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Diamondbacks ARI

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GM: Joe Garagiola

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.42× league · TAB +10.4
+10.4TAB — talent above budget6th/30
+13.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)5th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars17th/30
-1.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag3rd/30
12%dead money %2nd/30
0.617win %2nd/30
49.0roster fWAR4th/30
-8surplus $M (value vs cost)17th/30
$69Mpayroll $M6th/30

1999: made playoffs · 100–62. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFSteve Finley 155GTurner Ward 24GLeJon Powell 8G
LFLuis Gonzalez 148GBernard Gilkey 15GDavid Dellucci 13G
RFTony Womack 122GBernard Gilkey 40GDavid Dellucci 19G
SSAndy Fox 82GHanley Frias 53GTony Womack 19G
2BJay Bell 148GTony Womack 19GHanley Frias 8G
3BMatt Williams 153GAndy Fox 12GLenny Harris 7G
1BTravis Lee 114GErubiel Durazo 44GGreg Colbrunn 39G
STARTERSRandy Johnson 9.0WAROmar Daal 4.0WARBrian Anderson 1.8WARTodd Stottlemyre 1.4WARAndy Benes 1.4WAR
CDamian Miller 86GKelly Stinnett 86GRod Barajas 5G
DHLuis Gonzalez 4GJay Bell 2GGreg Colbrunn 2G
BULLPEN★ Matt Mantei 32svGreg Swindell 19hDan Plesac 15hGregg Olson 9hBobby Chouinard 6hDarren Holmes 4hEd Vosberg 4hByung-Hyun Kim 3h
CDamian Miller 86 · Kelly Stinnett 86 · Rod Barajas 5
1BTravis Lee 114 · Erubiel Durazo 44 · Greg Colbrunn 39
2BJay Bell 148 · Tony Womack 19 · Hanley Frias 8
3BMatt Williams 153 · Andy Fox 12 · Lenny Harris 7
SSAndy Fox 82 · Hanley Frias 53 · Tony Womack 19
LFLuis Gonzalez 148 · Bernard Gilkey 15 · David Dellucci 13
CFSteve Finley 155 · Turner Ward 24 · LeJon Powell 8
RFTony Womack 122 · Bernard Gilkey 40 · David Dellucci 19
DHLuis Gonzalez 4 · Jay Bell 2 · Greg Colbrunn 2
SPRandy Johnson 9.0 · Omar Daal 4.0 · Brian Anderson 1.8 · Todd Stottlemyre 1.4 · Andy Benes 1.4
BP★ Matt Mantei 32 · Greg Swindell 19 · Dan Plesac 15 · Gregg Olson 9 · Bobby Chouinard 6 · Darren Holmes 4 · Ed Vosberg 4 · Byung-Hyun Kim 3

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.

