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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

CONTEND ↘ cooling
expensive & winning · year 3 in this regime · payroll 1.19× league · TAB +7.8
+7.8TAB — talent above budget10th/30
+16.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)2nd/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars18th/30
-2.5dead WAR — sub-replacement drag4th/30
16%dead money %4th/30
0.621win %3rd/30
44.0roster fWAR7th/30
-8surplus $M (value vs cost)15th/30
$82Mpayroll $M10th/30

2003: made playoffs · 100–61. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFMarquis Grissom 148GJeffrey Hammonds 14GRuben Rivera 13G
LFBarry Bonds 123GMarvin Benard 17GJeffrey Hammonds 17G
RFJosé Cruz Jr. 157GJeffrey Hammonds 14GRuben Rivera 6G
SSRich Aurilia 123GNeifi Perez 45GCody Ransom 12G
2BEric Young Sr. 117GRay Durham 105GNeifi Perez 57G
3BEdgardo Alfonzo 133GPedro Feliz 49GNeifi Perez 2G
1BJ.T. Snow 97GAndres Galarraga 69GPedro Feliz 12G
STARTERSJason Schmidt 6.0WARJerome Williams 1.8WARSidney Ponson 0.8WARJim Brower 0.7WARKirk Rueter 0.6WAR
CBenito Santiago 106GYorvit Torrealba 66GAlberto Castillo 10G
DHBarry Bonds 6GAndres Galarraga 2GRich Aurilia 1G
BULLPEN★ Tim Worrell 38svScott Eyre 20hJoe Nathan 19hFelix Rodriguez 19hMatt Herges 9hJason Christiansen 7hChad Zerbe 2hRyan Jensen 0h
CBenito Santiago 106 · Yorvit Torrealba 66 · Alberto Castillo 10
1BJ.T. Snow 97 · Andres Galarraga 69 · Pedro Feliz 12
2BEric Young Sr. 117 · Ray Durham 105 · Neifi Perez 57
3BEdgardo Alfonzo 133 · Pedro Feliz 49 · Neifi Perez 2
SSRich Aurilia 123 · Neifi Perez 45 · Cody Ransom 12
LFBarry Bonds 123 · Marvin Benard 17 · Jeffrey Hammonds 17
CFMarquis Grissom 148 · Jeffrey Hammonds 14 · Ruben Rivera 13
RFJosé Cruz Jr. 157 · Jeffrey Hammonds 14 · Ruben Rivera 6
DHBarry Bonds 6 · Andres Galarraga 2 · Rich Aurilia 1
SPJason Schmidt 6.0 · Jerome Williams 1.8 · Sidney Ponson 0.8 · Jim Brower 0.7 · Kirk Rueter 0.6
BP★ Tim Worrell 38 · Scott Eyre 20 · Joe Nathan 19 · Felix Rodriguez 19 · Matt Herges 9 · Jason Christiansen 7 · Chad Zerbe 2 · Ryan Jensen 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.

