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200384–78 (0.519)
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GM: Joe Garagiola

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2003, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$79M
Surplus $M
-39
Win %
0.519
TAB
-3.6
WAB
+0.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
32.4
Dead money %
34%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-6.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2003 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRod Barajas79
RChad Moeller76
RRobby Hammock36

1B

LLyle Overbay75
RShea Hillenbrand⇄49
LMark Grace39
BCarlos Baerga19
LCraig Counsell2

2B

RJunior Spivey98
LTony Womack⇄61
BMatt Kata52
BCarlos Baerga15
LCraig Counsell10
BAlex Cintron9

3B

LCraig Counsell57
RMatt Williams42
RShea Hillenbrand⇄36
BMatt Kata23
BAlex Cintron16
RRobby Hammock16
BCarlos Baerga5

SS

BAlex Cintron93
LCraig Counsell26
BMatt Kata6

LF

LLuis Gonzalez154
BQuinton McCracken10
RRobby Hammock5
RDanny Bautista3

CF

LSteve Finley140
RDanny Bautista18
BQuinton McCracken16
RLuis Terrero2
RJunior Spivey1
RRaúl Mondesi⇄1

RF

RDanny Bautista59
RRaúl Mondesi⇄44
BQuinton McCracken34
RRobby Hammock12
BFelix Jose1
RLuis Terrero1

DH

BCarlos Baerga6
BFelix Jose1
LMark Grace1
RRobby Hammock1

Starters

RCurt Schilling5.2 WAR
RBrandon Webb4.0 WAR
RMiguel Batista3.8 WAR
LRandy Johnson2.5 WAR
RElmer Dessens2.4 WAR
ROscar Villarreal1.1 WAR
RByung-Hyun Kim⇄0.5 WAR
LChris Capuano0.3 WAR
RJohn Patterson0.2 WAR
REdgar Gonzalez0.1 WAR
RAndy Good-0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMatt Mantei29 sv
ROscar Villarreal10 h
LEddie Oropesa10 h
RJose Valverde8 h
LMike Myers6 h
RMike Koplove5 h
LStephen Randolph2 h
RScott Service⇄0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2002)

PlayerfWAR
Brandon Webb4.0
Elmer Dessens2.4
Jose Valverde1.2
Oscar Villarreal1.1
Carlos Baerga0.9
Raul Mondesi0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
Erubiel Durazo1.7
Damian Miller1.6
Brian Anderson1.4
Rick Helling1.4
Greg Colbrunn1.4
Mike Fetters0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Diamondbacks. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2003; everyone else is shown as a 2003 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Curt Schilling 2003 +5.2 +104.3 10.0 +94.3 $1.9M 2.50× –
Miguel Batista 2003 +3.8 +66.2 3.4 +62.8 $0.9M 2.19× –
Luis Gonzalez 2003 +3.8 +55.1 4.0 +51.1 $1.0M 1.79× –
Steve Finley 2003 +3.4 +42.9 4.2 +38.7 $1.3M 1.60× –
Elmer Dessens 2003 +2.4 +29.0 3.0 +26.0 $1.2M 1.49× –
Randy Johnson 2003 +2.5 +29.5 15.0 +14.5 $6.0M 1.49× –
Matt Mantei 2003 +1.5 +15.7 7.1 +8.6 $4.8M 1.34× –
Oscar Villarreal 2003 +1.1 +6.1 0.3 +5.8 $0.3M 0.67× –
Lyle Overbay 2003 +0.9 +4.0 0.3 +3.7 $0.3M 0.56× –
Carlos Baerga 2003 +0.9 +4.1 0.5 +3.6 $0.5M 0.56× –
Byung-Hyun Kim↔ 2003 +0.5 +3.7 0.4 +3.3 $0.9M 1.02× –
Chad Moeller 2003 +0.8 +3.5 0.3 +3.2 $0.4M 0.52× –
Mike Koplove 2003 +0.4 +1.9 0.3 +1.6 $0.8M 0.67× –
Raul Mondesi↔ 2003 +0.8 +5.5 4.1 +1.4 $4.9M 0.83× –
Bret Prinz↔ 2003 +0.0 +0.0 0.1 -0.1 $31.2M 0.67× –
Junior Spivey 2003 +0.1 +0.4 0.4 -0.1 $5.2M 0.56× –
Dennys Reyes↔ 2003 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Craig Counsell 2003 +0.3 +1.4 2.5 -1.1 $8.3M 0.58× –
Stephen Randolph 2003 -0.2 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Shea Hillenbrand↔ 2003 -0.3 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 – 0.56× –
Rod Barajas 2003 -0.7 -2.7 0.3 -3.0 – 0.52× –
Mike Myers 2003 -0.3 -1.7 1.8 -3.4 – 0.67× –
Mark Grace 2003 -1.0 -4.4 1.8 -6.2 – 0.56× –
Tony Womack↔ 2003 -0.8 -3.5 3.6 -7.1 – 0.56× –
Danny Bautista 2003 -0.9 -6.0 3.0 -9.0 – 0.83× –
Matt Williams 2003 -0.1 -0.3 10.0 -10.3 – 0.58× –
Quinton McCracken 2003 -1.8 -11.8 1.8 -13.6 – 0.83× –
David Dellucci↔ 2003 +0.1 +0.7 0.7 -0.0 $6.9M 0.83× –
Alex Cintron 2003 +2.1 +14.8 – – – 0.89× –
Andrew Good 2003 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 1.02× –
Brady Raggio 2003 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Brandon Webb 2003 +4.0 +70.6 – – – 2.19× –
Chris Capuano 2003 +0.3 +2.6 – – – 1.02× –
Eddie Oropesa 2003 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Edgar Gonzalez 2003 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Felix Jose 2003 +0.3 +1.5 – – – 0.69× –
John Patterson 2003 +0.2 +1.9 – – – 1.02× –
Jose Valverde 2003 +1.2 +13.0 – – – 1.34× –
Luis Terrero 2003 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.83× –
Matt Kata 2003 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.56× –
Ricky Bottalico 2003 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Robby Hammock 2003 +0.7 +3.0 – – – 0.52× –
Scott Service↔ 2003 +0.5 +2.5 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+32.2+453.479.6+261.6—

