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Angels ANA

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GM: Bill Stoneman

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.01× league · TAB +1.8
+1.8TAB — talent above budget11th/30
-0.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)14th/30
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars20th/30
-4.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag15th/30
41%dead money %24th/30
0.506win %15th/30
36.1roster fWAR15th/30
-2surplus $M (value vs cost)13th/30
$55Mpayroll $M15th/30

Roster

CFGarret Anderson 137GDarin Erstad 30GEdgard Clemente 5G
LFDarin Erstad 112GRon Gant 105GOrlando Palmeiro 40G
RFTim Salmon 124GOrlando Palmeiro 31GGarret Anderson 15G
SSKevin Stocker 109GBenji Gil 94GGary Disarcina 12G
2BAdam Kennedy 155GBenji Gil 7GJustin Baughman 5G
3BTroy Glaus 156GScott Spiezio 15G
1BMo Vaughn 147GScott Spiezio 29GDarin Erstad 3G
STARTERSScott Schoeneweis 1.7WARRamón Ortiz 0.7WARJarrod Washburn 0.4WARJason Dickson 0.3WARScott Karl 0.2WAR
CBengie Molina 127GMatt Walbeck 44GShawn Wooten 4G
DHScott Spiezio 43GTim Salmon 32GDarin Erstad 20G
BULLPEN★ Troy Percival 32svShigetoshi Hasegawa 18hMark Petkovsek 16hMike Holtz 10hBryan Ward 4hMike Fyhrie 2hLou Pote 2hDerrick Turnbow 1h
CBengie Molina 127 · Matt Walbeck 44 · Shawn Wooten 4
1BMo Vaughn 147 · Scott Spiezio 29 · Darin Erstad 3
2BAdam Kennedy 155 · Benji Gil 7 · Justin Baughman 5
3BTroy Glaus 156 · Scott Spiezio 15
SSKevin Stocker 109 · Benji Gil 94 · Gary Disarcina 12
LFDarin Erstad 112 · Ron Gant 105 · Orlando Palmeiro 40
CFGarret Anderson 137 · Darin Erstad 30 · Edgard Clemente 5
RFTim Salmon 124 · Orlando Palmeiro 31 · Garret Anderson 15
DHScott Spiezio 43 · Tim Salmon 32 · Darin Erstad 20
SPScott Schoeneweis 1.7 · Ramón Ortiz 0.7 · Jarrod Washburn 0.4 · Jason Dickson 0.3 · Scott Karl 0.2
BP★ Troy Percival 32 · Shigetoshi Hasegawa 18 · Mark Petkovsek 16 · Mike Holtz 10 · Bryan Ward 4 · Mike Fyhrie 2 · Lou Pote 2 · Derrick Turnbow 1

