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GM: Theo Epstein (since 2003)

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+7.3
WAB — wins above budget
+14.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
95–67 (0.586)
record · made playoffs
-10M
surplus $M (value/$)
54.1
roster fWAR
$106.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Pedro Martínez 31 FA-elig 29 7.4 15.5 -2.4
Manny Ramirez 31 FA-elig 154 5.8 20.0 -9.6
Nomar Garciaparra 29 FA-elig 156 5.8 11.0 -0.7
Trot Nixon 29 FA-elig 134 5.0 4.0 +4.9
Bill Mueller 32 FA-elig 146 4.7 2.1 +6.2
Jason Varitek 31 FA-elig 142 3.8 4.7 +2.0
Tim Wakefield 36 FA-elig 35 3.7 4.0 +2.5
David Ortiz 27 FA-elig 128 3.2 1.2 +4.4
John Burkett 38 FA-elig 32 2.6 5.5 -0.8
Johnny Damon 29 FA-elig 145 2.4 7.5 -3.2
Derek Lowe 30 FA-elig 33 2.3 3.6 +0.5
Byung-Hyun Kim↔ ARI 24 arb 49 1.9 2.8 +0.6
Casey Fossum 25 pre-arb 20 1.2 0.3 +1.9
Mike Timlin 37 FA-elig 72 1.0 1.9 -0.1
Todd Walker 30 FA-elig 144 0.9 3.5 -1.9
Alan Embree 33 FA-elig 65 0.8 3.0 -1.6
Brandon Lyon 23 pre-arb 49 0.6 0.3 +0.8
Doug Mirabelli 32 FA-elig 62 0.6 0.8 +0.3
Dave McCarty↔ OAK 33 – 16 0.5 – –
Scott Williamson↔ CIN 27 arb 24 0.4 0.6 +0.2
Bronson Arroyo 26 – 6 0.4 – –
Todd Jones↔ COL 35 FA-elig 26 0.3 1.3 -0.7
Kevin Millar 31 arb 148 0.3 2.0 -1.5
Shea Hillenbrand↔ ARI 27 pre-arb 49 0.2 0.1 +0.2
Lou Merloni↔ SDP 32 arb 15 0.2 0.1 +0.3
Gabe Kapler↔ COL 27 arb 68 0.1 2.2 -2.0
Robert Person 33 FA-elig 7 0.1 0.3 -0.1
Jeff Suppan↔ PIT 28 FA-elig 11 0.1 0.2 -0.0
Lou Collier 29 – 4 -0.0 – –
Kevin Tolar 32 – 6 -0.0 – –
Ramiro Mendoza 31 FA-elig 37 -0.1 2.9 -3.0
Steve Woodard 28 – 7 -0.1 – –
Bob Howry 29 arb 4 -0.1 1.7 -1.8
Freddy Sanchez 25 – 20 -0.1 – –
Hector Almonte↔ WSN 27 – 7 -0.1 – –
Bill Haselman 37 – 4 -0.1 – –
Adrian Brown 29 – 9 -0.1 – –
Bruce Chen↔ HOU 26 arb 5 -0.1 0.2 -0.4
Matt White↔ SEA 25 pre-arb 3 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
Rudy Seanez 34 – 9 -0.1 – –
Jeremy Giambi 28 arb 50 -0.1 2.0 -2.2
Damian Jackson 29 FA-elig 109 -0.2 0.6 -0.9
Ryan Rupe 28 – 5 -0.2 – –
Chad Fox↔ MIA 32 FA-elig 17 -0.2 0.2 -0.6
Scott Sauerbeck↔ PIT 31 arb 26 -0.2 0.5 -0.9
Jason Shiell 26 – 17 -0.3 – –
Andy Abad 30 – 9 -0.3 – –

47 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 34 of them (72%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for BOS
Jason Varitek199721.2
Josh Beckett200520.1
Derek Lowe199718.0
Curt Schilling200315.2
Eduardo Rodríguez201414.3
Rick Porcello201413.1
Jarrod Saltalamacchia20108.8
Wilyer Abreu20227.5
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Jeff Bagwell199080.2
Brady Anderson198833.0
Hanley Ramírez200529.1
Jamie Moyer199628.0
Carlton Fisk198518.3
Carney Lansford198216.7
Carlos Martínez201316.0
Ernie Whitt198514.7
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.