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Guardians CLE

200368–94 (0.420)
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GM: Mark Shapiro

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2003, 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
$39M
Surplus $M
-6
Win %
0.420
TAB
-1.6
WAB
-6.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
25.8
Dead money %
40%
Depth Players
4.0
Dead WAR
-6.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2003 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BJosh Bard87
RTim Laker50
BVictor Martinez40

1B

LBen Broussard114
LTravis Hafner42
RCasey Blake31
RShane Spencer⇄11
LBill Selby1

2B

RBrandon Phillips109
RJohn McDonald37
BAngel Santos28
BZach Sorensen14
LBill Selby1

3B

RCasey Blake140
RJohn McDonald23
LBill Selby10
RRicky Gutierrez7
RJhonny Peralta6
BAngel Santos4
RGreg LaRocca2
BZach Sorensen1

SS

RJhonny Peralta72
BOmar Vizquel64
RJohn McDonald27
RRicky Gutierrez9
BZach Sorensen3

LF

LMatt Lawton III62
BCoco Crisp39
LJody Gerut36
RRyan Ludwick⇄17
BChris Magruder5
REllis Burks2
LBill Selby1
BZach Sorensen1

CF

BMilton Bradley93
BCoco Crisp53
LJody Gerut14

RF

LJody Gerut63
RAlex Escobar25
RRyan Ludwick⇄25
LMatt Lawton III13
BChris Magruder3

DH

REllis Burks51
LTravis Hafner42
LMatt Lawton III21
LJody Gerut11
BMilton Bradley8
BCoco Crisp7
BVictor Martinez3
RRyan Ludwick⇄2
LKarim Garcia⇄1
RTim Laker1

Starters

LCC Sabathia3.6 WAR
LBrian Anderson⇄1.4 WAR
RJake Westbrook1.1 WAR
LBilly Traber1.0 WAR
RJason Davis1.0 WAR
LJason Stanford0.8 WAR
LCliff Lee0.7 WAR
RJason Bere0.1 WAR
LBrian Tallet0.0 WAR
RChad Durbin0.0 WAR
RRicardo Rodriguez-0.1 WAR
LTerry Mulholland-0.9 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDanys Baez25 sv
RDavid Riske17 h
RJason Boyd8 h
RJack Cressend5 h
RJose Santiago4 h
RRafael Betancourt4 h
LCarl Sadler3 h
LTerry Mulholland2 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 2002)

PlayerfWAR
Jody Gerut3.2
Casey Blake2.0
Brian Anderson1.4
Ryan Ludwick1.3
Billy Traber1.0
Jack Cressend0.9

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
Jim Thome7.3
Chuck Finley2.3
Bartolo Colon2.2
Ryan Drese1.4
Paul Shuey1.1
Ricardo Rincon0.7

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 2003; everyone else is shown as a 2003 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
CC Sabathia 2003 +3.6 +63.7 1.1 +62.6 $0.3M 2.19× –
Milton Bradley 2003 +4.1 +59.3 0.3 +59.0 $0.1M 1.79× –
David Riske 2003 +1.5 +15.6 0.3 +15.3 $0.2M 1.34× –
Casey Blake 2003 +2.0 +13.7 0.3 +13.4 $0.2M 0.85× –
Brian Anderson↔ 2003 +1.4 +11.1 1.2 +9.9 $0.9M 1.02× –
Jake Westbrook 2003 +1.1 +8.7 0.3 +8.4 $0.3M 1.02× –
Billy Traber 2003 +1.0 +8.4 0.3 +8.1 $0.3M 1.02× –
Jason Davis 2003 +1.0 +7.9 0.3 +7.6 $0.3M 1.02× –
Cliff Lee 2003 +0.7 +5.5 0.3 +5.2 $0.4M 1.02× –
Coco Crisp 2003 +0.6 +4.1 0.3 +3.8 $0.5M 0.83× –
Shane Spencer↔ 2003 +0.8 +3.6 0.3 +3.3 $0.4M 0.56× –
Josh Bard 2003 +0.8 +3.5 0.3 +3.2 $0.4M 0.52× –
Danys Baez 2003 +0.8 +8.0 5.1 +2.9 $6.8M 1.34× –
Ben Broussard 2003 +0.5 +2.4 0.3 +2.1 $0.6M 0.56× –
Dan Miceli↔ 2003 +0.4 +2.1 0.1 +2.0 $0.2M 0.67× –
Carl Sadler Jr. 2003 +0.2 +1.2 0.3 +0.9 $1.3M 0.67× –
Travis Hafner 2003 +0.2 +0.9 0.3 +0.6 $1.6M 0.56× –
Nick Bierbrodt↔ 2003 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $0.8M 0.67× –
Tim Laker 2003 +0.2 +0.8 0.4 +0.4 $2.0M 0.52× –
Jason Bere 2003 +0.1 +1.2 1.0 +0.2 $7.0M 1.02× –
Jose Santiago 2003 +0.1 +0.4 0.6 -0.2 $8.1M 0.67× –
Omar Vizquel 2003 +1.0 +5.0 5.5 -0.5 $5.4M 0.61× –
Aaron Myette 2003 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Ricardo Rodriguez 2003 -0.1 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 – 1.02× –
Bill Selby 2003 -0.4 -2.1 0.3 -2.4 – 0.58× –
Matt Lawton III 2003 +0.5 +3.0 6.8 -3.7 $14.9M 0.83× –
Brandon Phillips 2003 -0.8 -3.6 0.3 -3.9 – 0.56× –
Ellis Burks 2003 +0.6 +3.1 7.2 -4.0 $12.6M 0.69× –
Karim Garcia↔ 2003 -0.8 -4.4 0.3 -4.6 – 0.69× –
John McDonald 2003 -1.0 -4.5 0.3 -4.8 – 0.56× –
Terry Mulholland 2003 -0.9 -5.0 0.5 -5.5 – 0.67× –
Ricky Gutierrez 2003 -0.6 -2.8 3.9 -6.7 – 0.61× –
Alex Escobar 2003 +0.7 +5.0 – – – 0.83× –
Alex Herrera 2003 -0.4 -2.1 – – – 0.67× –
Angel Santos 2003 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Brian Tallet 2003 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 1.02× –
Chad Durbin 2003 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Chad Paronto 2003 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Magruder 2003 +0.5 +3.2 – – – 0.83× –
Dave Elder 2003 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.67× –
David Cortes 2003 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
David Lee 2003 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Greg LaRocca 2003 +0.2 +0.7 – – – 0.58× –
Jack Cressend 2003 +0.9 +4.6 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Boyd 2003 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Phillips 2003 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Stanford 2003 +0.8 +6.5 – – – 1.02× –
Jerrod Riggan 2003 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Jhonny Peralta 2003 +0.3 +1.5 – – – 0.61× –
Jody Gerut 2003 +3.2 +40.9 – – – 1.60× –
Rafael Betancourt 2003 +0.4 +2.0 – – – 0.67× –
Ryan Ludwick↔ 2003 +1.3 +8.9 – – – 0.83× –
Victor Martinez 2003 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.52× –
Zach Sorensen 2003 -0.4 -1.7 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+25.8+278.139.2+170.9—

