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GM: Gary Hughes

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 5 in this regime · payroll 1.16× league · TAB -26.5
-26.5TAB — talent above budget30th/30
-11.9WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)28th/30
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars26th/30
-11.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag30th/30
42%dead money %25th/30
0.444win %22nd/30
9.6roster fWAR30th/30
-43surplus $M (value vs cost)30th/30
$56Mpayroll $M11th/30

Roster

CFEdgard Clemente 45GJeff Barry 32GChris Sexton 9G
LFDante Bichette 144GAngel Echevarria 20GJeff Barry 14G
RFLarry Walker 114GAngel Echevarria 31GJeff Barry 15G
SSNeifi Perez 157GChris Sexton 6GKurt Abbott 3G
2BKurt Abbott 66GTerry Shumpert 54GMike Lansing 35G
3BVinny Castilla 157GTerry Shumpert 14G
1BTodd Helton 156GAngel Echevarria 10GKurt Abbott 8G
STARTERSPedro Astacio 4.3WARBrian Bohanon 1.9WARJamey Wright 0.8WARDarryl Kile 0.6WARJohn Thomson 0.2WAR
CHenry Blanco 86GKirt Manwaring 44GBen Petrick 19G
DHDante Bichette 2GLenny Harris 1GKirt Manwaring 1G
BULLPEN★ Dave Veres 31svJerry Dipoto 15hMike DeJean 9hCurt Leskanic 7hRoberto Ramirez 3hDavid Lee 2hRigo Beltran 1hDavid Wainhouse 0h
CHenry Blanco 86 · Kirt Manwaring 44 · Ben Petrick 19
1BTodd Helton 156 · Angel Echevarria 10 · Kurt Abbott 8
2BKurt Abbott 66 · Terry Shumpert 54 · Mike Lansing 35
3BVinny Castilla 157 · Terry Shumpert 14
SSNeifi Perez 157 · Chris Sexton 6 · Kurt Abbott 3
LFDante Bichette 144 · Angel Echevarria 20 · Jeff Barry 14
CFEdgard Clemente 45 · Jeff Barry 32 · Chris Sexton 9
RFLarry Walker 114 · Angel Echevarria 31 · Jeff Barry 15
DHDante Bichette 2 · Lenny Harris 1 · Kirt Manwaring 1
SPPedro Astacio 4.3 · Brian Bohanon 1.9 · Jamey Wright 0.8 · Darryl Kile 0.6 · John Thomson 0.2
BP★ Dave Veres 31 · Jerry Dipoto 15 · Mike DeJean 9 · Curt Leskanic 7 · Roberto Ramirez 3 · David Lee 2 · Rigo Beltran 1 · David Wainhouse 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.

