Braves — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2000, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$81M

Surplus $M

-12

Win %

0.586

TAB

+7.8

WAB

+8.0

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

46.8

Dead money %

18%

Depth Players

9.0

Dead WAR

-4.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2000 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJavy Lopez132

LPaul Bako⇄24

RFernando Lunar⇄22

REddie Pérez7

RMike Hubbard1

1B

RAndres Galarraga132

LWally Joyner55

RTim Unroe2

RBrian R. Hunter⇄2

LPaul Bako⇄1

2B

BQuilvio Veras82

LKeith Lockhart74

BRafael Furcal31

RSteve Sisco5

3B

BChipper Jones152

LKeith Lockhart18

RWes Helms5

RSteve Sisco2

BBobby Bonilla1

SS

BRafael Furcal110

BWalt Weiss69

RMark DeRosa10

BChipper Jones6

LF

RReggie Sanders69

BBobby Bonilla63

LB.J. Surhoff⇄44

LGeorge Lombard5

RSteve Sisco5

LPedro Swann1

RTim Unroe1

CF

RAndruw Jones161

LPedro Swann1

RReggie Sanders1

RF

RBrian Jordan130

RReggie Sanders27

LGeorge Lombard11

LPedro Swann2

BBobby Bonilla1

RSteve Sisco1

DH

LWally Joyner7

RAndres Galarraga1

BBobby Bonilla1

Starters

RGreg Maddux7.4 WAR

LTom Glavine4.8 WAR

RKevin Millwood3.8 WAR

RJohn Burkett2.5 WAR

RAndy Ashby⇄1.4 WAR

LTerry Mulholland1.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ LJohn Rocker24 sv

LMike Remlinger22 h

RKerry Ligtenberg12 h

RScott Kamieniecki⇄10 h

RRudy Seanez6 h

RGreg McMichael2 h

RJason Marquis1 h

LBruce Chen⇄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 1999)

