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Phillies PHI

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GM: Ed Wade

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.7× league · TAB +6.7
+6.7TAB — talent above budget9th/30
+8.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)6th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars13th/30
-2.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag3rd/30
37%dead money %22nd/30
0.531win %11th/30
36.5roster fWAR12th/30
+9surplus $M (value vs cost)7th/30
$43Mpayroll $M22nd/30

Roster

CFDoug Glanville 150GBrian L. Hunter 18GReggie Taylor 2G
LFPat Burrell 146GBrian L. Hunter 22GEric Valent 7G
RFBobby Abreu 162GBrian L. Hunter 5GTomás Pérez 1G
SSJimmy Rollins 157GTomás Pérez 8GNick Punto 1G
2BMarlon Anderson 140GTomás Pérez 29GKevin Jordan 10G
3BScott Rolen 151GKevin Jordan 10GTomás Pérez 9G
1BTravis Lee 156GFelipe Crespo 18GKevin Jordan 10G
STARTERSRandy Wolf 3.5WAROmar Daal 1.8WARRobert Person 1.7WARBrandon Duckworth 1.5WARDavid Coggin 1.2WAR
CJohnny Estrada 89GTodd Pratt 65GMike Lieberthal 33G
DHPat Burrell 5GEric Valent 4G
BULLPEN★ Jose Mesa 42svRicky Bottalico 22hRheal Cormier 12hJose Santiago 9hTurk Wendell 8hDennis Cook 8hEddie Oropesa 6hChris Brock 3h
CJohnny Estrada 89 · Todd Pratt 65 · Mike Lieberthal 33
1BTravis Lee 156 · Felipe Crespo 18 · Kevin Jordan 10
2BMarlon Anderson 140 · Tomás Pérez 29 · Kevin Jordan 10
3BScott Rolen 151 · Kevin Jordan 10 · Tomás Pérez 9
SSJimmy Rollins 157 · Tomás Pérez 8 · Nick Punto 1
LFPat Burrell 146 · Brian L. Hunter 22 · Eric Valent 7
CFDoug Glanville 150 · Brian L. Hunter 18 · Reggie Taylor 2
RFBobby Abreu 162 · Brian L. Hunter 5 · Tomás Pérez 1
DHPat Burrell 5 · Eric Valent 4
SPRandy Wolf 3.5 · Omar Daal 1.8 · Robert Person 1.7 · Brandon Duckworth 1.5 · David Coggin 1.2
BP★ Jose Mesa 42 · Ricky Bottalico 22 · Rheal Cormier 12 · Jose Santiago 9 · Turk Wendell 8 · Dennis Cook 8 · Eddie Oropesa 6 · Chris Brock 3

