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Rockies COL

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GM: Daniel O'Dowd

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.09× league · TAB +1.7
+1.7TAB — talent above budget16th/30
-10.0WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)24th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars13th/30
-6.5dead WAR — sub-replacement drag23rd/30
19%dead money %7th/30
0.451win %21st/30
36.9roster fWAR11th/30
-9surplus $M (value vs cost)14th/30
$67Mpayroll $M13th/30

Roster

CFJuan Pierre 154GJacob Cruz 16GMark Little 14G
LFAlex Ochoa 36GTodd Hollandsworth 25GTerry Shumpert 24G
RFLarry Walker 129GAlex Ochoa 106GCliff Brumbaugh 12G
SSJuan Uribe 69GBrent Butler 10GTerry Shumpert 4G
2BJose Ortiz 61GTerry Shumpert 41GBrent Butler 23G
3BJeff Cirillo 137GGreg Norton 24GTerry Shumpert 12G
1BTodd Helton 157GGreg Norton 13GBen Petrick 2G
STARTERSMike Hampton 3.1WARDenny Neagle 2.6WARJohn Thomson 1.6WARJason Jennings 1.1WARShawn Chacon 0.7WAR
CBen Petrick 77GGary Bennett 43GSal Fasano 37G
DHLarry Walker 5GGreg Norton 1G
BULLPEN★ Jose Jimenez 17svMike Myers 10hJay Powell 8hGabe White 7hKane Davis 7hDan Miceli 7hChris Nichting 4hJustin Speier 3h
CBen Petrick 77 · Gary Bennett 43 · Sal Fasano 37
1BTodd Helton 157 · Greg Norton 13 · Ben Petrick 2
2BJose Ortiz 61 · Terry Shumpert 41 · Brent Butler 23
3BJeff Cirillo 137 · Greg Norton 24 · Terry Shumpert 12
SSJuan Uribe 69 · Brent Butler 10 · Terry Shumpert 4
LFAlex Ochoa 36 · Todd Hollandsworth 25 · Terry Shumpert 24
CFJuan Pierre 154 · Jacob Cruz 16 · Mark Little 14
RFLarry Walker 129 · Alex Ochoa 106 · Cliff Brumbaugh 12
DHLarry Walker 5 · Greg Norton 1
SPMike Hampton 3.1 · Denny Neagle 2.6 · John Thomson 1.6 · Jason Jennings 1.1 · Shawn Chacon 0.7
BP★ Jose Jimenez 17 · Mike Myers 10 · Jay Powell 8 · Gabe White 7 · Kane Davis 7 · Dan Miceli 7 · Chris Nichting 4 · Justin Speier 3