1999 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Larry Walker 32 FA-elig 1274.7 5.4 +0.5
Pedro Astacio 30 FA-elig 374.3 6.2 -0.7
Todd Helton 25 pre-arb 1593.0 0.8 +3.0
Terry Shumpert 32 FA-elig 922.2 0.2 +2.6
Brian Bohanon 30 FA-elig 341.9 2.1 +0.3
Curt Leskanic 31 FA-elig 631.2 1.1 +0.4
Jamey Wright 24 arb 160.8 0.4 +0.6
Darryl Kile 30 FA-elig 320.6 8.4 -7.6
Jerry Dipoto 31 FA-elig 630.6 2.2 -1.5
Vinny Castilla 31 FA-elig 1580.6 6.0 -5.3
Henry Blanco 27 pre-arb 880.5 0.2 +0.4
David Lee 26 pre-arb 360.3 0.2 +0.2
John Thomson 25 pre-arb 140.2 0.3 -0.0
Dave Veres 32 arb 730.2 1.2 -0.9
Rigo Beltran↔ NYM 29 pre-arb 120.1 0.1 +0.0
Roberto Ramirez 27 pre-arb 320.1 0.2 -0.1
Mike Kelly 29 – 20.0 – –
Ben Petrick 22 – 190.0 – –
Mark Brownson 24 – 7-0.0 – –
Brian McRae↔ NYM 31 FA-elig 7-0.0 0.2 -0.2
J.R. Phillips 29 – 25-0.0 – –
Chris Petersen 28 – 7-0.0 – –
John Cangelosi 36 – 7-0.1 – –
Derrick Gibson 24 – 10-0.1 – –
Mike Lansing 31 FA-elig 35-0.1 5.8 -5.9
Juan Sosa 23 – 11-0.1 – –
Kirt Manwaring 33 FA-elig 48-0.2 0.7 -0.9
David Wainhouse 31 – 19-0.2 – –
Luther Hackman 24 – 5-0.3 – –
Mike Porzio 26 pre-arb 16-0.3 0.2 -0.5
Pat Watkins 26 pre-arb 16-0.3 0.2 -0.6
Chris Sexton 27 pre-arb 35-0.3 0.2 -0.6
Chuck McElroy↔ NYM 31 FA-elig 41-0.3 0.8 -1.2
Bobby Jones 27 pre-arb 30-0.4 0.2 -0.8
Jeff Reed↔ CHC 36 FA-elig 46-0.4 0.6 -1.1
Edgard Clemente 23 pre-arb 57-0.5 0.2 -0.8
Lenny Harris↔ ARI 34 FA-elig 91-0.6 0.9 -1.6
Mike DeJean 28 pre-arb 57-0.7 0.3 -1.2
Jeff Barry 29 arb 74-0.7 0.2 -1.1
Darryl Hamilton↔ NYM 34 FA-elig 91-0.8 2.3 -3.2
Angel Echevarria 28 arb 102-0.8 0.2 -1.2
Kurt Abbott 30 FA-elig 96-1.0 0.9 -2.1
Neifi Perez 26 arb 157-1.3 0.4 -2.0
Dante Bichette 35 FA-elig 151-2.1 7.2 -9.9

Key additions (new vs 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Brian Bohanon1.9
Henry Blanco0.5
David Lee0.3
Rigo Beltran0.1
Roberto Ramirez0.1
Mike Kelly0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
John Vander Wal1.0
Ellis Burks0.7
Mike Munoz0.4
Greg Colbrunn0.2
Kevin Ritz0.1
Lariel Gonzalez0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$56.4M

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 (20)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Darryl Kile308.000$8.4MFREE AGENT
Dante Bichette3511.000$7.2MFREE AGENT
Pedro Astacio307.000$6.2M$6.3M$5.8MFREE AGENT
Vinny Castilla318.000$6.0MFREE AGENT$2.1M
Mike Lansing316.000$5.8M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Larry Walker3210.000$5.4M$12.1M$12.2M$12.7M$12.7M$6.8MFREE AGENT
Darryl Hamilton3411.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Jerry Dipoto316.000$2.2M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Brian Bohanon309.000$2.1M$3.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Curt Leskanic316.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Lenny Harris3411.000$931kFREE AGENT
Kurt Abbott306.000$900kFREE AGENT
Chuck McElroy3110.000$769kFREE AGENT
Kirt Manwaring3312.000$700kFREE AGENT
Jeff Reed3615.000$581kFREE AGENT
Terry Shumpert329.000$220k$650k$725k$775kFREE AGENT
Brian McRae319.000$196kFREE AGENT
John Cangelosi3614.000—FREE AGENT
J.R. Phillips296.000—FREE AGENT
David Wainhouse318.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Dave Veres325.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Neifi Perez263.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jamey Wright243.000$375kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Angel Echevarria283.000$220kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Barry294.000$202kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Kelly295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Todd Helton252.000$750kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike DeJean282.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Thomson252.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Jones272.000$245kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Henry Blanco272.000$215kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Watkins262.000$208kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roberto Ramirez271.000$206kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Sexton270.000$202kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edgard Clemente231.000$202kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Porzio260.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Lee260.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rigo Beltran292.000$78kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Brownson24–—
Derrick Gibson24–—
Chris Petersen28–—
Ben Petrick220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Sosa23–—
Luther Hackman240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rockies 1999; 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.