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Rockies COL

200874–88 (0.457)
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GM: Daniel O'Dowd

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2008, 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
$71M
Surplus $M
-7
Win %
0.457
TAB
-4.0
WAB
-5.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
27.8
Dead money %
34%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-4.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2008 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RChris Iannetta100
RYorvit Torrealba67
BAdam Melhuse⇄7
REdwin Bellorin2

1B

LTodd Helton81
RGarrett Atkins61
RJeff Baker22
LJoe Koshansky11

2B

RClint Barmes61
RJeff Baker49
LOmar Quintanilla40
BJonathan Herrera21
RJayson Nix20
LIan Stewart12
RDoug Bernier2
RGarrett Atkins1

3B

RGarrett Atkins94
LIan Stewart65
RClint Barmes13
RJeff Baker9
RChris Iannetta1

SS

RTroy Tulowitzki101
LOmar Quintanilla39
RClint Barmes36
BJonathan Herrera2

LF

RMatt Holliday139
RRyan Spilborghs22
LScott Podsednik10
LSeth Smith8
LCory Sullivan2

CF

RWilly Taveras124
LScott Podsednik36
RRyan Spilborghs17
BDexter Fowler9
LSeth Smith9
LCory Sullivan5

RF

LBrad Hawpe133
RRyan Spilborghs22
LSeth Smith14
LCory Sullivan5
RJeff Baker3
RClint Barmes1
BDexter Fowler1
LScott Podsednik1

DH

RRyan Spilborghs4
RJeff Baker3
LScott Podsednik2

Starters

RAaron Cook5.1 WAR
RUbaldo Jimenez3.5 WAR
LJorge De La Rosa2.2 WAR
LJeff Francis1.3 WAR
LGlendon Rusch⇄1.0 WAR
RLivan Hernandez⇄0.1 WAR
LFranklin Morales-0.0 WAR
LValerio de los Santos-0.1 WAR
RJason Hirsh-0.1 WAR
LMark Redman-0.2 WAR
RKip Wells⇄-0.2 WAR
RGreg Reynolds-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ LBrian Fuentes30 sv
RTaylor Buchholz21 h
RManny Corpas19 h
RJason Grilli⇄5 h
RMatt Herges4 h
RRyan Speier3 h
RLuis Vizcaino1 h
RKip Wells⇄0 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 2007)

PlayerfWAR
Jorge De La Rosa2.2
Glendon Rusch1.0
Jason Grilli0.9
Livan Hernandez0.1
Jose Capellan0.0
Micah Bowie0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2007)

Player2007 fWAR
Kazuo Matsui2.7
Josh Fogg1.0
Rodrigo Lopez0.7
Jorge Julio0.6
Jeremy Affeldt0.4
Zach McClellan0.3

