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Rockies COL

200468–94 (0.420)
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GM: Daniel O'Dowd

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2004, 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
$51M
Surplus $M
-13
Win %
0.420
TAB
-9.7
WAB
-10.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
21.4
Dead money %
34%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-9.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2004 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RCharles Johnson91
RTodd Greene53
BJD Closser32
RKit Pellow4

1B

LTodd Helton153
LMark Sweeney15
RKit Pellow5
RGarrett Atkins3

2B

BAaron Miles128
RLuis Gonzalez40
RClint Barmes9
BDenny Hocking8

3B

RVinny Castilla148
RLuis Gonzalez18
RKit Pellow4
RGarrett Atkins4
BDenny Hocking2
LAndy Tracy1

SS

RRoyce Clayton144
BDenny Hocking13
RLuis Gonzalez10
RClint Barmes9

LF

RMatt Holliday115
LJeromy Burnitz21
RLuis Gonzalez20
BDenny Hocking20
LJorge Piedra14
RKit Pellow11
LMark Sweeney9
RGarrett Atkins3
LBrad Hawpe2
BRene Reyes1

CF

LJeromy Burnitz69
RPreston Wilson52
RChoo Freeman41
LJorge Piedra18
BRene Reyes16
BDenny Hocking8

RF

LJeromy Burnitz79
LBrad Hawpe32
RKit Pellow27
LMark Sweeney20
RLuis Gonzalez11
LJorge Piedra7
BDenny Hocking4
BRene Reyes4

DH

LMark Sweeney4
LJeromy Burnitz3
LLarry Walker⇄1
RLuis Gonzalez1

Starters

LJoe Kennedy2.7 WAR
RJason Jennings2.0 WAR
LJeff Fassero⇄1.3 WAR
LShawn Estes1.1 WAR
RAaron Cook1.0 WAR
RJamey Wright0.3 WAR
RScott Elarton⇄0.2 WAR
LJeff Francis0.0 WAR
RChris Gissell-0.1 WAR
RJason Young-0.2 WAR
RAdam Bernero-0.3 WAR
RDenny Stark-0.7 WAR

Bullpen

★ RShawn Chacon35 sv
RSteve Reed15 h
RTim Harikkala15 h
LBrian Fuentes13 h
LJavier Lopez12 h
RScott Dohmann4 h
RVladimir Nunez3 h
RAllan Simpson1 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 2003)

PlayerfWAR
Jeromy Burnitz3.1
Joe Kennedy2.7
Vinny Castilla2.5
Matt Holliday1.3
Jeff Fassero1.3
Royce Clayton1.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2003)

