Cubs — Front Office

Overview

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

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$74M

Surplus $M

-14

Win %

0.414

TAB

-1.0

WAB

-16.4

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

34.6

Dead money %

24%

Depth Players

8.0

Dead WAR

-4.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJoe Girardi88

BTodd Hundley79

RRobert Machado⇄22

RMike Mahoney16

1B

LFred McGriff137

LHee-Seop Choi22

BMark Bellhorn22

RAngel Echevarria13

2B

BMark Bellhorn77

BBobby Hill55

LDelino DeShields41

RChris Stynes20

BAugie Ojeda10

3B

BBill Mueller⇄103

RChris Stynes40

BMark Bellhorn36

RKevin Orie12

BAugie Ojeda5

SS

RAlex Gonzalez142

BAugie Ojeda16

BMark Bellhorn12

BBobby Hill1

LF

RMoises Alou122

LRoosevelt Brown48

RDarren Lewis22

RAngel Echevarria8

RChad Hermansen⇄2

RMario Encarnacion2

BMark Bellhorn1

CF

LCorey Patterson147

RChad Hermansen⇄28

RDarren Lewis18

LRoosevelt Brown13

RMoises Alou1

RF

RSammy Sosa150

RAngel Echevarria11

RDarren Lewis9

RChad Hermansen⇄5

RMoises Alou4

LRoosevelt Brown4

LDelino DeShields1

DH

LFred McGriff2

RMoises Alou2

LRoosevelt Brown1

BTodd Hundley1

Starters

RMatt Clement4.2 WAR

RKerry Wood3.7 WAR

RJon Lieber3.1 WAR

RMark Prior3.0 WAR

RAlan Benes1.0 WAR

RCarlos Zambrano0.8 WAR

RJason Bere0.7 WAR

RPat Mahomes-0.0 WAR

RJuan Cruz0.0 WAR

LSteve Smyth-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RAntonio Alfonseca19 sv

RJoe Borowski11 h

RKyle Farnsworth6 h

RPat Mahomes2 h

RWill Cunnane1 h

LJeff Fassero⇄0 h

RTom Gordon⇄0 h

LDonovan Osborne0 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)

Player	fWAR
Matt Clement	4.2
Mark Bellhorn	3.9
Mark Prior	3.0
Moises Alou	1.4
Alex Gonzalez	1.0
Alan Benes	1.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Player	2001 fWAR
Kevin Tapani	3.1
Julian Tavarez	2.1
Ricky Gutierrez	1.8
Rondell White	1.7
Matt Stairs	1.4
Eric Young Sr.	1.3

