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GM: John Schuerholz

Overview

CONTEND ↘ cooling
expensive & winning · year 9 in this regime · payroll 1.49× league · TAB +7.6
+7.6TAB — talent above budget7th/30
+7.9WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)6th/30
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars3rd/30
-4.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag16th/30
18%dead money %7th/30
0.586win %2nd/30
46.8roster fWAR3rd/30
-12surplus $M (value vs cost)20th/30
$81Mpayroll $M3rd/30

2000: made playoffs · 95–67. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFAndruw Jones 161GReggie Sanders 1GPedro Swann 1G
LFB.J. Surhoff 134GReggie Sanders 69GBobby Bonilla 63G
RFBrian Jordan 130GReggie Sanders 27GGeorge Lombard 11G
SSRafael Furcal 110GWalt Weiss 69GMark DeRosa 10G
2BQuilvio Veras 82GKeith Lockhart 74GRafael Furcal 31G
3BChipper Jones 152GKeith Lockhart 18GWes Helms 5G
1BAndres Galarraga 132GWally Joyner 55GTim Unroe 2G
STARTERSGreg Maddux 7.4WARTom Glavine 4.8WARKevin Millwood 3.8WARJohn Burkett 2.5WARAndy Ashby 1.4WAR
CJavy Lopez 132GPaul Bako 80GEddie Pérez 7G
DHWally Joyner 7GBobby Bonilla 1GAndres Galarraga 1G
BULLPEN★ John Rocker 24svMike Remlinger 22hKerry Ligtenberg 12hScott Kamieniecki 10hRudy Seanez 6hStan Belinda 5hGreg McMichael 2hJason Marquis 1h
CJavy Lopez 132 · Paul Bako 80 · Eddie Pérez 7
1BAndres Galarraga 132 · Wally Joyner 55 · Tim Unroe 2
2BQuilvio Veras 82 · Keith Lockhart 74 · Rafael Furcal 31
3BChipper Jones 152 · Keith Lockhart 18 · Wes Helms 5
SSRafael Furcal 110 · Walt Weiss 69 · Mark DeRosa 10
LFB.J. Surhoff 134 · Reggie Sanders 69 · Bobby Bonilla 63
CFAndruw Jones 161 · Reggie Sanders 1 · Pedro Swann 1
RFBrian Jordan 130 · Reggie Sanders 27 · George Lombard 11
DHWally Joyner 7 · Bobby Bonilla 1 · Andres Galarraga 1
SPGreg Maddux 7.4 · Tom Glavine 4.8 · Kevin Millwood 3.8 · John Burkett 2.5 · Andy Ashby 1.4
BP★ John Rocker 24 · Mike Remlinger 22 · Kerry Ligtenberg 12 · Scott Kamieniecki 10 · Rudy Seanez 6 · Stan Belinda 5 · Greg McMichael 2 · Jason Marquis 1

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.

