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GM: Chuck Lamar

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 4 in this regime · payroll 0.54× league · TAB -13.7
-13.7TAB — talent above budget28th/30
-11.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)25th/30
1.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars30th/30
-6.9dead WAR — sub-replacement drag25th/30
34%dead money %18th/30
0.383win %29th/30
12.9roster fWAR30th/30
-15surplus $M (value vs cost)18th/30
$33Mpayroll $M27th/30

Roster

CFRandy Winn 48GJason Tyner 47GDamian Rolls 18G
LFGreg Vaughn 57GJason Tyner 57GBen Grieve 56G
RFBen Grieve 64GRandy Winn 62GJose Guillen 36G
SSChris Gomez 94GFelix Martinez 67GAndy Sheets 49G
2BBrent Abernathy 79GDamian Rolls 42GRuss Johnson 33G
3BAubrey Huff 73GJared Sandberg 38GRuss Johnson 36G
1BSteve Cox 78GAubrey Huff 19GJared Sandberg 1G
STARTERSJoe Kennedy 1.4WARPaul Wilson 1.4WARTanyon Sturtze 1.3WARBryan Rekar 1.0WARNick Bierbrodt 0.3WAR
CJohn Flaherty 78GToby Hall 46GPaul Hoover 2G
DHGreg Vaughn 76GBen Grieve 32GAubrey Huff 20G
BULLPEN★ Esteban Yan 22svDoug Creek 15hTravis Phelps 13hJesus Colome 6hVictor Zambrano 5hRusty Meacham 3hJeff Wallace 1hDan Wheeler 0h
CJohn Flaherty 78 · Toby Hall 46 · Paul Hoover 2
1BSteve Cox 78 · Aubrey Huff 19 · Jared Sandberg 1
2BBrent Abernathy 79 · Damian Rolls 42 · Russ Johnson 33
3BAubrey Huff 73 · Jared Sandberg 38 · Russ Johnson 36
SSChris Gomez 94 · Felix Martinez 67 · Andy Sheets 49
LFGreg Vaughn 57 · Jason Tyner 57 · Ben Grieve 56
CFRandy Winn 48 · Jason Tyner 47 · Damian Rolls 18
RFBen Grieve 64 · Randy Winn 62 · Jose Guillen 36
DHGreg Vaughn 76 · Ben Grieve 32 · Aubrey Huff 20
SPJoe Kennedy 1.4 · Paul Wilson 1.4 · Tanyon Sturtze 1.3 · Bryan Rekar 1.0 · Nick Bierbrodt 0.3
BP★ Esteban Yan 22 · Doug Creek 15 · Travis Phelps 13 · Jesus Colome 6 · Victor Zambrano 5 · Rusty Meacham 3 · Jeff Wallace 1 · Dan Wheeler 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.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Fred McGriff↔ CHC 37 FA-elig 972.4 4.3 -0.4
Chris Gomez↔ SDP 30 FA-elig 581.5 1.8 +0.6
Joe Kennedy 22 – 201.4 – –
Russ Johnson 28 arb 851.4 0.3 +2.0
Paul Wilson 28 arb 371.4 0.3 +1.8
Tanyon Sturtze 30 FA-elig 391.3 0.2 +1.9
Ben Grieve 25 arb 1541.3 2.8 -0.7
Esteban Yan 26 arb 541.2 0.7 +1.2
Toby Hall 25 – 491.1 – –
Greg Vaughn 35 FA-elig 1361.1 8.2 -6.5
Bryan Rekar 29 FA-elig 251.0 1.4 +0.3
Albie Lopez↔ ARI 29 FA-elig 200.7 1.8 -0.6
Brent Abernathy 23 – 790.7 – –
Victor Zambrano 25 – 360.7 – –
Steve Cox 26 pre-arb 1080.5 0.3 +0.6
Travis Phelps 23 – 490.5 – –
Jose Guillen 25 arb 410.4 1.0 -0.4
Ryan Rupe 26 pre-arb 280.3 0.2 +0.3
Randy Winn 27 arb 1280.3 0.3 +0.3
Nick Bierbrodt↔ ARI 23 pre-arb 110.3 0.1 +0.4
Jason Tyner 24 – 1050.2 – –
Rusty Meacham 33 – 240.1 – –
Tony Fiore↔ MIN 29 – 30.0 – –
Ariel Prieto 31 FA-elig 30.0 0.7 -0.7
Paul Hoover 25 – 3-0.0 – –
Dan Wheeler 23 – 13-0.0 – –
Mike Judd↔ TEX 26 arb 8-0.0 0.1 -0.2
Gerald Williams↔ NYY 34 FA-elig 62-0.1 1.9 -2.0
Mike DiFelice↔ ARI 32 arb 48-0.1 0.6 -0.7
Jeff Wallace 25 – 29-0.1 – –
Bobby Seay 23 – 12-0.1 – –
Vinny Castilla↔ HOU 33 FA-elig 24-0.1 1.2 -1.4
Mickey Callaway 26 – 2-0.1 – –
Jared Sandberg 23 – 39-0.1 – –
Jason Standridge 22 – 9-0.2 – –
Damian Rolls 23 pre-arb 81-0.2 0.2 -0.6
Brian Rose↔ NYM 25 arb 7-0.2 0.2 -0.6
Doug Creek 32 FA-elig 66-0.2 0.3 -0.6
Bobby Smith 27 arb 6-0.4 0.3 -0.9
Travis Harper 25 pre-arb 2-0.4 0.2 -0.9
Jesus Colome 23 – 30-0.5 – –
Ken Hill 35 FA-elig 5-0.5 0.8 -1.6
John Flaherty 33 FA-elig 78-0.7 3.0 -4.2
Felix Martinez 27 arb 77-0.8 0.3 -1.5
Andy Sheets 29 – 49-0.8 – –
Aubrey Huff 24 – 111-1.0 – –

