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GM: Jim Duquette

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
$104M
Surplus $M
-77
Win %
0.410
TAB
-25.8
WAB
-20.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
13.4
Dead money %
47%
Depth Players
3.0
Dead WAR
-7.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2003 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RVance Wilson89
RMike Piazza64
RJason Phillips29
RJoe DePastino1

1B

RJason Phillips84
BTony Clark80
LMo Vaughn24
RJay Bell13
RJoe McEwing5
LMike Glavine3
RMike Piazza1

2B

BRoberto Alomar⇄73
RJoe McEwing55
RMarco Scutaro39
RDanny Garcia17
RJay Bell14
RRey Sanchez⇄12

3B

RTy Wigginton155
RJay Bell14
RJoe McEwing2

SS

BJosé Reyes69
RJoe McEwing42
RJorge Velandia23
RJay Bell12
RMarco Scutaro1

LF

LCliff Floyd95
LTimo Perez58
RRaul Gonzalez45
RJoe McEwing16
RTsuyoshi Shinjo7
LMatt Watson5
LJeff Duncan1
RDanny Garcia1
BTony Clark1

CF

LJeff Duncan52
RTsuyoshi Shinjo50
LTimo Perez49
RRaul Gonzalez25
BRoger Cedeno17
RPrentice Redman9
RJoe McEwing1

RF

BRoger Cedeno111
RRaul Gonzalez40
LTimo Perez14
RJoe McEwing2
RPrentice Redman2
RTsuyoshi Shinjo1

DH

LCliff Floyd9

Starters

RJae Seo3.0 WAR
RSteve Trachsel2.0 WAR
LAl Leiter1.8 WAR
LTom Glavine1.4 WAR
RJeremy Griffiths0.1 WAR
RJason Roach-0.1 WAR
LMike Bacsik-0.2 WAR
RDavid Cone-0.2 WAR
RPedro Astacio-0.5 WAR
RAaron Heilman-0.7 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDavid Weathers7 sv
LMike Stanton10 h
LJohn Franco4 h
LJaime Cerda2 h
RArmando Benitez⇄0 h
LGraeme Lloyd⇄0 h
RDan Wheeler0 h
LPedro Feliciano0 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
José Reyes2.2
Cliff Floyd2.2
Tom Glavine1.4
Graeme Lloyd0.4
Jeff Duncan0.2
Dan Wheeler0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
Edgardo Alfonzo5.3
Jay Payton2.0
Jeff D'Amico1.4
Shawn Estes1.0
Rey Ordonez0.8
John Thomson0.8

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Mets. 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
Jae Weong Seo 2003 +3.0 +46.7 0.3 +46.4 $0.1M 1.96× –
Steve Trachsel 2003 +2.0 +23.4 3.0 +20.4 $1.5M 1.49× –
José Reyes 2003 +2.2 +16.0 0.3 +15.7 $0.1M 0.89× –
Cliff Floyd 2003 +2.2 +21.0 6.5 +14.5 $3.0M 1.22× –
Al Leiter 2003 +1.8 +21.3 8.0 +13.3 $4.5M 1.49× –
Jeromy Burnitz↔ 2003 +1.5 +14.7 6.3 +8.4 $4.2M 1.22× –
Jason Phillips 2003 +1.0 +4.7 0.3 +4.4 $0.3M 0.56× –
David Weathers 2003 +0.7 +7.3 3.7 +3.6 $5.4M 1.34× –
Graeme Lloyd↔ 2003 +0.4 +2.2 0.5 +1.8 $1.1M 0.67× –
Grant Roberts 2003 +0.4 +2.1 0.3 +1.8 $0.8M 0.67× –
Vance Wilson 2003 +0.4 +1.6 0.3 +1.3 $0.8M 0.52× –
Joe McEwing 2003 +0.4 +1.7 0.6 +1.1 $1.5M 0.56× –
Tom Glavine 2003 +1.4 +11.3 11.0 +0.3 $7.9M 1.02× –
Scott Strickland 2003 +0.2 +0.8 0.9 -0.1 $6.1M 0.67× –
Timo Perez 2003 -0.0 -0.0 0.3 -0.4 – 0.83× –
Jason Anderson↔ 2003 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Ty Wigginton 2003 -0.2 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 – 0.58× –
Jaime Cerda 2003 -0.3 -1.6 0.3 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Mike Bacsik 2003 -0.2 -1.6 0.3 -1.9 – 1.02× –
Armando Benitez↔ 2003 +0.5 +2.5 4.5 -2.1 $9.8M 0.67× –
Tsuyoshi Shinjo 2003 -0.2 -1.5 0.6 -2.1 – 0.83× –
Mike Stanton 2003 -0.0 -0.4 2.0 -2.4 – 1.34× –
Roberto Alomar↔ 2003 +0.1 +0.7 4.2 -3.5 $28.0M 0.56× –
Jay Bell 2003 -0.8 -3.4 0.6 -3.9 – 0.56× –
Rey Sanchez↔ 2003 -0.7 -3.1 0.7 -3.9 – 0.56× –
John Franco 2003 -0.3 -1.6 3.8 -5.5 – 0.67× –
Mike Piazza 2003 +1.6 +9.8 15.6 -5.7 $9.6M 0.76× –
Roger Cedeno 2003 -0.4 -2.7 4.9 -7.6 – 0.83× –
Pedro Astacio 2003 -0.5 -4.2 7.0 -11.2 – 1.02× –
Mo Vaughn 2003 -0.6 -2.5 17.2 -19.7 – 0.56× –
Aaron Heilman 2003 -0.7 -5.4 – – – 1.02× –
Dan Wheeler 2003 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Danny Garcia 2003 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
David Cone 2003 -0.2 -1.5 – – – 1.02× –
Edwin Almonte 2003 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Middlebrook 2003 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Roach 2003 -0.1 -1.2 – – – 1.02× –
Jeff Duncan 2003 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.83× –
Jeremy Griffiths 2003 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 1.02× –
Joe DePastino 2003 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.52× –
Jorge Velandia 2003 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.61× –
Marco Scutaro 2003 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Matt Watson 2003 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.83× –
Mike Glavine 2003 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.56× –
Orber Moreno 2003 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Pat Strange 2003 -0.7 -3.8 – – – 0.67× –
Pedro Feliciano 2003 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Prentice Redman 2003 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.83× –
Raul Gonzalez 2003 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.83× –
Tony Clark 2003 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+13.7+150.3104.4+59.6—

