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GM: Kenny Williams

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.32× league · TAB -17.5
-17.5TAB — talent above budget30th/30
-13.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)30th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars19th/30
-9.2dead WAR — sub-replacement drag30th/30
23%dead money %9th/30
0.444win %23rd/30
20.1roster fWAR29th/30
-62surplus $M (value vs cost)29th/30
$108Mpayroll $M5th/30

Roster

CFJerry Owens 84GDarin Erstad 45GLuis Terrero 38G
LFScott Podsednik 54GJosh Fields 21GAndy González 18G
RFJermaine Dye 135GLuis Terrero 15GAndy González 10G
SSJuan Uribe 150GAlex Cintron 17GAndy González 1G
2BDanny Richar 56GAlex Cintron 14GAndy González 4G
3BJosh Fields 79GJoe Crede 46GAndy González 25G
1BPaul Konerko 141GDarin Erstad 22GAndy González 5G
STARTERSJavier Vazquez 4.7WARJon Garland 3.5WARMark Buehrle 3.3WARJose Contreras 2.4WARJohn Danks 0.6WAR
CA.J. Pierzynski 130GToby Hall 37GDonny Lucy 5G
DHJim Thome 123GPaul Konerko 10GPablo Ozuna 7G
BULLPEN★ Bobby Jenks 40svMike MacDougal 19hMatt Thornton 17hBoone Logan 11hEhren Wassermann 9hMike Myers 6hRyan Bukvich 5hNick Masset 2h
CA.J. Pierzynski 130 · Toby Hall 37 · Donny Lucy 5
1BPaul Konerko 141 · Darin Erstad 22 · Andy González 5
2BDanny Richar 56 · Alex Cintron 14 · Andy González 4
3BJosh Fields 79 · Joe Crede 46 · Andy González 25
SSJuan Uribe 150 · Alex Cintron 17 · Andy González 1
LFScott Podsednik 54 · Josh Fields 21 · Andy González 18
CFJerry Owens 84 · Darin Erstad 45 · Luis Terrero 38
RFJermaine Dye 135 · Luis Terrero 15 · Andy González 10
DHJim Thome 123 · Paul Konerko 10 · Pablo Ozuna 7
SPJavier Vazquez 4.7 · Jon Garland 3.5 · Mark Buehrle 3.3 · Jose Contreras 2.4 · John Danks 0.6
BP★ Bobby Jenks 40 · Mike MacDougal 19 · Matt Thornton 17 · Boone Logan 11 · Ehren Wassermann 9 · Mike Myers 6 · Ryan Bukvich 5 · Nick Masset 2

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2007 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Javier Vazquez 30 FA-elig 324.7 12.5 -2.4
Jon Garland 27 FA-elig 323.5 10.0 -2.5
Jim Thome 36 FA-elig 1303.4 14.8 -7.5
Mark Buehrle 28 FA-elig 303.3 9.5 -2.5
Jose Contreras 35 arb 322.4 9.0 -3.9
Bobby Jenks 26 pre-arb 662.2 0.4 +4.3
Paul Konerko 31 FA-elig 1511.5 12.0 -8.7
Rob Mackowiak↔ SDP 31 FA-elig 851.0 2.1 +0.1
Matt Thornton 30 arb 680.9 0.4 +1.4
Jerry Owens 26 – 930.8 – –
A.J. Pierzynski 30 FA-elig 1360.8 5.5 -3.8
Darin Erstad 33 FA-elig 870.7 0.8 +0.8
Josh Fields 24 – 1000.6 – –
Juan Uribe 28 FA-elig 1500.6 4.2 -2.8
Tadahito Iguchi↔ PHI 32 pre-arb 900.6 2.2 -0.9
John Danks 22 pre-arb 260.6 0.4 +0.9
Ehren Wassermann 26 – 330.4 – –
Luis Terrero 27 – 610.4 – –
Lance Broadway 23 – 40.4 – –
David Aardsma 25 arb 250.2 0.4 +0.1
Mike MacDougal 30 FA-elig 540.2 1.5 -1.2
Joe Crede 29 FA-elig 470.1 4.9 -4.7
Nick Masset 25 pre-arb 270.1 0.4 -0.2
Boone Logan 22 – 680.0 0.4 -0.3
Bret Prinz 30 – 4-0.1 – –
Gavin Floyd 24 – 16-0.1 0.4 -0.6
Ryan Sweeney 22 – 15-0.1 0.4 -0.6
Heath Phillips 25 – 6-0.1 – –
Dewon Day 26 – 13-0.1 – –
Danny Richar 24 – 56-0.1 – –
Donny Lucy 24 – 8-0.1 – –
Andrew Sisco 24 pre-arb 19-0.2 0.4 -0.7
Scott Podsednik 31 FA-elig 62-0.2 2.9 -3.4
Mike Myers↔ NYY 38 FA-elig 17-0.2 0.3 -0.8
Gustavo Molina↔ BAL 25 pre-arb 10-0.3 0.2 -0.9
Charlie Haeger 23 – 8-0.4 – –
Brian Anderson 25 pre-arb 13-0.5 0.4 -1.4
Ryan Bukvich 29 – 45-0.6 – –
Pablo Ozuna 32 FA-elig 27-0.7 0.8 -2.4
Toby Hall 31 FA-elig 38-0.8 1.8 -3.4
Jermaine Dye 33 FA-elig 138-1.2 7.5 -10.0
Alex Cintron 28 FA-elig 68-1.2 1.9 -4.5
Andy González 25 – 67-2.2 – –

Key additions (new vs 2006)

PlayerfWAR
Darin Erstad0.7
John Danks0.6
Ehren Wassermann0.4
Luis Terrero0.4
Lance Broadway0.4
David Aardsma0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
Freddy Garcia3.1
David Riske0.2
Brandon McCarthy-0.0
Agustin Montero-0.0
Dustin Hermanson-0.1
Chris Stewart-0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$108.2M

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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Jim Thome3616.000$14.8M$15.7M$11.2MFREE AGENT
Javier Vazquez309.000$12.5M$11.5MFREE AGENT
Paul Konerko3110.000$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M$13.5M
Jon Garland277.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Buehrle287.000$9.5M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0MFREE AGENT
Jermaine Dye3311.000$7.5M$9.5M$11.5MFREE AGENT
A.J. Pierzynski309.000$5.5M$5.8M$6.2M$6.8M$2.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Joe Crede297.000$4.9M$5.1MFREE AGENT
Juan Uribe286.000$4.2M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Scott Podsednik316.000$2.9MFREE AGENT$500k
Rob Mackowiak316.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Alex Cintron286.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Toby Hall317.000$1.8M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Mike MacDougal306.000$1.5M$1.9M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Pablo Ozuna327.000$800k$556kFREE AGENT
Darin Erstad3311.000$750kFREE AGENT
Mike Myers3812.000$295kFREE AGENT
Bret Prinz306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Jose Contreras354.000$9.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Thornton303.000$425kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Aardsma253.000$388kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gavin Floyd243.000$380kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Terrero274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Bukvich295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Tadahito Iguchi322.000$2.2MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Sisco242.000$405kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Jenks262.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Anderson252.000$390kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Masset251.000$381kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Danks220.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Boone Logan221.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Sweeney221.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gustavo Molina250.000$224kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Fields241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Owens261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Charlie Haeger231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Donny Lucy240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dewon Day26–—
Heath Phillips25–—
Andy González250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Richar24–—
Ehren Wassermann26–—
Lance Broadway230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = White Sox 2007; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

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

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
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.