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Guardians CLE

199997–65 (0.599)Made Playoffs
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GM: John Hart

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1999, 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
$74M
Surplus $M
-11
Win %
0.599
TAB
+10.6
WAB
+9.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
49.9
Dead money %
20%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-4.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1999 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

REinar Díaz119
RSandy Alomar Jr.35
RChris Turner12
LJesse Levis9
LTyler Houston⇄3

1B

LJim Thome111
RRichie Sexson61
RJeff Manto⇄12

2B

BRoberto Alomar156
BEnrique Wilson21
BCarlos Baerga⇄9
RJohn McDonald7
RJolbert Cabrera6

3B

RTravis Fryman85
BEnrique Wilson61
BCarlos Baerga⇄13
LTyler Houston⇄10
LRussell Branyan8
RPat Borders⇄1

SS

BOmar Vizquel143
BEnrique Wilson35
RJohn McDonald6

LF

LDavid Justice79
RRichie Sexson48
RWil Cordero29
LJacob Cruz11
BMark Whiten5
RAlex Ramirez5
RJolbert Cabrera4
LDave Roberts1

CF

LKenny Lofton119
LDave Roberts38
LJacob Cruz15
RJolbert Cabrera12
BMark Whiten2
RAlex Ramirez1

RF

RManny Ramirez145
RAlex Ramirez23
LDavid Justice15
RRichie Sexson3
LJacob Cruz2
BOmar Vizquel1

DH

LDavid Justice34
LJim Thome34
LHarold Baines⇄28
RRichie Sexson21
RWil Cordero19
RAlex Ramirez13
LRussell Branyan3
RManny Ramirez1
LKenny Lofton1
BRoberto Alomar1
RSandy Alomar Jr.1

Starters

RBartolo Colon3.8 WAR
RCharles Nagy3.2 WAR
RDave Burba3.1 WAR
RSteve Karsay1.6 WAR
RJaret Wright1.0 WAR
RDwight Gooden0.7 WAR
LChris Haney0.5 WAR
LMark Langston0.3 WAR
RTom Candiotti⇄-0.1 WAR
RJim Brower-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMike Jackson39 sv
RPaul Shuey19 h
LRicardo Rincon11 h
RSteve Reed9 h
RSteve Karsay9 h
LPaul Assenmacher7 h
LChris Haney0 h
RDavid Riske0 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 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Roberto Alomar7.3
Sean DePaula0.5
Chris Haney0.5
Mark Langston0.3
Wil Cordero0.3
John McDonald0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Brian Giles4.0
Doug Jones0.7
David Bell0.5
Chad Ogea0.4
Alvin Morman0.3
Eric Plunk0.2

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Guardians. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1999; everyone else is shown as a 1999 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Manny Ramirez 1999 +7.5 +122.2 4.3 +117.8 $0.6M 2.05× –
Roberto Alomar 1999 +7.3 +80.4 7.0 +73.4 $1.0M 1.38× –
Omar Vizquel 1999 +6.0 +72.2 3.0 +69.2 $0.5M 1.51× –
Bartolo Colon 1999 +3.8 +65.8 0.6 +65.1 $0.2M 2.19× –
Kenny Lofton 1999 +4.8 +68.4 7.5 +60.9 $1.6M 1.79× –
Dave Burba 1999 +3.1 +48.8 4.7 +44.1 $1.5M 1.96× –
Charles Nagy 1999 +3.2 +49.5 6.0 +43.5 $1.9M 1.96× –
David Justice 1999 +3.2 +40.8 7.0 +33.8 $2.2M 1.60× –
Jim Thome 1999 +4.2 +40.7 8.2 +32.5 $1.9M 1.20× –
Paul Shuey 1999 +1.8 +28.4 1.1 +27.3 $0.6M 1.95× –
Steve Karsay 1999 +1.6 +12.5 0.5 +12.0 $0.3M 0.98× –
Jaret Wright 1999 +1.0 +7.7 0.8 +6.9 $0.9M 1.02× –
Einar Díaz 1999 +1.2 +5.0 0.2 +4.8 $0.2M 0.52× –
Jacob Cruz 1999 +0.6 +4.2 0.2 +4.0 $0.3M 0.83× –
Dwight Gooden 1999 +0.7 +5.7 2.6 +3.1 $3.7M 1.02× –
Sean DePaula 1999 +0.5 +2.6 0.2 +2.4 $0.4M 0.67× –
Chris Haney 1999 +0.5 +2.5 0.6 +2.0 $1.2M 0.67× –
Mark Langston 1999 +0.3 +1.8 0.3 +1.5 $1.0M 0.67× –
Richie Sexson 1999 +0.4 +1.7 0.2 +1.5 $0.6M 0.56× –
Wil Cordero 1999 +0.3 +1.7 0.5 +1.2 $2.0M 0.83× –
Mike Jackson 1999 +0.3 +2.9 2.1 +0.8 $7.7M 1.34× –
David Riske 1999 +0.1 +0.8 0.2 +0.6 $1.4M 0.67× –
Alex Ramirez 1999 +0.1 +0.8 0.2 +0.5 $1.8M 0.83× –
Dave Roberts 1999 +0.1 +0.7 0.2 +0.5 $1.8M 0.83× –
Jeff Tam↔ 1999 -0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 – 0.67× –
Tom Martin 1999 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Jim Poole↔ 1999 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 – 0.67× –
Tyler Houston↔ 1999 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.58× –
Jerry Spradlin↔ 1999 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Ricardo Rincon 1999 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Russell Branyan 1999 -0.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 – 0.58× –
Jason Rakers 1999 -0.1 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Steve Reed 1999 +0.1 +0.6 1.4 -0.8 $12.4M 0.67× –
Chris Turner 1999 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 – 0.52× –
Jolbert Cabrera 1999 -0.1 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 – 0.83× –
Harold Baines↔ 1999 -0.2 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 – 0.69× –
Sandy Alomar Jr. 1999 +0.4 +1.5 2.8 -1.3 $7.6M 0.52× –
Jesse Levis 1999 -0.3 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 – 0.52× –
Pat Borders↔ 1999 -0.3 -1.5 0.1 -1.6 – 0.58× –
Tom Candiotti↔ 1999 -0.1 -0.4 1.2 -1.6 – 0.67× –
Mark Whiten 1999 -0.2 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 – 0.83× –
Paul Assenmacher 1999 -0.1 -0.4 1.5 -2.0 – 0.67× –
Travis Fryman 1999 +0.7 +3.1 5.2 -2.1 $7.9M 0.58× –
Carlos Baerga↔ 1999 -0.5 -2.5 0.2 -2.7 – 0.58× –
Enrique Wilson 1999 -0.9 -4.0 0.2 -4.2 – 0.58× –
Dave Stevens 1999 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Manto↔ 1999 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.56× –
Jim Brower 1999 -0.3 -1.7 – – – 0.67× –
John McDonald 1999 +0.2 +0.7 – – – 0.56× –
Paul Wagner 1999 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Rich DeLucia 1999 -0.3 -1.9 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+50.1+654.373.8+582.8—

