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Rockies COL

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GM: Jeff Bridich

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.69× league · TAB -6.6
-6.6TAB — talent above budget24th/30
-2.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)17th/30
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars22nd/30
-4.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag10th/30
38%dead money %18th/30
0.460win %21st/30
22.9roster fWAR24th/30
-10surplus $M (value vs cost)14th/30
$87Mpayroll $M21st/30

Roster

CFGarrett Hampson 91GYonathan Daza 57GSam Hilliard 46G
LFRaimel Tapia 118GConnor Joe 32GSam Hilliard 17G
RFCharlie Blackmon 137GYonathan Daza 22GSam Hilliard 11G
SSTrevor Story 138GBrendan Rodgers 26GAlan Trejo 9G
2BBrendan Rodgers 81GRyan McMahon 52GGarrett Hampson 47G
3BRyan McMahon 113GJoshua Fuentes 60GRio Ruiz 17G
1BC.J. Cron 130GJoshua Fuentes 32GConnor Joe 14G
STARTERSGermán Márquez 4.1WARAntonio Senzatela 3.0WARJon Gray 2.0WARKyle Freeland 1.2WARAustin Gomber 1.1WAR
CElias Díaz 98GDom Nuñez 77G
DHC.J. Cron 3GConnor Joe 3GCharlie Blackmon 1G
BULLPEN★ Daniel Bard 20svJhoulys Chacín 18hCarlos Estévez 15hTyler Kinley 10hRobert Stephenson 4hYency Almonte 4hLucas Gilbreath 4hBen Bowden 1h
CElias Díaz 98 · Dom Nuñez 77
1BC.J. Cron 130 · Joshua Fuentes 32 · Connor Joe 14
2BBrendan Rodgers 81 · Ryan McMahon 52 · Garrett Hampson 47
3BRyan McMahon 113 · Joshua Fuentes 60 · Rio Ruiz 17
SSTrevor Story 138 · Brendan Rodgers 26 · Alan Trejo 9
LFRaimel Tapia 118 · Connor Joe 32 · Sam Hilliard 17
CFGarrett Hampson 91 · Yonathan Daza 57 · Sam Hilliard 46
RFCharlie Blackmon 137 · Yonathan Daza 22 · Sam Hilliard 11
DHC.J. Cron 3 · Connor Joe 3 · Charlie Blackmon 1
SPGermán Márquez 4.1 · Antonio Senzatela 3.0 · Jon Gray 2.0 · Kyle Freeland 1.2 · Austin Gomber 1.1
BP★ Daniel Bard 20 · Jhoulys Chacín 18 · Carlos Estévez 15 · Tyler Kinley 10 · Robert Stephenson 4 · Yency Almonte 4 · Lucas Gilbreath 4 · Ben Bowden 1

