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Phillies PHI

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GM: Ed Wade

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.7× league · TAB -7.1
-7.1TAB — talent above budget25th/30
-12.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)27th/30
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars20th/30
-8.8dead WAR — sub-replacement drag29th/30
45%dead money %25th/30
0.401win %29th/30
22.7roster fWAR25th/30
-5surplus $M (value vs cost)14th/30
$38Mpayroll $M22nd/30

Roster

CFDoug Glanville 150GKevin Sefcik 20GReggie Taylor 3G
LFPat Burrell 48GRob Ducey 30GKevin Sefcik 25G
RFBobby Abreu 152GKevin Sefcik 9GRob Ducey 5G
SSTomás Pérez 44GAlex Arias 39GJimmy Rollins 13G
2BKevin Jordan 47GMarlon Anderson 41GDavid Newhan 8G
3BScott Rolen 128GKevin Jordan 39GAlex Arias 10G
1BTravis Lee 70GPat Burrell 58GBrian R. Hunter 40G
STARTERSRobert Person 3.4WARRandy Wolf 3.1WARBruce Chen 1.3WAROmar Daal 1.2WARCliff Politte 0.6WAR
CMike Lieberthal 106GTom Prince 46GGary Bennett 31G
DHRob Ducey 5GPat Burrell 4G
BULLPEN★ Jeff Brantley 23svVicente Padilla 15hEd Vosberg 11hWayne Gomes 4hJason Boyd 2hScott Aldred 2hMark Holzemer 1hSteve Schrenk 0h
CMike Lieberthal 106 · Tom Prince 46 · Gary Bennett 31
1BTravis Lee 70 · Pat Burrell 58 · Brian R. Hunter 40
2BKevin Jordan 47 · Marlon Anderson 41 · David Newhan 8
3BScott Rolen 128 · Kevin Jordan 39 · Alex Arias 10
SSTomás Pérez 44 · Alex Arias 39 · Jimmy Rollins 13
LFPat Burrell 48 · Rob Ducey 30 · Kevin Sefcik 25
CFDoug Glanville 150 · Kevin Sefcik 20 · Reggie Taylor 3
RFBobby Abreu 152 · Kevin Sefcik 9 · Rob Ducey 5
DHRob Ducey 5 · Pat Burrell 4
SPRobert Person 3.4 · Randy Wolf 3.1 · Bruce Chen 1.3 · Omar Daal 1.2 · Cliff Politte 0.6
BP★ Jeff Brantley 23 · Vicente Padilla 15 · Ed Vosberg 11 · Wayne Gomes 4 · Jason Boyd 2 · Scott Aldred 2 · Mark Holzemer 1 · Steve Schrenk 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
Bobby Abreu 26 arb 1546.9 2.9 +6.8
Scott Rolen 25 arb 1284.6 2.8 +3.7
Robert Person 30 arb 283.4 1.4 +3.4
Randy Wolf 23 pre-arb 323.1 0.2 +4.2
Mike Lieberthal 28 FA-elig 1082.9 4.8 -0.6
Curt Schilling↔ ARI 33 FA-elig 161.9 3.1 -0.5
Ron Gant↔ ANA 35 FA-elig 891.6 3.7 -1.4
Bruce Chen↔ ATL 23 pre-arb 151.3 0.1 +1.7
Omar Daal↔ ARI 28 FA-elig 121.2 2.1 -0.5
Cliff Politte 26 – 120.6 – –
Pat Burrell 23 – 1110.5 – –
Gary Bennett 28 – 310.5 – –
Wayne Gomes 27 arb 650.4 0.4 +0.2
Andy Ashby↔ ATL 32 FA-elig 160.4 3.0 -2.4
David Coggin 23 – 50.3 – –
Travis Lee↔ ARI 25 pre-arb 560.3 0.2 +0.2
Kent Bottenfield↔ ANA 31 FA-elig 80.3 1.1 -0.7
Tom Prince 35 FA-elig 460.3 0.3 +0.1
Brian R. Hunter↔ ATL 32 – 850.2 – –
Doug Glanville 29 arb 1540.2 2.0 -1.7
Jason Boyd 27 pre-arb 300.2 0.2 +0.1
Kirk Bullinger 30 pre-arb 30.2 0.2 +0.0
David Newhan↔ SDP 26 pre-arb 100.2 0.1 +0.2
Scott Aldred 32 FA-elig 230.0 0.6 -0.5
Bryan Ward↔ ANA 28 – 200.0 – –
Mark Holzemer 30 – 250.0 – –
Vicente Padilla↔ ARI 22 – 28-0.0 – –
Steve Schrenk 31 pre-arb 20-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Doug Nickle 25 – 4-0.0 – –
Clemente Alvarez 32 – 2-0.0 – –
Mark Brownson 25 – 2-0.0 – –
Paul Byrd 29 arb 17-0.1 1.9 -2.0
Chris Pritchett 30 – 5-0.1 – –
Jimmy Rollins 21 – 14-0.1 – –
Thomas Jacquez 24 – 9-0.1 – –
Rob Ducey↔ TOR 35 FA-elig 112-0.1 0.5 -0.7
Carlos Reyes↔ SDP 31 FA-elig 10-0.1 0.2 -0.4
Amaury Telemaco 26 arb 13-0.2 0.4 -0.6
Trever Miller↔ LAD 27 arb 14-0.2 0.2 -0.5
Ed Vosberg 38 – 31-0.2 – –
Reggie Taylor 23 – 9-0.3 – –
Rico Brogna↔ BOS 30 FA-elig 38-0.4 2.0 -2.5
Kevin Sefcik 29 arb 99-0.4 0.5 -1.0
Desi Relaford↔ SDP 26 arb 83-0.5 0.2 -0.9
Mickey Morandini↔ TOR 34 FA-elig 91-0.5 0.5 -1.2
Jeff Brantley 36 FA-elig 55-0.5 0.5 -1.3
Marlon Anderson 26 – 41-0.7 – –
Chris Brock 30 arb 63-0.7 0.2 -1.3
Alex Arias 32 FA-elig 70-0.8 0.6 -1.6
Tomas Perez 26 – 45-1.3 – –
Kevin Jordan 30 arb 109-1.5 1.0 -3.1