Player	fWAR
Rafael Furcal	3.3
Quilvio Veras	2.7
John Burkett	2.5
Andres Galarraga	1.5
Andy Ashby	1.4
Kerry Ligtenberg	0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Player	1999 fWAR
John Smoltz	6.2
Gerald Williams	1.9
Ryan Klesko	1.2
Odalis Perez	0.8
Russ Springer	0.4
Greg Myers	0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Braves. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2000; everyone else is shown as a 2000 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Greg Maddux	2000	+7.4	+147.5	11.1	+136.4	$1.5M	2.50×	–
Andruw Jones	2000	+7.7	+125.6	3.7	+121.9	$0.5M	2.05×	–
Tom Glavine	2000	+4.8	+83.9	9.5	+74.4	$2.0M	2.19×	–
Kevin Millwood	2000	+3.8	+67.1	0.4	+66.7	$0.1M	2.19×	–
Chipper Jones Jr.	2000	+6.0	+68.4	4.8	+63.7	$0.8M	1.43×	–
John Burkett	2000	+2.5	+39.4	0.8	+38.7	$0.3M	1.96×	–
Rafael Furcal	2000	+3.3	+31.4	0.2	+31.2	$0.1M	1.18×	–
Quilvio Veras	2000	+2.7	+22.8	3.0	+19.8	$1.1M	1.07×	–
Javy Lopez	2000	+2.8	+22.3	6.2	+16.0	$2.2M	1.00×	–
Brian Jordan	2000	+1.8	+17.8	7.6	+10.2	$4.2M	1.22×	–
Mike Remlinger	2000	+1.0	+10.8	1.4	+9.4	$1.4M	1.34×	–
Andy Ashby↔	2000	+1.4	+11.1	3.0	+8.1	$2.2M	1.02×	–
Terry Mulholland	2000	+1.4	+7.2	3.0	+4.3	$2.2M	0.67×	–
Kerry Ligtenberg	2000	+0.4	+4.4	0.3	+4.2	$0.6M	1.34×	–
John Rocker	2000	+0.4	+4.4	0.3	+4.1	$0.7M	1.34×	–
Walt Weiss	2000	+0.9	+4.2	3.0	+1.2	$3.5M	0.61×	–
Luis Rivera↔	2000	+0.1	+0.6	0.2	+0.4	$1.6M	0.67×	–
Bruce Chen↔	2000	+0.1	+0.4	0.1	+0.3	$1.8M	0.67×	–
B.J. Surhoff↔	2000	+0.2	+1.4	1.2	+0.2	$5.9M	0.83×	–
Keith Lockhart	2000	+0.2	+1.1	1.0	+0.1	$4.2M	0.56×	–
Greg McMichael	2000	+0.0	+0.2	0.3	-0.1	$7.5M	0.67×	–
Kevin McGlinchy	2000	+0.0	+0.1	0.2	-0.2	$17.5M	0.67×	–
Paul Bako↔	2000	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	–	0.52×	–
Rudy Seanez	2000	+0.1	+0.6	1.6	-1.1	$15.2M	0.67×	–
Fernando Lunar↔	2000	-0.3	-1.2	0.1	-1.3	–	0.52×	–
Eddie Pérez	2000	-0.2	-0.8	0.7	-1.4	–	0.52×	–
Andres Galarraga	2000	+1.5	+6.6	8.5	-1.9	$5.7M	0.56×	–
Wally Joyner	2000	+0.2	+1.1	3.4	-2.3	$14.0M	0.56×	–
Reggie Sanders	2000	+0.2	+1.3	3.7	-2.4	$18.6M	0.83×	–
Scott Kamieniecki↔	2000	-0.3	-1.7	0.9	-2.7	–	0.67×	–
Stan Belinda↔	2000	-0.2	-2.6	0.3	-2.9	–	1.34×	–
Trenidad Hubbard↔	2000	-0.4	-2.8	0.3	-3.1	–	0.83×	–
Bobby Bonilla	2000	-1.1	-7.6	0.2	-7.8	–	0.83×	–
Brian R. Hunter↔	2000	+0.1	+0.5	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Chris Seelbach	2000	+0.1	+0.3	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Dave Stevens	2000	-0.1	-0.5	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Don Wengert	2000	-0.1	-0.4	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Gabe Molina↔	2000	-0.1	-0.4	–	–	–	0.67×	–
George Lombard	2000	-0.7	-4.4	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Ismael Villegas	2000	-0.2	-0.8	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Jason Marquis	2000	-0.2	-0.9	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Mark DeRosa	2000	-0.0	-0.1	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Mike Hubbard	2000	-0.0	-0.1	–	–	–	0.52×	–
Pedro Swann	2000	-0.1	-0.3	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Steve Sisco	2000	-0.1	-0.6	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Tim Unroe	2000	-0.1	-0.5	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Wes Helms	2000	-0.0	-0.2	–	–	–	0.58×	–
Total	—	+46.8	+656.3	81.1	+583.7	—

Trades

Every graded 2000 deal involving the Braves — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2000 · CIN / ATL

CIN · Jim Bowden +$0.0M

Freddy García

ATL · John Schuerholz +$0.0M

Dennis Russo

Even trade

2000 · BAL / ATL

BAL · Syd Thrift +$5.6M

Steve Sisco

ATL · John Schuerholz −$5.6M

Jesse Garcia

BAL came out ahead by $5.6M

2000 · PHI / ATL

PHI · Ed Wade +$16.0M

Bruce Chen, Jimmy Osting

ATL · John Schuerholz −$16.0M

Andy Ashby

PHI came out ahead by $16.0M

2000 · BAL / ATL

BAL · Syd Thrift +$26.4M

Trenidad Hubbard, Fernando Lunar, Luis Rivera

ATL · John Schuerholz −$26.4M

Gabe Molina, B. J. Surhoff

BAL came out ahead by $26.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2000 payroll

$81.0M

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 (23)

