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Rockies COL

201891–72 (0.558)Made Playoffs
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GM: Jeff Bridich

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2018, 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
$137M
Surplus $M
-30
Win %
0.558
TAB
-3.4
WAB
+7.9
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
31.7
Dead money %
45%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-5.6

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2018 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RChris Iannetta99
LTony Wolters64
RTom Murphy22
RDrew Butera⇄9

1B

RIan Desmond138
LRyan McMahon31
RPat Valaika15
RDrew Butera⇄1
RMatt Holliday1

2B

RDJ LeMahieu128
RPat Valaika17
RDaniel Castro16
LRyan McMahon10
RGarrett Hampson7
LTony Wolters2

3B

RNolan Arenado152
LRyan McMahon17
RPat Valaika8
LTony Wolters1

SS

RTrevor Story156
RGarrett Hampson8
RPat Valaika7
RIan Desmond3
RDaniel Castro1

LF

LGerardo Parra111
LDavid Dahl34
RIan Desmond18
RNoel Cuevas16
RMatt Holliday13
LMike Tauchman3
LTony Wolters2
LRaimel Tapia1

CF

LCharlie Blackmon151
LDavid Dahl8
LRaimel Tapia6
LMike Tauchman5
RNoel Cuevas4
RIan Desmond2
RGarrett Hampson1

RF

LCarlos González117
LDavid Dahl30
RNoel Cuevas26
LGerardo Parra10
LMike Tauchman1
LRaimel Tapia1

DH

RIan Desmond2
RNolan Arenado2
LCharlie Blackmon1
LCarlos González1
RChris Iannetta1
RMatt Holliday1
LRaimel Tapia1
RTom Murphy1

Starters

RGerman Marquez4.8 WAR
LKyle Freeland3.8 WAR
RJon Gray2.2 WAR
LTyler Anderson1.7 WAR
RAntonio Senzatela0.9 WAR
RChad Bettis0.0 WAR
RJeff Hoffman0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RWade Davis43 sv
RAdam Ottavino34 h
LJake McGee14 h
RScott Oberg14 h
RBryan Shaw13 h
LChris Rusin7 h
LHarrison Musgrave5 h
LMike Dunn5 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 2017)

PlayerfWAR
David Dahl0.8
Wade Davis0.8
Chris Iannetta0.8
Yency Almonte0.2
Seunghwan Oh0.2
Garrett Hampson0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2017)

Player2017 fWAR
Greg Holland1.1
Tyler Chatwood1.0
Pat Neshek1.0
Jonathan Lucroy0.7
Mark Reynolds0.6
Shane Carle0.0