Trades

Every graded 1999 deal involving the Guardians — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

1999 · CHC / CLE
CHC · Ed Lynch +$3.2M
Richard Negrette
CLE · John Hart −$3.2M
Tyler Houston
CHC came out ahead by $3.2M
1999 · CLE / SFG
CLE · John Hart +$0.8M
Dan McKinley, Josh Santos
SFG · Brian Sabean −$0.8M
Jerry Spradlin
CLE came out ahead by $0.8M
1999 · CLE / BOS
CLE · John Hart +$0.0M
Jose Olmeda
BOS · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Mike Matthews
Even trade
1999 · BAL / CLE
BAL · Frank Wren +$7.2M
Juan Aracena, Jimmy Hamilton
CLE · John Hart −$7.2M
Harold Baines
BAL came out ahead by $7.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$74.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. 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 (30)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Jim Thome288.000$8.2M$8.2M$7.9M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Kenny Lofton328.000$7.5M$7.5M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Roberto Alomar3111.000$7.0M$7.2M$7.8MFREE AGENT
David Justice3310.000$7.0M$3.7MFREE AGENT
Charles Nagy329.000$6.0M$6.0M$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Travis Fryman309.000$5.2M$5.5M$5.8M$5.8MFREE AGENT
Dave Burba329.000$4.7M$5.0M$5.0M$1.3MFREE AGENT
Manny Ramirez276.000$4.3M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Omar Vizquel3210.000$3.0M$3.0M$3.0M$4.5M$5.5M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Sandy Alomar Jr.3311.000$2.8M$2.7MFREE AGENT
Dwight Gooden3415.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Mike Jackson3413.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Paul Assenmacher3813.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Steve Reed347.000$1.4M$1.6M$891kFREE AGENT
Tom Candiotti4216.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Chris Haney308.000$550kFREE AGENT
Steve Karsay276.000$500k$1.2M$1.6MFREE AGENT
Wil Cordero277.000$500k$1.5M$2.7M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Mark Whiten329.000$450kFREE AGENT
Jesse Levis317.000$400kFREE AGENT
Harold Baines4019.000$359kFREE AGENT
Mark Langston3815.000$350kFREE AGENT
Chris Turner306.000$300kFREE AGENT
Carlos Baerga309.000$200kFREE AGENT
Pat Borders3611.000$135kFREE AGENT
Jerry Spradlin326.000$44kFREE AGENT
Jim Poole339.000$28kFREE AGENT
Rich DeLucia349.000—FREE AGENT
Jeff Manto349.000—FREE AGENT
Paul Wagner317.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Paul Shuey285.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Einar Díaz263.000$209kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob Cruz263.000$205kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Houston283.000$82kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Stevens295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Jaret Wright232.000$812kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bartolo Colon262.000$625kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricardo Rincon292.000$450kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Martin292.000$225kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Richie Sexson242.000$219kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Enrique Wilson252.000$214kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Ramirez241.000$205kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Rakers261.000$203kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jolbert Cabrera261.000$203kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Russell Branyan231.000$202kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean DePaula250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Roberts270.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Riske220.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Tam281.000$21kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Brower260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John McDonald240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1999 acquisition stacked onto Guardians's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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