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Diamondbacks ARI

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GM: Mike Hazen

Overview

WINDOW ↘ cooling
cheap & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.91× league · TAB +3.1
+3.1TAB — talent above budget11th/30
+4.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)13th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars15th/30
-3.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag7th/30
40%dead money %17th/30
0.525win %13th/30
36.2roster fWAR13th/30
+1surplus $M (value vs cost)11th/30
$118Mpayroll $M17th/30

Roster

CFJarrod Dyson 103GKetel Marte 96GTim Locastro 20G
LFDavid Peralta 93GTim Locastro 34GJosh Rojas 33G
RFAdam Jones 130GTim Locastro 25GJarrod Dyson 21G
SSNick Ahmed 158GKetel Marte 11GIldemaro Vargas 4G
2BKetel Marte 83GWilmer Flores 64GIldemaro Vargas 48G
3BEduardo Escobar 144GJake Lamb 36GIldemaro Vargas 14G
1BChristian Walker 142GJake Lamb 24GWilmer Flores 16G
STARTERSLuke Weaver 1.8WARRobbie Ray 1.8WARMerrill Kelly 1.3WARZac Gallen 0.7WARAlex Young 0.3WAR
CCarson Kelly 101GAlex Avila 54GCaleb Joseph 16G
DHKevin Cron 4GChristian Walker 3GEduardo Escobar 1G
BULLPEN★ Greg Holland 17svAndrew Chafin 23hYoan López 21hYoshihisa Hirano 15hT.J. McFarland 9hArchie Bradley 7hMatt Andriese 4hStefan Crichton 3h
CCarson Kelly 101 · Alex Avila 54 · Caleb Joseph 16
1BChristian Walker 142 · Jake Lamb 24 · Wilmer Flores 16
2BKetel Marte 83 · Wilmer Flores 64 · Ildemaro Vargas 48
3BEduardo Escobar 144 · Jake Lamb 36 · Ildemaro Vargas 14
SSNick Ahmed 158 · Ketel Marte 11 · Ildemaro Vargas 4
LFDavid Peralta 93 · Tim Locastro 34 · Josh Rojas 33
CFJarrod Dyson 103 · Ketel Marte 96 · Tim Locastro 20
RFAdam Jones 130 · Tim Locastro 25 · Jarrod Dyson 21
DHKevin Cron 4 · Christian Walker 3 · Eduardo Escobar 1
SPLuke Weaver 1.8 · Robbie Ray 1.8 · Merrill Kelly 1.3 · Zac Gallen 0.7 · Alex Young 0.3
BP★ Greg Holland 17 · Andrew Chafin 23 · Yoan López 21 · Yoshihisa Hirano 15 · T.J. McFarland 9 · Archie Bradley 7 · Matt Andriese 4 · Stefan Crichton 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.