Player2003 fWAR
Darren Oliver2.8
Chris Stynes2.1
Jay Payton1.2
Jose Jimenez1.1
Justin Speier0.5
Greg Norton0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Rockies. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2004; everyone else is shown as a 2004 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Todd Helton 2004 +7.0 +76.8 11.6 +65.2 $1.7M 1.37× –
Joe Kennedy 2004 +2.7 +42.5 0.3 +42.2 $0.1M 1.96× –
Jeromy Burnitz 2004 +3.1 +40.3 1.2 +39.0 $0.4M 1.60× –
Jason Jennings 2004 +2.0 +24.2 0.3 +23.8 $0.2M 1.49× –
Vinny Castilla 2004 +2.5 +22.5 2.1 +20.4 $0.8M 1.12× –
Matt Holliday 2004 +1.3 +8.8 0.3 +8.5 $0.2M 0.83× –
Aaron Cook 2004 +1.0 +8.3 0.3 +8.0 $0.3M 1.02× –
Shawn Estes 2004 +1.1 +8.6 0.6 +8.0 $0.6M 1.02× –
Larry Walker↔ 2004 +1.6 +13.0 5.9 +7.1 $3.7M 1.01× –
Jeff Fassero↔ 2004 +1.3 +7.0 0.5 +6.6 $0.4M 0.67× –
Royce Clayton 2004 +1.2 +5.8 0.7 +5.2 $0.5M 0.61× –
Brian Fuentes 2004 +0.6 +3.3 0.3 +3.0 $0.5M 0.67× –
Steve Reed 2004 +0.7 +3.6 0.6 +3.0 $0.9M 0.67× –
Jamey Wright 2004 +0.3 +2.4 0.3 +2.1 $1.0M 1.02× –
Mark Sweeney 2004 +0.4 +2.4 0.4 +2.0 $1.1M 0.83× –
Scott Elarton↔ 2004 +0.2 +1.6 0.1 +1.5 $0.7M 1.02× –
Javier López 2004 +0.1 +0.6 0.3 +0.3 $2.7M 0.67× –
Todd Greene 2004 +0.2 +0.8 0.6 +0.2 $2.9M 0.52× –
Aaron Miles 2004 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 – 0.56× –
Adam Bernero 2004 -0.3 -1.6 0.3 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Kevin Jarvis↔ 2004 -0.2 -1.1 0.8 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Turk Wendell 2004 -0.3 -1.8 0.7 -2.5 – 0.67× –
Vladimir Nunez 2004 -0.3 -1.8 0.7 -2.5 – 0.67× –
Kit Pellow 2004 -0.3 -2.3 0.3 -2.6 – 0.83× –
Rene Reyes 2004 -0.4 -2.9 0.3 -3.2 – 0.83× –
Luis Gonzalez 2004 -0.9 -3.8 0.3 -4.1 – 0.56× –
Charles Johnson 2004 +1.0 +4.3 9.0 -4.7 $8.8M 0.52× –
Denny Stark 2004 -0.7 -6.0 0.3 -6.3 – 1.02× –
Denny Hocking 2004 -1.4 -9.2 0.7 -9.9 – 0.83× –
Preston Wilson 2004 -0.4 -2.4 9.0 -11.4 – 0.83× –
Shawn Chacon 2004 -1.1 -12.2 1.9 -14.0 – 1.34× –
Allan Simpson 2004 +0.4 +2.2 – – – 0.67× –
Andy Tracy 2004 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.58× –
Brad Hawpe 2004 -0.5 -3.4 – – – 0.83× –
Chin-hui Tsao 2004 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Choo Freeman 2004 -1.1 -7.5 – – – 0.83× –
Chris Gissell 2004 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Clint Barmes 2004 +0.5 +2.0 – – – 0.56× –
Garrett Atkins 2004 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.58× –
JD Closser 2004 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.52× –
Jason Young 2004 -0.2 -1.8 – – – 1.02× –
Jeff Francis 2004 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 1.02× –
Jorge Piedra 2004 +0.2 +1.4 – – – 0.83× –
Marc Kroon 2004 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Scott Dohmann 2004 +0.3 +1.6 – – – 0.67× –
Tim Harikkala 2004 -0.4 -4.7 – – – 1.34× –
Travis Driskill 2004 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+21.4+222.951.0+180.4—

Trades

Every graded 2004 deal involving the Rockies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2004 · COL / KCR
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$1.6M
Chris Fallon, Zach McClellan
KCR · Allard Baird −$1.6M
Justin Huisman
COL came out ahead by $1.6M
2004 · COL / STL
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$24.8M
Jason Burch, Luis Martínez, Chris Narveson
STL · Walt Jocketty −$24.8M
Larry Walker
COL came out ahead by $24.8M
2004 · SEA / COL
SEA · Bill Bavasi +$5.6M
Sean Green
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$5.6M
Aaron Taylor
SEA came out ahead by $5.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2004 payroll
$51.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2004, 2004–2010. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Todd Helton307.000$11.6M$12.6M$16.6M$16.6M$16.6M$16.6M$17.8M
Charles Johnson3210.000$9.0MFREE AGENT
Preston Wilson296.000$9.0M$6.4MFREE AGENT
Larry Walker3715.000$5.9MFREE AGENT
Vinny Castilla3613.000$2.1MFREE AGENT$2.6M
Jeromy Burnitz3511.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Kevin Jarvis3410.000$850kFREE AGENT
Vladimir Nunez296.000$700kFREE AGENT
Turk Wendell3711.000$700kFREE AGENT
Denny Hocking3411.000$650kFREE AGENT
Royce Clayton3413.000$650kFREE AGENT
Shawn Estes319.000$600kFREE AGENT
Steve Reed3912.000$600kFREE AGENT
Todd Greene338.000$550k$650kFREE AGENT
Jeff Fassero4113.000$488kFREE AGENT
Mark Sweeney349.000$400kFREE AGENT
Jamey Wright298.000$300k$550kFREE AGENT
Scott Elarton286.000$132kFREE AGENT
Marc Kroon319.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Shawn Chacon263.000$1.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Jennings253.000$340kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Denny Stark295.000$321kFREE AGENT
Joe Kennedy253.000$320kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Bernero274.000$320kARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Fuentes283.000$320kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Tracy304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (21)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Javier López261.000$318kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kit Pellow302.000$310kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rene Reyes261.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Cook252.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Miles271.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Holliday240.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Gonzalez250.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Harikkala32–—
Travis Driskill32–—
Chris Gissell26–—
Allan Simpson260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
JD Closser240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Young24–—
Brad Hawpe250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Garrett Atkins241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clint Barmes251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Choo Freeman240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chin-hui Tsao231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Dohmann260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Piedra250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Francis230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2004 acquisition stacked onto Rockies's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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