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.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Larry Walker 34 FA-elig 1427.6 12.2 +0.1
Todd Helton 27 arb 1597.1 5.0 +6.5
Jeff Cirillo 31 FA-elig 1383.9 4.8 +1.4
Mike Hampton 28 FA-elig 433.1 10.5 -5.5
Denny Neagle 32 FA-elig 302.6 7.2 -3.0
Juan Pierre 23 pre-arb 1562.2 0.2 +3.3
Pedro Astacio↔ HOU 31 FA-elig 221.8 5.8 -2.8
John Thomson 27 arb 141.6 0.3 +2.3
Juan Uribe 22 – 721.6 – –
Neifi Perez↔ KCR 28 arb 871.5 2.3 +0.1
Todd Hollandsworth 28 FA-elig 331.3 2.8 -0.7
Todd Walker↔ CIN 28 arb 851.2 0.6 +1.4
Jason Jennings 22 – 71.1 – –
Jose Ortiz↔ OAK 24 pre-arb 530.8 0.2 +1.2
Brent Mayne↔ KCR 33 FA-elig 490.8 1.1 +0.3
Shawn Chacon 23 – 270.7 – –
Mike Myers 32 FA-elig 730.6 1.2 -0.2
Mark Little 28 arb 510.6 0.2 +0.8
Jose Jimenez 27 arb 560.5 0.3 +0.5
Justin Speier↔ CLE 27 arb 420.4 0.2 +0.5
Terry Shumpert 34 FA-elig 1140.4 0.7 -0.1
Sal Fasano↔ KCR 29 arb 250.4 0.2 +0.4
Dan Miceli↔ MIA 30 FA-elig 220.3 0.9 -0.3
Ron Villone↔ HOU 31 FA-elig 220.3 1.2 -0.6
Jay Powell↔ HOU 29 FA-elig 390.3 0.8 -0.4
Ron Gant↔ OAK 36 FA-elig 590.3 1.1 -0.7
Brian Bohanon 32 FA-elig 210.2 4.0 -3.7
Joe Davenport 25 – 70.1 – –
Juan Acevedo↔ MIA 31 – 370.1 – –
Ben Petrick 24 pre-arb 850.0 0.2 -0.2
Chris Nichting↔ CIN 35 – 7-0.0 – –
Horacio Estrada 25 pre-arb 4-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Tim Christman 26 – 1-0.0 – –
Kevin Sefcik 30 – 1-0.0 – –
Brooks Kieschnick 29 – 35-0.0 – –
Greg Norton 28 arb 117-0.1 0.5 -0.6
Todd Belitz 25 – 8-0.1 – –
Cliff Brumbaugh↔ TEX 27 – 14-0.1 – –
Kane Davis 26 – 57-0.1 – –
Bobby Chouinard 29 arb 8-0.2 0.3 -0.6
Robin Jennings↔ CIN 29 arb 1-0.2 0.0 -0.3
John Wasdin↔ BAL 28 FA-elig 18-0.2 0.4 -0.8
Mario Encarnacion 25 – 20-0.2 – –
Gary Bennett↔ NYM 29 FA-elig 19-0.3 0.1 -0.6
Alex Ochoa↔ CIN 29 FA-elig 58-0.3 0.6 -1.2
Scott Elarton↔ HOU 25 arb 4-0.4 0.1 -0.7
Mac Suzuki↔ KCR 26 arb 3-0.4 0.0 -0.7
Kimera Bartee 28 – 12-0.4 – –
Craig Dingman 27 – 7-0.5 – –
Brent Butler 23 – 53-0.5 – –
Gabe White 29 FA-elig 69-0.8 1.2 -2.5
Jacob Cruz↔ CLE 28 arb 44-0.8 0.1 -1.5
Adam Melhuse 29 – 40-0.8 – –

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Mike Hampton3.1
Denny Neagle2.6
John Thomson1.6
Juan Uribe1.6
Jason Jennings1.1
Jose Ortiz0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Jeffrey Hammonds1.7
Masato Yoshii1.7
Rolando Arrojo1.3
Julian Tavarez1.1
Tom Goodwin1.0
Butch Huskey0.8

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$67.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. 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 (21)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Larry Walker3412.000$12.2M$12.7M$12.7M$6.8MFREE AGENT
Mike Hampton288.000$10.5M$9.5MFREE AGENT
Denny Neagle3210.000$7.2M$7.0M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Pedro Astacio319.000$5.8MFREE AGENT
Jeff Cirillo317.000$4.8MFREE AGENT
Brian Bohanon3211.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Todd Hollandsworth286.000$2.8M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Mike Myers326.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Gabe White297.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Ron Villone316.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Ron Gant3614.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Brent Mayne3311.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Dan Miceli308.000$863kFREE AGENT$141k
Jay Powell296.000$843kFREE AGENT
Terry Shumpert3411.000$725k$775kFREE AGENT
Alex Ochoa296.000$627kFREE AGENT
John Wasdin286.000$399kFREE AGENT
Gary Bennett296.000$98k$290kFREE AGENT
Juan Acevedo316.000—FREE AGENT
Chris Nichting356.000—FREE AGENT
Kevin Sefcik306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Todd Helton274.000$5.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Neifi Perez285.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Todd Walker285.000$591kFREE AGENT
Greg Norton285.000$450kFREE AGENT
Jose Jimenez273.000$345kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Thomson274.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Chouinard295.000$278kFREE AGENT
Sal Fasano295.000$240kFREE AGENT
Mark Little283.000$210kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Speier273.000$189kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob Cruz285.000$141kFREE AGENT
Scott Elarton253.000$67kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mac Suzuki265.000$29kFREE AGENT
Robin Jennings295.000$6kFREE AGENT
Kimera Bartee285.000—FREE AGENT
Brooks Kieschnick295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Ben Petrick242.000$232kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Pierre231.000$215kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Horacio Estrada252.000$203kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Ortiz241.000$166kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brent Butler230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Davenport25–—
Shawn Chacon230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Christman26–—
Craig Dingman27–—
Mario Encarnacion25–—
Todd Belitz25–—
Kane Davis261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Melhuse291.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Uribe220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Brumbaugh27–—
Jason Jennings220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rockies 2001; 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.