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Rockies COL

200992–70 (0.568)Made Playoffs
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GM: Daniel O'Dowd

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
$80M
Surplus $M
+15
Win %
0.568
TAB
+6.9
WAB
+11.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
39.5
Dead money %
26%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-2.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RChris Iannetta89
RYorvit Torrealba64
RPaul Phillips15
REdwin Bellorin2

1B

LTodd Helton149
RGarrett Atkins28
LJason Giambi⇄19
RJeff Baker⇄12

2B

RClint Barmes139
LOmar Quintanilla25
LIan Stewart21
BEric Young Jr.6
RMike McCoy2

3B

LIan Stewart121
RGarrett Atkins78
LOmar Quintanilla10

SS

RTroy Tulowitzki151
RClint Barmes16
LOmar Quintanilla13

LF

LSeth Smith86
RRyan Spilborghs65
LCarlos González47
RMatt Murton12
LIan Stewart6

CF

BDexter Fowler127
LCarlos González43
RRyan Spilborghs16
BEric Young Jr.5

RF

LBrad Hawpe141
RRyan Spilborghs37
LCarlos González8
RMatt Murton5
LIan Stewart3
RMike McCoy1

DH

RGarrett Atkins5
LSeth Smith3
LBrad Hawpe1

Starters

RUbaldo Jimenez5.7 WAR
RJason Marquis3.3 WAR
RJason Hammel3.2 WAR
LJorge De La Rosa3.0 WAR
RAaron Cook1.5 WAR
LFranklin Morales0.5 WAR
RJose Contreras⇄0.1 WAR
REsmil Rogers0.1 WAR
RJhoulys Chacin-0.0 WAR
RJosh Fogg-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RHuston Street35 sv
RRafael Betancourt⇄20 h
RMatt Daley12 h
LRandy Flores10 h
RManny Corpas7 h
LFranklin Morales7 h
LAlan Embree6 h
RJoel Peralta6 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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Jason Marquis3.3
Jason Hammel3.2
Carlos González2.0
Huston Street1.4
Rafael Betancourt1.1
Matt Daley0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
Matt Holliday5.9
Brian Fuentes2.5
Taylor Buchholz1.3
Jeff Francis1.3
Livan Hernandez0.1
Alberto Arias0.0

