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Rockies COL

200790–73 (0.552)Lost World Series
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GM: Daniel O'Dowd

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
$57M
Surplus $M
+25
Win %
0.552
TAB
+9.4
WAB
+12.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
39.6
Dead money %
21%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-4.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2007 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RYorvit Torrealba112
RChris Iannetta60
RGeronimo Gil4
REdwin Bellorin2

1B

LTodd Helton153
RJeff Baker20
RGarrett Atkins10
LJoe Koshansky3

2B

BKazuo Matsui102
RJamey Carroll60
LOmar Quintanilla25
RClint Barmes5

3B

RGarrett Atkins154
RJamey Carroll35
LIan Stewart11
LJohn Mabry4
RJeff Baker2
RClint Barmes1

SS

RTroy Tulowitzki155
RJamey Carroll11
RClint Barmes8
LOmar Quintanilla2

LF

RMatt Holliday157
RRyan Spilborghs15
RJeff Baker6
LCory Sullivan1
LJohn Mabry1
RSean Barker1

CF

RWilly Taveras86
LCory Sullivan51
RRyan Spilborghs46
LSteve Finley26
RClint Barmes5
RJamey Carroll1
RSean Barker1

RF

LBrad Hawpe142
RRyan Spilborghs20
RJeff Baker13
LSteve Finley3
RJamey Carroll2
LCory Sullivan1
LSeth Smith1

DH

RWilly Taveras3
RJeff Baker2
RRyan Spilborghs2
RMatt Holliday1
LTodd Helton1

Starters

LJeff Francis3.8 WAR
RAaron Cook2.6 WAR
RTaylor Buchholz1.6 WAR
RJosh Fogg1.0 WAR
LFranklin Morales1.0 WAR
RUbaldo Jimenez0.9 WAR
RRodrigo Lopez0.7 WAR
RJason Hirsh0.7 WAR
LMark Redman⇄0.3 WAR
RDenny Bautista0.2 WAR
RTim Harikkala0.2 WAR
RElmer Dessens⇄0.0 WAR
RByung-Hyun Kim⇄-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ LBrian Fuentes20 sv
RLaTroy Hawkins17 h
RJorge Julio⇄17 h
RManny Corpas16 h
LJeremy Affeldt9 h
RMatt Herges4 h
RRamon Ramirez3 h
LTom Martin2 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
Taylor Buchholz1.6
Franklin Morales1.0
Willy Taveras0.9
Rodrigo Lopez0.7
Jason Hirsh0.7
Jorge Julio0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
Jason Jennings4.0
Eli Marrero0.4
Jason Smith0.3
David Cortes0.2
Mike Venafro0.0
Nate Field0.0

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

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Matt Holliday 2007 +6.9 +112.5 4.4 +108.1 $0.6M 2.05× –
Jeff Francis 2007 +3.8 +67.3 0.8 +66.5 $0.2M 2.19× –
Troy Tulowitzki 2007 +5.2 +62.5 0.4 +62.1 $0.1M 1.51× –
Aaron Cook 2007 +2.6 +41.0 3.1 +37.9 $1.2M 1.96× –
Todd Helton 2007 +4.2 +40.0 16.6 +23.4 $4.0M 1.20× –
Kazuo Matsui 2007 +2.7 +23.0 1.5 +21.5 $0.6M 1.07× –
Ryan Spilborghs 2007 +1.6 +15.9 0.4 +15.5 $0.2M 1.22× –
Garrett Atkins 2007 +2.1 +14.4 0.4 +14.0 $0.2M 0.85× –
Manny Corpas 2007 +1.2 +12.6 0.4 +12.2 $0.3M 1.34× –
Taylor Buchholz 2007 +1.6 +12.6 0.4 +12.2 $0.2M 0.98× –
Brad Hawpe 2007 +1.5 +9.8 0.4 +9.4 $0.3M 0.83× –
Franklin Morales 2007 +1.0 +8.3 0.1 +8.2 $0.1M 1.02× –
Brian Fuentes 2007 +0.9 +9.3 3.5 +5.8 $4.0M 1.34× –
Willy Taveras 2007 +0.9 +5.9 0.4 +5.5 $0.5M 0.83× –
Jason Hirsh 2007 +0.7 +5.3 0.4 +4.9 $0.6M 1.02× –
Josh Fogg 2007 +1.0 +8.1 3.6 +4.4 $3.7M 1.02× –
Jorge Julio↔ 2007 +0.6 +5.9 3.1 +2.9 $5.5M 1.34× –
Mark Redman↔ 2007 +0.3 +2.5 0.3 +2.2 $1.1M 1.02× –
Yorvit Torrealba 2007 +0.6 +2.4 1.1 +1.4 $1.8M 0.52× –
Rodrigo Lopez 2007 +0.7 +5.6 4.3 +1.3 $6.3M 1.02× –
Jeremy Affeldt 2007 +0.4 +2.3 1.2 +1.0 $2.9M 0.67× –
Chris Iannetta 2007 +0.3 +1.2 0.4 +0.8 $1.3M 0.52× –
Ramon E Ramirez 2007 +0.1 +0.8 0.4 +0.4 $2.7M 0.67× –
Elmer Dessens↔ 2007 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $62.6M 1.02× –
Jamey Carroll 2007 +0.2 +1.1 1.7 -0.6 $7.0M 0.56× –
LaTroy Hawkins 2007 +0.2 +1.8 3.2 -1.5 $19.6M 1.34× –
Tom Martin 2007 -0.1 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Byung-Hyun Kim↔ 2007 -0.3 -1.5 0.3 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Ramon Ortiz↔ 2007 -0.2 -0.8 0.8 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Clint Barmes 2007 -0.3 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 – 0.61× –
John Mabry 2007 -0.3 -1.3 0.8 -2.1 – 0.58× –
Jeff Baker 2007 -0.6 -2.5 0.4 -2.9 – 0.56× –
Steve Finley 2007 -1.1 -7.2 1.0 -8.2 – 0.83× –
Alberto Arias 2007 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Bob Keppel 2007 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Cory Sullivan 2007 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Dan Serafini 2007 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Darren Clarke 2007 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Denny Bautista 2007 +0.2 +1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Edwin Bellorin 2007 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.52× –
Geronimo Gil 2007 -0.3 -1.1 – – – 0.52× –
Ian Stewart 2007 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.58× –
Joe Koshansky 2007 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.56× –
Josh Newman 2007 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Juan Morillo 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Herges 2007 +0.3 +1.8 – – – 0.67× –
Omar Quintanilla 2007 -0.4 -1.8 – – – 0.56× –
Ryan Speier 2007 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Sean Barker 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Seth Smith 2007 +0.3 +1.7 – – – 0.83× –
Tim Harikkala 2007 +0.2 +1.4 – – – 1.02× –
Ubaldo Jiménez 2007 +0.9 +6.9 – – – 1.02× –
Zach McClellan 2007 +0.3 +1.8 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+39.6+466.857.4+399.1—

