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Diamondbacks ARI

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GM: Dave Stewart

Overview

REBUILD ↗ rising
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.7× league · TAB -2.6
-2.6TAB — talent above budget20th/30
-8.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)28th/30
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars22nd/30
-5.4dead WAR — sub-replacement drag19th/30
34%dead money %14th/30
0.426win %24th/30
27.2roster fWAR21st/30
+1surplus $M (value vs cost)8th/30
$88Mpayroll $M22nd/30

Roster

CFChris Owings 49GMitch Haniger 22GSócrates Brito 17G
LFBrandon Drury 62GYasmany Tomás 60GRickie Weeks Jr. 36G
RFYasmany Tomás 91GDavid Peralta 44GBrandon Drury 32G
SSNick Ahmed 88GChris Owings 70GJean Segura 23G
2BJean Segura 142GPhil Gosselin 35GBrandon Drury 16G
3BJake Lamb 142GBrandon Drury 29GPhil Gosselin 10G
1BPaul Goldschmidt 157GPhil Gosselin 6GKyle Jensen 4G
STARTERSRobbie Ray 3.5WARZack Greinke 2.6WARArchie Bradley 1.6WARPatrick Corbin 1.3WARRubby De La Rosa 0.4WAR
CWelington Castillo 107GTuffy Gosewisch 31GChris Herrmann 31G
DHRickie Weeks Jr. 6GWelington Castillo 1GPaul Goldschmidt 1G
BULLPEN★ Jake Barrett 4svDaniel Hudson 17hRandall Delgado 7hEnrique Burgos 7hAndrew Chafin 6hEdwin Escobar 4hSilvino Bracho 0hDominic Leone 0h
CWelington Castillo 107 · Tuffy Gosewisch 31 · Chris Herrmann 31
1BPaul Goldschmidt 157 · Phil Gosselin 6 · Kyle Jensen 4
2BJean Segura 142 · Phil Gosselin 35 · Brandon Drury 16
3BJake Lamb 142 · Brandon Drury 29 · Phil Gosselin 10
SSNick Ahmed 88 · Chris Owings 70 · Jean Segura 23
LFBrandon Drury 62 · Yasmany Tomás 60 · Rickie Weeks Jr. 36
CFChris Owings 49 · Mitch Haniger 22 · Sócrates Brito 17
RFYasmany Tomás 91 · David Peralta 44 · Brandon Drury 32
DHRickie Weeks Jr. 6 · Welington Castillo 1 · Paul Goldschmidt 1
SPRobbie Ray 3.5 · Zack Greinke 2.6 · Archie Bradley 1.6 · Patrick Corbin 1.3 · Rubby De La Rosa 0.4
BP★ Jake Barrett 4 · Daniel Hudson 17 · Randall Delgado 7 · Enrique Burgos 7 · Andrew Chafin 6 · Edwin Escobar 4 · Silvino Bracho 0 · Dominic Leone 0

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.

