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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

CONTEND ↘ cooling
expensive & winning · year 4 in this regime · payroll 1.07× league · TAB +5.0
+5.0TAB — talent above budget12th/30
+8.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)8th/30
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars20th/30
-3.8dead WAR — sub-replacement drag7th/30
21%dead money %9th/30
0.562win %9th/30
40.2roster fWAR10th/30
-9surplus $M (value vs cost)16th/30
$72Mpayroll $M11th/30

Roster

CFMarquis Grissom 142GMichael Tucker 25GRicky Ledee 16G
LFBarry Bonds 133GDustan Mohr 43GRicky Ledee 10G
RFMichael Tucker 106GDustan Mohr 55GJeffrey Hammonds 20G
SSDeivi Cruz 104GCody Ransom 45GPedro Feliz 20G
2BRay Durham 118GCody Ransom 16GBrian Dallimore 9G
3BEdgardo Alfonzo 129GPedro Feliz 51GBrian Dallimore 6G
1BJ.T. Snow 100GPedro Feliz 70GDamon Minor 17G
STARTERSJason Schmidt 6.6WARBrett Tomko 2.5WARNoah Lowry 1.6WARDustin Hermanson 1.6WARJerome Williams 0.8WAR
CA.J. Pierzynski 118GYorvit Torrealba 59GJustin Knoedler 1G
DHBarry Bonds 7GDamon Minor 1GDustan Mohr 1G
BULLPEN★ Matt Herges 23svJim Brower 24hScott Eyre 23hJason Christiansen 8hTyler Walker 5hWayne Franklin 5hDave Burba 4hKevin Correia 0h
CA.J. Pierzynski 118 · Yorvit Torrealba 59 · Justin Knoedler 1
1BJ.T. Snow 100 · Pedro Feliz 70 · Damon Minor 17
2BRay Durham 118 · Cody Ransom 16 · Brian Dallimore 9
3BEdgardo Alfonzo 129 · Pedro Feliz 51 · Brian Dallimore 6
SSDeivi Cruz 104 · Cody Ransom 45 · Pedro Feliz 20
LFBarry Bonds 133 · Dustan Mohr 43 · Ricky Ledee 10
CFMarquis Grissom 142 · Michael Tucker 25 · Ricky Ledee 16
RFMichael Tucker 106 · Dustan Mohr 55 · Jeffrey Hammonds 20
DHBarry Bonds 7 · Damon Minor 1 · Dustan Mohr 1
SPJason Schmidt 6.6 · Brett Tomko 2.5 · Noah Lowry 1.6 · Dustin Hermanson 1.6 · Jerome Williams 0.8
BP★ Matt Herges 23 · Jim Brower 24 · Scott Eyre 23 · Jason Christiansen 8 · Tyler Walker 5 · Wayne Franklin 5 · Dave Burba 4 · Kevin Correia 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.

