Red Sox — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2001, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$112M

Surplus $M

-57

Win %

0.509

TAB

-7.8

WAB

-6.8

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

33.3

Dead money %

40%

Depth Players

6.0

Dead WAR

-5.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2001 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LScott Hatteberg72

RDoug Mirabelli⇄54

BJason Varitek50

RJoe Oliver⇄5

BMarcus Jensen⇄1

1B

LBrian Daubach106

BJose Offerman43

LCalvin Pickering⇄12

RShea Hillenbrand6

BMorgan Burkhart5

RIzzy Alcantara4

2B

BJose Offerman91

RChris Stynes43

RMike Lansing31

BAngel Santos6

RLou Merloni5

3B

RShea Hillenbrand129

RChris Stynes46

RJohn Valentin3

RLou Merloni1

SS

RMike Lansing76

RLou Merloni45

RCraig Grebeck23

RNomar Garciaparra21

RJohn Valentin18

BJames Lofton7

LF

RManny Ramirez55

LTroy O'Leary52

RDante Bichette37

RDarren Lewis27

LBrian Daubach6

RIzzy Alcantara6

RChris Stynes3

CF

BCarl Everett84

LTrot Nixon70

RDarren Lewis21

RF

LTrot Nixon83

LTroy O'Leary41

RDarren Lewis29

RDante Bichette16

BCarl Everett9

LBrian Daubach8

RIzzy Alcantara2

DH

RManny Ramirez87

RDante Bichette44

BCarl Everett7

LScott Hatteberg6

BMorgan Burkhart3

LTroy O'Leary3

RIzzy Alcantara1

LCalvin Pickering⇄1

Starters

RPedro Martinez5.5 WAR

RHideo Nomo3.0 WAR

RFrank Castillo2.2 WAR

RTim Wakefield2.2 WAR

RDerek Lowe1.6 WAR

RDavid Cone1.4 WAR

RRolando Arrojo1.2 WAR

RPaxton Crawford0.5 WAR

RTomo Ohka⇄0.4 WAR

RSun-Woo Kim0.4 WAR

LCasey Fossum0.2 WAR

RBret Saberhagen0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDerek Lowe24 sv

RRich Garces17 h

RRod Beck15 h

LPete Schourek5 h

RUgueth Urbina⇄3 h

RHipolito Pichardo2 h

RSun-Woo Kim1 h

LBill Pulsipher⇄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 2000)

Player	fWAR
Manny Ramirez	5.2
Hideo Nomo	3.0
Frank Castillo	2.2
David Cone	1.4
Doug Mirabelli	1.4
Ugueth Urbina	0.9