2016 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jean Segura 26 arb 1536.1 2.6 +17.3
Paul Goldschmidt 28 arb 1584.4 5.9 +8.3
Jake Lamb 25 pre-arb 1513.7 0.5 +11.6
Robbie Ray 24 pre-arb 323.5 0.5 +10.8
Zack Greinke 32 FA-elig 272.6 34.0 -25.7
Archie Bradley 23 pre-arb 261.6 0.4 +4.7
Welington Castillo 29 FA-elig 1131.4 3.7 +0.9
Patrick Corbin 26 arb 381.3 2.5 +1.7
Chris Owings 24 arb 1190.9 0.5 +2.5
Daniel Hudson 29 FA-elig 700.7 2.7 -0.4
Chris Herrmann 28 arb 560.7 0.5 +1.7
Nick Ahmed 26 pre-arb 900.6 0.5 +1.6
Brandon Drury 23 pre-arb 1340.6 0.5 +1.4
Brad Ziegler↔ BOS 36 FA-elig 360.6 2.9 -1.0
Andrew Chafin 26 pre-arb 320.4 0.5 +0.9
Tyler Wagner 25 pre-arb 30.4 0.0 +1.2
AJ Pollock 28 arb 120.4 3.5 -2.3
Rubby De La Rosa 27 arb 130.4 2.4 -1.2
David Peralta 28 pre-arb 480.3 0.5 +0.5
Phil Gosselin 27 arb 1220.3 0.5 +0.5
Jake Barrett 24 pre-arb 680.3 0.5 +0.5
Randall Delgado 26 arb 790.3 1.3 -0.4
Matt Koch 25 – 70.3 0.1 +0.8
Tyler Clippard↔ NYY 31 FA-elig 400.2 3.5 -2.9
Steve Hathaway 25 pre-arb 240.2 0.1 +0.5
Shelby Miller 25 arb 210.2 4.3 -3.8
Mitch Haniger 25 – 340.1 0.1 +0.3
Enrique Burgos 25 pre-arb 430.1 0.5 -0.2
Rickie Weeks Jr. 33 – 1080.1 – –
Kyle Jensen 28 – 170.0 0.1 +0.1
Óscar Hernández 22 pre-arb 40.0 0.1 -0.1
Keith Hessler↔ SDP 27 – 2-0.0 0.0 -0.0
Kyle Drabek 28 – 1-0.0 0.0 -0.2
Zack Godley 26 pre-arb 27-0.1 0.3 -0.4
Matt Buschmann 32 – 3-0.1 0.0 -0.2
Jose Campos 23 – 1-0.1 – –
Evan Marshall 26 pre-arb 15-0.1 0.1 -0.5
Mike Freeman↔ SEA 28 – 8-0.2 0.1 -0.6
Adam Loewen 32 arb 8-0.2 0.0 -0.6
Michael Bourn↔ BAL 33 – 89-0.2 0.2 -0.9
Sócrates Brito 23 pre-arb 40-0.2 0.5 -1.2
Josh Collmenter↔ ATL 30 arb 15-0.2 1.5 -2.3
Zac Curtis 23 pre-arb 21-0.4 0.2 -1.3
Dominic Leone 24 pre-arb 25-0.4 0.2 -1.6
Edwin Escobar 24 pre-arb 25-0.4 0.2 -1.5
Braden Shipley 24 – 14-0.5 0.2 -1.7
Yasmany Tomás 25 pre-arb 140-0.5 7.5 -9.3
Silvino Bracho 23 pre-arb 26-0.6 0.5 -2.3
Tuffy Gosewisch 32 pre-arb 33-0.6 0.3 -2.2
Peter O'Brien 25 pre-arb 28-0.7 0.2 -2.5

Key additions (new vs 2015)

PlayerfWAR
Jean Segura6.1
Zack Greinke2.6
Chris Herrmann0.7
Tyler Wagner0.4
Jake Barrett0.3
Matt Koch0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2015)

Player2015 fWAR
Ender Inciarte2.4
Chase Anderson1.5
Jeremy Hellickson1.3
Addison Reed0.7
Mark Trumbo0.6
Jarrod Saltalamacchia0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2016 payroll
$87.8M
2017 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2016, 2016–2022. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2016; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (6)

PlayerAgeSvc2016201720182019202020212022
Zack Greinke3211.057$34.0MFREE AGENT
Tyler Clippard316.148$3.5MFREE AGENT
Brad Ziegler367.122$2.9MFREE AGENT
Michael Bourn339.028$238kFREE AGENT
Kyle Drabek286.000$8kFREE AGENT
Rickie Weeks Jr.3313.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2016201720182019202020212022
Paul Goldschmidt284.059$5.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Shelby Miller253.030$4.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Welington Castillo294.009$3.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
AJ Pollock283.052$3.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daniel Hudson295.117$2.7MFREE AGENT
Jean Segura263.065$2.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Patrick Corbin263.105$2.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rubby De La Rosa275.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Josh Collmenter305.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Randall Delgado263.100$1.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Gosselin273.000$514kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Loewen323.022$47kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (32)

PlayerAgeSvc2016201720182019202020212022
Yasmany Tomás251.000$7.5MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Owings242.027$530kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Peralta281.120$530kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Ahmed261.054$522kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robbie Ray241.007$521kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Lamb251.053$520kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Herrmann282.001$517kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Enrique Burgos250.115$511kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Silvino Bracho230.036$509kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Drury230.034$509kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sócrates Brito230.027$508kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Barrett240.000$507kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Chafin261.020$466kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Archie Bradley230.142$360kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tuffy Gosewisch322.060$265kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zack Godley260.051$252kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dominic Leone241.040$227kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Braden Shipley240.000$194kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zac Curtis230.097$194kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edwin Escobar240.016$177kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Peter O'Brien250.027$153kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Hathaway250.065$150kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mitch Haniger250.000$103kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Evan Marshall261.038$99kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Jensen28–$83k
Matt Koch250.000$75kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Óscar Hernández221.000$64kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Freeman280.000$59kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Wagner250.014$22kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Buschmann32–$22k
Keith Hessler270.058$18kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Campos23–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Diamondbacks 2016; 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.