Red Sox — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1989, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$19M

Surplus $M

-3

Win %

0.512

TAB

+5.6

WAB

-2.9

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

43.6

Dead money %

33%

Depth Players

8.0

Dead WAR

-3.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1989 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

Rick Cerone97

Rich Gedman91

John Marzano7

Randy Kutcher1

1B

Nick Esasky153

Danny Heep19

Sam Horn2

Carlos Quintana1

2B

Marty Barrett80

Jody Reed69

Luis Rivera2

3B

Wade Boggs152

Randy Kutcher6

Jody Reed4

SS

Luis Rivera89

Jody Reed78

LF

Mike Greenwell139

Danny Heep17

Randy Kutcher11

Kevin Romine9

Carlos Quintana4

Dana Williams1

Nick Esasky1

CF

Ellis Burks95

Kevin Romine48

Randy Kutcher21

Jeff Stone⇄5

Carlos Quintana1

RF

Dwight Evans77

Danny Heep59

Kevin Romine32

Randy Kutcher25

Carlos Quintana17

Jeff Stone⇄8

Jody Reed1

Rick Cerone1

DH

Dwight Evans69

Jim Rice53

Sam Horn11

Danny Heep9

Carlos Quintana5

Mike Greenwell5

Marty Barrett4

Wade Boggs3

Dana Williams1

Kevin Romine1

Rick Cerone1

Starters

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Bullpen

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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 1988)

Player	fWAR
Nick Esasky	4.2
Rob Murphy	1.9
John Dopson	1.8
Luis Rivera	0.7
Danny Heep	0.6
Greg Harris	0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1988)

Player	1988 fWAR
Bruce Hurst	3.8
Spike Owen	0.9
Todd Benzinger	0.4
Jeff Sellers	0.3
Brady Anderson	0.2
Larry Parrish	0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Red Sox. Guaranteed modern contracts use the known contract period through 1989; everyone else is shown as a 1989 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Wade Boggs	1989	+8.3	+94.8	1.9	+92.9	$0.2M	1.43×	–
Roger Clemens	1989	+5.1	+67.3	2.3	+65.0	$0.4M	1.64×	–
Mike Greenwell	1989	+3.4	+43.7	0.5	+43.2	$0.1M	1.60×	–
Dwight Evans	1989	+3.4	+43.2	1.1	+42.1	$0.3M	1.60×	–
Ellis Burks	1989	+3.2	+41.0	0.3	+40.8	$0.1M	1.60×	–
Nick Esasky	1989	+4.2	+40.1	0.6	+39.5	$0.1M	1.20×	–
Jody Reed	1989	+3.1	+29.4	0.2	+29.2	$0.1M	1.18×	–
Mike Boddicker	1989	+2.9	+29.4	1.4	+28.0	$0.5M	1.28×	–
Rob Murphy	1989	+1.9	+14.6	0.3	+14.3	$0.2M	0.98×	–
John Dopson	1989	+1.8	+13.7	0.1	+13.6	$0.1M	0.98×	–
Dennis Lamp	1989	+1.6	+12.3	0.4	+11.9	$0.2M	0.98×	–
Lee Smith	1989	+1.5	+11.7	1.4	+10.3	$0.9M	0.98×	–
Randy Kutcher	1989	+1.0	+7.0	0.1	+6.9	$0.1M	0.83×	–
Danny Heep	1989	+0.6	+4.1	0.4	+3.7	$0.6M	0.83×	–
Luis Rivera	1989	+0.7	+3.5	0.1	+3.4	$0.1M	0.61×	–
Wes Gardner	1989	+0.7	+3.7	0.3	+3.4	$0.4M	0.67×	–
Marty Barrett	1989	+0.8	+3.7	0.8	+3.0	$0.9M	0.56×	–
Rick Cerone	1989	+0.8	+3.5	0.5	+3.0	$0.6M	0.52×	–
Kevin Romine	1989	+0.4	+2.5	0.2	+2.3	$0.5M	0.83×	–
Greg Harris↔	1989	+0.3	+1.8	0.1	+1.7	$0.3M	0.67×	–
Bob Stanley	1989	+0.5	+2.5	1.1	+1.4	$2.3M	0.67×	–
Joe Price↔	1989	+0.2	+1.2	0.1	+1.1	$0.3M	0.67×	–
Oil Can Boyd	1989	+0.2	+1.0	0.6	+0.5	$2.9M	0.67×	–
Eric Hetzel	1989	-0.1	-0.7	0.1	-0.7	–	0.67×	–
Mike Smithson	1989	-0.3	-1.5	0.5	-2.0	–	0.67×	–
Rich Gedman	1989	-0.3	-1.2	1.1	-2.4	–	0.52×	–
Carlos Quintana	1989	-0.5	-3.6	0.1	-3.6	–	0.83×	–
Ed Romero↔	1989	-0.8	-3.6	0.0	-3.6	–	0.56×	–
Jim Rice	1989	-0.7	-3.8	2.4	-6.2	–	0.69×	–
Dana Williams	1989	+0.0	+0.0	–	–	–	0.69×	–
Jeff Stone↔	1989	-0.2	-1.2	–	–	–	0.83×	–
John Marzano	1989	+0.4	+1.7	–	–	–	0.52×	–
Mike Rochford	1989	-0.1	-0.6	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Sam Horn	1989	-0.5	-2.9	–	–	–	0.69×	–
Tom Bolton	1989	+0.1	+0.7	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Total	—	+43.6	+459.0	19.0	+442.7	—