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 2008; everyone else is shown as a 2008 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Aaron Cook 2008 +5.1 +101.6 5.1 +96.5 $1.0M 2.50× –
Matt Holliday 2008 +5.9 +96.5 9.5 +87.0 $1.6M 2.05× –
Ubaldo Jiménez 2008 +3.5 +54.4 0.4 +54.0 $0.1M 1.96× –
Brian Fuentes 2008 +2.5 +51.5 5.0 +46.4 $2.0M 2.57× –
Jorge De La Rosa 2008 +2.2 +26.1 1.0 +25.1 $0.5M 1.49× –
Clint Barmes 2008 +1.7 +11.1 0.4 +10.7 $0.2M 0.82× –
Manny Corpas 2008 +0.8 +8.8 0.8 +8.0 $0.9M 1.34× –
Jeff Francis 2008 +1.3 +10.6 3.0 +7.6 $2.3M 1.02× –
Taylor Buchholz 2008 +1.3 +7.1 0.4 +6.7 $0.3M 0.67× –
Glendon Rusch↔ 2008 +1.0 +5.4 0.6 +4.9 $0.6M 0.67× –
Jason Grilli↔ 2008 +0.9 +5.0 0.4 +4.6 $0.4M 0.67× –
Ryan Spilborghs 2008 +0.7 +4.9 0.4 +4.5 $0.5M 0.83× –
Matt Herges 2008 +0.5 +5.0 2.0 +3.0 $4.3M 1.34× –
Chris Iannetta 2008 +0.6 +2.7 0.4 +2.3 $0.6M 0.52× –
Jeff Baker 2008 +0.5 +2.0 0.4 +1.6 $0.9M 0.56× –
Troy Tulowitzki 2008 +0.5 +2.3 0.8 +1.5 $1.6M 0.61× –
Yorvit Torrealba 2008 +0.9 +3.8 3.0 +0.8 $3.3M 0.52× –
Adam Melhuse↔ 2008 -0.0 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 – 0.52× –
Livan Hernandez↔ 2008 +0.1 +0.7 1.3 -0.5 $14.0M 1.02× –
Micah Bowie 2008 +0.0 +0.0 0.7 -0.6 $115.5M 0.67× –
Seth Smith 2008 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 – 0.83× –
Franklin Morales 2008 -0.0 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 – 1.02× –
Jason Hirsh 2008 -0.1 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Jayson Nix 2008 -0.4 -1.8 0.4 -2.2 – 0.56× –
Mark Redman 2008 -0.2 -1.2 1.0 -2.2 – 1.02× –
Kip Wells↔ 2008 -0.2 -1.1 1.9 -2.9 – 0.67× –
Scott Podsednik 2008 -0.4 -2.5 0.8 -3.3 – 0.83× –
Luis Vizcaino 2008 -0.0 -0.1 3.5 -3.6 – 0.67× –
Willy Taveras 2008 -0.2 -1.6 2.0 -3.6 – 0.83× –
Garrett Atkins 2008 +0.1 +0.5 4.4 -3.9 $38.9M 0.58× –
Brad Hawpe 2008 -0.7 -4.8 3.9 -8.7 – 0.83× –
Todd Helton 2008 +0.6 +2.6 16.6 -14.0 $28.1M 0.56× –
Alberto Arias↔ 2008 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Cedrick Bowers 2008 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Cory Sullivan 2008 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.83× –
Dexter Fowler 2008 -0.3 -1.9 – – – 0.83× –
Doug Bernier 2008 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.56× –
Edwin Bellorin 2008 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.52× –
Greg Reynolds 2008 -0.5 -3.8 – – – 1.02× –
Ian Stewart 2008 +1.0 +4.7 – – – 0.58× –
Joe Koshansky 2008 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Jonathan Herrera 2008 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.56× –
Jose Capellan 2008 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Josh Newman↔ 2008 -0.3 -1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Juan Morillo 2008 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Omar Quintanilla 2008 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.56× –
Ryan Speier 2008 +0.4 +2.2 – – – 0.67× –
Steven Register 2008 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.67× –
Valerio De Los Santos 2008 -0.1 -0.8 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+27.7+382.171.6+316.7—

Trades

Every graded 2008 deal involving the Rockies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2008 · COL / BAL
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$6.4M
Mike McCoy
BAL · Andy MacPhail −$6.4M
Juan Castro
COL came out ahead by $6.4M
2008 · COL / DET
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$3.2M
Jason Grilli
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$3.2M
Zach Simons
COL came out ahead by $3.2M
2008 · COL / OAK
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$231.2M
Carlos González, Huston Street, Greg Smith
OAK · Billy Beane −$231.2M
Matt Holliday
COL came out ahead by $231.2M
2008 · COL / KCR
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$49.6M
Jorge De La Rosa
KCR · Dayton Moore −$49.6M
Ramón Ramírez
COL came out ahead by $49.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2008 payroll
$71.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2008, 2008–2014. 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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Todd Helton3411.000$16.6M$16.6M$17.8M$20.3M$4.9M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Aaron Cook296.000$5.1M$9.4M$9.6M$9.9MFREE AGENT
Brian Fuentes327.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Luis Vizcaino339.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Yorvit Torrealba297.000$3.0M$3.8MFREE AGENT$1.0M
Matt Herges389.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Kip Wells319.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Livan Hernandez3312.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Mark Redman349.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Podsednik327.000$750kFREE AGENT
Micah Bowie339.000$650kFREE AGENT
Glendon Rusch3311.000$567k$750kFREE AGENT
Jason Grilli318.000$357k$462kFREE AGENT
Adam Melhuse368.000$350kFREE AGENT
Valerio De Los Santos3510.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Matt Holliday284.000$9.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Garrett Atkins285.000$4.4MFREE AGENT
Brad Hawpe294.000$3.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Francis274.000$3.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Willy Taveras264.000$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge De La Rosa274.000$1.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Clint Barmes295.000$405kFREE AGENT
Jeff Baker273.000$403kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Spilborghs283.000$396kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Sullivan283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Capellan274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Speier283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Omar Quintanilla263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (21)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Manny Corpas252.000$775kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Tulowitzki232.000$750kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Buchholz262.000$399kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Iannetta252.000$396kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Hirsh262.000$396kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ubaldo Jiménez242.000$392kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Franklin Morales221.000$391kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Seth Smith251.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jayson Nix250.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cedrick Bowers30–—
Edwin Bellorin26–—
Juan Morillo24–—
Doug Bernier280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dexter Fowler220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Reynolds22–—
Ian Stewart231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Newman26–—
Joe Koshansky26–—
Steven Register25–—
Alberto Arias241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Herrera230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2008 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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