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GM: Dean Taylor

Overview

REBUILD → steady
cheap & losing · year 8 in this regime · payroll 0.58× league · TAB -5.5
-5.5TAB — talent above budget24th/30
-1.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)18th/30
3.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars29th/30
-5.8dead WAR — sub-replacement drag18th/30
60%dead money %28th/30
0.451win %22nd/30
22.0roster fWAR27th/30
-5surplus $M (value vs cost)15th/30
$31Mpayroll $M25th/30

Roster

CFMarquis Grissom 142GJames Mouton 23GLou Collier 7G
LFGeoff Jenkins 131GLyle Mouton 22GJames Mouton 19G
RFJeromy Burnitz 158GJames Mouton 7GLyle Mouton 4G
SSMark Loretta 90GLuis Lopez 45GJosé Hernández 37G
2BRonnie Belliard 151GLuis Lopez 22GMark Loretta 1G
3BJosé Hernández 95GCharlie Hayes 59GTyler Houston 28G
1BRichie Sexson 84GCharlie Hayes 57GTyler Houston 35G
STARTERSJeff D'Amico 3.2WARJamey Wright 1.4WARJimmy Haynes 1.3WARJohn Snyder 1.2WARPaul Rigdon 0.5WAR
CHenry Blanco 88GRaul Casanova 72GTyler Houston 23G
DHMark Sweeney 4GRaul Casanova 3GJeromy Burnitz 1G
BULLPEN★ Curt Leskanic 12svDavid Weathers 14hValerio De Los Santos 9hJuan Acevedo 7hRay King 5hJim Bruske 2hMatt Williams 2hEverett Stull 0h
CHenry Blanco 88 · Raul Casanova 72 · Tyler Houston 23
1BRichie Sexson 84 · Charlie Hayes 57 · Tyler Houston 35
2BRonnie Belliard 151 · Luis Lopez 22 · Mark Loretta 1
3BJosé Hernández 95 · Charlie Hayes 59 · Tyler Houston 28
SSMark Loretta 90 · Luis Lopez 45 · José Hernández 37
LFGeoff Jenkins 131 · Lyle Mouton 22 · James Mouton 19
CFMarquis Grissom 142 · James Mouton 23 · Lou Collier 7
RFJeromy Burnitz 158 · James Mouton 7 · Lyle Mouton 4
DHMark Sweeney 4 · Raul Casanova 3 · Jeromy Burnitz 1
SPJeff D'Amico 3.2 · Jamey Wright 1.4 · Jimmy Haynes 1.3 · John Snyder 1.2 · Paul Rigdon 0.5
BP★ Curt Leskanic 12 · David Weathers 14 · Valerio De Los Santos 9 · Juan Acevedo 7 · Ray King 5 · Jim Bruske 2 · Matt Williams 2 · Everett Stull 0

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.