2019 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ketel Marte 25 arb 1446.3 2.4 +18.4
Zack Greinke↔ HOU 35 FA-elig 264.6 24.9 -10.0
Nick Ahmed 29 arb 1583.4 3.7 +7.5
Christian Walker 28 arb 1523.0 0.6 +9.3
Eduardo Escobar 30 FA-elig 1582.7 6.2 +2.8
Carson Kelly 24 arb 1112.3 0.6 +7.0
Robbie Ray 27 arb 341.8 6.0 +0.0
Luke Weaver 25 arb 131.8 0.6 +5.2
David Peralta 31 arb 991.6 7.0 -1.8
Alex Avila 32 FA-elig 631.6 4.2 +0.9
Wilmer Flores 27 FA-elig 891.5 3.8 +1.1
Merrill Kelly 30 pre-arb 321.3 2.0 +2.3
Archie Bradley 26 arb 661.1 1.8 +1.8
Andrew Chafin 29 arb 771.0 1.9 +1.4
Tim Locastro 26 pre-arb 910.8 0.4 +2.2
Zac Gallen↔ MIA 23 – 80.7 0.1 +2.3
Jarrod Dyson 34 FA-elig 1300.7 3.8 -1.6
Matt Andriese 29 arb 540.6 0.9 +1.1
Kevin Ginkel 25 – 250.5 0.2 +1.4
Yoshihisa Hirano 35 pre-arb 620.5 3.0 -1.5
Abraham Almonte 30 arb 170.4 0.1 +1.2
Ildemaro Vargas 27 pre-arb 920.4 0.6 +0.8
Jon Duplantier 24 – 150.3 0.3 +0.8
Alex Young 25 – 170.3 0.3 +0.8
Stefan Crichton 27 pre-arb 280.3 0.2 +0.9
Domingo Leyba 23 – 210.2 0.1 +0.5
John Ryan Murphy↔ ATL 28 FA-elig 250.1 0.9 -0.4
Jake Lamb 28 arb 780.1 4.8 -4.7
Taijuan Walker 26 FA-elig 10.0 5.0 -4.9
Kevin Cron 26 – 390.0 0.2 -0.2
Joel Payamps 25 – 20.0 0.0 +0.0
Caleb Joseph 33 arb 20-0.0 0.5 -0.5
James Sherfy 27 – 17-0.0 – –
Zack Godley↔ TOR 29 arb 27-0.0 0.5 -0.5
Robby Scott 29 pre-arb 11-0.1 0.1 -0.3
T.J. McFarland 30 FA-elig 51-0.1 1.4 -1.7
Josh Rojas 25 – 41-0.1 0.1 -0.5
Yasmany Tomás 28 arb 4-0.2 15.5 -16.0
Greg Holland 33 FA-elig 40-0.2 3.2 -3.8
Yoan López 26 pre-arb 70-0.3 0.6 -1.7
Adam Jones 33 FA-elig 137-0.4 3.0 -4.4
Mike Leake↔ SEA 31 FA-elig 10-0.6 5.0 -6.8
Taylor Clarke 26 – 23-0.6 0.4 -2.3
Matt Koch 28 arb 9-0.6 0.6 -2.6
Blake Swihart↔ BOS 27 arb 31-0.6 0.7 -2.7

Key additions (new vs 2018)

PlayerfWAR
Carson Kelly2.3
Luke Weaver1.8
Wilmer Flores1.5
Merrill Kelly1.3
Tim Locastro0.8
Zac Gallen0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 2018)

Player2018 fWAR
Patrick Corbin6.1
Paul Goldschmidt4.6
AJ Pollock2.5
Clay Buchholz1.5
Jeff Mathis1.0
Daniel Descalso0.6

Current & Historical Payroll

2019 payroll
$118.0M
2020 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2019, 2019–2025. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2019; 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 (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2019202020212022202320242025
Zack Greinke3514.057$24.9MFREE AGENT
Eduardo Escobar306.128$6.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Leake319.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Alex Avila329.061$4.2MFREE AGENT
Jarrod Dyson347.088$3.8MFREE AGENT
Greg Holland339.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Adam Jones3311.139$3.0MFREE AGENT
John Ryan Murphy286.000$865kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2019202020212022202320242025
Yasmany Tomás283.000$15.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Peralta314.120$7.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Robbie Ray274.007$6.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Taijuan Walker264.142$5.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Lamb284.053$4.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilmer Flores275.003$3.8MFREE AGENT
Nick Ahmed294.054$3.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Chafin294.020$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Archie Bradley263.112$1.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
T.J. McFarland304.164$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Andriese293.071$920kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zack Godley294.000$499kARB 3FREE AGENT
Caleb Joseph334.127$473kARB 3FREE AGENT
Abraham Almonte303.161$87kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2019202020212022202320242025
Yoshihisa Hirano351.000$3.0MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ketel Marte252.162$2.4MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Merrill Kelly300.000$2.0MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blake Swihart272.164$656kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luke Weaver251.112$581kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Koch280.141$568kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carson Kelly240.161$560kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Christian Walker280.124$560kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ildemaro Vargas270.055$557kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yoan López260.028$557kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Locastro260.045$376kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Clarke260.000$355kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jon Duplantier240.000$283kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Young250.000$283kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stefan Crichton270.050$230kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Cron260.000$215kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Ginkel250.000$167kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Rojas250.000$146kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Leyba230.000$125kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robby Scott291.059$104kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zac Gallen230.000$92kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joel Payamps250.000$24kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James Sherfy272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Diamondbacks 2019; 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.