Player	Age	Svc	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Greg Maddux	34	14.000	$11.1M	$12.5M	$13.1M	$14.8M	FREE AGENT
Tom Glavine	34	13.000	$9.5M	$9.5M	$8.6M	FREE AGENT
Andres Galarraga	39	15.000	$8.5M	FREE AGENT
Brian Jordan	33	8.000	$7.6M	$9.1M	FREE AGENT			$600k	$700k
Javy Lopez	29	8.000	$6.2M	$7.8M	$6.0M	$7.0M	FREE AGENT
Chipper Jones Jr.	28	7.000	$4.8M	$10.3M	$11.3M	$13.3M	$15.3M	$16.1M	$12.3M
Reggie Sanders	32	9.000	$3.7M	FREE AGENT
Wally Joyner	38	14.000	$3.4M	FREE AGENT
Walt Weiss	36	13.000	$3.0M	FREE AGENT
Terry Mulholland	37	14.000	$3.0M	FREE AGENT
Andy Ashby	32	9.000	$3.0M	FREE AGENT
Rudy Seanez	31	11.000	$1.6M	FREE AGENT
Mike Remlinger	34	9.000	$1.4M	$1.6M	$2.0M	FREE AGENT			$700k
B.J. Surhoff	35	13.000	$1.2M	$4.8M	$4.5M	FREE AGENT
Keith Lockhart	35	6.000	$1.0M	$800k	$600k	FREE AGENT
Scott Kamieniecki	36	9.000	$925k	FREE AGENT
John Burkett	35	13.000	$750k	$1.8M	FREE AGENT
Greg McMichael	33	7.000	$350k	FREE AGENT
Trenidad Hubbard	36	6.000	$265k	FREE AGENT
Stan Belinda	33	11.000	$263k	FREE AGENT
Bobby Bonilla	37	14.000	$200k	FREE AGENT
Brian R. Hunter	32	9.000	—	FREE AGENT
Dave Stevens	30	6.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

Player	Age	Svc	2000	2001	2002	2003
Andruw Jones	23	4.000	$3.7M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Quilvio Veras	29	5.000	$3.0M	FREE AGENT
Eddie Pérez	32	5.000	$650k	FREE AGENT
Kevin Millwood	25	3.000	$420k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Kerry Ligtenberg	29	3.000	$255k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mike Hubbard	29	5.000	—	FREE AGENT
Tim Unroe	29	5.000	—	FREE AGENT
Don Wengert	30	5.000	—	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

Player	Age	Svc	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
John Rocker	25	2.000	$290k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Kevin McGlinchy	23	1.000	$242k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Rafael Furcal	22	0.000	$200k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Luis Rivera	22	0.000	$167k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Fernando Lunar	23	0.000	$142k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Bruce Chen	23	2.000	$123k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Paul Bako	28	2.000	$81k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Wes Helms	24	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
George Lombard	24	–	—
Mark DeRosa	25	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Gabe Molina	25	–	—
Pedro Swann	29	–	—
Jason Marquis	21	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Ismael Villegas	23	–	—
Steve Sisco	30	–	—
Chris Seelbach	27	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Graphs

Regime	Seasons	Win %	Playoff %	Pennant %	WS %
WINDOW	289	52.2	30.1	4.8	1.0
CONTEND	309	56.8	63.1	19.1	10.0
FORCED-SPEND	262	48.0	9.2	1.5	1.5
REBUILD	328	43.3	1.2	0.3	0.3

How each 2000 acquisition stacked onto Braves's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Braves ATL

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

2000 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1999)

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (23)

Arbitration-eligible (8)

Pre-arbitration (16)

Graphs

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

Braves ATL

Overview

Front Office

Offense All positionsC1B2B3BSSOF (LF/CF/RF)LFCFRFINF (1B/2B/3B/SS)Middle infield (2B/SS)C/DH

Pitching & Defense ALL SP RP

Roster

2000 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1999)

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (23)

Arbitration-eligible (8)

Pre-arbitration (16)

Graphs

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

Offense

Pitching & Defense