Trades

Every graded 2003 deal involving the Guardians — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2003 · PHI / CLE
PHI · Ed Wade +$0.0M
Wendell Magee
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Mike Fyhrie
Even trade
2003 · PHI / CLE
PHI · Ed Wade +$0.0M
Aaron Myette
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Lyle Mouton
Even trade
2003 · CLE / KCR
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Luis Cotto
KCR · Allard Baird +$0.0M
Mike Fyhrie
Even trade
2003 · CLE / KCR
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$12.0M
Trey Dyson, Kieran Mattison
KCR · Allard Baird −$12.0M
Brian Anderson, Chris White
CLE came out ahead by $12.0M
2003 · LAD / CLE
LAD · Dan Evans +$1.6M
Alex Requena
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$1.6M
David Lee
LAD came out ahead by $1.6M
2003 · BOS / CLE
BOS · Theo Epstein +$0.8M
Jamie Brown
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$0.8M
Ángel Santos
BOS came out ahead by $0.8M
2003 · CLE / TEX
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$8.8M
Ryan Ludwick
TEX · John Hart −$8.8M
Ricardo Rodríguez, Shane Spencer
CLE came out ahead by $8.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$39.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. 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 (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Ellis Burks3816.000$7.2MFREE AGENT
Matt Lawton III318.000$6.8M$7.2MFREE AGENT
Omar Vizquel3614.000$5.5M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Ricky Gutierrez3310.000$3.9MFREE AGENT
Brian Anderson3110.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Jason Bere3210.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Jose Santiago286.000$600kFREE AGENT
Terry Mulholland4017.000$500kFREE AGENT
Tim Laker3311.000$400k$450kFREE AGENT
Bill Selby337.000$325kFREE AGENT
Karim Garcia278.000$284kFREE AGENT
Dan Miceli3210.000$80kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Casey Blake294.000$330kARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Spencer315.000$323kFREE AGENT
John McDonald284.000$314kARB 3FREE AGENT
Milton Bradley253.000$314kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Riske264.000$314kARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Myette254.000$308kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Westbrook253.000$306kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Lee304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Boyd304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Cressend283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Phillips294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Cortes294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Durbin254.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerrod Riggan293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (28)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Danys Baez252.000$5.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
CC Sabathia222.000$1.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carl Sadler Jr.261.000$303kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Broussard261.000$303kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricardo Rodriguez251.000$302kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Hafner261.000$302kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Bard251.000$302kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Davis231.000$301kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Lee241.000$301kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Phillips221.000$301kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy Traber230.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Coco Crisp231.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Bierbrodt252.000$83kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Escobar242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Elder27–—
Chris Magruder262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg LaRocca30–—
Victor Martinez241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zach Sorensen26–—
Chad Paronto272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Angel Santos23–—
Alex Herrera23–—
Ryan Ludwick241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Stanford260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Tallet251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jody Gerut250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jhonny Peralta210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Betancourt280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2003 acquisition stacked onto Guardians'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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