Trades

Every graded 2003 deal involving the Diamondbacks — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 8 total.

2003 · BOS / ARI
BOS · Theo Epstein +$158.4M
Curt Schilling
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$158.4M
Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, Jorge De La Rosa, Mike Goss
BOS came out ahead by $158.4M
2003 · ARI / COL
ARI · Joe Garagiola +$18.4M
Mike Watson
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$18.4M
Tony Womack
ARI came out ahead by $18.4M
2003 · SEA / ARI
SEA · Pat Gillick +$3.2M
Quinton McCracken
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$3.2M
Greg Colbrunn
SEA came out ahead by $3.2M
2003 · ARI / CHC
ARI · Joe Garagiola +$0.0M
Derrin Ebert
CHC · Jim Hendry +$0.0M
Chris Donnels
Even trade
2003 · KCR / ARI
KCR · Allard Baird +$0.0M
Paul Abbott
ARI · Joe Garagiola +$0.0M
Aric LeClair
Even trade
2003 · BOS / ARI
BOS · Theo Epstein +$10.4M
Byung-Hyun Kim
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$10.4M
Shea Hillenbrand
BOS came out ahead by $10.4M
2003 · MIL / ARI
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$86.4M
Junior Spivey, Craig Counsell, Lyle Overbay, Chad Moeller, Chris Capuano, Jorge De La Rosa
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$86.4M
Richie Sexson, Shane Nance, Noochie Varner
MIL came out ahead by $86.4M
2003 · NYY / ARI
NYY · Brian Cashman +$20.0M
David Dellucci, Bret Prinz, Jon-Mark Sprowl
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$20.0M
Raúl Mondesí
NYY came out ahead by $20.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$79.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Randy Johnson3915.000$15.0M$16.0MFREE AGENT$9.1M$15.1M
Curt Schilling3615.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Matt Williams3716.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Matt Mantei298.000$7.1M$7.0MFREE AGENT
Steve Finley3814.000$4.2M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Raul Mondesi3210.000$4.1MFREE AGENT
Luis Gonzalez3513.000$4.0M$8.2M$10.1M$10.7MFREE AGENT
Tony Womack3310.000$3.6MFREE AGENT
Miguel Batista3211.000$3.4MFREE AGENT$4.8M
Elmer Dessens327.000$3.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Danny Bautista3110.000$3.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Craig Counsell328.000$2.5MFREE AGENT$1.4M$1.8M
Mike Myers348.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Quinton McCracken328.000$1.8M$1.3M$750kFREE AGENT
Mark Grace3915.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
David Dellucci296.000$692kFREE AGENT
Carlos Baerga3413.000$500k$1.0MFREE AGENT
Dennys Reyes266.000$120kFREE AGENT
Ricky Bottalico339.000—FREE AGENT
Scott Service3615.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (3)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Byung-Hyun Kim244.000$406kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rod Barajas274.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Moeller283.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Junior Spivey282.000$432kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Oscar Villarreal210.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stephen Randolph290.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Koplove262.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lyle Overbay262.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shea Hillenbrand272.000$258kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bret Prinz262.000$100kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Felix Jose38–—
Brady Raggio30–—
John Patterson251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Cintron242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eddie Oropesa312.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Valverde250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Terrero230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Capuano240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Good23–—
Brandon Webb240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robby Hammock260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Kata250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edgar Gonzalez200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2003 acquisition stacked onto Diamondbacks's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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