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 2018; everyone else is shown as a 2018 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Germán Márquez 2018 +4.8 +83.4 0.6 +82.9 $0.1M 2.19× Free Agent · 2026–2027 · $1.8M AAV
Kyle Freeland 2018 +3.8 +66.7 0.6 +66.1 $0.1M 2.19× Arb extension · 2022–2026 · $12.9M AAV
Nolan Arenado 2018 +6.0 +68.0 17.8 +50.3 $3.0M 1.43× Arb extension · 2019–2020 · $32.5M AAV
Trevor Story 2018 +4.7 +49.8 0.6 +49.2 $0.1M 1.32× Free Agent · 2022–2028 · $23.3M AAV
Jon Gray 2018 +2.2 +26.1 0.6 +25.5 $0.3M 1.49× –
Adam Ottavino 2018 +1.9 +29.2 7.0 +22.2 $3.7M 1.95× –
Charlie Blackmon 2018 +2.6 +32.8 12.5 +20.3 $4.9M 1.60× –
Tyler Anderson 2018 +1.7 +20.0 0.6 +19.5 $0.3M 1.49× –
Antonio Senzatela 2018 +0.9 +7.6 0.6 +7.1 $0.6M 1.02× Arb extension · 2022–2026 · $10.1M AAV
Scott Oberg 2018 +1.3 +6.7 0.6 +6.1 $0.4M 0.67× –
David Dahl 2018 +0.8 +5.5 0.5 +5.1 $0.5M 0.83× –
Carlos González 2018 +1.5 +9.9 5.0 +4.9 $3.4M 0.83× –
DJ LeMahieu 2018 +1.8 +11.9 8.5 +3.4 $4.7M 0.82× –
Tony Wolters 2018 +0.9 +3.6 0.6 +3.1 $0.6M 0.52× –
Seunghwan Oh↔ 2018 +0.2 +2.2 0.6 +1.6 $3.0M 1.34× –
Yency Almonte 2018 +0.2 +1.2 0.2 +1.0 $1.0M 0.67× –
DJ Johnson 2018 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.5M 0.67× –
Garrett Hampson 2018 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.7 $0.8M 0.61× –
Matt Holliday 2018 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $1.2M 0.83× –
Jerry Vasto↔ 2018 +0.0 +0.1 0.0 +0.1 $0.8M 0.67× –
Brooks Pounders 2018 +0.0 +0.0 0.2 -0.1 $23.8M 0.67× –
Raimel Tapia 2018 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.1 $18.3M 0.83× –
Chris Iannetta 2018 +0.8 +3.3 3.6 -0.3 $4.5M 0.52× –
Sam Howard 2018 -0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.67× –
Jeff Hoffman 2018 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.5 $32.9M 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2027 · $11.0M AAV
Drew Butera↔ 2018 -0.1 -0.3 0.4 -0.6 – 0.52× –
Tom Murphy 2018 -0.2 -0.8 0.3 -1.0 – 0.52× –
Ryan McMahon 2018 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 – 0.56× Arb extension · 2022–2024 · $11.7M AAV
Chris Rusin 2018 +0.0 +0.0 1.3 -1.3 $357.4M 0.67× –
Chad Bettis 2018 +0.0 +0.2 2.0 -1.8 $66.0M 1.02× –
Daniel Castro 2018 -0.4 -1.7 0.1 -1.8 – 0.56× –
Harrison Musgrave 2018 -0.4 -2.1 0.4 -2.5 – 0.67× –
Mike Tauchman 2018 -0.4 -2.7 0.5 -3.2 – 0.83× –
Pat Valaika 2018 -1.3 -6.0 0.6 -6.5 – 0.56× –
Wade Davis 2018 +0.8 +8.6 16.0 -7.4 $19.8M 1.34× –
Noel Cuevas 2018 -1.1 -7.4 0.4 -7.8 – 0.83× –
Mike Dunn 2018 -0.2 -1.0 7.0 -8.0 – 0.67× –
Jake McGee 2018 -0.3 -1.4 7.0 -8.4 – 0.67× –
Bryan Shaw 2018 -0.3 -3.7 7.5 -11.2 – 1.34× –
Gerardo Parra 2018 -0.4 -2.7 10.0 -12.7 – 0.83× –
Ian Desmond 2018 -0.4 -1.8 22.0 -23.8 – 0.56× –
Total—+31.8+407.0137.8+270.0—

Trades

Every graded 2018 deal involving the Rockies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

2018 · TOR / COL
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$4.0M
Chad Spanberger, Forrest Wall, Bryan Baker
COL · Jeff Bridich −$4.0M
Seunghwan Oh
TOR came out ahead by $4.0M
2018 · KCR / COL
KCR · Dayton Moore +$4.8M
Jerry Vasto
COL · Jeff Bridich −$4.8M
Drew Butera
KCR came out ahead by $4.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2018 payroll
$137.4M
2019 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2018, 2018–2024. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2018; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2018201920202021202220232024
Ian Desmond328.027$22.0MFREE AGENT
Wade Davis328.032$16.0MFREE AGENT
Gerardo Parra318.145$10.0MFREE AGENT
Bryan Shaw306.081$7.5MFREE AGENT
Jake McGee316.127$7.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Dunn337.079$7.0MFREE AGENT
Adam Ottavino326.087$7.0MFREE AGENT
Carlos González329.059$5.0MFREE AGENT
Chris Iannetta3511.013$3.6MFREE AGENT
Drew Butera347.018$371kFREE AGENT
Matt Holliday3814.000$114kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc2018201920202021202220232024
Nolan Arenado274.155$17.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Charlie Blackmon315.102$12.5MFREE AGENT
DJ LeMahieu295.128$8.5MFREE AGENT
Chad Bettis293.096$2.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Rusin313.092$1.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Seunghwan Oh353.000$599kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (24)

PlayerAgeSvc2018201920202021202220232024
Tyler Anderson282.065$555kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jon Gray262.062$555kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trevor Story252.000$555kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Oberg282.080$555kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Valaika251.022$550kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Antonio Senzatela231.000$550kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Germán Márquez231.023$550kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Wolters261.161$550kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Freeland251.000$550kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan McMahon230.039$547kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Tauchman270.047$547kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Hoffman250.155$547kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Dahl241.007$452kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Harrison Musgrave260.148$431kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Noel Cuevas260.000$375kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Murphy271.004$252kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yency Almonte240.000$229kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brooks Pounders270.082$188kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Raimel Tapia240.136$158kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Garrett Hampson230.000$141kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sam Howard250.000$135kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daniel Castro250.139$105kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
DJ Johnson280.000$79kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Vasto26–$13k

Graphs

How each 2018 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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