Trades

Every graded 2007 deal involving the Rockies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2007 · BAL / COL
BAL · Mike Flanagan +$3.2M
Jim Miller, Jason Burch
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$3.2M
Rodrigo López
BAL came out ahead by $3.2M
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 · MIN / COL
MIN · Terry Ryan +$6.4M
Matt Macri
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$6.4M
Ramón Ortiz
MIN came out ahead by $6.4M
2007 · COL / DET
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$0.8M
José Capellán
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$0.8M
Denny Bautista
COL came out ahead by $0.8M
2007 · COL / MIA
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$4.8M
Jorge Julio
MIA · Larry Beinfest −$4.8M
Byung-Hyun Kim
COL came out ahead by $4.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$57.3M

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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Todd Helton3310.000$16.6M$16.6M$16.6M$17.8M$20.3M$4.9M$5.0M
Rodrigo Lopez317.000$4.3MFREE AGENT
Josh Fogg306.000$3.6MFREE AGENT
Brian Fuentes316.000$3.5M$5.0MFREE AGENT
LaTroy Hawkins3412.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Jorge Julio286.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Yorvit Torrealba286.000$1.1M$3.0M$3.8MFREE AGENT$1.0M
Steve Finley4218.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Ramon Ortiz348.000$816kFREE AGENT
John Mabry3613.000$750kFREE AGENT
Tom Martin3710.000$700kFREE AGENT
Elmer Dessens3611.000$500kFREE AGENT
Mark Redman338.000$341k$1.0MFREE AGENT
Byung-Hyun Kim288.000$268kFREE AGENT
Dan Serafini3311.000—FREE AGENT
Matt Herges378.000—$2.0MFREE AGENT
Geronimo Gil316.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Matt Holliday273.000$4.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Cook285.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Jamey Carroll335.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Kazuo Matsui313.000$1.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Affeldt285.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Jeff Francis263.000$750kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Hawpe283.000$403kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willy Taveras253.000$402kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Garrett Atkins274.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Clint Barmes284.000$395kARB 3FREE AGENT
Denny Bautista263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (25)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Jeff Baker262.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon E Ramirez251.000$386kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Buchholz251.000$383kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Spilborghs272.000$383kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Corpas241.000$382kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Hirsh251.000$381kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Tulowitzki221.000$381kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Iannetta241.000$381kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Franklin Morales210.000$91kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Harikkala35–—
Cory Sullivan272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Keppel25–—
Edwin Bellorin25–—
Ubaldo Jiménez231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Morillo23–—
Ryan Speier272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Omar Quintanilla252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zach McClellan28–—
Sean Barker27–—
Seth Smith240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ian Stewart220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Newman25–—
Darren Clarke26–—
Joe Koshansky25–—
Alberto Arias230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2007 acquisition stacked onto Rockies'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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