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Rockies COL

201083–79 (0.512)
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GM: Daniel O'Dowd

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2010, 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
$86M
Surplus $M
-2
Win %
0.512
TAB
+2.4
WAB
+1.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
35.9
Dead money %
49%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-3.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2010 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMiguel Olivo111
RChris Iannetta52
RPaul Phillips10
RMichael McKenry2

1B

LTodd Helton115
LJason Giambi37
RMelvin Mora25
RBrad Eldred6
RChris Iannetta3
RPaul Phillips1

2B

RClint Barmes88
BJonathan Herrera57
BEric Young Jr.35
RMelvin Mora19
RChris Nelson4

3B

LIan Stewart115
RMelvin Mora63
BJonathan Herrera16
RChris Nelson4
RChris Iannetta1
RClint Barmes1

SS

RTroy Tulowitzki122
RClint Barmes47
BJonathan Herrera7

LF

LSeth Smith71
LCarlos González63
RRyan Spilborghs46
BEric Young Jr.10
RJay Payton9
RMelvin Mora4

CF

BDexter Fowler120
LCarlos González58
RRyan Spilborghs6
RJay Payton1

RF

RRyan Spilborghs62
LCarlos González40
LSeth Smith33

DH

LJason Giambi8
RChris Iannetta1

Starters

RUbaldo Jimenez5.5 WAR
RJason Hammel2.9 WAR
RJhoulys Chacin2.4 WAR
LJeff Francis1.6 WAR
LJorge De La Rosa1.3 WAR
REsmil Rogers1.2 WAR
RAaron Cook1.0 WAR
LGreg Smith0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ ROctavio Dotel⇄22 sv
RRafael Betancourt23 h
RMatt Belisle21 h
LJoe Beimel20 h
RManny Corpas2 h
LFranklin Morales1 h
LRandy Flores⇄0 h
RHuston Street0 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 2009)

PlayerfWAR
Miguel Olivo2.5
Jeff Francis1.6
Jonathan Herrera0.4
Jay Payton0.2
Matt Reynolds0.2
Melvin Mora0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2009)

Player2009 fWAR
Jason Marquis3.3
Yorvit Torrealba0.7
Glendon Rusch0.2
Jose Contreras0.1
Jason Grilli0.1
Matt Murton0.0

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 2010; everyone else is shown as a 2010 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ubaldo Jiménez 2010 +5.5 +109.2 1.2 +107.9 $0.2M 2.50× –
Carlos González 2010 +5.7 +94.0 0.4 +93.6 $0.1M 2.05× –
Troy Tulowitzki 2010 +5.5 +66.7 3.5 +63.2 $0.6M 1.51× –
Jason Hammel 2010 +2.9 +45.2 1.9 +43.3 $0.7M 1.96× –
Jhoulys Chacín 2010 +2.4 +28.2 0.4 +27.8 $0.2M 1.49× –
Rafael Betancourt 2010 +1.8 +28.6 3.8 +24.8 $2.1M 1.95× –
Matt Belisle 2010 +2.1 +16.6 0.8 +15.7 $0.4M 0.98× –
Jeff Francis 2010 +1.6 +19.2 5.8 +13.5 $3.6M 1.49× –
Miguel Olivo 2010 +2.5 +14.9 2.0 +12.9 $0.8M 0.76× –
Seth Smith 2010 +1.3 +8.5 0.4 +8.1 $0.3M 0.83× –
Dexter Fowler 2010 +1.0 +6.6 0.4 +6.2 $0.4M 0.83× –
Esmil Rogers 2010 +1.2 +6.6 0.4 +6.2 $0.3M 0.67× –
Jorge De La Rosa 2010 +1.3 +10.9 5.6 +5.3 $4.2M 1.02× –
Ian Stewart 2010 +0.7 +3.4 0.4 +3.0 $0.6M 0.58× –
Manny Corpas 2010 +0.4 +4.7 2.8 +2.0 $6.2M 1.34× –
Huston Street 2010 +0.8 +8.6 7.2 +1.4 $9.0M 1.34× –
Jonathan Herrera 2010 +0.4 +1.7 0.3 +1.4 $0.7M 0.56× –
Matt Reynolds 2010 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.6M 0.67× –
Matt Daley 2010 +0.1 +0.5 0.4 +0.1 $4.0M 0.67× –
Manny Delcarmen↔ 2010 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Greg Smith 2010 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $22.8M 1.02× –
Melvin Mora 2010 +0.2 +0.7 1.3 -0.6 $8.4M 0.58× –
Samuel Deduno 2010 -0.1 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Octavio Dotel↔ 2010 -0.0 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 – 1.34× –
Joe Beimel 2010 -0.0 -0.0 0.8 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Taylor Buchholz↔ 2010 -0.0 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Randy Flores↔ 2010 -0.2 -1.0 0.5 -1.6 – 0.67× –
Aaron Cook 2010 +1.0 +7.9 9.6 -1.8 $10.0M 1.02× –
Chris Nelson 2010 -0.4 -1.7 0.4 -2.1 – 0.56× –
Jason Giambi 2010 -0.1 -0.3 1.8 -2.1 – 0.56× –
Chris Iannetta 2010 -0.1 -0.5 1.8 -2.2 – 0.52× –
Clint Barmes 2010 +0.2 +1.1 3.3 -2.2 $13.4M 0.56× –
Eric Young Jr. 2010 -0.4 -2.0 0.4 -2.4 – 0.56× –
Brad Hawpe↔ 2010 +0.2 +1.4 6.4 -5.0 $29.5M 0.83× –
Franklin Morales 2010 -0.6 -5.9 0.4 -6.3 – 1.34× –
Ryan Spilborghs 2010 -0.9 -5.9 1.3 -7.2 – 0.83× –
Todd Helton 2010 -0.5 -2.3 17.8 -20.1 – 0.56× –
Brad Eldred 2010 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Edgmer Escalona 2010 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Jay Payton 2010 +0.2 +1.6 – – – 0.83× –
Juan Rincon 2010 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Michael McKenry 2010 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.52× –
Paul Phillips 2010 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.52× –
Total—+35.6+466.585.7+379.8—

