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Rockies COL

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GM: Bob Gebhard

Overview

REBUILD → steady
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.4× league · TAB -7.7
-7.7TAB — talent above budget20th/28
-3.0WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)18th/28
3.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars27th/28
-8.2dead WAR — sub-replacement drag24th/28
56%dead money %28th/28
0.414win %25th/28
15.2roster fWAR27th/28
+2surplus $M (value vs cost)10th/28
$13Mpayroll $M28th/28

Roster

CFAlex Cole 93GChris Jones 52GDaryl Boston 30G
LFJerald Clark 80GEric Young Sr. 46GDaryl Boston 41G
RFDante Bichette 134GJerald Clark 17GDale Murphy 11G
SSVinny Castilla 104GFreddie Benavides 48GNelson Liriano 35G
2BEric Young Sr. 79GRoberto Mejia 65GFreddie Benavides 19G
3BCharlie Hayes 154GPedro Castellano 13GJim Tatum 6G
1BAndres Galarraga 119GJerald Clark 37GJim Tatum 12G
STARTERSArmando Reynoso 1.9WARBruce Ruffin 1.6WARWillie Blair 0.8WARDavid Nied 0.8WARLance Painter 0.5WAR
CJoe Girardi 84GDanny Sheaffer 65GJayhawk Owens 32G
BULLPEN★ Darren Holmes 25svGary Wayne 0hSteve Reed 0hMike Munoz 0hMarcus Moore 0hScott Fredrickson 0hMark Grant 0hKeith Shepherd 0h
CJoe Girardi 84 · Danny Sheaffer 65 · Jayhawk Owens 32
1BAndres Galarraga 119 · Jerald Clark 37 · Jim Tatum 12
2BEric Young Sr. 79 · Roberto Mejia 65 · Freddie Benavides 19
3BCharlie Hayes 154 · Pedro Castellano 13 · Jim Tatum 6
SSVinny Castilla 104 · Freddie Benavides 48 · Nelson Liriano 35
LFJerald Clark 80 · Eric Young Sr. 46 · Daryl Boston 41
CFAlex Cole 93 · Chris Jones 52 · Daryl Boston 30
RFDante Bichette 134 · Jerald Clark 17 · Dale Murphy 11
SPArmando Reynoso 1.9 · Bruce Ruffin 1.6 · Willie Blair 0.8 · David Nied 0.8 · Lance Painter 0.5
BP★ Darren Holmes 25 · Gary Wayne 0 · Steve Reed 0 · Mike Munoz 0 · Marcus Moore 0 · Scott Fredrickson 0 · Mark Grant 0 · Keith Shepherd 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

1993 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Andres Galarraga 32 FA-elig 1204.2 0.8 +2.6
Charlie Hayes 28 arb 1573.9 1.3 +1.9
Dante Bichette 29 arb 1412.8 0.7 +1.5
Armando Reynoso 27 pre-arb 311.9 0.1 +1.4
Bruce Ruffin 29 FA-elig 591.6 0.6 +0.8
Eric Young Sr. 26 pre-arb 1441.6 0.1 +1.2
Jerald Clark 29 arb 1401.3 0.7 +0.4
Darren Holmes 27 arb 621.0 0.2 +0.6
Joe Girardi 28 arb 860.8 0.7 -0.0
David Nied 24 pre-arb 160.8 0.1 +0.5
Willie Blair 27 arb 460.8 0.2 +0.4
Lance Painter 25 pre-arb 100.5 0.1 +0.3
Freddie Benavides 27 pre-arb 740.5 0.2 +0.2
Jeff Parrett 31 FA-elig 400.4 0.8 -0.5
Nelson Liriano 29 – 480.3 – –
Andy Ashby↔ SDP 25 pre-arb 200.3 0.1 +0.1
Mike Munoz↔ DET 27 arb 210.2 0.1 +0.0
Curt Leskanic 25 pre-arb 180.2 0.1 +0.0
Bryn Smith 37 FA-elig 110.2 0.2 -0.1
Gary Wayne 30 arb 650.1 0.3 -0.2
Bruce Hurst↔ SDP 35 FA-elig 30.1 1.8 -1.7
Mo Sanford 26 – 110.1 – –
Chris Jones 27 pre-arb 860.0 0.1 -0.1
Butch Henry↔ WSN 24 pre-arb 200.0 0.1 -0.1
Alex Cole 27 arb 126-0.0 0.3 -0.4
Scott Service↔ CIN 26 arb 3-0.1 0.0 -0.1
Jayhawk Owens 24 pre-arb 33-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Danny Sheaffer 31 FA-elig 82-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Eric Wedge 25 pre-arb 9-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Scott Fredrickson 25 – 25-0.2 – –
Kent Bottenfield↔ WSN 24 pre-arb 14-0.2 0.0 -0.2
Scott Aldred↔ WSN 25 arb 5-0.2 0.1 -0.2
Keith Shepherd 25 – 14-0.2 – –
Daryl Boston 30 FA-elig 124-0.3 0.6 -0.8
Mark Grant↔ HOU 29 – 14-0.3 – –
Gerald Young 28 FA-elig 19-0.3 0.3 -0.6
Jay Gainer 26 – 23-0.4 – –
Mark Knudson 32 – 4-0.4 – –
Vinny Castilla 25 pre-arb 105-0.4 0.1 -0.5
Greg Harris↔ SDP 29 arb 13-0.6 0.8 -1.2
Dale Murphy 37 FA-elig 26-0.6 0.2 -0.7
Marcus Moore 22 – 27-0.7 – –
Steve Reed 28 pre-arb 64-0.7 0.1 -0.7
Roberto Mejia 21 – 65-0.7 – –
Jim Tatum 25 pre-arb 92-0.8 0.1 -0.8
Pedro Castellano 23 – 34-0.8 – –

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Andres Galarraga4.2
Charlie Hayes3.9
Dante Bichette2.8
Armando Reynoso1.9
Bruce Ruffin1.6
Eric Young Sr.1.6

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
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Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$12.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1993, 1993–1999. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Bruce Hurst3513.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Andres Galarraga328.000$850k$3.9M$4.0M$4.5M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Jeff Parrett317.000$835kFREE AGENT
Bruce Ruffin297.000$550k$800k$1.0M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Daryl Boston309.000$550kFREE AGENT
Gerald Young286.000$310kFREE AGENT
Bryn Smith3712.000$250kFREE AGENT
Dale Murphy3717.000$200kFREE AGENT
Danny Sheaffer316.000$120k$185kFREE AGENT
Mark Grant299.000—FREE AGENT
Mark Knudson328.000—FREE AGENT
Nelson Liriano296.000—$275kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Charlie Hayes285.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Greg Harris295.000$752kFREE AGENT
Dante Bichette295.000$735kFREE AGENT
Jerald Clark295.000$690kFREE AGENT
Joe Girardi284.000$670kARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Cole273.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Wayne304.000$325kARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Holmes273.000$235kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Blair273.000$172kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Munoz274.000$130kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Aldred253.000$88kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Service265.000$12kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Freddie Benavides272.000$168kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Nied241.000$150kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Jones272.000$140kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Young Sr.261.000$120kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Wedge252.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vinny Castilla252.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Reynoso272.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Reed281.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Tatum251.000$112kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jayhawk Owens240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lance Painter250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Curt Leskanic250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Butch Henry241.000$101kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Ashby252.000$94kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kent Bottenfield241.000$43kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Castellano230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Fredrickson25–—
Jay Gainer26–—
Roberto Mejia210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marcus Moore220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mo Sanford26–—
Keith Shepherd25–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rockies 1993; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), 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); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.