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GM: Wayne Krivsky

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2008, 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
$63M
Surplus $M
-18
Win %
0.457
TAB
-7.5
WAB
-3.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
22.7
Dead money %
40%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-6.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2008 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LPaul Bako96
RDavid Ross⇄52
RRyan Hanigan30
BJavier Valentin17

1B

LJoey Votto144
LAdam Dunn⇄112
LScott Hatteberg16
BJavier Valentin11
RAndy Phillips⇄5
RJeff Keppinger3

2B

RBrandon Phillips140
LDanny Richar10
RJerry Hairston Jr.7
RAndy Phillips⇄6
RJolbert Cabrera3
RJeff Keppinger3
RRyan Freel3
RAdam Rosales2
RJuan Castro⇄2
BWilkin Castillo2

3B

REdwin Encarnación143
RJeff Keppinger10
RAndy Phillips⇄8
RAdam Rosales4
BJavier Valentin4
RRyan Freel4
RJolbert Cabrera3
RJerry Hairston Jr.1

SS

RJeff Keppinger108
RPaul Janish36
RJerry Hairston Jr.34
RJolbert Cabrera9
LDanny Richar1

LF

LChris Dickerson28
RJerry Hairston Jr.24
RJolbert Cabrera17
RRyan Freel13
LJay Bruce11
RNorris Hopper8
BWilkin Castillo5

CF

LCorey Patterson124
LJay Bruce35
RRyan Freel23
RJerry Hairston Jr.17
LChris Dickerson7
RNorris Hopper7

RF

LJay Bruce78
RJerry Hairston Jr.12
RRyan Freel5
RNorris Hopper4
RJolbert Cabrera3

DH

LAdam Dunn⇄2

Starters

REdinson Volquez3.2 WAR
RBronson Arroyo2.7 WAR
RAaron Harang1.2 WAR
RJohnny Cueto0.7 WAR
RRamon Ramirez0.3 WAR
RMatt Belisle0.1 WAR
RDaryl Thompson-0.2 WAR
LAdam Pettyjohn-0.2 WAR
RHomer Bailey-0.4 WAR
RJosh Fogg-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RFrancisco Cordero34 sv
RDavid Weathers19 h
RJared Burton11 h
RMike Lincoln10 h
LBill Bray9 h
LJeremy Affeldt5 h
RGary Majewski2 h
RTodd Coffey⇄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 2007)

PlayerfWAR
Edinson Volquez3.2
Jerry Hairston Jr.2.7
Paul Bako1.6
Chris Dickerson1.4
Jay Bruce0.8
Francisco Cordero0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 2007)

Player2007 fWAR
Josh Hamilton2.3
Álex González2.2
Kyle Lohse2.0
Bobby Livingston1.1
Jason Ellison0.7
Eric Milton0.4

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 2008; everyone else is shown as a 2008 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Edinson Volquez 2008 +3.2 +49.9 0.4 +49.6 $0.1M 1.96× –
Bronson Arroyo 2008 +2.7 +42.7 4.6 +38.2 $1.7M 1.96× –
Joey Votto 2008 +3.6 +34.4 0.4 +34.0 $0.1M 1.20× –
Brandon Phillips 2008 +2.7 +23.6 2.9 +20.7 $1.1M 1.07× –
David Ross↔ 2008 +2.4 +14.4 2.2 +12.2 $0.9M 0.76× –
Edwin Encarnación 2008 +1.6 +10.7 0.5 +10.3 $0.3M 0.85× –
Chris Dickerson 2008 +1.4 +9.4 0.4 +9.0 $0.3M 0.83× –
Paul Bako 2008 +1.6 +9.5 0.8 +8.8 $0.5M 0.76× –
Jay Bruce 2008 +0.8 +5.6 0.4 +5.2 $0.5M 0.83× –
Johnny Cueto 2008 +0.7 +5.4 0.4 +5.0 $0.6M 1.02× –
Aaron Harang 2008 +1.2 +9.9 6.8 +3.2 $5.5M 1.02× –
Jared Burton 2008 +0.4 +1.9 0.4 +1.5 $1.1M 0.67× –
Micah Owings↔ 2008 +0.1 +1.0 0.0 +0.9 $0.3M 1.02× –
Matt Belisle 2008 +0.1 +1.1 1.2 -0.1 $9.1M 1.02× –
Jeremy Affeldt 2008 +0.4 +2.3 3.0 -0.7 $7.0M 0.67× –
Nick Masset↔ 2008 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Francisco Cordero 2008 +0.7 +7.8 8.6 -0.9 $11.9M 1.34× –
Kent Mercker 2008 -0.1 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Juan Castro↔ 2008 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 -1.0 – 0.56× –
Mike Lincoln 2008 -0.1 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Todd Coffey↔ 2008 -0.2 -1.1 0.6 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Ryan Freel 2008 +0.1 +1.0 3.0 -2.0 $20.6M 0.83× –
Scott Hatteberg 2008 -0.2 -0.9 1.9 -2.8 – 0.56× –
David Weathers 2008 +0.1 +0.4 3.3 -2.9 $48.0M 0.67× –
Homer Bailey 2008 -0.4 -3.1 0.4 -3.5 – 1.02× –
Norris Hopper 2008 -0.6 -3.8 0.4 -4.2 – 0.83× –
Josh Fogg 2008 -0.6 -4.6 0.4 -5.0 – 1.02× –
Jeff Keppinger 2008 -1.1 -5.2 0.4 -5.6 – 0.61× –
Adam Dunn↔ 2008 +0.7 +3.7 9.4 -5.7 $14.0M 0.69× –
Ken Griffey Jr.↔ 2008 -0.3 -1.9 5.9 -7.8 – 0.83× –
Corey Patterson 2008 -1.1 -7.6 3.0 -10.6 – 0.83× –
Adam Pettyjohn 2008 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Adam Rosales 2008 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.58× –
Andy Phillips↔ 2008 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.58× –
Bill Bray 2008 +0.5 +2.6 – – – 0.67× –
Daniel Herrera 2008 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Danny Richar 2008 -0.3 -1.4 – – – 0.56× –
Daryl Thompson 2008 -0.2 -1.7 – – – 1.02× –
Gary Majewski 2008 -0.3 -1.6 – – – 0.67× –
Javier Valentin 2008 +0.6 +2.4 – – – 0.52× –
Jerry Hairston Jr. 2008 +2.7 +25.0 – – – 1.18× –
Jolbert Cabrera 2008 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Jon Adkins 2008 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Josh Roenicke 2008 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Paul Janish 2008 -0.4 -2.2 – – – 0.61× –
Ramon Ramirez 2008 +0.3 +2.1 – – – 1.02× –
Ryan Hanigan 2008 +0.9 +3.7 – – – 0.52× –
Wilkin Castillo 2008 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+22.8+230.063.1+141.4—

