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Guardians CLE

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GM: Mark Shapiro

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
$43M
Surplus $M
+52
Win %
0.574
TAB
+22.2
WAB
+17.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
50.1
Dead money %
33%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-1.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2005 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BVictor Martinez142
BJosh Bard31

1B

LBen Broussard138
RJosé Hernández45
LJeff Liefer5
RCasey Blake4
LTravis Hafner1
RRyan Garko1

2B

RRonnie Belliard141
LRamón Vázquez⇄6
RJosé Hernández4
RBrandon Phillips2

3B

RAaron Boone142
RJosé Hernández21
RCasey Blake6

SS

RJhonny Peralta141
LRamón Vázquez⇄6
RBrandon Phillips1
RJosé Hernández1

LF

BCoco Crisp138
RJason Dubois⇄10
RRyan Ludwick9
RJosé Hernández3
LAlex Cora⇄1

CF

LGrady Sizemore155
BCoco Crisp10
RFranklin Gutierrez2

RF

RCasey Blake138
RRyan Ludwick6
LJeff Liefer3
RJosé Hernández3
RJason Dubois⇄1

DH

LTravis Hafner129
LJeff Liefer8
LJody Gerut⇄3
RRyan Ludwick3
RJason Dubois⇄3
LBen Broussard2
RFranklin Gutierrez2
BVictor Martinez2
RAaron Boone1
RBrandon Phillips1
RRyan Garko1

Starters

LCC Sabathia3.8 WAR
LCliff Lee3.7 WAR
RKevin Millwood3.4 WAR
RJake Westbrook2.9 WAR
RScott Elarton0.8 WAR
RJason Davis0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBob Wickman45 sv
RBob Howry29 h
LArthur Rhodes16 h
LScott Sauerbeck14 h
RRafael Betancourt10 h
RMatt Miller4 h
RFernando Cabrera1 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 2004)

PlayerfWAR
Kevin Millwood3.4
Arthur Rhodes1.2
Alex Cora0.5
Aaron Boone0.2
Franklin Gutierrez0.1
Ramón Vázquez0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2004)

Player2004 fWAR
Omar Vizquel3.2
Alex Escobar0.9
Matt Lawton III0.6
Jason Stanford0.3
Josh Phelps0.2
Scott Stewart0.2

