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200395–67 (0.586)Made Playoffs
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GM: Theo Epstein

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2003, 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
$107M
Surplus $M
-10
Win %
0.586
TAB
+14.5
WAB
+7.4
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
54.1
Dead money %
14%
Depth Players
11.0
Dead WAR
-2.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2003 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BJason Varitek137
RDoug Mirabelli55
RBill Haselman2

1B

RKevin Millar101
RShea Hillenbrand⇄48
LDavid Ortiz45
LAndy Abad7
RDave McCarty⇄6
RDamian Jackson2
RDoug Mirabelli2
RGabe Kapler⇄1

2B

LTodd Walker139
RDamian Jackson38
BBill Mueller10
RLou Merloni⇄5
RFreddy Sanchez3

3B

BBill Mueller135
RLou Merloni⇄9
RFreddy Sanchez7
RDamian Jackson3
RLou Collier2

SS

RNomar Garciaparra156
RDamian Jackson18
RFreddy Sanchez6
BBill Mueller1

LF

RManny Ramirez128
RGabe Kapler⇄29
RKevin Millar19
RDamian Jackson13
LJeremy Giambi9
RDave McCarty⇄9
BAdrian Brown3
RLou Collier1
RLou Merloni⇄1

CF

LJohnny Damon144
RDamian Jackson13
RGabe Kapler⇄7
BAdrian Brown6
RLou Collier1
LTrot Nixon1

RF

LTrot Nixon129
RGabe Kapler⇄31
RDamian Jackson12
RKevin Millar12
LJeremy Giambi2
RDave McCarty⇄1
LAndy Abad1

DH

LDavid Ortiz73
LJeremy Giambi28
RManny Ramirez26
RKevin Millar18
BJason Varitek3
RDoug Mirabelli2
LTodd Walker2
RShea Hillenbrand⇄1

Starters

RPedro Martinez7.4 WAR
RTim Wakefield3.7 WAR
RJohn Burkett2.6 WAR
RDerek Lowe2.3 WAR
RByung-Hyun Kim⇄1.9 WAR
LCasey Fossum1.2 WAR
RJeff Suppan⇄0.1 WAR
RRamiro Mendoza-0.1 WAR
LBruce Chen⇄-0.1 WAR
RRyan Rupe-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RScott Williamson⇄21 sv
LScott Sauerbeck⇄19 h
RMike Timlin17 h
LAlan Embree14 h
RTodd Jones⇄4 h
RBrandon Lyon2 h
RChad Fox⇄0 h
RJason Shiell0 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 2002)

PlayerfWAR
Bill Mueller4.7
David Ortiz3.2
Byung-Hyun Kim1.9
Mike Timlin1.0
Todd Walker0.9
Brandon Lyon0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
Frank Castillo1.7
Ugueth Urbina1.3
Cliff Floyd1.2
Rey Sanchez1.1
Rolando Arrojo0.8
Rickey Henderson0.6

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 2003; everyone else is shown as a 2003 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Pedro Martínez 2003 +7.4 +147.4 15.5 +131.9 $2.1M 2.50× –
Trot Nixon 2003 +5.0 +82.4 4.0 +78.4 $0.8M 2.05× –
Manny Ramirez 2003 +5.8 +95.7 20.0 +75.7 $3.4M 2.05× –
Tim Wakefield 2003 +3.7 +64.2 4.0 +60.2 $1.1M 2.19× –
Nomar Garciaparra 2003 +5.8 +70.2 11.0 +59.2 $1.9M 1.51× –
Bill Mueller 2003 +4.7 +46.9 2.1 +44.8 $0.4M 1.25× –
John Burkett 2003 +2.6 +41.3 5.5 +35.8 $2.1M 1.96× –
David Ortiz 2003 +3.2 +33.7 1.2 +32.5 $0.4M 1.33× –
Jason Varitek 2003 +3.8 +33.7 4.7 +29.0 $1.3M 1.12× –
Byung-Hyun Kim↔ 2003 +1.9 +29.9 2.8 +27.1 $1.5M 1.95× –
Derek Lowe 2003 +2.3 +27.6 3.6 +23.9 $1.6M 1.49× –
Johnny Damon 2003 +2.4 +23.8 7.5 +16.3 $3.1M 1.22× –
Casey Fossum 2003 +1.2 +10.0 0.3 +9.7 $0.3M 1.02× –
Mike Timlin 2003 +1.0 +10.8 1.9 +8.9 $1.8M 1.34× –
Brandon Lyon 2003 +0.6 +6.7 0.3 +6.4 $0.5M 1.34× –
Scott Williamson↔ 2003 +0.4 +4.7 0.6 +4.1 $1.3M 1.34× –
Todd Jones↔ 2003 +0.3 +3.6 1.3 +2.3 $3.9M 1.34× –
Doug Mirabelli 2003 +0.6 +2.5 0.8 +1.7 $1.3M 0.52× –
Alan Embree 2003 +0.8 +4.3 3.0 +1.3 $3.7M 0.67× –
Shea Hillenbrand↔ 2003 +0.2 +1.2 0.1 +1.1 $0.7M 0.69× –
Lou Merloni↔ 2003 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.5M 0.58× –
Todd Walker 2003 +0.9 +4.0 3.5 +0.6 $3.8M 0.56× –
Jeff Suppan↔ 2003 +0.1 +0.6 0.2 +0.4 $2.4M 1.02× –
Robert Person 2003 +0.1 +0.6 0.3 +0.3 $2.7M 0.67× –
Kevin Millar 2003 +0.3 +1.3 2.0 -0.7 $7.0M 0.56× –
Bruce Chen↔ 2003 -0.1 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Matt White↔ 2003 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Gabe Kapler↔ 2003 +0.1 +0.8 2.2 -1.3 $17.2M 0.83× –
Chad Fox↔ 2003 -0.2 -1.1 0.2 -1.4 – 0.67× –
Damian Jackson 2003 -0.2 -0.7 0.6 -1.4 – 0.56× –
Bob Howry 2003 -0.1 -0.4 1.7 -2.1 – 0.67× –
Jeremy Giambi 2003 -0.1 -0.7 2.0 -2.7 – 0.69× –
Scott Sauerbeck↔ 2003 -0.2 -2.4 0.5 -2.9 – 1.34× –
Ramiro Mendoza 2003 -0.1 -0.3 2.9 -3.2 – 0.67× –
Adrian Brown 2003 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Andy Abad 2003 -0.3 -1.5 – – – 0.56× –
Bill Haselman 2003 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.52× –
Bronson Arroyo 2003 +0.4 +2.3 – – – 0.67× –
Dave McCarty↔ 2003 +0.5 +3.2 – – – 0.83× –
Freddy Sanchez 2003 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.58× –
Hector Almonte↔ 2003 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Shiell 2003 -0.3 -1.4 – – – 0.67× –
Kevin Tolar 2003 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Lou Collier 2003 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.58× –
Rudy Seanez 2003 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Ryan Rupe 2003 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Steve Woodard 2003 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+53.8+740.5106.7+635.1—

