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Red Sox BOS

200796–66 (0.593)★ 2007 World Series Champions
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GM: Theo Epstein

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2007, 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
$135M
Surplus $M
-32
Win %
0.593
TAB
+7.9
WAB
+7.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
48.1
Dead money %
22%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-2.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2007 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BJason Varitek125
RDoug Mirabelli46
RKevin Cash12

1B

RKevin Youkilis135
LEric Hinske43
LDavid Ortiz7
RJeff Bailey3
LAlex Cora1

2B

RDustin Pedroia137
LAlex Cora47

3B

RMike Lowell154
RKevin Youkilis13
RRoyce Clayton⇄1

SS

RJulio Lugo145
LAlex Cora33
RRoyce Clayton⇄7

LF

RManny Ramirez120
LEric Hinske24
LJacoby Ellsbury22
LBrandon Moss13
BBobby Kielty⇄8

CF

BCoco Crisp144
LJacoby Ellsbury16
RWily Mo Peña⇄12
LJ.D. Drew4

RF

LJ.D. Drew133
BBobby Kielty⇄12
LEric Hinske12
LBrandon Moss4
LJacoby Ellsbury1

DH

LDavid Ortiz140
RManny Ramirez11
LAlex Cora3
LEric Hinske3
RDoug Mirabelli2
RDustin Pedroia1
LJ.D. Drew1
RJulio Lugo1
RRoyce Clayton⇄1
RWily Mo Peña⇄1

Starters

RJosh Beckett5.7 WAR
RDaisuke Matsuzaka2.8 WAR
RCurt Schilling2.3 WAR
RTim Wakefield1.9 WAR
RJulian Tavarez0.9 WAR
RClay Buchholz0.7 WAR
LKason Gabbard⇄0.4 WAR
LJon Lester0.2 WAR
RDevern Hansack-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJonathan Papelbon37 sv
LHideki Okajima27 h
LJavier Lopez13 h
RManny Delcarmen11 h
RMike Timlin8 h
RBrendan Donnelly8 h
RKyle Snyder1 h
RJoel Pineiro⇄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 2006)

PlayerfWAR
Daisuke Matsuzaka2.8
J.D. Drew2.0
Jacoby Ellsbury1.2
Hideki Okajima1.1
Clay Buchholz0.7
Brendan Donnelly0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
Trot Nixon1.7
Álex González1.6
Mark Loretta0.5
Craig Breslow0.3
Matt Clement0.3
David Pauley0.2

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 2007; everyone else is shown as a 2007 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Josh Beckett 2007 +5.7 +114.3 6.7 +107.7 $1.2M 2.50× –
David Ortiz 2007 +6.3 +86.1 13.2 +72.9 $2.1M 1.71× –
Coco Crisp 2007 +4.4 +62.9 3.8 +59.1 $0.9M 1.79× –
Kevin Youkilis 2007 +4.1 +39.2 0.4 +38.7 $0.1M 1.20× –
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 +2.8 +44.0 6.3 +37.6 $2.3M 1.96× –
Mike Lowell 2007 +4.5 +45.0 9.0 +36.0 $2.0M 1.25× –
Dustin Pedroia 2007 +3.7 +35.9 0.4 +35.5 $0.1M 1.20× –
Jonathan Papelbon 2007 +2.1 +32.4 0.4 +32.0 $0.2M 1.95× –
Tim Wakefield 2007 +1.9 +22.2 4.0 +18.2 $2.1M 1.49× –
Curt Schilling 2007 +2.3 +27.7 13.0 +14.7 $5.6M 1.49× –
Hideki Okajima 2007 +1.1 +12.1 1.2 +10.9 $1.1M 1.34× –
Jason Varitek 2007 +2.6 +21.2 11.0 +10.2 $4.2M 1.00× –
Jacoby Ellsbury 2007 +1.2 +7.9 0.4 +7.6 $0.3M 0.83× –
Clay Buchholz 2007 +0.7 +5.8 0.1 +5.7 $0.1M 1.02× –
J.D. Drew 2007 +2.0 +19.1 14.0 +5.1 $7.1M 1.22× –
Julian Tavarez 2007 +0.9 +7.1 3.4 +3.8 $3.8M 1.02× –
Brendan Donnelly 2007 +0.5 +2.7 1.4 +1.3 $2.7M 0.67× –
Jon Lester 2007 +0.2 +1.5 0.4 +1.1 $2.0M 1.02× –
Eric Gagne↔ 2007 +0.3 +3.0 2.2 +0.8 $8.0M 1.34× –
Brandon Moss 2007 +0.1 +0.9 0.4 +0.5 $2.8M 0.83× –
Alex Cora 2007 +0.5 +2.1 2.0 +0.1 $4.3M 0.56× –
David Murphy↔ 2007 +0.0 +0.1 0.0 +0.1 $1.1M 0.83× –
Javier López 2007 +0.1 +0.5 0.4 +0.1 $4.1M 0.67× –
Bobby Kielty↔ 2007 +0.1 +0.8 1.3 -0.5 $10.4M 0.83× –
Royce Clayton↔ 2007 -0.2 -1.0 0.2 -1.1 – 0.61× –
Doug Mirabelli 2007 -0.1 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 – 0.52× –
J.C. Romero↔ 2007 -0.3 -1.4 0.5 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Mike Timlin 2007 +0.0 +0.0 2.8 -2.8 $3017.8M 0.67× –
Joel Pineiro↔ 2007 -0.1 -0.3 2.8 -3.1 – 0.67× –
Kyle Snyder 2007 -0.5 -2.7 0.5 -3.2 – 0.67× –
Wily Mo Peña↔ 2007 -0.6 -4.0 1.2 -5.3 – 0.83× –
Julio Lugo 2007 +0.4 +1.8 8.2 -6.4 $22.0M 0.61× –
Eric Hinske 2007 -0.2 -1.1 5.6 -6.7 – 0.56× –
Manny Ramirez 2007 +1.2 +8.0 17.0 -9.0 $14.2M 0.83× –
Bryan Corey 2007 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Devern Hansack 2007 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Bailey 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Kason Gabbard↔ 2007 +0.4 +3.1 – – – 1.02× –
Kevin Cash 2007 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.52× –
Manny Delcarmen 2007 +0.4 +1.9 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+48.2+596.8135.0+458.5—