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player	2000 fWAR
Jeff Fassero	1.7
Ramon Martinez	0.9
Rheal Cormier	0.8
Jeff Frye	0.3
Mike Stanley	0.1
Curtis Pride	0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Red Sox. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2001; everyone else is shown as a 2001 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Pedro Martínez	2001	+5.5	+110.8	13.0	+97.8	$2.3M	2.50×	–
Manny Ramirez	2001	+5.2	+70.4	13.1	+57.3	$2.5M	1.71×	–
Trot Nixon	2001	+3.5	+44.2	0.4	+43.8	$0.1M	1.60×	–
Hideo Nomo	2001	+3.0	+47.6	4.5	+43.1	$1.5M	1.96×	–
Tim Wakefield	2001	+2.2	+34.6	3.0	+31.6	$1.4M	1.95×	–
Frank Castillo	2001	+2.2	+25.9	2.2	+23.6	$1.0M	1.49×	–
Derek Lowe	2001	+1.6	+25.3	2.1	+23.2	$1.3M	1.95×	–
Brian Daubach	2001	+2.0	+13.0	0.4	+12.6	$0.2M	0.81×	–
Rolando Arrojo	2001	+1.2	+12.5	1.6	+10.9	$1.4M	1.34×	–
David Cone	2001	+1.4	+11.4	1.0	+10.4	$0.7M	1.02×	–
Ugueth Urbina↔	2001	+0.9	+9.7	1.2	+8.5	$1.4M	1.34×	–
Jason Varitek	2001	+1.7	+10.2	1.8	+8.4	$1.1M	0.76×	–
Doug Mirabelli↔	2001	+1.4	+5.8	0.2	+5.6	$0.1M	0.52×	–
Paxton Crawford	2001	+0.5	+4.4	0.2	+4.2	$0.4M	1.02×	–
Tomo Ohka↔	2001	+0.4	+3.4	0.1	+3.3	$0.3M	1.02×	–
Chris Stynes	2001	+0.8	+3.5	1.3	+2.2	$1.7M	0.58×	–
Rich Garces	2001	+0.4	+2.3	1.4	+0.9	$3.2M	0.67×	–
Jose Offerman	2001	+1.4	+6.4	6.8	-0.4	$4.7M	0.56×	–
Joe Oliver↔	2001	-0.1	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	–	0.52×	–
Shea Hillenbrand	2001	-0.1	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	–	0.58×	–
Darren Lewis	2001	+0.2	+1.5	2.5	-1.0	$11.0M	0.83×	–
Hipolito Pichardo	2001	+0.0	+0.0	1.7	-1.6	$204.1M	0.67×	–
Bryce Florie	2001	-0.1	-0.4	1.4	-1.8	–	0.67×	–
Pete Schourek	2001	-0.2	-1.0	1.0	-2.0	–	0.67×	–
Carl Everett	2001	+0.6	+3.7	7.3	-3.6	$13.0M	0.83×	–
Bret Saberhagen	2001	+0.1	+1.2	5.0	-3.8	$33.5M	1.02×	–
Craig Grebeck	2001	-0.7	-3.3	0.7	-4.0	–	0.61×	–
Dante Bichette	2001	+0.5	+2.9	7.0	-4.1	$13.2M	0.69×	–
Nomar Garciaparra	2001	+0.3	+1.7	7.2	-5.6	$21.4M	0.61×	–
Scott Hatteberg	2001	-1.2	-5.2	1.1	-6.2	–	0.52×	–
John Valentin	2001	+0.0	+0.0	6.3	-6.3	$4626.5M	0.61×	–
Troy O'Leary	2001	-0.4	-2.6	4.6	-7.2	–	0.83×	–
Mike Lansing	2001	-0.3	-1.2	6.2	-7.5	–	0.61×	–
Rod Beck	2001	-0.6	-6.4	4.5	-10.9	–	1.34×	–
Allen McDill	2001	+0.0	+0.1	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Angel Santos	2001	-0.3	-1.2	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Bill Pulsipher↔	2001	-0.3	-1.4	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Calvin Pickering↔	2001	+0.3	+1.3	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Carlos Castillo	2001	-0.1	-0.4	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Casey Fossum	2001	+0.2	+1.6	–	–	–	1.02×	–
Izzy Alcantara	2001	-0.3	-1.9	–	–	–	0.83×	–
James Lofton	2001	-0.4	-1.9	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Lou Merloni	2001	+0.5	+2.7	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Marcus Jensen↔	2001	+0.1	+0.4	–	–	–	0.52×	–
Morgan Burkhart	2001	-0.4	-1.8	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Sun-Woo Kim	2001	+0.4	+1.9	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Todd Erdos	2001	-0.2	-1.1	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Willie Banks	2001	+0.2	+0.9	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Total	—	+33.0	+430.6	111.3	+320.0	—

Trades

Every graded 2001 deal involving the Red Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2001 · BOS / TEX

BOS · Dan Duquette +$25.6M

Darren Oliver

TEX · Douglas Melvin −$25.6M

Carl Everett

BOS came out ahead by $25.6M

2001 · BOS / TEX

BOS · Dan Duquette +$8.8M

Doug Mirabelli

TEX · Douglas Melvin −$8.8M

Justin Duchscherer

BOS came out ahead by $8.8M

2001 · COL / BOS

COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$1.6M

Scott Hatteberg

BOS · Dan Duquette −$1.6M

Pokey Reese

COL came out ahead by $1.6M

2001 · NYM / BOS

NYM · Steve Phillips +$0.0M

Rich Croushore

BOS · Dan Duquette +$0.0M

Frank Graham

Even trade

2001 · STL / BOS

STL · Walt Jocketty +$15.2M

Rick Asadoorian, Luis Garcia, Dustin Brisson

BOS · Dan Duquette −$15.2M

Dustin Hermanson

STL came out ahead by $15.2M

2001 · WSN / BOS

WSN · Jim Beattie +$80.0M

Tomo Ohka, Rich Rundles

BOS · Dan Duquette −$80.0M

Ugueth Urbina

WSN came out ahead by $80.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll

$111.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. 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 (26)

Player	Age	Svc	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Manny Ramirez	29	8.000	$13.1M	$15.5M	$20.0M	$22.5M	$22.0M	$18.3M	$17.0M
Pedro Martínez	29	9.000	$13.0M	$14.0M	$15.5M	$17.5M	FREE AGENT
Carl Everett	30	8.000	$7.3M	FREE AGENT
Dante Bichette	37	13.000	$7.0M	FREE AGENT
Jose Offerman	32	11.000	$6.8M	$4.8M	FREE AGENT
John Valentin	34	9.000	$6.3M	FREE AGENT
Mike Lansing	33	8.000	$6.2M	FREE AGENT
Bret Saberhagen	37	17.000	$5.0M	FREE AGENT
Troy O'Leary	31	8.000	$4.6M	FREE AGENT
Rod Beck	32	10.000	$4.5M	FREE AGENT
Hideo Nomo	32	6.000	$4.5M	FREE AGENT
Tim Wakefield	34	9.000	$3.0M	$3.2M	$4.0M	$4.3M	$4.7M	$4.0M	$4.0M
Darren Lewis	33	11.000	$2.5M	FREE AGENT
Frank Castillo	32	10.000	$2.2M	$2.2M	FREE AGENT
Hipolito Pichardo	31	9.000	$1.7M	FREE AGENT
Bryce Florie	31	7.000	$1.4M	FREE AGENT
Rich Garces	30	11.000	$1.4M	$2.2M	FREE AGENT
Chris Stynes	28	6.000	$1.3M	FREE AGENT
Ugueth Urbina	27	6.000	$1.2M	$6.7M	FREE AGENT
Scott Hatteberg	31	6.000	$1.1M	FREE AGENT
Pete Schourek	32	10.000	$1.0M	FREE AGENT
David Cone	38	15.000	$1.0M	FREE AGENT
Craig Grebeck	36	11.000	$700k	FREE AGENT
Joe Oliver	35	12.000	$324k	FREE AGENT
Willie Banks	32	10.000	—	$450k	FREE AGENT
Bill Pulsipher	27	6.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

Player	Age	Svc	2001	2002	2003	2004
Nomar Garciaparra	27	5.000	$7.2M	FREE AGENT
Derek Lowe	28	4.000	$2.1M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jason Varitek	29	4.000	$1.8M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Rolando Arrojo	35	3.000	$1.6M	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brian Daubach	29	3.000	$400k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Trot Nixon	27	5.000	$390k	FREE AGENT
Doug Mirabelli	30	5.000	$207k	FREE AGENT
Carlos Castillo	26	4.000	—	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Todd Erdos	27	4.000	—	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Marcus Jensen	28	5.000	—	FREE AGENT
Allen McDill	29	4.000	—	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Lou Merloni	30	3.000	—	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Calvin Pickering	24	3.000	—	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (9)

Player	Age	Svc	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Shea Hillenbrand	25	0.000	$200k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Paxton Crawford	23	1.000	$200k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Tomo Ohka	25	2.000	$123k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Izzy Alcantara	28	1.000	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Sun-Woo Kim	23	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Morgan Burkhart	29	–	—
Casey Fossum	23	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Angel Santos	21	–	—
James Lofton	27	–	—

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 2001 acquisition stacked onto Red Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

East

Central

West

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Central

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East

Central

West

East

Central

West

Red Sox BOS

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

2001 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2000)

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (26)

Arbitration-eligible (13)

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

2001 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2000)

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (26)

Arbitration-eligible (13)

Pre-arbitration (9)

Graphs

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

Offense

Pitching & Defense