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GM: Mike Port

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2002, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$108M
Surplus $M
-27
Win %
0.574
TAB
+7.1
WAB
+4.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
47.3
Dead money %
27%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-2.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BJason Varitek127
RDoug Mirabelli50
RKevin Brown2

1B

BTony Clark85
LBrian Daubach60
RLou Merloni3
RShane Andrews2
RJuan Diaz1

2B

RRey Sanchez100
RLou Merloni66
BJose Offerman⇄49
BCarlos Baerga17
BBryant Nelson11
RFreddy Sanchez5

3B

RShea Hillenbrand156
RLou Merloni8
RShane Andrews4
BCarlos Baerga1

SS

RNomar Garciaparra154
RRey Sanchez10
RLou Merloni5
RFreddy Sanchez5

LF

RManny Ramirez64
RRickey Henderson49
LBrian Daubach35
LCliff Floyd⇄18
RBenny Agbayani⇄12
BBryant Nelson7
RLou Merloni1
RShane Andrews1

CF

LJohnny Damon151
LTrot Nixon13
RRickey Henderson4
BBryant Nelson2
RBenny Agbayani⇄1

RF

LTrot Nixon145
LCliff Floyd⇄22
LBrian Daubach13
RManny Ramirez7
BBryant Nelson2
RBenny Agbayani⇄1
RLou Merloni1
RRickey Henderson1

DH

RManny Ramirez50
LBrian Daubach28
BCarlos Baerga27
BJose Offerman⇄23
LCliff Floyd⇄7
BJason Varitek1
RDoug Mirabelli1
LJohnny Damon1
RJuan Diaz1
RRickey Henderson1
BTony Clark1

Starters

RPedro Martinez7.4 WAR
RDerek Lowe4.7 WAR
RTim Wakefield2.7 WAR
LCasey Fossum1.8 WAR
RJohn Burkett1.7 WAR
RFrank Castillo1.7 WAR
RRolando Arrojo0.8 WAR
RJosh Hancock0.1 WAR
LDarren Oliver0.1 WAR
RDustin Hermanson0.0 WAR
RSun-Woo Kim⇄-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RUgueth Urbina40 sv
LAlan Embree⇄18 h
RBob Howry⇄15 h
RRich Garces5 h
LChris Haney4 h
RWayne Gomes2 h
RWillie Banks0 h
RSun-Woo Kim⇄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 2001)

PlayerfWAR
Johnny Damon4.3
John Burkett1.7
Cliff Floyd1.2
Rey Sanchez1.1
Alan Embree0.6
Rickey Henderson0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Player2001 fWAR
Hideo Nomo3.0
David Cone1.4
Chris Stynes0.8
Carl Everett0.6
Paxton Crawford0.5
Dante Bichette0.5

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 2002; everyone else is shown as a 2002 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Pedro Martínez 2002 +7.4 +147.5 14.0 +133.5 $1.9M 2.50× –
Derek Lowe 2002 +4.7 +83.1 3.1 +80.0 $0.7M 2.19× –
Manny Ramirez 2002 +5.3 +87.0 15.5 +71.6 $2.9M 2.05× –
Johnny Damon 2002 +4.3 +62.2 7.2 +55.0 $1.7M 1.79× –
Tim Wakefield 2002 +2.7 +55.0 3.2 +51.8 $1.2M 2.57× –
Nomar Garciaparra 2002 +4.8 +50.3 9.0 +41.3 $1.9M 1.32× –
Trot Nixon 2002 +2.7 +34.7 2.7 +32.0 $1.0M 1.60× –
Frank Castillo 2002 +1.7 +20.8 2.2 +18.5 $1.3M 1.49× –
John Burkett 2002 +1.7 +20.7 5.5 +15.2 $3.2M 1.49× –
Shea Hillenbrand 2002 +2.2 +14.8 0.3 +14.6 $0.1M 0.85× –
Casey Fossum 2002 +1.8 +13.9 0.2 +13.7 $0.1M 0.98× –
Jason Varitek 2002 +2.3 +14.2 3.5 +10.7 $1.5M 0.76× –
Ugueth Urbina 2002 +1.3 +13.9 6.7 +7.2 $5.1M 1.34× –
Alan Embree↔ 2002 +0.6 +6.9 0.2 +6.6 $0.4M 1.34× –
Cliff Floyd↔ 2002 +1.2 +7.9 2.1 +5.8 $1.8M 0.83× –
Rey Sanchez 2002 +1.1 +5.1 0.7 +4.4 $0.6M 0.56× –
Lou Merloni 2002 +0.9 +3.9 0.3 +3.6 $0.3M 0.56× –
Rickey Henderson 2002 +0.6 +3.8 0.3 +3.4 $0.6M 0.83× –
Rolando Arrojo 2002 +0.8 +4.1 1.9 +2.2 $2.5M 0.67× –
Doug Mirabelli 2002 +0.7 +2.8 0.7 +2.1 $1.0M 0.52× –
Bob Howry↔ 2002 +0.2 +1.2 0.4 +0.9 $1.5M 0.67× –
Benny Agbayani↔ 2002 +0.1 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.9M 0.83× –
Brian Daubach 2002 +0.4 +1.6 2.3 -0.8 $6.6M 0.56× –
Willie Banks 2002 -0.1 -0.7 0.5 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Carlos Baerga 2002 -0.1 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 – 0.69× –
Rich Garces 2002 -0.4 -2.1 2.2 -4.3 – 0.67× –
Dustin Hermanson 2002 +0.0 +0.2 5.8 -5.6 $144.7M 0.67× –
Jose Offerman↔ 2002 -0.2 -1.0 4.8 -5.8 – 0.69× –
Darren Oliver 2002 +0.1 +0.5 7.0 -6.5 $109.4M 1.02× –
Tony Clark 2002 -1.5 -6.5 5.0 -11.5 – 0.56× –
Bryant Nelson 2002 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.56× –
Chris Haney 2002 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Freddy Sanchez 2002 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Josh Hancock 2002 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Juan Diaz 2002 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.56× –
Kevin Brown 2002 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.52× –
Shane Andrews 2002 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.58× –
Sun-Woo Kim↔ 2002 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Wayne Gomes 2002 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+47.1+645.6108.1+538.1—

