR · Erik Neander
−$2.4M
LAD · Andrew Friedman
+$2.4M
PHI · Ned Rice
−$2.4M
PHI · Ned Rice
+$1.6M
PIT · Ben Cherington
−$1.6M
MIL · David Stearns
+$2.4M
PHI · Ned Rice
−$2.4M
NYY · Brian Cashman
+$0.8M
PHI · Ned Rice
−$0.8M
BOS · Chaim Bloom
+$54.4M
PHI · Ned Rice
−$54.4M
TBR · Erik Neander
+$2.4M
PHI · Ned Rice
−$0.8M
LAD · Andrew Friedman
−$1.6M
Players acquired — 9 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)
| Player | Pos | Team | How | Year | Szns | fWAR | WAR/yr | RFA | PPA | CPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Wheeler | P | PHI |
Trade | 2020 | 7 | +31.5 | +4.5 | – | 32.0% | 2.12% |
| José Alvarado | P | PHI |
Trade | 2020 | 5 | +4.1 | +0.8 | +0.01 | 9.1% | 0.64% |
| Ronald Torreyes | 2B/3B/SS | PHI |
Free agency | 2020 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | 1.6% | 0.10% |
| David Hale | P | PHI |
Trade | 2020 | 1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.08 | 1.1% | 0.08% |
| Ramón Rosso | P | PHI |
Trade | 2020 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | – | – | – |
| Neil Walker | 2B | PHI |
Free agency | 2020 | – | -0.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Philip Gosselin | 2B/3B | PHI |
Trade | 2020 | 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | – | 0.6% | 0.04% |
| Kyle Garlick | OF | PHI |
Trade | 2020 | – | -0.4 | – | +0.03 | – | – |
| Didi Gregorius | SS | PHI |
Trade | 2020 | 1 | -0.7 | -0.7 | – | 10.8% | 0.77% |
Trade-side columns: RFA is playoff-readiness percentage points added to the future roster foundation. It grades the franchise's entire side of a trade, so the same score repeats for every player acquired in that package. PPA/CPA remain player-level arrival-year probability points.
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.