1999 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Randy Johnson 35 FA-elig 359.0 9.7 +1.6
Luis Gonzalez 31 FA-elig 1536.6 2.0 +6.2
Jay Bell 33 FA-elig 1514.7 6.1 -0.2
Steve Finley 34 FA-elig 1564.6 5.4 +0.4
Matt Williams 33 FA-elig 1544.0 8.1 -3.1
Omar Daal 27 FA-elig 324.0 2.6 +2.4
Brian Anderson 27 FA-elig 321.8 1.8 +0.4
Erubiel Durazo 25 pre-arb 521.6 0.2 +1.8
Andy Benes 31 FA-elig 331.4 6.0 -4.2
Todd Stottlemyre 34 FA-elig 171.4 8.0 -6.2
Armando Reynoso 33 FA-elig 311.3 1.6 +0.0
Bernard Gilkey 32 FA-elig 941.1 5.2 -3.8
Damian Miller 29 pre-arb 861.1 0.2 +1.2
Matt Mantei↔ MIA 25 arb 301.1 0.3 +1.0
David Dellucci 25 pre-arb 631.0 0.3 +0.9
Kelly Stinnett 29 arb 880.9 0.8 +0.4
Tony Womack 29 FA-elig 1440.6 1.6 -0.8
Greg Colbrunn 29 FA-elig 670.5 0.9 -0.2
Greg Swindell 34 FA-elig 630.5 1.3 -0.7
Bobby Chouinard 27 arb 320.5 0.2 +0.4
Darren Holmes 33 FA-elig 440.4 1.5 -0.9
Dan Plesac↔ TOR 37 FA-elig 340.4 0.8 -0.3
Turner Ward↔ PIT 34 FA-elig 100.3 0.1 +0.3
Tony Batista↔ TOR 25 arb 440.3 0.1 +0.3
Vladimir Nunez↔ MIA 24 pre-arb 270.3 0.1 +0.2
Hanley Frias 25 pre-arb 690.2 0.2 +0.1
Lenny Harris↔ COL 34 FA-elig 190.2 0.2 +0.0
Edwin Diaz 24 – 40.2 – –
Andy Fox 28 arb 990.2 0.3 -0.1
Dan Carlson 29 – 20.1 – –
Byung-Hyun Kim 20 pre-arb 250.1 0.8 -0.6
Ed Vosberg↔ SDP 37 FA-elig 40.1 0.1 -0.0
Rod Barajas 23 – 50.1 – –
Gregg Olson 32 FA-elig 610.1 0.8 -0.8
Danny Klassen 23 – 10.0 – –
Rob Ryan 26 pre-arb 20-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Erik Sabel 24 – 7-0.1 – –
Ernie Young 29 arb 6-0.1 0.5 -0.6
Amaury Telemaco↔ PHI 25 arb 5-0.2 0.0 -0.3
Travis Lee 24 pre-arb 120-0.3 0.4 -0.8
John Frascatore↔ TOR 29 arb 26-0.3 0.2 -0.5
Vicente Padilla 21 – 5-0.3 – –
LeJon Powell 25 pre-arb 22-0.4 0.2 -0.7

Key additions (new vs 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Randy Johnson9.0
Luis Gonzalez6.6
Steve Finley4.6
Erubiel Durazo1.6
Todd Stottlemyre1.4
Armando Reynoso1.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Devon White3.7
Jeff Suppan0.3
Clint Sodowsky0.3
Russ Springer0.2
Willie Banks0.2
Neil Weber0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$69.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. 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 (20)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Randy Johnson3511.000$9.7M$13.3M$13.3M$13.3M$15.0M$16.0MFREE AGENT
Matt Williams3312.000$8.1M$8.5M$9.0M$9.5M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Todd Stottlemyre3411.000$8.0M$8.0MFREE AGENT$8.0M
Jay Bell3313.000$6.1M$7.0M$8.1M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Andy Benes3110.000$6.0MFREE AGENT
Steve Finley3410.000$5.4M$5.4M$5.4M$5.4M$4.2M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Bernard Gilkey329.000$5.2M$2.7MFREE AGENT
Omar Daal276.000$2.6M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Luis Gonzalez319.000$2.0M$3.3M$4.8M$4.3M$4.0M$8.2M$10.1M
Brian Anderson276.000$1.8M$2.2M$4.1M$5.4MFREE AGENT
Tony Womack296.000$1.6M$2.5M$4.0M$4.5M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Armando Reynoso338.000$1.6M$3.4M$2.0M$4.1MFREE AGENT
Darren Holmes339.000$1.5M$852kFREE AGENT
Greg Swindell3413.000$1.3M$1.8M$2.5M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Greg Colbrunn297.000$900k$1.0M$1.6M$1.8MFREE AGENT$2.8M
Gregg Olson3211.000$850kFREE AGENT
Dan Plesac3713.000$797k$1.5MFREE AGENT
Lenny Harris3411.000$194k$746kFREE AGENT
Turner Ward349.000$144kFREE AGENT
Ed Vosberg3713.000$142kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Kelly Stinnett295.000$750kFREE AGENT
Ernie Young295.000$450kFREE AGENT
Andy Fox283.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Mantei254.000$339kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Chouinard273.000$212kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Frascatore295.000$152kFREE AGENT
Tony Batista253.000$116kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Amaury Telemaco253.000$33kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Carlson293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Byung-Hyun Kim200.000$762kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Lee241.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Dellucci252.000$260kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damian Miller292.000$240kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hanley Frias252.000$209kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Ryan260.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erubiel Durazo250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
LeJon Powell252.000$200kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vladimir Nunez241.000$124kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edwin Diaz241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Klassen231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rod Barajas230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vicente Padilla210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Sabel24–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Diamondbacks 1999; 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.