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 2005; everyone else is shown as a 2005 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Grady Sizemore 2005 +5.6 +91.5 0.3 +91.2 $0.1M 2.05× –
Coco Crisp 2005 +5.2 +85.8 0.4 +85.4 $0.1M 2.05× –
Travis Hafner 2005 +5.3 +72.4 0.4 +72.0 $0.1M 1.71× –
Cliff Lee 2005 +3.7 +65.3 0.3 +65.0 $0.1M 2.19× –
CC Sabathia 2005 +3.8 +65.8 5.2 +60.6 $1.4M 2.19× –
Kevin Millwood 2005 +3.4 +52.5 7.0 +45.5 $2.1M 1.96× –
Jhonny Peralta 2005 +4.3 +45.0 0.3 +44.7 $0.1M 1.32× –
Jake Westbrook 2005 +2.9 +45.4 2.9 +42.5 $1.0M 1.96× –
Victor Martinez 2005 +4.7 +42.2 0.4 +41.9 $0.1M 1.12× –
Ronnie Belliard 2005 +3.3 +28.6 2.5 +26.1 $0.8M 1.07× –
Casey Blake 2005 +1.9 +18.8 2.2 +16.6 $1.2M 1.22× –
Bob Howry 2005 +1.4 +14.8 0.9 +13.9 $0.6M 1.34× –
Rafael Betancourt 2005 +1.5 +7.8 0.3 +7.4 $0.2M 0.67× –
Scott Elarton 2005 +0.8 +6.3 0.8 +5.5 $1.1M 1.02× –
Ben Broussard 2005 +0.9 +4.0 0.4 +3.6 $0.4M 0.56× –
Arthur Rhodes 2005 +1.2 +6.6 3.7 +2.9 $3.0M 0.67× –
Matt Miller 2005 +0.5 +2.7 0.3 +2.4 $0.6M 0.67× –
Alex Cora↔ 2005 +0.5 +3.2 1.4 +1.8 $2.9M 0.83× –
Jason Davis 2005 +0.2 +1.1 0.3 +0.7 $1.7M 0.67× –
Franklin Gutierrez 2005 +0.1 +0.4 0.3 +0.1 $5.3M 0.83× –
Jody Gerut↔ 2005 +0.0 +0.1 0.3 -0.1 $10.8M 0.69× –
Jason Dubois↔ 2005 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 – 0.83× –
Scott Sauerbeck 2005 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $31.0M 0.67× –
Josh Bard 2005 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 – 0.52× –
Juan Gonzalez 2005 -0.0 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 – 0.83× –
Ryan Ludwick 2005 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 – 0.83× –
Jeremy Guthrie 2005 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Brandon Phillips 2005 -0.2 -1.0 0.3 -1.4 – 0.56× –
David Riske 2005 -0.1 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Aaron Boone 2005 +0.2 +1.1 3.0 -1.9 $12.8M 0.58× –
José Hernández 2005 -0.2 -0.9 1.8 -2.7 – 0.56× –
Bob Wickman 2005 -0.3 -3.3 2.8 -6.0 – 1.34× –
Ramón Vázquez↔ 2005 +0.0 +0.2 0.2 +0.0 $4.4M 0.61× –
Brian Tallet 2005 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Fernando Cabrera 2005 +0.5 +2.5 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Liefer 2005 -0.4 -2.4 – – – 0.69× –
Kazuhito Tadano 2005 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Ryan Garko 2005 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.69× –
Total—+50.2+653.142.5+611.4—

Trades

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

2005 · BOS / CLE
BOS · Theo Epstein +$6.4M
Alex Cora
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$6.4M
Ramón Vázquez
BOS came out ahead by $6.4M
2005 · CLE / CHC
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$3.2M
Bear Bay
CHC · Jim Hendry −$3.2M
Cliff Bartosh
CLE came out ahead by $3.2M
2005 · STL / CLE
STL · Walt Jocketty +$5.6M
John Rodriguez
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$5.6M
Javier Cardona
STL came out ahead by $5.6M
2005 · CHC / CLE
CHC · Jim Hendry +$0.8M
Jody Gerut
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$0.8M
Jason Dubois
CHC came out ahead by $0.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2005 payroll
$42.7M

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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Kevin Millwood308.000$7.0MFREE AGENT
Arthur Rhodes3514.000$3.7MFREE AGENT
Aaron Boone328.000$3.0M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Bob Wickman3613.000$2.8M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Ronnie Belliard307.000$2.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Casey Blake316.000$2.2M$3.0M$3.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT
José Hernández3514.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
David Riske286.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Alex Cora297.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Bob Howry317.000$900kFREE AGENT
Scott Elarton297.000$850kFREE AGENT
Juan Gonzalez3516.000$600kFREE AGENT
Scott Sauerbeck336.000$500k$626kFREE AGENT
Jeff Liefer306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
CC Sabathia244.000$5.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Westbrook275.000$2.9MFREE AGENT
Travis Hafner283.000$377kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Martinez263.000$372kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Broussard283.000$365kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Coco Crisp253.000$365kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Lee263.000$345kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Davis253.000$342kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Bard273.000$318kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Ludwick263.000$318kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Phillips243.000$317kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramón Vázquez284.000$215kARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Tallet273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Jeremy Guthrie261.000$625kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Betancourt302.000$339kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Miller332.000$330kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Grady Sizemore221.000$318kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jhonny Peralta232.000$317kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Franklin Gutierrez220.000$316kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jody Gerut272.000$266kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Dubois261.000$68kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Cabrera231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kazuhito Tadano25–—
Ryan Garko240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2005 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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