Trades

Every graded 2010 deal involving the Rockies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2010 · HOU / COL
HOU · Ed Wade +$17.6M
Clint Barmes
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$17.6M
Felipe Paulino
HOU came out ahead by $17.6M
2010 · BOS / COL
BOS · Theo Epstein +$1.6M
Chris Balcom-Miller
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$1.6M
Manny Delcarmen
BOS came out ahead by $1.6M
2010 · COL / HOU
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$6.4M
Matt Lindstrom
HOU · Ed Wade −$6.4M
Jonnathan Aristil, Wes Musick
COL came out ahead by $6.4M
2010 · NYY / COL
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.0M
Robby Hammock
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Even trade
2010 · MIN / COL
MIN · Bill Smith +$0.8M
Paul Bargas
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$0.8M
José Morales
MIN came out ahead by $0.8M
2010 · LAD / COL
LAD · Ned Colletti +$6.4M
Anthony Jackson
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$6.4M
Octavio Dotel
LAD came out ahead by $6.4M
2010 · SEA / COL
SEA · Jack Zduriencik +$8.8M
Chaz Roe
COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$8.8M
José López
SEA came out ahead by $8.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2010 payroll
$85.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2010, 2010–2016. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Todd Helton3613.000$17.8M$20.3M$4.9M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Aaron Cook318.000$9.6M$9.9MFREE AGENT
Brad Hawpe316.000$6.4MFREE AGENT
Jeff Francis296.000$5.8MFREE AGENT$307k$1.5M
Jorge De La Rosa296.000$5.6M$10.0M$10.0M$11.0M$11.0M$12.5M$12.5M
Rafael Betancourt357.000$3.8M$3.8M$4.0M$4.2MFREE AGENT$1.0M
Clint Barmes317.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Miguel Olivo318.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Giambi3915.000$1.8M$1.0M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Melvin Mora3811.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Joe Beimel339.000$850kFREE AGENT
Matt Belisle307.000$850k$2.4M$3.8M$4.1M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Randy Flores348.000$527kFREE AGENT
Octavio Dotel3611.000$412kFREE AGENT
Jay Payton3712.000—FREE AGENT
Paul Phillips336.000—FREE AGENT
Juan Rincon319.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Huston Street265.000$7.2MFREE AGENT
Troy Tulowitzki254.000$3.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Corpas274.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Hammel274.000$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Iannetta274.000$1.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Spilborghs305.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Ubaldo Jiménez264.000$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Buchholz284.000$821kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ian Stewart253.000$408kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Seth Smith273.000$407kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Franklin Morales243.000$406kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Delcarmen285.000$143kFREE AGENT
Brad Eldred295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Dexter Fowler242.000$406kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Smith262.000$406kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos González242.000$406kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Daley281.000$404kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Esmil Rogers241.000$401kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jhoulys Chacín221.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Young Jr.251.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Nelson241.171$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Samuel Deduno260.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Herrera250.001$277kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Reynolds250.000$101kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edgmer Escalona230.152—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael McKenry250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2010 acquisition stacked onto Rockies's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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