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Guardians CLE

200796–66 (0.593)Made Playoffs
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GM: Mark Shapiro

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2007, 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
$62M
Surplus $M
+21
Win %
0.593
TAB
+11.3
WAB
+17.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
42.2
Dead money %
28%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-4.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2007 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BVictor Martinez121
RKelly Shoppach58

1B

RRyan Garko125
BVictor Martinez30
RCasey Blake12
LTravis Hafner11
RChris Gomez⇄10

2B

RJosh Barfield120
BAsdrúbal Cabrera40
LMike Rouse14
RChris Gomez⇄2
RLuis Rivas2

3B

RCasey Blake145
RAndy Marte19
LMike Rouse14
RChris Gomez⇄7
BAsdrúbal Cabrera1

SS

RJhonny Peralta152
LMike Rouse11
BAsdrúbal Cabrera7
RLuis Rivas1

LF

RJason Michaels74
LDavid Dellucci51
LKenny Lofton⇄20
RBen Francisco14
RFranklin Gutierrez9
LShin-Soo Choo3

CF

LGrady Sizemore160
LKenny Lofton⇄32
RFranklin Gutierrez8
RJason Michaels1

RF

RFranklin Gutierrez88
LTrot Nixon87
RJason Michaels27
RCasey Blake7
RBen Francisco5
LShin-Soo Choo2

DH

LTravis Hafner137
RRyan Garko6
LTrot Nixon5
BVictor Martinez3
LDavid Dellucci3
RJosh Barfield2
RJason Michaels2
RBen Francisco2
RCasey Blake1
RFranklin Gutierrez1
RChris Gomez⇄1
LMike Rouse1
LGrady Sizemore1

Starters

LCC Sabathia6.6 WAR
RRoberto Hernandez3.3 WAR
RPaul Byrd1.8 WAR
RJake Westbrook1.7 WAR
LAaron Laffey0.9 WAR
LJason Stanford0.4 WAR
LCliff Lee-0.0 WAR
LJeremy Sowers0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJoe Borowski45 sv
RRafael Betancourt31 h
LRafael Perez12 h
LAaron Fultz11 h
RTom Mastny7 h
RJensen Lewis5 h
RRoberto Hernandez⇄0 h
RFernando Cabrera⇄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 2006)

PlayerfWAR
Aaron Laffey0.9
Asdrúbal Cabrera0.7
Jensen Lewis0.7
Joe Borowski0.6
Kenny Lofton0.5
Jason Stanford0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
Ben Broussard1.0
Jason Johnson0.5
Joe Inglett0.5
Ronnie Belliard0.5
Bob Wickman0.5
Eduardo Perez0.4