2000 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Andruw Jones 23 arb 1617.7 3.7 +7.2
Greg Maddux 34 FA-elig 357.4 11.1 -0.6
Chipper Jones Jr. 28 FA-elig 1566.0 4.8 +3.7
Tom Glavine 34 FA-elig 374.8 9.5 -2.7
Kevin Millwood 25 arb 363.8 0.4 +5.0
Rafael Furcal 22 pre-arb 1313.3 0.2 +4.5
Javy Lopez 29 FA-elig 1342.8 6.2 -2.3
Quilvio Veras 29 arb 842.7 3.0 +0.8
John Burkett 35 FA-elig 312.5 0.8 +2.8
Brian Jordan 33 FA-elig 1331.8 7.6 -5.0
Andres Galarraga 39 FA-elig 1411.5 8.5 -6.4
Andy Ashby↔ PHI 32 FA-elig 161.4 3.0 -1.0
Terry Mulholland 37 FA-elig 541.4 3.0 -1.0
Mike Remlinger 34 FA-elig 711.0 1.4 +0.0
Walt Weiss 36 FA-elig 800.9 3.0 -1.8
Kerry Ligtenberg 29 arb 590.4 0.3 +0.3
John Rocker 25 pre-arb 590.4 0.3 +0.3
Wally Joyner 38 FA-elig 1190.2 3.4 -3.0
Keith Lockhart 35 FA-elig 1130.2 1.0 -0.7
B.J. Surhoff↔ BAL 35 FA-elig 440.2 1.2 -0.9
Reggie Sanders 32 FA-elig 1030.2 3.7 -3.4
Rudy Seanez 31 FA-elig 230.1 1.6 -1.5
Brian R. Hunter↔ PHI 32 – 20.1 – –
Luis Rivera↔ BAL 22 pre-arb 50.1 0.2 -0.0
Bruce Chen↔ PHI 23 pre-arb 220.1 0.1 -0.0
Chris Seelbach 27 – 20.1 – –
Greg McMichael 33 FA-elig 150.0 0.3 -0.3
Kevin McGlinchy 23 pre-arb 100.0 0.2 -0.2
Mark DeRosa 25 – 22-0.0 – –
Mike Hubbard 29 – 2-0.0 – –
Wes Helms 24 – 6-0.0 – –
Pedro Swann 29 – 4-0.1 – –
Gabe Molina↔ BAL 25 – 2-0.1 – –
Don Wengert 30 – 10-0.1 – –
Paul Bako↔ HOU 28 pre-arb 24-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Dave Stevens 30 – 2-0.1 – –
Tim Unroe 29 – 4-0.1 – –
Steve Sisco 30 – 25-0.1 – –
Ismael Villegas 23 – 1-0.2 – –
Jason Marquis 21 – 15-0.2 – –
Eddie Pérez 32 arb 7-0.2 0.7 -0.9
Stan Belinda↔ COL 33 FA-elig 10-0.2 0.3 -0.6
Fernando Lunar↔ BAL 23 pre-arb 22-0.3 0.1 -0.5
Scott Kamieniecki↔ CLE 36 FA-elig 26-0.3 0.9 -1.4
Trenidad Hubbard↔ BAL 34 FA-elig 61-0.4 0.3 -0.9
George Lombard 24 – 27-0.7 – –
Bobby Bonilla 37 FA-elig 114-1.1 0.2 -1.8

Key additions (new vs 1999)

PlayerfWAR
Rafael Furcal3.3
Quilvio Veras2.7
John Burkett2.5
Andres Galarraga1.5
Andy Ashby1.4
Kerry Ligtenberg0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Player1999 fWAR
John Smoltz6.2
Gerald Williams1.9
Ryan Klesko1.2
Odalis Perez0.8
Russ Springer0.4
Greg Myers0.4

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)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Greg Maddux3414.000$11.1M$12.5M$13.1M$14.8MFREE AGENT
Tom Glavine3413.000$9.5M$9.5M$8.6MFREE AGENT
Andres Galarraga3915.000$8.5MFREE AGENT
Brian Jordan338.000$7.6M$9.1MFREE AGENT$600k$700k
Javy Lopez298.000$6.2M$7.8M$6.0M$7.0MFREE AGENT
Chipper Jones Jr.287.000$4.8M$10.3M$11.3M$13.3M$15.3M$16.1M$12.3M
Reggie Sanders329.000$3.7MFREE AGENT
Wally Joyner3814.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Walt Weiss3613.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Terry Mulholland3714.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Andy Ashby329.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Rudy Seanez3111.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Mike Remlinger349.000$1.4M$1.6M$2.0MFREE AGENT$700k
B.J. Surhoff3513.000$1.2M$4.8M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Keith Lockhart356.000$1.0M$800k$600kFREE AGENT
Scott Kamieniecki369.000$925kFREE AGENT
John Burkett3513.000$750k$1.8MFREE AGENT
Greg McMichael337.000$350kFREE AGENT
Trenidad Hubbard346.000$265kFREE AGENT
Stan Belinda3311.000$263kFREE AGENT
Bobby Bonilla3714.000$200kFREE AGENT
Brian R. Hunter329.000—FREE AGENT
Dave Stevens306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Andruw Jones234.000$3.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Quilvio Veras295.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Eddie Pérez325.000$650kFREE AGENT
Kevin Millwood253.000$420kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kerry Ligtenberg293.000$255kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Hubbard295.000—FREE AGENT
Tim Unroe295.000—FREE AGENT
Don Wengert305.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
John Rocker252.000$290kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin McGlinchy231.000$242kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Furcal220.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Rivera220.000$167kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Lunar230.000$142kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bruce Chen232.000$123kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Bako282.000$81kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wes Helms242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
George Lombard24–—
Mark DeRosa252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gabe Molina25–—
Pedro Swann29–—
Jason Marquis210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ismael Villegas23–—
Steve Sisco30–—
Chris Seelbach270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Braves 2000; 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.