Trades

Every graded 1989 deal involving the Red Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 1 total.

1989 · BOS / CHW

BOS · Lou Gorman +$0.0M

Ray Chadwick

CHW · Larry Himes +$0.0M

Dana Williams

Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

1989 payroll

$18.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1989, 1989–1995. 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 (18)

Player	Age	Svc	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Jim Rice	36	15.000	$2.4M	FREE AGENT
Wade Boggs	31	7.000	$1.9M	$1.9M	$2.8M	$2.7M	FREE AGENT
Lee Smith	31	9.000	$1.4M	$994k	FREE AGENT
Mike Boddicker	31	9.000	$1.4M	$675k	FREE AGENT
Rich Gedman	29	9.000	$1.1M	$736k	FREE AGENT
Dwight Evans	37	17.000	$1.1M	$1.5M	FREE AGENT
Bob Stanley	34	12.000	$1.1M	FREE AGENT
Marty Barrett	31	7.000	$775k	$1.0M	FREE AGENT
Nick Esasky	29	6.000	$570k	FREE AGENT
Oil Can Boyd	29	7.000	$550k	FREE AGENT
Mike Smithson	34	7.000	$540k	FREE AGENT
Rick Cerone	35	14.000	$490k	FREE AGENT
Dennis Lamp	36	12.000	$380k	$725k	$750k	FREE AGENT
Danny Heep	31	10.000	$365k	$595k	FREE AGENT
Greg Harris	33	8.000	$83k	$590k	$1.3M	$1.4M	$1.5M	$1.6M	FREE AGENT
Joe Price	32	9.000	$55k	FREE AGENT
Ed Romero	31	12.000	$46k	FREE AGENT
Jeff Stone	28	6.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

Player	Age	Svc	1989	1990	1991	1992
Roger Clemens	26	5.000	$2.3M	FREE AGENT
Mike Greenwell	25	4.000	$500k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Rob Murphy	29	4.000	$295k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Wes Gardner	28	5.000	$285k	FREE AGENT
Kevin Romine	28	4.000	$200k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
John Dopson	25	4.000	$125k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Luis Rivera	25	3.000	$105k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Randy Kutcher	29	3.000	$90k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (9)

Player	Age	Svc	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Ellis Burks	24	2.000	$275k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jody Reed	26	2.000	$175k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Carlos Quintana	23	1.000	$71k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Eric Hetzel	25	0.000	$68k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Tom Bolton	27	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Sam Horn	25	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
John Marzano	26	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mike Rochford	26	1.000	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Dana Williams	26	–	—

Graphs

Regime	Seasons	Win %	Playoff %	Pennant %	WS %
WINDOW	290	52.1	30.0	4.8	1.0
CONTEND	310	56.8	62.9	19.0	10.0
FORCED-SPEND	260	48.0	9.2	1.5	1.5
REBUILD	328	43.3	1.2	0.3	0.3

How each 1989 acquisition stacked onto Red Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by playoff points added.

Red Sox BOS

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

1989 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1988)

Key subtractions (gone from 1988)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (18)

Arbitration-eligible (8)

Pre-arbitration (9)

Graphs

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

Red Sox BOS

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

1989 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1988)

Key subtractions (gone from 1988)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (18)

Arbitration-eligible (8)

Pre-arbitration (9)

Graphs

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

Offense

Pitching & Defense