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200390–72 (0.556)Made Playoffs
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GM: Terry Ryan

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2003, 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
$58M
Surplus $M
+11
Win %
0.556
TAB
+8.5
WAB
+10.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
40.7
Dead money %
24%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-3.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2003 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LA.J. Pierzynski135
RTom Prince⇄24
RMatthew LeCroy22
BRob Bowen7

1B

LDoug Mientkiewicz139
LTodd Sears⇄19
RMatthew LeCroy17
BDenny Hocking10
LJustin Morneau7
RMichael Cuddyer5

2B

RLuis Rivas134
BDenny Hocking25
RChris Gomez23
RAlex Prieto5
LDoug Mientkiewicz1
RMichael Cuddyer1

3B

LCorey Koskie131
BDenny Hocking24
RChris Gomez18
RMichael Cuddyer7
LDoug Mientkiewicz1

SS

BCristian Guzman141
RChris Gomez17
BDenny Hocking17
RAlex Prieto1

LF

LJacque Jones90
RShannon Stewart⇄55
RDustan Mohr30
RLew Ford8
LMichael Ryan4
RMichael Restovich3
BDenny Hocking2
RMichael Cuddyer1

CF

RTorii Hunter151
RLew Ford13
RDustan Mohr11
BDenny Hocking2

RF

RDustan Mohr77
RMichael Cuddyer17
RMichael Restovich14
LMichael Ryan12
LJacque Jones11
RShannon Stewart⇄7
RLew Ford6
BDenny Hocking4
LDoug Mientkiewicz3

DH

RMatthew LeCroy56
BBobby Kielty⇄29
LJacque Jones29
LJustin Morneau20
LTodd Sears⇄5
RShannon Stewart⇄4
LMichael Ryan3
RTorii Hunter3
RMichael Restovich1
RMichael Cuddyer1

Starters

LJohan Santana3.8 WAR
RKyle Lohse2.9 WAR
RBrad Radke2.8 WAR
LKenny Rogers2.5 WAR
RRick Reed1.2 WAR
LCarlos Pulido0.3 WAR
LEric Milton0.3 WAR
RGrant Balfour0.1 WAR
RJoe Mays0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ LEddie Guardado41 sv
RLaTroy Hawkins28 h
LJ.C. Romero22 h
RJuan Rincon5 h
RGrant Balfour1 h
RMike Nakamura1 h
RJames Baldwin1 h
RTony Fiore0 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 2002)

PlayerfWAR
Kenny Rogers2.5
Shannon Stewart2.4
Lew Ford1.0
Carlos Pulido0.3
Grant Balfour0.1
Mike Fetters0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
David Ortiz1.1
Mike Jackson0.3
Javier Valentin0.1
Travis Miller0.0
Brian Buchanan0.0
Bob Wells-0.0

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Twins. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2003; everyone else is shown as a 2003 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
LaTroy Hawkins 2003 +2.6 +53.7 3.0 +50.7 $1.1M 2.57× –
Corey Koskie 2003 +4.9 +49.5 3.4 +46.1 $0.7M 1.25× –
Kyle Lohse 2003 +2.9 +45.3 0.3 +45.0 $0.1M 1.96× –
Johan Santana 2003 +3.8 +43.3 0.3 +43.0 $0.1M 1.44× –
Torii Hunter 2003 +3.5 +44.8 4.8 +40.0 $1.4M 1.60× –
Kenny Rogers 2003 +2.5 +39.7 2.0 +37.7 $0.8M 1.96× –
Brad Radke 2003 +2.8 +43.2 8.8 +34.5 $3.2M 1.96× –
Doug Mientkiewicz 2003 +3.7 +35.3 1.8 +33.6 $0.5M 1.20× –
A.J. Pierzynski 2003 +3.6 +31.9 0.4 +31.6 $0.1M 1.12× –
Shannon Stewart↔ 2003 +2.4 +23.0 3.0 +20.0 $1.3M 1.22× –
Jacque Jones 2003 +1.8 +17.7 2.8 +15.0 $1.5M 1.22× –
Eddie Guardado 2003 +1.4 +15.2 2.7 +12.5 $1.9M 1.34× –
Matthew LeCroy 2003 +1.1 +6.2 0.3 +5.9 $0.3M 0.69× –
Cristian Guzman 2003 +1.3 +6.1 2.5 +3.6 $2.0M 0.61× –
Bobby Kielty↔ 2003 +0.5 +3.0 0.2 +2.9 $0.3M 0.69× –
Dustan Mohr 2003 +0.4 +2.7 0.3 +2.3 $0.8M 0.83× –
Rick Reed 2003 +1.2 +9.8 8.0 +1.8 $6.6M 1.02× –
Tom Prince↔ 2003 +0.3 +1.1 0.3 +0.8 $1.2M 0.52× –
Denny Hocking 2003 +0.3 +1.4 1.0 +0.4 $3.1M 0.56× –
Jesse Orosco↔ 2003 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Mike Fetters 2003 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $21.5M 0.67× –
Tony Fiore 2003 -0.3 -1.5 0.3 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Luis Rivas 2003 -0.4 -1.9 0.3 -2.2 – 0.56× –
Chris Gomez 2003 -0.4 -2.0 0.5 -2.5 – 0.56× –
J.C. Romero 2003 -0.6 -3.0 0.3 -3.3 – 0.67× –
Michael Cuddyer 2003 -0.4 -3.0 0.3 -3.3 – 0.83× –
Eric Milton 2003 +0.3 +2.2 6.0 -3.8 $22.5M 1.02× –
Joe Mays 2003 +0.0 +0.3 4.2 -3.8 $106.3M 1.02× –
Adam Johnson 2003 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Alex Prieto 2003 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.56× –
Brad Thomas 2003 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Carlos Pulido 2003 +0.3 +1.6 – – – 0.67× –
Grant Balfour 2003 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
James Baldwin 2003 -0.5 -2.8 – – – 0.67× –
Juan Rincon 2003 +0.7 +3.8 – – – 0.67× –
Justin Morneau 2003 -0.2 -1.4 – – – 0.69× –
Lew Ford 2003 +1.0 +6.6 – – – 0.83× –
Michael Restovich 2003 +0.3 +2.2 – – – 0.83× –
Michael Ryan 2003 +0.9 +6.0 – – – 0.83× –
Micheal Nakamura 2003 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Rob Bowen 2003 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.52× –
Todd Sears↔ 2003 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.69× –
Total—+40.9+475.558.4+406.1—