2004 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Barry Bonds 39 FA-elig 14711.9 18.0 +2.4
Jason Schmidt 31 FA-elig 326.6 7.9 +3.4
J.T. Snow 36 FA-elig 1073.9 1.5 +5.1
Ray Durham 32 FA-elig 1203.1 7.2 -1.9
Brett Tomko 31 FA-elig 332.5 1.2 +3.0
Pedro Feliz 29 arb 1441.7 0.8 +2.0
Noah Lowry 23 – 161.6 – –
Dustin Hermanson 31 FA-elig 471.6 0.8 +1.9
Deivi Cruz 31 – 1271.5 – –
Michael Tucker 33 FA-elig 1401.5 1.5 +1.0
Edgardo Alfonzo 30 FA-elig 1391.4 6.5 -4.1
Dustan Mohr 28 arb 1171.4 0.3 +2.0
Jerome Williams 22 pre-arb 220.8 0.3 +1.1
Jim Brower 31 arb 890.8 0.7 +0.7
Kirk Rueter 33 FA-elig 340.7 6.1 -4.9
Brad Hennessey 24 – 70.7 – –
A.J. Pierzynski 27 FA-elig 1310.5 3.5 -2.6
Marquis Grissom 37 FA-elig 1450.3 2.1 -1.6
Yorvit Torrealba 25 arb 640.3 0.3 +0.2
Jason Ellison 26 – 130.3 – –
Tony Torcato 24 pre-arb 130.3 0.3 +0.1
Brian Dallimore 30 – 200.3 – –
Jeffrey Hammonds 33 FA-elig 400.2 1.0 -0.6
Damon Minor 30 – 240.1 – –
Jesse Foppert 23 pre-arb 10.0 0.3 -0.3
Leo Estrella 29 arb 20.0 0.3 -0.3
Matt Herges 34 arb 70-0.0 1.1 -1.1
Justin Knoedler 23 – 1-0.0 – –
Kevin Correia 23 – 12-0.0 – –
Todd Linden 24 – 16-0.1 – –
Dave Burba↔ MIL 37 FA-elig 6-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Tyler Walker 28 – 52-0.1 – –
Cody Ransom 28 arb 78-0.1 0.3 -0.5
Merkin Valdez 22 – 2-0.1 – –
Neifi Perez↔ CHC 31 FA-elig 103-0.1 2.2 -2.5
Kevin Walker 27 arb 5-0.2 0.5 -0.8
Scott Eyre 32 FA-elig 83-0.2 1.0 -1.4
David Aardsma 22 pre-arb 11-0.3 0.3 -0.8
Brian Cooper 29 – 5-0.3 – –
Felix Rodriguez↔ PHI 31 FA-elig 53-0.3 2.1 -2.7
Wayne Franklin 30 arb 43-0.5 0.4 -1.3
Jason Christiansen 34 FA-elig 60-0.6 2.4 -3.4
Ricky Ledee↔ PHI 30 FA-elig 31-0.6 0.4 -1.4

Key additions (new vs 2003)

PlayerfWAR
Brett Tomko2.5
Deivi Cruz1.5
Michael Tucker1.5
Dustan Mohr1.4
Brad Hennessey0.7
A.J. Pierzynski0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2003)

Player2003 fWAR
José Cruz Jr.3.2
Rich Aurilia2.0
Benito Santiago1.4
Tim Worrell1.3
Joe Nathan1.2
Andres Galarraga0.8

Current & Historical Payroll

2004 payroll
$71.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2004, 2004–2010. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Barry Bonds3918.000$18.0M$22.0M$19.3M$15.5MFREE AGENT
Jason Schmidt319.000$7.9M$8.2M$10.5MFREE AGENT
Ray Durham329.000$7.2M$7.2M$7.0M$7.0M$5.1MFREE AGENT
Edgardo Alfonzo309.000$6.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Kirk Rueter3311.000$6.1M$7.1MFREE AGENT
A.J. Pierzynski276.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Jason Christiansen349.000$2.4M$865kFREE AGENT
Neifi Perez318.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Felix Rodriguez319.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Marquis Grissom3715.000$2.1M$2.8MFREE AGENT
J.T. Snow3612.000$1.5M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Michael Tucker339.000$1.5M$1.7MFREE AGENT
Brett Tomko317.000$1.2M$2.6MFREE AGENT
Jeffrey Hammonds3311.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Eyre327.000$1.0M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Dustin Hermanson319.000$800kFREE AGENT
Ricky Ledee306.000$365kFREE AGENT
Dave Burba3714.000$52kFREE AGENT
Deivi Cruz317.000—$642kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Matt Herges345.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Pedro Feliz294.000$850kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Brower315.000$662kFREE AGENT
Kevin Walker274.000$450kARB 3FREE AGENT
Wayne Franklin304.000$360kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustan Mohr283.000$342kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yorvit Torrealba253.000$334kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Leo Estrella294.000$316kARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Ransom283.000$303kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damon Minor304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Jesse Foppert231.000$312kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerome Williams221.000$308kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Torcato242.000$302kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Aardsma220.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Cooper29–—
Tyler Walker282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Ellison261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Linden241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Merkin Valdez220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Correia231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Noah Lowry231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Knoedler23–—
Brian Dallimore30–—
Brad Hennessey240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 2004; 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.