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.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Scott Rolen 26 arb 1515.6 5.5 +3.6
Bobby Abreu 27 arb 1625.3 5.0 +3.5
Randy Wolf 24 pre-arb 283.5 0.4 +5.3
Marlon Anderson 27 arb 1472.6 0.3 +3.9
Jimmy Rollins 22 pre-arb 1582.1 0.2 +3.2
Doug Glanville 30 arb 1532.0 3.0 +0.3
Omar Daal 29 FA-elig 321.8 2.8 +0.2
Robert Person 31 FA-elig 331.7 3.0 -0.2
Jose Mesa 35 FA-elig 711.6 2.9 -0.3
Brandon Duckworth 25 – 111.5 – –
Tomas Perez 27 FA-elig 621.4 0.3 +1.9
David Coggin 24 – 171.2 – –
Travis Lee 26 arb 1571.2 0.8 +1.1
Pat Burrell 24 pre-arb 1551.1 1.9 -0.1
Nelson Figueroa 27 – 191.1 – –
Jose Santiago↔ KCR 26 arb 530.9 0.2 +1.3
Brian L. Hunter 30 FA-elig 830.9 0.9 +0.5
Vicente Padilla 23 pre-arb 230.8 0.2 +1.0
Wayne Gomes↔ SFG 28 arb 420.4 0.7 -0.1
Ed Vosberg 39 – 180.4 – –
Cliff Politte 27 arb 230.3 0.2 +0.3
Mike Lieberthal 29 FA-elig 340.3 6.3 -5.8
Rheal Cormier 34 FA-elig 600.3 2.6 -2.1
Todd Pratt↔ NYM 34 FA-elig 350.1 0.3 -0.1
Rob Ducey↔ WSN 36 FA-elig 300.1 0.3 -0.1
Gary Bennett↔ COL 29 FA-elig 260.1 0.1 +0.0
Bruce Chen↔ NYM 24 arb 160.1 0.2 -0.1
Paul Byrd↔ KCR 30 – 40.1 – –
Matt Walbeck 31 – 10.0 – –
David Newhan 27 – 70.0 – –
Nick Punto 23 – 40.0 – –
Doug Nickle 26 – 20.0 – –
Turner Ward 36 – 17-0.0 – –
P.J. Forbes 33 – 3-0.0 – –
Reggie Taylor 24 – 5-0.0 – –
Eric Valent 24 – 22-0.0 – –
Amaury Telemaco 27 arb 24-0.1 0.4 -0.5
Jason Michaels 25 – 6-0.1 – –
Eddie Oropesa 29 pre-arb 30-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Johnny Estrada 25 – 89-0.1 – –
Ricky Bottalico 31 FA-elig 66-0.2 1.5 -1.8
Felipe Crespo↔ SFG 28 arb 33-0.2 0.2 -0.5
Dennis Cook↔ NYM 38 FA-elig 19-0.2 0.7 -1.1
Chris Brock 31 arb 24-0.3 0.7 -1.1
Kevin Jordan 31 FA-elig 68-0.4 0.7 -1.3
Turk Wendell↔ NYM 34 FA-elig 21-0.4 0.9 -1.6

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Jose Mesa1.6
Brandon Duckworth1.5
Nelson Figueroa1.1
Jose Santiago0.9
Brian L. Hunter0.9
Rheal Cormier0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Curt Schilling1.9
Ron Gant1.6
Andy Ashby0.4
Kent Bottenfield0.3
Tom Prince0.3
Brian R. Hunter0.2

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$43.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. 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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Mike Lieberthal297.000$6.3M$7.3M$7.2M$7.5M$7.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Robert Person316.000$3.0M$6.2MFREE AGENT
Jose Mesa3514.000$2.9M$4.2M$5.2MFREE AGENT$1.8M
Omar Daal298.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Rheal Cormier3410.000$2.6M$2.9M$3.0M$3.0M$2.2M$1.7MFREE AGENT
Ricky Bottalico317.000$1.5M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Turk Wendell348.000$930kFREE AGENT$3.4M
Brian L. Hunter307.000$900kFREE AGENT
Dennis Cook3813.000$735kFREE AGENT
Kevin Jordan316.000$700kFREE AGENT
Tomas Perez276.000$280k$475k$550k$750k$650kFREE AGENT
Rob Ducey3614.000$263kFREE AGENT
Todd Pratt349.000$262k$650k$850k$875k$750kFREE AGENT
Gary Bennett296.000$134kFREE AGENT
Paul Byrd306.000—FREE AGENT
Ed Vosberg3915.000—FREE AGENT
Matt Walbeck318.000—FREE AGENT
Turner Ward3611.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Scott Rolen265.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Bobby Abreu275.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Doug Glanville305.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Travis Lee263.000$800kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wayne Gomes284.000$706kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Brock314.000$700kARB 3FREE AGENT
Amaury Telemaco275.000$375kFREE AGENT
Marlon Anderson273.000$280kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Politte273.000$225kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Felipe Crespo285.000$192kFREE AGENT
Jose Santiago264.000$189kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bruce Chen243.000$178kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Pat Burrell241.000$1.9MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Wolf242.000$365kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vicente Padilla232.000$230kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eddie Oropesa290.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jimmy Rollins221.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
P.J. Forbes33–—
David Coggin241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reggie Taylor241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nelson Figueroa27–—
David Newhan272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Nickle26–—
Johnny Estrada250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Duckworth250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Punto230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Valent240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Michaels250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Phillies 2001; 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.