Trades

Every graded 2003 deal involving the Red Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 9 total.

2003 · PIT / BOS
PIT · Dave Littlefield +$67.2M
Mike Gonzalez, Freddy Sanchez
BOS · Theo Epstein −$67.2M
Brandon Lyon, Jeff Suppan, Anastacio Martínez
PIT came out ahead by $67.2M
2003 · BOS / ARI
BOS · Theo Epstein +$10.4M
Byung-Hyun Kim
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$10.4M
Shea Hillenbrand
BOS came out ahead by $10.4M
2003 · BOS / SDP
BOS · Theo Epstein +$0.0M
Lou Merloni
SDP · Kevin Towers +$0.0M
Rene Miniel
Even trade
2003 · BOS / CLE
BOS · Theo Epstein +$0.8M
Jamie Brown
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$0.8M
Ángel Santos
BOS came out ahead by $0.8M
2003 · COL / BOS
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$2.4M
Javier López
BOS · Theo Epstein −$2.4M
Ryan Cameron
COL came out ahead by $2.4M
2003 · BOS / SEA
BOS · Theo Epstein +$1.6M
Sheldon Fulse
SEA · Pat Gillick −$1.6M
Matt White
BOS came out ahead by $1.6M
2003 · PIT / BOS
PIT · Dave Littlefield +$4.8M
Brandon Lyon, Anastacio Martínez
BOS · Theo Epstein −$4.8M
Mike Gonzalez, Scott Sauerbeck
PIT came out ahead by $4.8M
2003 · CIN / BOS
CIN · Jim Bowden +$3.2M
Phil Dumatrait, Tyler Pelland
BOS · Theo Epstein −$3.2M
Scott Williamson
CIN came out ahead by $3.2M
2003 · BOS / ARI
BOS · Theo Epstein +$158.4M
Curt Schilling
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$158.4M
Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, Jorge De La Rosa, Mike Goss
BOS came out ahead by $158.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$106.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. 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 (27)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Manny Ramirez3110.000$20.0M$22.5M$22.0M$18.3M$17.0M$12.4MFREE AGENT
Pedro Martínez3111.000$15.5M$17.5MFREE AGENT
Nomar Garciaparra297.000$11.0M$6.1MFREE AGENT
Johnny Damon298.000$7.5M$8.0M$8.2MFREE AGENT
John Burkett3816.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Jason Varitek316.000$4.7M$6.9M$8.0M$10.0M$11.0M$10.4M$5.0M
Tim Wakefield3611.000$4.0M$4.3M$4.7M$4.0M$4.0M$4.0M$4.0M
Trot Nixon297.000$4.0M$4.5M$7.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Derek Lowe306.000$3.6M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Todd Walker307.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Alan Embree3311.000$3.0M$3.0M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Ramiro Mendoza317.000$2.9M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Bill Mueller327.000$2.1M$2.1M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Timlin3712.000$1.9M$2.5M$2.8M$3.0M$2.8M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Todd Jones3510.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
David Ortiz276.000$1.2M$4.6M$5.2M$6.5M$13.2M$13.0M$13.0M
Doug Mirabelli327.000$805k$825k$1.5M$1.2M$750kFREE AGENT
Damian Jackson297.000$625kFREE AGENT
Robert Person338.000$300kFREE AGENT
Chad Fox326.000$224kFREE AGENT
Jeff Suppan288.000$172kFREE AGENT
Adrian Brown296.000—FREE AGENT
Lou Collier296.000—FREE AGENT
Bill Haselman3713.000—FREE AGENT
Dave McCarty3310.000—$500k$550kFREE AGENT
Rudy Seanez3414.000—FREE AGENT$1.6M
Steve Woodard286.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Byung-Hyun Kim244.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Gabe Kapler275.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Kevin Millar315.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Jeremy Giambi285.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Bob Howry295.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Scott Williamson274.000$582kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Sauerbeck314.000$516kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bruce Chen265.000$219kFREE AGENT
Lou Merloni325.000$105kFREE AGENT
Ryan Rupe284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bronson Arroyo263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Casey Fossum252.000$324kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Lyon232.000$310kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt White250.000$150kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shea Hillenbrand272.000$149kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hector Almonte27–—
Kevin Tolar32–—
Andy Abad302.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddy Sanchez251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Shiell26–—

Graphs

How each 2003 acquisition stacked onto Red Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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