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Cubs. 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.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Matt Clement	2002	+4.2	+74.4	2.5	+71.9	$0.6M	2.19×	–
Sammy Sosa	2002	+5.1	+82.9	15.0	+67.9	$3.0M	2.05×	–
Kerry Wood	2002	+3.7	+64.7	3.7	+61.0	$1.0M	2.19×	–
Mark Prior	2002	+3.0	+47.1	0.2	+46.9	$0.1M	1.96×	–
Jon Lieber	2002	+3.1	+48.4	5.8	+42.5	$1.9M	1.96×	–
Mark Bellhorn	2002	+3.9	+37.1	0.2	+36.9	$0.1M	1.20×	–
Joe Borowski	2002	+1.5	+15.6	0.2	+15.3	$0.2M	1.34×	–
Bill Mueller↔	2002	+2.3	+15.8	3.2	+12.6	$1.4M	0.85×	–
Fred McGriff	2002	+2.4	+15.6	7.2	+8.3	$3.0M	0.81×	–
Carlos Zambrano	2002	+0.8	+6.4	0.2	+6.2	$0.3M	1.02×	–
Darren Lewis	2002	+0.6	+4.1	0.5	+3.6	$0.8M	0.83×	–
Antonio Alfonseca	2002	+0.7	+7.0	3.5	+3.5	$5.4M	1.34×	–
Moises Alou	2002	+1.4	+9.0	6.0	+3.0	$4.4M	0.83×	–
Jason Bere	2002	+0.7	+5.9	3.4	+2.5	$4.7M	1.02×	–
Roosevelt Brown	2002	+0.4	+2.4	0.3	+2.1	$0.7M	0.83×	–
Robert Machado↔	2002	+0.5	+2.0	0.1	+1.9	$0.2M	0.52×	–
Corey Patterson	2002	+0.2	+1.5	0.2	+1.3	$1.0M	0.83×	–
Alex Gonzalez	2002	+1.0	+5.0	4.2	+0.8	$4.1M	0.61×	–
Tom Gordon↔	2002	+0.4	+2.3	1.6	+0.7	$3.7M	0.67×	–
Delino DeShields	2002	+0.4	+1.6	1.2	+0.3	$3.6M	0.56×	–
Chris Stynes	2002	+0.2	+1.1	1.2	-0.2	$5.4M	0.58×	–
Juan Cruz	2002	+0.0	+0.0	0.2	-0.2	$23.9M	0.67×	–
Donovan Osborne	2002	+0.0	+0.2	0.5	-0.3	$14.0M	0.67×	–
Jeff Fassero↔	2002	+0.3	+1.4	2.2	-0.8	$8.5M	0.67×	–
Augie Ojeda	2002	-0.5	-2.2	0.2	-2.5	–	0.61×	–
Chad Hermansen↔	2002	-0.5	-3.2	0.1	-3.3	–	0.83×	–
Joe Girardi	2002	-0.5	-2.1	1.5	-3.6	–	0.52×	–
Jesus Sanchez	2002	-0.5	-2.5	1.4	-3.9	–	0.67×	–
Kyle Farnsworth	2002	-0.5	-4.9	0.4	-5.3	–	1.34×	–
Todd Hundley	2002	+0.3	+1.1	6.5	-5.4	$25.5M	0.52×	–
Alan Benes	2002	+1.0	+8.3	–	–	–	1.02×	–
Angel Echevarria	2002	+0.4	+1.7	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Bobby Hill	2002	+0.4	+2.0	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Courtney Duncan	2002	+0.0	+0.2	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Francis Beltran	2002	-0.3	-1.5	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Hee-Seop Choi	2002	-0.4	-1.8	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Kevin Orie	2002	+0.2	+0.9	–	–	–	0.58×	–
Mario Encarnacion	2002	-0.2	-1.4	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Mike Mahoney	2002	+0.1	+0.5	–	–	–	0.52×	–
Pat Mahomes	2002	-0.0	-0.0	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Ron Mahay	2002	-0.5	-2.7	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Scott Chiasson	2002	-0.2	-1.0	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Steve Smyth	2002	-0.5	-4.4	–	–	–	1.02×	–
Will Cunnane	2002	-0.0	-0.2	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Total	—	+34.6	+438.3	73.4	+363.7	—

Trades

Every graded 2002 deal involving the Cubs — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 10 total.