Trades

Every graded 2002 deal involving the Red Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2002 · WSN / BOS
WSN · Larry Beinfest +$8.8M
Sun-Woo Kim, Seung Song
BOS · Mike Port −$8.8M
Cliff Floyd
WSN came out ahead by $8.8M
2002 · PHI / BOS
PHI · Ed Wade +$4.0M
Josh Hancock
BOS · Mike Port −$4.0M
Jeremy Giambi
PHI came out ahead by $4.0M
2002 · CHW / BOS
CHW · Kenny Williams +$4.8M
Frank Francisco, Byeong-Hak An
BOS · Mike Port −$4.8M
Bob Howry
CHW came out ahead by $4.8M
2002 · CIN / BOS
CIN · Jim Bowden +$4.8M
Josh Thigpen, Tony Blanco
BOS · Mike Port −$4.8M
Todd Walker
CIN came out ahead by $4.8M
2002 · SDP / BOS
SDP · Kevin Towers +$4.0M
Luis Cruz
BOS · Mike Port −$4.0M
César Crespo
SDP came out ahead by $4.0M
2002 · SDP / BOS
SDP · Kevin Towers +$14.4M
Brad Baker#76, Dan Giese
BOS · Mike Port −$14.4M
Alan Embree, Andy Shibilo
SDP came out ahead by $14.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2002 payroll
$108.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2002, 2002–2008. 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 (24)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Manny Ramirez309.000$15.5M$20.0M$22.5M$22.0M$18.3M$17.0M$12.4M
Pedro Martínez3010.000$14.0M$15.5M$17.5MFREE AGENT
Nomar Garciaparra286.000$9.0M$11.0M$6.1MFREE AGENT
Johnny Damon287.000$7.2M$7.5M$8.0M$8.2MFREE AGENT
Darren Oliver319.000$7.0MFREE AGENT
Ugueth Urbina287.000$6.7MFREE AGENT
Dustin Hermanson297.000$5.8MFREE AGENT
John Burkett3715.000$5.5M$5.5MFREE AGENT
Tony Clark307.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Jose Offerman3312.000$4.8MFREE AGENT
Tim Wakefield3510.000$3.2M$4.0M$4.3M$4.7M$4.0M$4.0M$4.0M
Trot Nixon286.000$2.7M$4.0M$4.5M$7.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Frank Castillo3311.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Rich Garces3112.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Cliff Floyd299.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Rey Sanchez3411.000$700kFREE AGENT
Carlos Baerga3312.000$700kFREE AGENT
Doug Mirabelli316.000$650k$805k$825k$1.5M$1.2M$750kFREE AGENT
Willie Banks3311.000$450kFREE AGENT
Rickey Henderson4323.000$350kFREE AGENT
Alan Embree3210.000$235k$3.0M$3.0M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Shane Andrews307.000—FREE AGENT
Kevin Brown296.000—FREE AGENT
Chris Haney3311.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Jason Varitek305.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Derek Lowe295.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Brian Daubach304.000$2.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Rolando Arrojo364.000$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Howry284.000$358kARB 3FREE AGENT
Lou Merloni314.000$290kARB 3FREE AGENT
Benny Agbayani304.000$128kARB 3FREE AGENT
Wayne Gomes295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Shea Hillenbrand261.000$260kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Casey Fossum241.000$215kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sun-Woo Kim241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Diaz28–—
Josh Hancock240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryant Nelson28–—
Freddy Sanchez240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2002 acquisition stacked onto Red Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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