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Chris Gomez1.5
Joe Kennedy1.4
Ben Grieve1.3
Brent Abernathy0.7
Victor Zambrano0.7
Travis Phelps0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Steve Trachsel2.0
Roberto Hernandez1.0
Cory Lidle1.0
Jim Mecir0.8
Jose Canseco0.8
Ozzie Guillen0.6

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$33.3M

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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Greg Vaughn3512.000$8.2M$8.8MFREE AGENT
Fred McGriff3715.000$4.3MFREE AGENT
John Flaherty339.000$3.0M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Gerald Williams349.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Albie Lopez298.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Chris Gomez308.000$1.8M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Bryan Rekar296.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Vinny Castilla3310.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Ken Hill3513.000$750kFREE AGENT
Ariel Prieto316.000$700kFREE AGENT
Doug Creek326.000$260k$382kFREE AGENT
Tanyon Sturtze306.000$238k$295kFREE AGENT
Rusty Meacham3310.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Ben Grieve254.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Guillen254.000$975kARB 3FREE AGENT
Esteban Yan265.000$650kFREE AGENT
Mike DiFelice325.000$620kFREE AGENT
Paul Wilson285.000$350kFREE AGENT
Russ Johnson284.000$270kARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Winn273.000$270kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Smith273.000$255kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Felix Martinez274.000$255kARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Rose254.000$195kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Judd264.000$139kARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Sheets295.000—FREE AGENT
Jeff Wallace254.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Steve Cox262.000$255kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Rupe262.000$242kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Harper251.000$202kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damian Rolls231.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Bierbrodt230.000$129kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Fiore291.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Toby Hall251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Hoover250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Seay230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Tyner241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brent Abernathy230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mickey Callaway262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Wheeler232.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jared Sandberg23–—
Jason Standridge220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aubrey Huff241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesus Colome230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Phelps230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Kennedy220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Zambrano250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

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