Trades

Every graded 2007 deal involving the Red Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2007 · STL / BOS
STL · John Mozeliak +$29.6M
Joel Piñeiro
BOS · Theo Epstein −$29.6M
Sean Danielson
STL came out ahead by $29.6M
2007 · BOS / BAL
BOS · Theo Epstein +$0.8M
Cory Keylor
BAL · Mike Flanagan −$0.8M
Alberto Castillo
BOS came out ahead by $0.8M
2007 · TEX / BOS
TEX · Jon Daniels +$48.0M
Kason Gabbard, David Murphy, Engel Beltré
BOS · Theo Epstein −$48.0M
Éric Gagné
TEX came out ahead by $48.0M
2007 · BOS / WSN
BOS · Theo Epstein +$10.4M
Chris Carter
WSN · Jim Bowden −$10.4M
Wily Mo Peña
BOS came out ahead by $10.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$135.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2007, 2007–2013. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Manny Ramirez3514.000$17.0M$12.4MFREE AGENT
J.D. Drew319.000$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0MFREE AGENT
David Ortiz3110.000$13.2M$13.0M$13.0M$13.0M$12.5M$14.6M$14.0M
Curt Schilling4019.000$13.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Varitek3510.000$11.0M$10.4M$5.0M$3.0M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Lowell339.000$9.0M$12.5M$12.5M$12.5MFREE AGENT
Julio Lugo317.000$8.2M$9.2M$5.4MFREE AGENT
Josh Beckett276.000$6.7M$10.2M$11.2M$12.1M$17.0M$12.8MFREE AGENT
Tim Wakefield4015.000$4.0M$4.0M$4.0M$3.5M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Julian Tavarez3414.000$3.4M$2.7MFREE AGENT
Mike Timlin4116.000$2.8M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Joel Pineiro287.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Eric Gagne318.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Alex Cora319.000$2.0M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Bobby Kielty306.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Doug Mirabelli3611.000$750kFREE AGENT
J.C. Romero318.000$497kFREE AGENT
Royce Clayton3716.000$156kFREE AGENT
Bryan Corey339.000—$343kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Eric Hinske295.000$5.6MFREE AGENT
Coco Crisp275.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Brendan Donnelly355.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Wily Mo Peña255.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Kyle Snyder294.000$535kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Youkilis283.000$424kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Javier López294.000$402kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Cash295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Daisuke Matsuzaka260.000$6.3MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hideki Okajima310.000$1.2MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Papelbon262.000$426kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jon Lester231.000$384kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Moss230.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacoby Ellsbury230.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Pedroia231.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Buchholz220.000$91kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Murphy251.000$25kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Bailey28–—
Manny Delcarmen252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kason Gabbard251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Devern Hansack29–—

Graphs

How each 2007 acquisition stacked onto Red Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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