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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.99× league · TAB +17.0
+17.0TAB — talent above budget1st/30
+15.2WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)3rd/30
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars3rd/30
-1.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag1st/30
6%dead money %1st/30
0.599win %1st/30
51.1roster fWAR1st/30
+17surplus $M (value vs cost)3rd/30
$54Mpayroll $M16th/30

2000: made playoffs · 97–65. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFMarvin Benard 128GCalvin Murray 104G
LFBarry Bonds 141GMarvin Benard 21GArmando Rios 19G
RFEllis Burks 108GArmando Rios 76GMarvin Benard 38G
SSRich Aurilia 140GRamon Martinez 44G
2BJeff Kent 150GRamon Martinez 32GFelipe Crespo 7G
3BBill Mueller 145GRuss Davis 43GPedro Feliz 4G
1BJ.T. Snow 153GJeff Kent 16GFelipe Crespo 11G
STARTERSLivan Hernandez 5.1WARShawn Estes 3.4WARMark Gardner 1.8WARRuss Ortiz 1.6WARKirk Rueter 1.4WAR
CBobby Estalella 106GDoug Mirabelli 80GScott Servais 38G
DHRuss Davis 3GEllis Burks 2GTerrell Lowery 1G
BULLPEN★ Robb Nen 41svFelix Rodriguez 30hDoug Henry 11hAlan Embree 9hAaron Fultz 6hJohn Johnstone 6hMiguel Del Toro 0hChad Zerbe 0h
CBobby Estalella 106 · Doug Mirabelli 80 · Scott Servais 38
1BJ.T. Snow 153 · Jeff Kent 16 · Felipe Crespo 11
2BJeff Kent 150 · Ramon Martinez 32 · Felipe Crespo 7
3BBill Mueller 145 · Russ Davis 43 · Pedro Feliz 4
SSRich Aurilia 140 · Ramon Martinez 44
LFBarry Bonds 141 · Marvin Benard 21 · Armando Rios 19
CFMarvin Benard 128 · Calvin Murray 104
RFEllis Burks 108 · Armando Rios 76 · Marvin Benard 38
DHRuss Davis 3 · Ellis Burks 2 · Terrell Lowery 1
SPLivan Hernandez 5.1 · Shawn Estes 3.4 · Mark Gardner 1.8 · Russ Ortiz 1.6 · Kirk Rueter 1.4
BP★ Robb Nen 41 · Felix Rodriguez 30 · Doug Henry 11 · Alan Embree 9 · Aaron Fultz 6 · John Johnstone 6 · Miguel Del Toro 0 · Chad Zerbe 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
Barry Bonds 35 FA-elig 1437.6 10.7 +0.2
Jeff Kent 32 FA-elig 1597.4 6.0 +4.5
Livan Hernandez 25 arb 345.1 1.3 +5.9
Ellis Burks 35 FA-elig 1224.4 5.5 +0.7
Shawn Estes 27 arb 323.4 2.5 +2.4
Rich Aurilia 28 arb 1412.5 1.6 +2.0
Robb Nen 30 FA-elig 682.5 5.5 -1.9
Marvin Benard 29 arb 1492.3 1.1 +2.1
Bobby Estalella 25 arb 1062.0 0.2 +2.7
Mark Gardner 38 FA-elig 301.8 3.0 -0.5
Felix Rodriguez 27 arb 761.6 0.5 +1.7
Russ Ortiz 26 pre-arb 331.6 0.5 +1.8
Kirk Rueter 29 FA-elig 341.4 4.0 -2.0
Bill Mueller 29 arb 1531.3 1.3 +0.5
Doug Mirabelli 29 arb 821.3 0.2 +1.6
J.T. Snow 32 FA-elig 1551.3 4.8 -3.0
Armando Rios 28 pre-arb 1151.2 0.2 +1.5
Ramon Martinez 27 pre-arb 881.1 0.2 +1.3
Alan Embree 30 FA-elig 630.6 1.4 -0.6
Terrell Lowery 29 – 240.6 – –
Aaron Fultz 26 pre-arb 580.5 0.2 +0.5
Damon Minor 26 – 100.4 – –
Felipe Crespo 27 arb 890.4 0.2 +0.3
Calvin Murray 28 pre-arb 1080.1 0.2 +0.0
Ben Weber↔ ANA 30 pre-arb 90.1 0.1 +0.1
Joe Nathan 25 pre-arb 200.1 0.2 -0.0
Ryan Vogelsong 22 – 40.1 – –
Miguel Del Toro 28 – 90.1 – –
Chad Zerbe 28 – 40.0 – –
Scott Servais↔ COL 33 FA-elig 70.0 0.1 -0.1
Pedro Feliz 25 – 8-0.0 – –
Scott Linebrink↔ HOU 23 – 3-0.1 – –
Doug Henry↔ HOU 36 FA-elig 27-0.2 0.3 -0.6
Juan Melo 23 – 11-0.2 – –
John Johnstone 31 FA-elig 47-0.4 1.2 -1.8
Russ Davis 30 FA-elig 80-0.5 1.0 -1.8

Key additions (new vs 1999)

PlayerfWAR
Bobby Estalella2.0
Terrell Lowery0.6
Aaron Fultz0.5
Damon Minor0.4
Felipe Crespo0.4
Ben Weber0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Player1999 fWAR
Brent Mayne2.2
F.P. Santangelo1.1
Chris Brock0.8
Jerry Spradlin0.3
Jay Canizaro0.3
Rich Rodriguez0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

2000 payroll
$54.0M

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 (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Barry Bonds3514.000$10.7M$10.3M$15.0M$15.5M$18.0M$22.0M$19.3M
Jeff Kent328.000$6.0M$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Robb Nen307.000$5.5M$6.6M$8.3MFREE AGENT
Ellis Burks3513.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
J.T. Snow328.000$4.8M$5.8M$5.9M$6.8M$1.5M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Kirk Rueter297.000$4.0M$4.9M$4.9M$5.9M$6.1M$7.1MFREE AGENT
Mark Gardner3811.000$3.0M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Alan Embree308.000$1.4M$1.5MFREE AGENT
John Johnstone317.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Russ Davis306.000$1.0M$1.3MFREE AGENT
Doug Henry369.000$300kFREE AGENT
Scott Servais339.000$109kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Shawn Estes275.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Rich Aurilia285.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Livan Hernandez254.000$1.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Mueller294.000$1.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Marvin Benard295.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Felix Rodriguez275.000$538kFREE AGENT
Felipe Crespo274.000$232kARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Mirabelli294.000$215kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Estalella254.000$210kARB 3FREE AGENT
Terrell Lowery293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Russ Ortiz262.000$462kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Rios282.000$225kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Nathan251.000$225kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Martinez272.000$220kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Calvin Murray281.000$202kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Fultz260.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Weber300.000$95kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Del Toro281.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Feliz250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damon Minor260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Melo23–—
Scott Linebrink230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Vogelsong220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Zerbe280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

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