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GM: Dan O'Brien

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2005, 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
$58M
Surplus $M
+2
Win %
0.451
TAB
-1.3
WAB
-6.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
30.2
Dead money %
32%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-4.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2005 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJason LaRue109
BJavier Valentin62
RDane Sardinha1
RMiguel Perez1

1B

LSean Casey134
LAdam Dunn33
LJacob Cruz5
RAaron Holbert2
BJavier Valentin2

2B

RRich Aurilia68
RRyan Freel48
BRay Olmedo31
BD'Angelo Jimenez27
RWilliam Bergolla9
BFelipe López7
BLuis Lopez4
RAaron Holbert4

3B

RJoe Randa⇄90
REdwin Encarnación56
RRich Aurilia18
RRyan Freel10
BLuis Lopez6
RAaron Holbert2
BFelipe López1

SS

BFelipe López140
RRich Aurilia30
BRay Olmedo5
BAnderson Machado⇄2
RWilliam Bergolla1

LF

LAdam Dunn133
RRyan Freel25
RWily Mo Peña10
LJacob Cruz8
RJason Romano7
RChris Denorfia2
RKenny Kelly⇄1

CF

LKen Griffey Jr.124
RWily Mo Peña25
RRyan Freel18
RChris Denorfia10
RJason Romano5
RAustin Kearns2
RKenny Kelly⇄2

RF

RAustin Kearns107
RWily Mo Peña50
RRyan Freel13
LJacob Cruz12
RChris Denorfia2
RJason Romano2
RJason LaRue1

DH

RJoe Randa⇄2
LKen Griffey Jr.2
LJacob Cruz1
LSean Casey1

Starters

RAaron Harang3.6 WAR
LBrandon Claussen1.7 WAR
LEric Milton0.7 WAR
RMatt Belisle0.4 WAR
LRandy Keisler0.2 WAR
RLuke Hudson0.1 WAR
RRamon Ortiz-0.1 WAR
RPaul Wilson-0.1 WAR
RElizardo Ramirez-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDavid Weathers15 sv
LKent Mercker20 h
RRyan Wagner12 h
RJason Standridge⇄5 h
RTodd Coffey3 h
LBrian Shackelford3 h
RRicky Stone2 h
LRandy Keisler0 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 2004)

PlayerfWAR
Rich Aurilia2.0
Joe Randa1.6
Eric Milton0.7
David Weathers0.7
Matt Belisle0.4
Kent Mercker0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2004)

Player2004 fWAR
Barry Larkin1.5
Cory Lidle1.5
Jose Acevedo0.9
Darren Bragg0.8
Todd Jones0.8
Todd Van Poppel0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Reds. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2005; everyone else is shown as a 2005 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Aaron Harang 2005 +3.6 +63.4 0.4 +63.0 $0.1M 2.19× –
Felipe Lopez 2005 +4.7 +49.2 0.4 +48.8 $0.1M 1.32× –
Adam Dunn 2005 +3.3 +42.6 4.6 +38.0 $1.4M 1.60× –
Ken Griffey Jr. 2005 +2.9 +37.6 12.5 +25.1 $4.3M 1.60× –
Brandon Claussen 2005 +1.7 +20.5 0.3 +20.2 $0.2M 1.49× –
Austin Kearns 2005 +2.0 +19.7 0.9 +18.8 $0.5M 1.22× –
Jason LaRue 2005 +2.7 +21.4 3.0 +18.4 $1.1M 1.00× –
Ryan Freel 2005 +2.3 +15.4 0.4 +15.0 $0.2M 0.82× –
Rich Aurilia 2005 +2.0 +13.1 0.6 +12.5 $0.3M 0.82× –
Javier Valentin 2005 +2.1 +12.9 0.5 +12.4 $0.2M 0.76× –
Joe Randa↔ 2005 +1.6 +13.1 1.3 +11.8 $0.8M 1.01× –
David Weathers 2005 +0.7 +7.0 1.2 +5.8 $1.9M 1.34× –
Jacob Cruz 2005 +0.4 +2.5 0.5 +2.0 $1.3M 0.83× –
Kent Mercker 2005 +0.3 +3.0 1.2 +1.8 $4.5M 1.34× –
Matt Belisle 2005 +0.4 +1.9 0.3 +1.6 $0.9M 0.67× –
Ryan Wagner 2005 +0.3 +1.5 0.4 +1.1 $1.4M 0.67× –
Luke Hudson 2005 +0.1 +0.8 0.3 +0.5 $3.3M 1.02× –
Josh Hancock 2005 +0.1 +0.7 0.3 +0.4 $2.4M 0.67× –
Eric Milton 2005 +0.7 +5.5 5.3 +0.2 $7.8M 1.02× –
Anderson Machado↔ 2005 -0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.61× –
Ben Weber 2005 +0.0 +0.2 0.6 -0.4 $19.5M 0.67× –
Ray Olmedo 2005 -0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 – 0.56× –
Allan Simpson↔ 2005 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Sean Casey 2005 +1.3 +5.8 7.8 -2.0 $6.0M 0.56× –
Joe Valentine 2005 -0.4 -2.4 0.3 -2.7 – 0.67× –
D'Angelo Jimenez 2005 +0.0 +0.1 2.9 -2.8 $195.0M 0.56× –
Wily Mo Peña 2005 -0.4 -2.9 0.4 -3.3 – 0.83× –
Ramon Ortiz 2005 -0.1 -1.1 3.5 -4.7 – 1.02× –
Paul Wilson 2005 -0.1 -1.2 3.6 -4.8 – 1.02× –
Danny Graves↔ 2005 -0.5 -2.9 3.1 -6.0 – 0.67× –
Aaron Holbert 2005 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.56× –
Brian Shackelford 2005 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Booker 2005 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Denorfia 2005 +0.2 +1.6 – – – 0.83× –
Dane Sardinha 2005 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.52× –
Edwin Encarnación 2005 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.58× –
Elizardo Ramirez 2005 -0.4 -3.4 – – – 1.02× –
Jason Romano 2005 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Jason Standridge↔ 2005 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Kenny Kelly↔ 2005 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.83× –
Luis Lopez 2005 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.58× –
Miguel Perez 2005 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.52× –
Randy Keisler 2005 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Ricky Stone 2005 -0.5 -2.5 – – – 0.67× –
Todd Coffey 2005 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.67× –
William Bergolla 2005 -0.4 -1.6 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+30.2+320.057.3+269.3—