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 2007; everyone else is shown as a 2007 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
CC Sabathia 2007 +6.6 +131.2 8.8 +122.4 $1.3M 2.50× –
Grady Sizemore 2007 +6.4 +104.3 0.9 +103.4 $0.1M 2.05× –
Rafael Betancourt 2007 +3.3 +68.4 0.8 +67.6 $0.3M 2.57× –
Victor Martinez 2007 +5.4 +55.7 3.2 +52.5 $0.6M 1.28× –
Roberto Hernandez 2007 +3.3 +51.1 0.4 +50.7 $0.1M 1.96× –
Casey Blake 2007 +2.9 +26.0 3.8 +22.2 $1.3M 1.12× –
Franklin Gutierrez 2007 +1.8 +17.4 0.4 +17.1 $0.2M 1.22× –
Paul Byrd 2007 +1.8 +21.0 7.0 +14.0 $4.0M 1.49× –
Travis Hafner 2007 +2.2 +18.1 4.0 +14.0 $1.8M 1.01× –
Jake Westbrook 2007 +1.7 +19.9 6.1 +13.8 $3.6M 1.49× –
Jhonny Peralta 2007 +1.7 +12.2 1.0 +11.2 $0.6M 0.89× –
Jason Michaels 2007 +1.4 +9.5 2.0 +7.5 $1.4M 0.83× –
Kelly Shoppach 2007 +1.2 +5.0 0.4 +4.6 $0.3M 0.52× –
Jensen Lewis 2007 +0.7 +3.7 0.2 +3.5 $0.2M 0.67× –
Ben Francisco 2007 +0.3 +2.2 0.2 +2.0 $0.5M 0.83× –
Joe Borowski 2007 +0.6 +5.9 4.0 +1.9 $7.3M 1.34× –
Ryan Garko 2007 +0.5 +2.1 0.4 +1.7 $0.8M 0.56× –
Kenny Lofton↔ 2007 +0.5 +3.4 2.3 +1.1 $4.5M 0.83× –
Aaron Fultz 2007 +0.3 +1.7 1.5 +0.2 $4.8M 0.67× –
Tom Mastny 2007 +0.1 +0.3 0.4 -0.1 $6.3M 0.67× –
Jason Davis↔ 2007 +0.0 +0.0 0.2 -0.2 $27.5M 0.67× –
Matt Miller 2007 +0.1 +0.3 0.6 -0.3 $9.7M 0.67× –
Edward Mujica 2007 -0.0 -0.3 0.4 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Andy Marte 2007 -0.3 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 – 0.58× –
Fernando Cabrera↔ 2007 -0.3 -1.7 0.3 -2.0 – 0.67× –
Chris Gomez↔ 2007 -0.4 -1.9 0.2 -2.1 – 0.56× –
Roberto Hernandez↔ 2007 -0.1 -0.5 1.8 -2.4 – 0.67× –
Cliff Lee 2007 -0.0 -0.1 3.0 -3.1 – 1.02× –
Mike Rouse 2007 -0.7 -3.2 0.4 -3.6 – 0.56× –
Josh Barfield 2007 -0.9 -3.9 0.4 -4.3 – 0.56× –
David Dellucci 2007 -0.3 -1.9 3.8 -5.6 – 0.83× –
Trot Nixon 2007 -0.9 -5.8 3.0 -8.8 – 0.83× –
Jeremy Sowers 2007 +0.0 +0.3 0.4 -0.0 $9.1M 1.02× –
Aaron Laffey 2007 +0.9 +7.2 – – – 1.02× –
Asdrúbal Cabrera 2007 +0.7 +3.2 – – – 0.56× –
Jason Stanford 2007 +0.4 +2.3 – – – 0.67× –
Juan Lara 2007 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Luis Rivas 2007 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Mike Koplove 2007 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Rafael Perez 2007 +1.3 +6.9 – – – 0.67× –
Shin-Soo Choo 2007 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+42.3+559.562.7+476.5—

Trades

Every graded 2007 deal involving the Guardians — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2007 · CLE / COL
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$11.2M
Jamey Carroll
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$11.2M
Sean Smith
CLE came out ahead by $11.2M
2007 · CLE / SEA
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$3.2M
Gregorio Rosario
SEA · Bill Bavasi −$3.2M
Jason Davis
CLE came out ahead by $3.2M
2007 · TEX / CLE
TEX · Jon Daniels +$5.6M
Max Ramírez
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$5.6M
Kenny Lofton
TEX came out ahead by $5.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$62.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 2007, 2007–2013. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
CC Sabathia266.000$8.8M$5.7MFREE AGENT
Paul Byrd3612.000$7.0M$5.5MFREE AGENT
Jake Westbrook297.000$6.1M$10.0MFREE AGENT$7.0M
Joe Borowski3612.000$4.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
David Dellucci3310.000$3.8M$3.8M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Casey Blake338.000$3.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Trot Nixon3311.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Kenny Lofton4016.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Jason Michaels316.000$2.0M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Roberto Hernandez4216.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Aaron Fultz337.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Chris Gomez3614.000$176kFREE AGENT
Luis Rivas277.000—FREE AGENT
Mike Koplove306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Travis Hafner305.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Victor Martinez285.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Cliff Lee285.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Jhonny Peralta254.000$1.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Grady Sizemore243.000$917kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Betancourt324.000$840kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Miller354.000$560kARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Cabrera253.000$285kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Davis275.000$223kFREE AGENT
Jason Stanford304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Josh Barfield241.000$396kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roberto Hernandez261.000$388kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Sowers241.000$385kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelly Shoppach272.000$383kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Marte232.000$383kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Garko262.000$383kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Franklin Gutierrez242.000$382kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Mastny261.000$382kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Rouse271.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edward Mujica231.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jensen Lewis230.000$166kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Francisco250.000$160kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shin-Soo Choo242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Lara26–—
Aaron Laffey220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Asdrúbal Cabrera210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Perez251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2007 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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