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 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ubaldo Jiménez 2009 +5.7 +114.7 0.8 +113.9 $0.1M 2.50× –
Troy Tulowitzki 2009 +5.3 +64.0 1.0 +63.0 $0.2M 1.51× –
Jason Hammel 2009 +3.2 +50.0 0.4 +49.6 $0.1M 1.96× –
Jorge De La Rosa 2009 +3.0 +47.4 2.0 +45.4 $0.7M 1.96× –
Jason Marquis 2009 +3.3 +51.1 9.9 +41.2 $3.0M 1.96× –
Seth Smith 2009 +2.8 +35.6 0.4 +35.2 $0.1M 1.60× –
Carlos González 2009 +2.0 +19.2 0.4 +18.8 $0.2M 1.22× –
Huston Street 2009 +1.4 +15.5 4.5 +11.0 $3.1M 1.34× –
Rafael Betancourt↔ 2009 +1.1 +11.4 1.8 +9.7 $1.6M 1.34× –
Clint Barmes 2009 +1.6 +10.6 1.6 +8.9 $1.0M 0.82× –
Aaron Cook 2009 +1.5 +18.2 9.4 +8.8 $6.1M 1.49× –
Chris Iannetta 2009 +1.5 +6.2 0.4 +5.8 $0.3M 0.52× –
Todd Helton 2009 +2.6 +22.4 16.6 +5.8 $6.4M 1.07× –
Ian Stewart 2009 +1.2 +5.5 0.4 +5.1 $0.3M 0.58× –
Franklin Morales 2009 +0.5 +5.0 0.4 +4.6 $0.9M 1.34× –
Dexter Fowler 2009 +0.7 +4.4 0.4 +4.0 $0.6M 0.83× –
Matt Daley 2009 +0.8 +4.1 0.4 +3.7 $0.5M 0.67× –
Brad Hawpe 2009 +1.2 +7.8 5.5 +2.3 $4.7M 0.83× –
Manny Corpas 2009 +0.4 +2.2 0.8 +1.5 $1.8M 0.67× –
Paul Phillips 2009 +0.4 +1.5 0.4 +1.1 $1.2M 0.52× –
Ryan Spilborghs 2009 +0.1 +0.9 0.4 +0.5 $3.0M 0.83× –
Joe Beimel↔ 2009 +0.1 +1.2 0.7 +0.4 $6.7M 1.34× –
Esmil Rogers 2009 +0.1 +0.7 0.4 +0.3 $4.8M 1.02× –
Jason Giambi↔ 2009 +0.3 +1.3 0.9 +0.3 $3.2M 0.56× –
Glendon Rusch 2009 +0.2 +0.8 0.8 +0.1 $5.0M 0.67× –
Ryan Speier 2009 -0.0 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Jhoulys Chacín 2009 -0.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Juan Rincon↔ 2009 +0.0 +0.0 0.6 -0.6 $325.4M 0.67× –
Joel Peralta 2009 -0.0 -0.1 0.6 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Yorvit Torrealba 2009 +0.7 +2.9 3.8 -0.8 $5.3M 0.52× –
Eric Young Jr. 2009 -0.2 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 – 0.56× –
Matt Belisle 2009 -0.1 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Omar Quintanilla 2009 -0.2 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 – 0.56× –
Jeff Baker↔ 2009 -0.3 -1.5 0.1 -1.6 – 0.56× –
Jose Contreras↔ 2009 +0.1 +0.6 2.5 -1.9 $22.6M 0.67× –
Alan Embree 2009 -0.2 -0.9 2.0 -2.9 – 0.67× –
Garrett Atkins 2009 -1.0 -4.7 7.0 -11.7 – 0.58× –
Jason Grilli↔ 2009 +0.1 +0.4 0.3 +0.0 $5.1M 0.67× –
Adam Eaton↔ 2009 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Edwin Bellorin 2009 -0.1 -0.2 – – – 0.52× –
Josh Fogg 2009 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Herges↔ 2009 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Murton 2009 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Mike McCoy 2009 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Randy Flores 2009 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+39.7+495.680.0+415.8—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Rockies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2009 · OAK / COL
OAK · Billy Beane +$0.8M
Corey Wimberly
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$0.8M
Matt Murton
OAK came out ahead by $0.8M
2009 · CHC / COL
CHC · Jim Hendry +$2.4M
Jeff Baker
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$2.4M
Al Alburquerque
CHC came out ahead by $2.4M
2009 · COL / CHC
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$38.4M
Jason Marquis
CHC · Jim Hendry −$38.4M
Luis Vizcaíno
COL came out ahead by $38.4M
2009 · COL / TBR
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$45.6M
Jason Hammel
TBR · Andrew Friedman −$45.6M
Aneury Rodríguez
COL came out ahead by $45.6M
2009 · COL / WSN
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$0.0M
Joe Beimel
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$0.0M
Robinson Fabian, Ryan Mattheus
Even trade
2009 · COL / CLE
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$1.6M
Rafael Betancourt
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$1.6M
Connor Graham
COL came out ahead by $1.6M
2009 · CHW / COL
CHW · Kenny Williams +$18.4M
Brandon Hynick
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$18.4M
José Contreras
CHW came out ahead by $18.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$80.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Todd Helton3512.000$16.6M$17.8M$20.3M$4.9M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Marquis309.000$9.9MFREE AGENT
Aaron Cook307.000$9.4M$9.6M$9.9MFREE AGENT
Garrett Atkins296.000$7.0MFREE AGENT
Yorvit Torrealba308.000$3.8MFREE AGENT$1.0M
Jose Contreras376.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Alan Embree3917.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Rafael Betancourt346.000$1.8M$3.8M$3.8M$4.0M$4.2MFREE AGENT$1.0M
Clint Barmes306.000$1.6M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Jason Giambi3814.000$931k$1.8M$1.0M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Matt Belisle296.000$800k$850k$2.4M$3.8M$4.1M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Glendon Rusch3412.000$750kFREE AGENT
Joe Beimel328.000$732k$850kFREE AGENT
Juan Rincon308.000$591kFREE AGENT
Jason Grilli329.000$338kFREE AGENT
Josh Fogg328.000—FREE AGENT
Matt Herges3910.000—FREE AGENT
Adam Eaton319.000—FREE AGENT
Randy Flores337.000—$527kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Brad Hawpe305.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Huston Street254.000$4.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge De La Rosa285.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Troy Tulowitzki243.000$1.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Corpas263.000$750kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ubaldo Jiménez253.000$750kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joel Peralta334.000$640kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Hammel263.000$422kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Phillips325.000$415kFREE AGENT
Chris Iannetta263.000$415kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Spilborghs294.000$415kARB 3FREE AGENT
Omar Quintanilla274.000$408kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Speier294.000$407kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Baker284.000$61kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Murton274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Ian Stewart242.000$404kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos González231.000$403kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Seth Smith262.000$403kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Franklin Morales232.000$402kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dexter Fowler231.000$401kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Young Jr.240.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Daley270.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jhoulys Chacín210.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Esmil Rogers230.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edwin Bellorin27–—
Mike McCoy280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2009 acquisition stacked onto Rockies's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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