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2000 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Darin Erstad 26 arb 1578.7 2.5 +9.8
Troy Glaus 23 pre-arb 1598.2 0.3 +11.3
Tim Salmon 31 FA-elig 1584.5 6.0 +0.4
Garret Anderson 28 FA-elig 1592.2 3.2 -0.1
Bengie Molina 25 pre-arb 1302.2 0.2 +2.9
Mo Vaughn 32 FA-elig 1611.9 11.2 -8.5
Orlando Palmeiro 31 arb 1081.7 0.6 +1.9
Scott Schoeneweis 26 pre-arb 271.7 0.2 +2.2
Mike Fyhrie 30 arb 320.8 0.2 +0.9
Lou Pote 28 pre-arb 320.7 0.2 +0.8
Ramon Ortiz 27 pre-arb 180.7 0.2 +0.8
Benji Gil 27 FA-elig 1100.6 0.2 +0.7
Ron Gant↔ PHI 35 FA-elig 340.6 1.4 -0.5
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 31 arb 660.6 0.9 -0.1
Gary Disarcina 32 FA-elig 120.6 3.2 -2.4
Mike Holtz 27 arb 610.6 0.4 +0.4
Mark Petkovsek 34 FA-elig 640.5 1.5 -0.8
Adam Kennedy 24 pre-arb 1560.5 0.2 +0.5
Ben Weber↔ SFG 30 pre-arb 100.5 0.1 +0.5
Kent Bottenfield↔ PHI 31 FA-elig 210.4 2.9 -2.3
Jarrod Washburn 25 pre-arb 140.4 0.2 +0.3
Jason Dickson 27 arb 60.3 0.4 +0.1
Keith Johnson 29 – 60.2 – –
Scott Spiezio 27 arb 1230.2 0.6 -0.3
Troy Percival 30 arb 540.2 2.4 -2.1
Scott Karl↔ COL 28 arb 60.2 1.0 -0.7
Shawn Wooten 27 pre-arb 70.2 0.2 +0.0
Matt Wise 24 pre-arb 80.1 0.2 -0.0
Kevin Stocker↔ TBR 30 FA-elig 700.1 2.1 -2.0
Al Levine 32 arb 510.1 0.3 -0.2
Bryan Ward↔ PHI 28 – 70.0 – –
Brett Hinchliffe 25 – 20.0 – –
Keith Luuloa 25 – 6-0.1 – –
Justin Baughman 25 – 16-0.1 – –
Tim Belcher 38 FA-elig 9-0.1 4.6 -4.7
Brian Cooper 25 – 15-0.2 – –
Matt Walbeck 30 FA-elig 47-0.2 0.9 -1.1
Trent Durrington 24 – 4-0.2 – –
Seth Etherton 23 pre-arb 11-0.3 0.2 -0.6
Juan Alvarez 26 – 11-0.3 – –
Ken Hill↔ CHW 34 FA-elig 16-0.3 5.0 -5.4
Derrick Turnbow 22 pre-arb 24-0.4 0.2 -0.8
Eric Weaver 26 – 17-0.5 – –
Kent Mercker 32 FA-elig 21-0.6 0.8 -1.7
Edgard Clemente 24 pre-arb 46-0.9 0.2 -1.5

Key additions (new vs 1999)

PlayerfWAR
Benji Gil0.6
Ron Gant0.6
Adam Kennedy0.5
Ben Weber0.5
Kent Bottenfield0.4
Jason Dickson0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Player1999 fWAR
Chuck Finley4.4
Randy Velarde3.5
Omar Olivares1.9
Mike Magnante1.0
Steve Sparks0.5
Jim Edmonds0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2000 payroll
$54.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2000, 2000–2006. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Mo Vaughn329.000$11.2MFREE AGENT
Tim Salmon318.000$6.0M$6.5M$9.7M$9.9M$9.9MFREE AGENT$400k
Ken Hill3412.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Tim Belcher3813.000$4.6MFREE AGENT
Garret Anderson286.000$3.2M$4.5M$5.0M$5.3M$6.2M$9.6M$10.6M
Gary Disarcina3211.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Kent Bottenfield318.000$2.9MFREE AGENT
Kevin Stocker307.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Mark Petkovsek349.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Ron Gant3513.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Matt Walbeck307.000$925kFREE AGENT
Kent Mercker3211.000$850kFREE AGENT
Benji Gil277.000$225k$350k$400k$725kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Darin Erstad264.000$2.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Percival305.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Scott Karl285.000$965kFREE AGENT
Shigetoshi Hasegawa313.000$900kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Spiezio274.000$600kARB 3FREE AGENT
Orlando Palmeiro315.000$550kFREE AGENT
Mike Holtz274.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Dickson274.000$375kARB 3FREE AGENT
Al Levine324.000$275kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fyhrie304.000$210kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Troy Glaus232.000$275kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrod Washburn252.000$222kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edgard Clemente242.000$215kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bengie Molina252.000$210kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Schoeneweis261.000$210kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lou Pote281.000$208kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Ortiz271.000$208kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Kennedy241.000$202kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Seth Etherton230.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Derrick Turnbow220.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Wise240.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Wooten270.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Weber300.000$105kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Baughman25–—
Eric Weaver262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Ward282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Cooper25–—
Keith Luuloa25–—
Brett Hinchliffe251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trent Durrington241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Alvarez26–—
Keith Johnson29–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 2000; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
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.