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2021 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Germán Márquez 26 arb 324.1 7.8 +5.5
Antonio Senzatela 26 arb 283.0 3.0 +6.7
Ryan McMahon 26 arb 1512.4 2.4 +5.6
C.J. Cron 31 FA-elig 1422.3 1.0 +6.6
Trevor Story 28 arb 1422.2 18.5 -11.5
Jon Gray 29 FA-elig 312.0 6.0 +0.4
Elias Díaz 30 FA-elig 1061.7 1.2 +4.3
Brendan Rodgers 24 pre-arb 1021.2 0.6 +3.4
Kyle Freeland 28 arb 251.2 5.0 -1.3
Austin Gomber 27 pre-arb 241.1 0.6 +3.1
Connor Joe 28 pre-arb 630.9 0.4 +2.7
Daniel Bard 36 FA-elig 670.6 2.9 -1.0
Carlos Estévez 28 arb 640.6 1.4 +0.4
Robert Stephenson 28 arb 490.5 0.8 +0.9
Raimel Tapia 27 arb 1330.5 1.9 -0.3
Chris Owings 29 FA-elig 210.5 1.0 +0.5
Dom Nuñez 26 pre-arb 810.4 0.6 +0.7
Sam Hilliard 27 pre-arb 810.4 0.3 +0.9
Yonathan Daza 27 pre-arb 1070.3 0.6 +0.4
Chi Chi González 29 FA-elig 240.3 1.1 -0.2
Tyler Kinley 30 pre-arb 700.2 0.6 +0.1
Jordan Sheffield 26 – 300.2 0.6 +0.1
Lucas Gilbreath 25 – 470.2 0.5 +0.2
Garrett Hampson 26 pre-arb 1470.2 0.6 +0.0
Antonio Santos 24 pre-arb 70.1 0.1 +0.2
Jhoulys Chacín 33 FA-elig 460.1 0.8 -0.6
Ashton Goudeau↔ CIN 28 pre-arb 110.1 0.1 +0.1
Ben Bowden 26 – 390.1 0.5 -0.3
Justin Lawrence 26 – 190.0 0.2 -0.1
Mychal Givens↔ CIN 31 FA-elig 310.0 2.3 -2.2
Zac Rosscup 33 arb 4-0.0 0.1 -0.2
Charlie Blackmon 34 FA-elig 150-0.1 21.5 -21.7
Julian Fernández 25 pre-arb 6-0.1 0.1 -0.4
Taylor Motter↔ BOS 31 – 13-0.1 0.0 -0.4
Ryan Vilade 22 – 3-0.1 0.0 -0.4
Peter Lambert 24 pre-arb 2-0.1 0.6 -1.0
Ryan Castellani 25 pre-arb 1-0.2 0.0 -0.5
Ryan Feltner 24 – 2-0.3 0.1 -0.9
Rio Ruiz↔ BAL 27 pre-arb 30-0.3 0.1 -1.0
Jesus Tinoco 26 pre-arb 1-0.3 0.0 -1.1
Colton Welker 23 – 19-0.4 0.1 -1.2
Alan Trejo 25 – 28-0.4 0.2 -1.4
Matt Adams 32 – 22-0.5 0.5 -2.1
Yency Almonte 27 pre-arb 48-0.5 0.6 -2.3
Joshua Fuentes 28 – 95-1.0 – –

Key additions (new vs 2020)

PlayerfWAR
C.J. Cron2.3
Austin Gomber1.1
Connor Joe0.9
Robert Stephenson0.5
Dom Nuñez0.4
Yonathan Daza0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2020)

Player2020 fWAR
Kevin Pillar0.3
Jeff Hoffman0.1
Tommy Doyle-0.0
Phillip Diehl-0.1
Matt Kemp-0.1
AJ Ramos-0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2021 payroll
$87.1M
2022 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2021, 2021–2027. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2021; 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 (6)

PlayerAgeSvc2021202220232024202520262027
Charlie Blackmon348.102$21.5MFREE AGENT
Chi Chi González296.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Chris Owings296.131$1.0MFREE AGENT
C.J. Cron316.097$1.0MFREE AGENT
Jhoulys Chacín339.087$800kFREE AGENT
Matt Adams328.033$484kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2021202220232024202520262027
Trevor Story285.000$18.5MFREE AGENT
Germán Márquez264.027$7.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jon Gray295.062$6.0MFREE AGENT
Kyle Freeland283.144$5.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Antonio Senzatela263.106$3.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daniel Bard364.103$2.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan McMahon263.006$2.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mychal Givens315.069$2.3MFREE AGENT
Raimel Tapia273.020$1.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Estévez284.022$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Elias Díaz304.088$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Stephenson283.049$805kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zac Rosscup334.090$58kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (26)

PlayerAgeSvc2021202220232024202520262027
Garrett Hampson262.030$580kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Kinley302.014$580kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yency Almonte271.168$576kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brendan Rodgers241.075$576kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Austin Gomber271.111$576kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dom Nuñez260.048$572kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yonathan Daza270.101$572kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordan Sheffield260.000$570kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Peter Lambert241.116$569kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Bowden262.068$460kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lucas Gilbreath250.000$451kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Connor Joe280.017$356kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sam Hilliard271.144$340kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Lawrence260.000$196kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alan Trejo250.000$172kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ashton Goudeau280.092$110kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julian Fernández252.000$98kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Feltner240.000$89kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Antonio Santos240.050$83kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Colton Welker230.000$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rio Ruiz272.109$76kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Motter311.033$50kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Vilade220.000$49kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Castellani250.144$3kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesus Tinoco260.135$3kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joshua Fuentes28–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rockies 2021; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), 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); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.