Trades

Every graded 2008 deal involving the Reds — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2008 · CIN / ARI
CIN · Wayne Krivsky +$28.8M
Dallas Buck, Wilkin Castillo, Micah Owings
ARI · Josh Byrnes −$28.8M
Adam Dunn
CIN came out ahead by $28.8M
2008 · CIN / CHW
CIN · Wayne Krivsky +$19.2M
Nick Masset, Danny Richar
CHW · Kenny Williams −$19.2M
Ken Griffey
CIN came out ahead by $19.2M
2008 · ARI / CIN
ARI · Josh Byrnes +$0.0M
Jon Coutlangus
CIN · Wayne Krivsky +$0.0M
Danny Perales
Even trade
2008 · CIN / KCR
CIN · Wayne Krivsky +$0.0M
Henry Arias
KCR · Dayton Moore +$0.0M
Brad Salmon
Even trade
2008 · BAL / CIN
BAL · Andy MacPhail +$6.4M
Ryan Freel, Justin Turner, Brandon Waring
CIN · Wayne Krivsky −$6.4M
Ramón Hernández
BAL came out ahead by $6.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2008 payroll
$62.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2008, 2008–2014. 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 (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Adam Dunn287.000$9.4MFREE AGENT
Francisco Cordero339.000$8.6M$12.1M$12.1M$12.1MFREE AGENT
Aaron Harang306.000$6.8M$14.0M$12.5MFREE AGENT
Ken Griffey Jr.3819.000$5.9MFREE AGENT
Bronson Arroyo318.000$4.6M$10.1M$11.6M$7.7M$12.0M$16.4MFREE AGENT
David Weathers3817.000$3.3M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Ryan Freel327.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Jeremy Affeldt296.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Corey Patterson288.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Brandon Phillips276.000$2.9M$5.2M$6.9M$11.4M$12.0M$10.0M$11.0M
David Ross316.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Scott Hatteberg3813.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Paul Bako3610.000$750kFREE AGENT
Kent Mercker4019.000$600kFREE AGENT
Mike Lincoln339.000$550k$1.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Josh Fogg317.000$400kFREE AGENT
Juan Castro3613.000$112kFREE AGENT
Javier Valentin3211.000—FREE AGENT
Jolbert Cabrera3510.000—FREE AGENT
Jerry Hairston Jr.3210.000—$1.3MFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Matt Belisle285.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Todd Coffey273.000$593kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edwin Encarnación253.000$450kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Keppinger284.000$402kARB 3FREE AGENT
Edinson Volquez243.000$392kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Majewski284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jon Adkins305.000—FREE AGENT
Andy Phillips314.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Ramirez253.142—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Norris Hopper292.000$402kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jared Burton271.000$395kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joey Votto241.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jay Bruce210.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Dickerson260.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Johnny Cueto220.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Homer Bailey221.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Masset262.000$94kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Micah Owings251.000$40kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Pettyjohn31–—
Bill Bray252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daryl Thompson22–—
Wilkin Castillo24–—
Ryan Hanigan271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Janish250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Richar25–—
Adam Rosales250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Roenicke250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daniel Herrera230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2008 acquisition stacked onto Reds's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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