Trades

Every graded 2003 deal involving the Mets — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2003 · NYM / LAD
NYM · Jim Duquette +$28.0M
Víctor Díaz, Jose Díaz, Kole Strayhorn
LAD · Dan Evans −$28.0M
Jeromy Burnitz
NYM came out ahead by $28.0M
2003 · NYM / NYY
NYM · Jim Duquette +$12.0M
Jason Anderson, Ryan Bicondoa, Anderson García
NYY · Brian Cashman −$12.0M
Armando Benítez
NYM came out ahead by $12.0M
2003 · NYM / KCR
NYM · Jim Duquette +$0.8M
Jeremy Hill
KCR · Allard Baird −$0.8M
Graeme Lloyd
NYM came out ahead by $0.8M
2003 · NYM / CHW
NYM · Jim Duquette +$22.4M
Edwin Almonte, Royce Ring, Andrew Salvo
CHW · Kenny Williams −$22.4M
Roberto Alomar
NYM came out ahead by $22.4M
2003 · SEA / NYM
SEA · Pat Gillick +$1.6M
Rey Sánchez
NYM · Jim Duquette −$1.6M
Kenny Kelly
SEA came out ahead by $1.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$104.3M

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 (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Mo Vaughn3512.000$17.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Piazza3411.000$15.6M$16.1M$16.1MFREE AGENT
Tom Glavine3716.000$11.0M$10.8M$10.8M$10.0M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Al Leiter3716.000$8.0M$10.3MFREE AGENT
Pedro Astacio3411.000$7.0MFREE AGENT
Cliff Floyd3010.000$6.5M$6.5M$6.6M$6.6MFREE AGENT
Jeromy Burnitz3410.000$6.3MFREE AGENT
Roger Cedeno288.000$4.9MFREE AGENT
Armando Benitez309.000$4.5MFREE AGENT
Roberto Alomar3515.000$4.2MFREE AGENT
John Franco4219.000$3.8M$1.0MFREE AGENT
David Weathers3312.000$3.7M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Steve Trachsel3210.000$3.0M$5.0M$6.8M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Stanton3614.000$2.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Rey Sanchez3512.000$714kFREE AGENT
Jay Bell3717.000$550kFREE AGENT
Graeme Lloyd3610.000$450kFREE AGENT
Tony Clark318.000—FREE AGENT
David Cone4017.000—FREE AGENT
Jorge Velandia286.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Scott Strickland274.000$950kARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe McEwing305.000$600kFREE AGENT
Vance Wilson304.000$315kARB 3FREE AGENT
Timo Perez283.000$312kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Grant Roberts253.000$310kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Orber Moreno264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Wheeler254.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Tsuyoshi Shinjo312.000$600kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Bacsik252.000$302kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ty Wigginton251.000$302kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jae Weong Seo261.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Phillips262.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jaime Cerda241.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Reyes200.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Anderson240.000$64kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe DePastino29–—
Jason Middlebrook28–—
Raul Gonzalez29–—
Marco Scutaro271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edwin Almonte26–—
Pat Strange22–—
Pedro Feliciano261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Heilman240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Watson24–—
Prentice Redman23–—
Jeff Duncan24–—
Jeremy Griffiths25–—
Jason Roach27–—
Danny Garcia23–—
Mike Glavine30–—

Graphs

How each 2003 acquisition stacked onto Mets'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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