Trades

Every graded 2003 deal involving the Twins — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2003 · MIN / SDP
MIN · Terry Ryan +$0.8M
Alex Garcia
SDP · Kevin Towers −$0.8M
Todd Sears
MIN came out ahead by $0.8M
2003 · NYY / MIN
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.8M
Juan Padilla
MIN · Terry Ryan −$0.8M
Jesse Orosco
NYY came out ahead by $0.8M
2003 · MIN / PHI
MIN · Terry Ryan +$88.0M
Carlos Silva, Nick Punto, Bobby Korecky
PHI · Ed Wade −$88.0M
Eric Milton
MIN came out ahead by $88.0M
2003 · SFG / MIN
SFG · Brian Sabean +$8.8M
Dustan Mohr
MIN · Terry Ryan −$8.8M
J.T. Thomas
SFG came out ahead by $8.8M
2003 · MIN / SFG
MIN · Terry Ryan +$132.0M
Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, Boof Bonser
SFG · Brian Sabean −$132.0M
A. J. Pierzynski
MIN came out ahead by $132.0M
2003 · MIN / TOR
MIN · Terry Ryan +$9.6M
Shannon Stewart, Dave Gassner
TOR · JP Ricciardi −$9.6M
Bobby Kielty
MIN came out ahead by $9.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$58.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Brad Radke308.000$8.8M$10.8M$9.0M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Rick Reed3815.000$8.0MFREE AGENT
Torii Hunter276.000$4.8M$6.5M$8.0M$10.8M$12.0MFREE AGENT
LaTroy Hawkins308.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Shannon Stewart298.000$3.0M$5.5M$6.0M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Eddie Guardado3210.000$2.7MFREE AGENT$1.7M
Kenny Rogers3814.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Denny Hocking3310.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Chris Gomez3210.000$500kFREE AGENT
Mike Fetters3814.000$500kFREE AGENT
Tom Prince3816.000$338kFREE AGENT
Jesse Orosco4624.000$98kFREE AGENT
James Baldwin318.000—FREE AGENT
Carlos Pulido319.000—$305kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Eric Milton275.000$6.0MFREE AGENT
Joe Mays274.000$4.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Corey Koskie305.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Jacque Jones284.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Cristian Guzman254.000$2.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Mientkiewicz295.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
A.J. Pierzynski265.000$365kFREE AGENT
Luis Rivas233.000$340kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Johan Santana243.000$335kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Fiore313.000$330kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.C. Romero274.000$325kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matthew LeCroy273.000$312kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Kyle Lohse242.000$330kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustan Mohr272.000$315kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Cuddyer242.000$302kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Kielty262.000$178kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lew Ford260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Prieto27–—
Michael Restovich24–—
Todd Sears27–—
Grant Balfour252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Rincon242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Thomas252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Johnson23–—
Justin Morneau220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Ryan251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Bowen220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Micheal Nakamura26–—

Graphs

How each 2003 acquisition stacked onto Twins's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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