2002 · MIA / CHC

MIA · Dave Dombrowski +$80.0M

Julián Tavárez, Jose Cueto, Ryan Jorgensen, Dontrelle Willis

CHC · Andy MacPhail −$80.0M

Antonio Alfonseca, Matt Clement

MIA came out ahead by $80.0M

2002 · CHC / STL

CHC · Andy MacPhail +$16.8M

Jared Blasdell, Jason Karnuth

STL · Walt Jocketty −$16.8M

Jeff Fassero

CHC came out ahead by $16.8M

2002 · ARI / CHC

ARI · Joe Garagiola +$3.2M

Dave Noyce, Gary Johnson

CHC · Andy MacPhail −$3.2M

Damian Miller

ARI came out ahead by $3.2M

2002 · MIL / CHC

MIL · Dean Taylor +$0.0M

Robert Machado

CHC · Andy MacPhail +$0.0M

Jackson Melian

Even trade

2002 · CHC / SDP

CHC · Andy MacPhail +$0.0M

Winston Abreu

SDP · Kevin Towers +$0.0M

Keto Anderson

Even trade

2002 · CHC / MIL

CHC · Andy MacPhail +$0.0M

Paul Bako

MIL · Dean Taylor +$0.0M

Ryan Gripp

Even trade

2002 · CHC / HOU

CHC · Andy MacPhail +$4.0M

Russ Rohlicek, Travis Anderson, Mike Nannini

HOU · Gerry Hunsicker −$4.0M

Tom Gordon

CHC came out ahead by $4.0M

2002 · PIT / CHC

PIT · Dave Littlefield +$3.2M

Darren Lewis

CHC · Andy MacPhail −$3.2M

Chad Hermansen

PIT came out ahead by $3.2M

2002 · CHC / SFG

CHC · Andy MacPhail +$9.6M

Jeff Verplancke

SFG · Brian Sabean −$9.6M

Bill Mueller

CHC came out ahead by $9.6M

2002 · LAD / CHC

LAD · Dan Evans +$4.0M

Todd Hundley, Chad Hermansen

CHC · Andy MacPhail −$4.0M

Mark Grudzielanek, Eric Karros

LAD came out ahead by $4.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2002 payroll

$73.7M

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 (21)

Player	Age	Svc	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2008
Sammy Sosa	33	13.000	$15.0M	$16.0M	$16.0M	FREE AGENT
Fred McGriff	38	16.000	$7.2M	FREE AGENT
Todd Hundley	33	12.000	$6.5M	FREE AGENT
Moises Alou	35	12.000	$6.0M	$9.5M	$9.5M	FREE AGENT
Jon Lieber	32	8.000	$5.8M	FREE AGENT				$3.5M
Alex Gonzalez	29	8.000	$4.2M	$5.8M	$2.6M	FREE AGENT
Jason Bere	31	9.000	$3.4M	FREE AGENT
Bill Mueller	31	6.000	$3.2M	FREE AGENT
Jeff Fassero	39	11.000	$2.2M	FREE AGENT
Tom Gordon	34	14.000	$1.6M	FREE AGENT
Joe Girardi	37	13.000	$1.5M	FREE AGENT
Delino DeShields	33	12.000	$1.2M	FREE AGENT
Chris Stynes	29	7.000	$1.2M	FREE AGENT
Darren Lewis	34	12.000	$500k	FREE AGENT
Donovan Osborne	33	10.000	$450k	FREE AGENT
Joe Borowski	31	7.000	$235k	$410k	$2.0M	$1.7M	FREE AGENT
Robert Machado	29	6.000	$84k	FREE AGENT
Alan Benes	30	7.000	—	FREE AGENT
Angel Echevarria	31	6.000	—	FREE AGENT
Ron Mahay	31	7.000	—	FREE AGENT
Pat Mahomes	31	10.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

Player	Age	Svc	2002	2003	2004	2005
Kerry Wood	25	4.000	$3.7M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Antonio Alfonseca	30	5.000	$3.5M	FREE AGENT
Matt Clement	27	4.000	$2.5M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jesus Sanchez	27	4.000	$1.4M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Kyle Farnsworth	26	3.000	$410k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Roosevelt Brown	26	3.000	$255k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mark Bellhorn	27	5.000	$224k	FREE AGENT
Chad Hermansen	24	3.000	$78k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Will Cunnane	28	5.000	—	FREE AGENT
Kevin Orie	29	5.000	—	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

Player	Age	Svc	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Mark Prior	21	0.000	$250k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Augie Ojeda	27	2.000	$240k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Corey Patterson	22	2.000	$228k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Juan Cruz	23	1.000	$215k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Carlos Zambrano	21	1.000	$200k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mike Mahoney	29	–	—
Mario Encarnacion	26	–	—
Scott Chiasson	24	–	—
Courtney Duncan	27	1.000	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Hee-Seop Choi	23	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Francis Beltran	22	–	—
Steve Smyth	24	–	—
Bobby Hill	24	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

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 2002 acquisition stacked onto Cubs's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Cubs CHC

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2001)

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (21)

Arbitration-eligible (10)

Pre-arbitration (13)

Graphs

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

Cubs CHC

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

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2001)

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (21)

Arbitration-eligible (10)

Pre-arbitration (13)

Graphs

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

Offense

Pitching & Defense