2000 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Geoff Jenkins 25 pre-arb 1354.5 0.3 +6.1
Jeff D'Amico 24 – 233.2 – –
Richie Sexson↔ CLE 25 arb 572.1 0.1 +2.8
Ronnie Belliard 25 pre-arb 1521.8 0.2 +2.3
Henry Blanco 28 arb 931.7 0.2 +2.2
Jeromy Burnitz 31 FA-elig 1611.7 4.5 -2.0
Mark Loretta 28 arb 911.5 2.5 -0.3
Jamey Wright 25 arb 261.4 1.0 +0.9
Jimmy Haynes 27 arb 331.3 0.9 +0.9
John Snyder 25 pre-arb 241.2 0.3 +1.4
Bob Wickman↔ CLE 31 FA-elig 431.2 1.5 +0.2
Jason Bere↔ CLE 29 FA-elig 200.9 0.5 +0.8
Ray King 26 – 360.6 – –
Paul Rigdon↔ CLE 24 – 120.5 – –
David Weathers 30 FA-elig 690.5 0.7 +0.1
Raul Casanova 27 – 860.5 – –
Tyler Houston 29 arb 1010.5 0.8 -0.1
Charlie Hayes 35 FA-elig 1210.5 0.3 +0.4
Curt Leskanic 32 FA-elig 730.4 1.4 -0.8
James Mouton 31 FA-elig 870.4 0.3 +0.3
Luis Lopez 29 FA-elig 780.4 0.8 -0.3
Steve Woodard↔ CLE 25 arb 270.3 0.2 +0.1
Allen Levrault 22 – 50.2 – –
Juan Acevedo 30 arb 620.2 0.6 -0.4
Lyle Mouton 31 arb 420.2 0.3 -0.1
Mike Buddie 29 – 50.1 – –
Mark Sweeney 30 arb 710.1 0.5 -0.4
Hector Ramirez 28 – 60.0 – –
Bob Scanlan 33 – 20.0 – –
José Hernández 30 FA-elig 124-0.0 3.3 -3.4
Valerio De Los Santos 27 pre-arb 66-0.0 0.2 -0.3
Angel Echevarria↔ COL 29 – 31-0.1 – –
Kevin Barker 24 pre-arb 40-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Kevin Brown 27 – 5-0.1 – –
Rafael Roque 28 – 4-0.1 – –
Chris Jones 34 – 12-0.1 – –
Lou Collier 26 – 14-0.1 – –
Kane Davis↔ CLE 25 – 3-0.1 – –
Santiago Perez 24 – 24-0.3 – –
Everett Stull 28 – 20-0.4 – –
Horacio Estrada 24 – 7-0.4 – –
Matt Williams 29 pre-arb 11-0.4 0.2 -0.8
Sean Berry↔ BOS 34 FA-elig 32-0.5 2.3 -3.0
Jim Bruske 35 arb 15-0.6 0.2 -1.1
Jaime Navarro↔ CLE 33 FA-elig 5-0.6 2.1 -3.0
Marquis Grissom 33 FA-elig 146-1.8 5.0 -7.5

Key additions (new vs 1999)

PlayerfWAR
Richie Sexson2.1
Henry Blanco1.7
Jamey Wright1.4
Jimmy Haynes1.3
John Snyder1.2
Ray King0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Player1999 fWAR
Jeff Cirillo4.8
Dave Nilsson2.9
Hideo Nomo2.4
Alex Ochoa2.2
Scott Karl2.2
Kyle Peterson1.5

Current & Historical Payroll

2000 payroll
$31.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2000, 2000–2006. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Marquis Grissom3311.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Jeromy Burnitz317.000$4.5M$5.5MFREE AGENT
José Hernández309.000$3.3M$3.3M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Sean Berry3410.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Jaime Navarro3311.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Bob Wickman318.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Curt Leskanic327.000$1.4M$2.2MFREE AGENT$1.9M
Luis Lopez297.000$775k$700k$628kFREE AGENT
David Weathers309.000$650k$780kFREE AGENT
Jason Bere297.000$516kFREE AGENT
Charlie Hayes3512.000$300kFREE AGENT
James Mouton316.000$260k$300kFREE AGENT
Chris Jones349.000—FREE AGENT
Bob Scanlan339.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Mark Loretta285.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Jamey Wright254.000$1.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jimmy Haynes275.000$900kFREE AGENT
Tyler Houston294.000$835kARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Acevedo305.000$612kFREE AGENT
Mark Sweeney305.000$515kFREE AGENT
Lyle Mouton315.000$275kFREE AGENT
Steve Woodard253.000$236kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Henry Blanco283.000$235kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Bruske355.000$200kFREE AGENT
Richie Sexson253.000$95kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Brown274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Raul Casanova274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lou Collier263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff D'Amico244.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Angel Echevarria294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Geoff Jenkins252.000$282kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Snyder252.000$258kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ronnie Belliard252.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Valerio De Los Santos272.000$210kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Barker241.000$205kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Williams290.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Everett Stull28–—
Mike Buddie292.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Roque282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ray King261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Santiago Perez240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hector Ramirez281.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Horacio Estrada241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Allen Levrault22–—
Kane Davis250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Rigdon240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 2000; 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.