2003 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Barry Bonds 38 FA-elig 13010.2 15.5 +2.6
Jason Schmidt 30 FA-elig 296.0 5.9 +4.8
José Cruz Jr. 29 FA-elig 1583.2 2.5 +3.1
Ray Durham 31 FA-elig 1103.1 5.2 +0.3
Marquis Grissom 36 FA-elig 1492.5 1.9 +2.6
J.T. Snow 35 FA-elig 1032.3 6.8 -2.7
Rich Aurilia 31 FA-elig 1292.0 6.2 -2.7
Jerome Williams 21 – 211.8 – –
Pedro Feliz 28 arb 951.4 0.3 +2.2
Benito Santiago 38 FA-elig 1081.4 1.8 +0.7
Tim Worrell 35 FA-elig 761.3 2.0 +0.4
Edgardo Alfonzo 29 FA-elig 1421.3 4.0 -1.6
Joe Nathan 28 arb 781.2 0.3 +1.8
Yorvit Torrealba 24 pre-arb 661.0 0.3 +1.5
Neifi Perez 30 FA-elig 1200.9 1.5 +0.1
Matt Herges↔ SDP 33 – 270.9 – –
Jeffrey Hammonds↔ MIL 32 FA-elig 360.9 6.4 -4.9
Andres Galarraga 42 FA-elig 1100.8 0.5 +1.0
Sidney Ponson↔ BAL 26 arb 100.8 1.4 -0.0
Jim Brower 30 – 510.7 – –
Kirk Rueter 32 FA-elig 270.6 5.9 -4.9
Kurt Ainsworth↔ BAL 24 pre-arb 120.5 0.2 +0.6
Dustin Hermanson↔ STL 30 FA-elig 90.3 0.3 +0.3
Damian Moss↔ BAL 26 pre-arb 210.3 1.1 -0.5
Scott Eyre 31 FA-elig 740.3 0.7 -0.2
Felix Rodriguez 30 FA-elig 680.2 3.2 -2.7
Jesse Foppert 22 – 230.2 – –
Noah Lowry 22 – 40.1 – –
Cody Ransom 27 – 200.1 – –
Chad Zerbe 31 arb 330.1 0.3 -0.2
Jason Christiansen 33 FA-elig 400.1 2.3 -2.2
Alberto Castillo 33 – 110.0 – –
Lance Niekro 24 – 5-0.0 – –
Trey Lunsford 24 – 1-0.0 – –
Kevin Correia 22 – 10-0.1 – –
Ruben Rivera 29 FA-elig 31-0.1 0.5 -0.6
Manny Aybar 31 – 3-0.1 – –
Jason Ellison 25 – 7-0.1 – –
Francisco Santos 29 – 8-0.1 – –
Todd Linden 23 – 18-0.2 – –
Carlos Valderrama 25 – 7-0.2 – –
Tony Torcato 23 – 14-0.2 – –
Brian Powell 29 – 1-0.3 – –
Marvin Benard 32 FA-elig 46-0.3 4.2 -4.8
Eric Young Sr.↔ MIL 36 FA-elig 26-0.4 0.4 -1.0
Ryan Jensen 27 pre-arb 6-0.5 0.3 -1.1

Key additions (new vs 2002)

PlayerfWAR
José Cruz Jr.3.2
Ray Durham3.1
Marquis Grissom2.5
Jerome Williams1.8
Edgardo Alfonzo1.3
Neifi Perez0.9

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
Jeff Kent6.7
Russ Ortiz3.9
Livan Hernandez3.2
Robb Nen3.2
Reggie Sanders3.1
David Bell3.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$82.0M

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 (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Barry Bonds3817.000$15.5M$18.0M$22.0M$19.3M$15.5MFREE AGENT
J.T. Snow3511.000$6.8M$1.5M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Jeffrey Hammonds3210.000$6.4M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Rich Aurilia318.000$6.2MFREE AGENT$3.5M$4.5M$1.0M
Jason Schmidt308.000$5.9M$7.9M$8.2M$10.5MFREE AGENT
Kirk Rueter3210.000$5.9M$6.1M$7.1MFREE AGENT
Ray Durham318.000$5.2M$7.2M$7.2M$7.0M$7.0M$5.1MFREE AGENT
Marvin Benard328.000$4.2MFREE AGENT
Edgardo Alfonzo298.000$4.0M$6.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Felix Rodriguez308.000$3.2M$2.1MFREE AGENT
José Cruz Jr.296.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Jason Christiansen338.000$2.3M$2.4M$865kFREE AGENT
Tim Worrell3510.000$2.0MFREE AGENT$1.8M
Marquis Grissom3614.000$1.9M$2.1M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Benito Santiago3817.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Neifi Perez307.000$1.5M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Scott Eyre316.000$725k$1.0M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Ruben Rivera298.000$500kFREE AGENT
Andres Galarraga4218.000$500kFREE AGENT
Eric Young Sr.3611.000$385kFREE AGENT
Dustin Hermanson308.000$253k$800kFREE AGENT
Manny Aybar316.000—FREE AGENT
Alberto Castillo338.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Sidney Ponson265.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Pedro Feliz283.000$325kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Zerbe313.000$317kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Nathan284.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Powell295.000—FREE AGENT
Jim Brower304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Herges334.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Damian Moss262.000$1.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Jensen272.000$317kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yorvit Torrealba242.000$312kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kurt Ainsworth242.000$242kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Ransom272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Valderrama25–—
Tony Torcato231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Santos29–—
Trey Lunsford24–—
Lance Niekro240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerome Williams210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Ellison250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesse Foppert220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Linden230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Correia220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Noah Lowry220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 2003; 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.