Key additions (new vs 1999)

PlayerfWAR
Bruce Chen1.3
Omar Daal1.2
Pat Burrell0.5
Andy Ashby0.4
David Coggin0.3
Travis Lee0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Player1999 fWAR
Carlton Loewer1.6
Joe Grahe0.4
Wendell Magee0.3
Anthony Shumaker0.1
Jim Poole0.1
Yorkis Perez0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2000 payroll
$38.1M

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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Mike Lieberthal286.000$4.8M$6.3M$7.3M$7.2M$7.5M$7.5M$7.5M
Ron Gant3513.000$3.7MFREE AGENT
Curt Schilling3312.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Andy Ashby329.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Omar Daal287.000$2.1M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Rico Brogna308.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Kent Bottenfield318.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Scott Aldred3210.000$600kFREE AGENT
Alex Arias328.000$550kFREE AGENT
Mickey Morandini3410.000$542kFREE AGENT
Jeff Brantley3612.000$500kFREE AGENT
Rob Ducey3513.000$479k$263kFREE AGENT
Tom Prince3513.000$300kFREE AGENT
Carlos Reyes316.000$227kFREE AGENT
Mark Holzemer307.000—FREE AGENT
Brian R. Hunter329.000—FREE AGENT
Ed Vosberg3814.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Bobby Abreu264.000$2.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Rolen254.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Glanville294.000$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Byrd295.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Robert Person305.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Kevin Jordan305.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Kevin Sefcik295.000$475kFREE AGENT
Wayne Gomes273.000$390kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Amaury Telemaco264.000$375kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Brock303.000$250kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trever Miller274.000$245kARB 3FREE AGENT
Desi Relaford264.000$224kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Bennett285.000—FREE AGENT
Tomas Perez265.000—FREE AGENT
Chris Pritchett304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Randy Wolf231.000$240kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Lee252.000$219kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Schrenk311.000$210kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirk Bullinger302.000$205kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Boyd271.000$203kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Newhan261.000$85kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bruce Chen232.000$84kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Politte262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Ward282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Brownson25–—
Marlon Anderson262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Burrell230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Coggin230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reggie Taylor230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vicente Padilla221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Nickle25–—
Jimmy Rollins210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Thomas Jacquez24–—
Clemente Alvarez32–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Phillies 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.