Trades

Every graded 2005 deal involving the Reds — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2005 · CIN / PIT
CIN · Dan O'Brien +$12.8M
David Williams
PIT · Dave Littlefield −$12.8M
Sean Casey
CIN came out ahead by $12.8M
2005 · CIN / COL
CIN · Dan O'Brien +$0.0M
Allan Simpson
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$0.0M
Jose Acevedo
Even trade
2005 · NYY / CIN
NYY · Brian Cashman +$4.0M
Kevin Howard, Ben Himes
CIN · Dan O'Brien −$4.0M
Tony Womack
NYY came out ahead by $4.0M
2005 · CIN / SDP
CIN · Dan O'Brien +$3.2M
Justin Germano, Travis Chick
SDP · Kevin Towers −$3.2M
Joe Randa
CIN came out ahead by $3.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2005 payroll
$57.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2005, 2005–2011. 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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Ken Griffey Jr.3516.000$12.5M$10.5M$8.4M$5.9MFREE AGENT
Sean Casey308.000$7.8MFREE AGENT
Eric Milton297.000$5.3M$9.8M$10.3MFREE AGENT
Paul Wilson329.000$3.6MFREE AGENT
Ramon Ortiz326.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Danny Graves319.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Jason LaRue316.000$3.0M$3.9MFREE AGENT
D'Angelo Jimenez276.000$2.9MFREE AGENT
Joe Randa3510.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
David Weathers3514.000$1.2M$1.5M$2.2M$3.3M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Kent Mercker3716.000$1.2M$1.6MFREE AGENT$600k
Rich Aurilia3310.000$600k$1.3MFREE AGENT
Jacob Cruz329.000$500kFREE AGENT
Javier Valentin298.000$450k$1.1M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Luis Lopez3412.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Adam Dunn254.000$4.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Austin Kearns253.000$930kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Weber355.000$600kFREE AGENT
Wily Mo Peña233.000$440kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Harang273.000$440kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Felipe Lopez254.000$415kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Freel294.000$405kARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Hancock273.000$327kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luke Hudson283.000$318kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Stone304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Standridge264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Romano263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Ryan Wagner222.000$380kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ray Olmedo242.000$322kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Claussen262.000$320kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Valentine252.000$320kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Belisle252.000$316kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Allan Simpson271.000$260kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anderson Machado242.000$105kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Holbert32–—
Kenny Kelly26–—
Randy Keisler29–—
Dane Sardinha26–—
Chris Booker28–—
Edwin Encarnación220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Elizardo Ramirez221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
William Bergolla22–—
Brian Shackelford28–—
Miguel Perez21–—
Todd Coffey240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Denorfia240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2005 acquisition stacked onto Reds'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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