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Rays TBR

200255–106 (0.342)
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GM: Chuck Lamar

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2002, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$34M
Surplus $M
-14
Win %
0.342
TAB
-11.6
WAB
-18.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
14.6
Dead money %
65%
Depth Players
2.0
Dead WAR
-7.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RToby Hall83
RJohn Flaherty75
RPaul Hoover4

1B

LSteve Cox110
LAubrey Huff45
RBobby Smith6
RJared Sandberg3

2B

RBrent Abernathy116
RAndy Sheets26
RFelix Escalona25
LJason Smith1
RRuss Johnson1

3B

RJared Sandberg97
RRuss Johnson27
LAubrey Huff14
LJason Smith12
RBobby Smith10
RAndy Sheets4
RFelix Escalona4

SS

RChris Gomez130
RFelix Escalona26
RAndy Sheets11
LJason Smith9
RRuss Johnson2

LF

LCarl Crawford63
LJason Tyner41
RGreg Vaughn31
LJason Conti21
RDave McCarty⇄11
RDamian Rolls4
RBobby Smith1

CF

BRandy Winn138
LJason Conti28
RDamian Rolls4
LJason Tyner1

RF

LBen Grieve118
LJason Conti28
RDamian Rolls13
BRandy Winn8
RBobby Smith1

DH

LAubrey Huff53
RGreg Vaughn38
LSteve Cox35
LBen Grieve16
BRandy Winn4
RRuss Johnson3
RJared Sandberg2
RBobby Smith1

Starters

LJoe Kennedy2.6 WAR
RTanyon Sturtze1.3 WAR
RPaul Wilson1.1 WAR
RRyan Rupe1.1 WAR
RTravis Harper0.2 WAR
RDelvin James-0.0 WAR
LWilson Alvarez-0.1 WAR
RDewon Brazelton-0.2 WAR
RLuis de los Santos-0.3 WAR
RJorge Sosa-0.4 WAR
RVictor Zambrano-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ REsteban Yan19 sv
RJesus Colome3 h
RTravis Phelps3 h
LSteve Kent1 h
RLee Gardner1 h
LDoug Creek⇄0 h
RBrandon Backe0 h
RLance Carter0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2001)

PlayerfWAR
Jason Conti1.0
Carl Crawford0.7
Lance Carter0.2
Tom Martin0.0
Dave McCarty0.0
Delvin James-0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Player2001 fWAR
Fred McGriff2.4
Bryan Rekar1.0
Albie Lopez0.7
Jose Guillen0.4
Nick Bierbrodt0.3
Rusty Meacham0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Rays. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2002; everyone else is shown as a 2002 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Randy Winn 2002 +4.6 +65.7 1.0 +64.8 $0.2M 1.79× –
Joe Kennedy 2002 +2.6 +41.1 0.2 +40.9 $0.1M 1.96× –
Tanyon Sturtze 2002 +1.3 +10.9 0.3 +10.6 $0.2M 1.02× –
Ryan Rupe 2002 +1.1 +9.2 0.6 +8.6 $0.5M 1.02× –
Paul Wilson 2002 +1.1 +9.2 1.2 +8.0 $1.1M 1.02× –
Jason Conti 2002 +1.0 +6.5 0.2 +6.3 $0.2M 0.83× –
Chris Gomez 2002 +1.5 +7.2 1.0 +6.2 $0.7M 0.61× –
Carl Crawford 2002 +0.7 +4.6 0.1 +4.5 $0.1M 0.83× –
Toby Hall 2002 +0.7 +2.7 0.2 +2.5 $0.3M 0.52× –
Ben Grieve 2002 +0.9 +6.1 4.0 +2.1 $4.3M 0.83× –
John Flaherty 2002 +0.9 +3.8 3.2 +0.6 $3.5M 0.52× –
Russ Johnson 2002 +0.1 +0.4 0.6 -0.2 $7.3M 0.58× –
Dave McCarty↔ 2002 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $22.1M 0.83× –
Felix Escalona 2002 -0.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 – 0.61× –
Steve Cox 2002 -0.0 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 – 0.56× –
Steve Kent 2002 -0.2 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Brent Abernathy 2002 -0.3 -1.3 0.2 -1.5 – 0.56× –
Bobby Smith 2002 -0.3 -1.6 0.3 -1.8 – 0.58× –
Esteban Yan 2002 -0.0 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 – 1.34× –
Jorge Sosa 2002 -0.4 -2.1 0.2 -2.3 – 0.67× –
Victor Zambrano 2002 -0.4 -2.3 0.2 -2.5 – 0.67× –
Travis Phelps 2002 -0.5 -2.5 0.2 -2.7 – 0.67× –
Jason Smith 2002 -0.6 -2.9 0.2 -3.1 – 0.58× –
Doug Creek↔ 2002 -0.5 -2.8 0.4 -3.2 – 0.67× –
Jason Tyner 2002 -0.8 -5.2 0.2 -5.5 – 0.83× –
Jesus Colome 2002 -0.6 -6.8 0.2 -7.0 – 1.34× –
Wilson Alvarez 2002 -0.1 -0.4 8.0 -8.4 – 0.67× –
Greg Vaughn 2002 -0.3 -1.7 8.8 -10.5 – 0.69× –
Andy Sheets 2002 +0.9 +4.2 – – – 0.56× –
Aubrey Huff 2002 +2.0 +16.0 – – – 1.01× –
Brandon Backe 2002 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Damian Rolls 2002 -0.5 -3.1 – – – 0.83× –
Delvin James 2002 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 1.02× –
Dewon Brazelton 2002 -0.2 -1.7 – – – 1.02× –
Jared Sandberg 2002 +1.8 +12.2 – – – 0.85× –
Jason Jimenez↔ 2002 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Standridge 2002 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Lance Carter 2002 +0.2 +1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Lee Gardner 2002 -0.4 -2.0 – – – 0.67× –
Luis De Los Santos 2002 -0.3 -2.8 – – – 1.02× –
Paul Hoover 2002 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.52× –
Tom Martin 2002 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Travis Harper 2002 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+14.7+158.534.1+102.1—

Trades

Every graded 2002 deal involving the Rays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

2002 · NYM / TBR
NYM · Steve Phillips +$12.8M
Russ Johnson, Josh Pressley
TBR · Chuck Lamar −$12.8M
Rey Ordóñez
NYM came out ahead by $12.8M
2002 · SEA / TBR
SEA · Pat Gillick +$86.4M
Randy Winn
TBR · Chuck Lamar −$86.4M
Antonio Pérez, Lou Piniella
SEA came out ahead by $86.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2002 payroll
$34.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2002, 2002–2008. 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 (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Greg Vaughn3613.000$8.8MFREE AGENT
Wilson Alvarez3213.000$8.0MFREE AGENT
John Flaherty3410.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Esteban Yan276.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Paul Wilson296.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Chris Gomez319.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Dave McCarty329.000$408kFREE AGENT
Doug Creek337.000$382kFREE AGENT
Tanyon Sturtze317.000$295kFREE AGENT
Andy Sheets306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Ben Grieve265.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Randy Winn284.000$960kARB 3FREE AGENT
Russ Johnson295.000$575kFREE AGENT
Ryan Rupe273.000$575kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Cox273.000$280kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Smith284.000$255kARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Martin325.000—FREE AGENT
Lance Carter273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (25)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Jason Tyner252.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Kennedy231.000$225kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Phelps241.000$218kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesus Colome241.000$215kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brent Abernathy241.000$215kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Zambrano261.000$215kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Toby Hall262.000$210kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Conti272.000$205kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Smith241.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Sosa240.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Kent230.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Felix Escalona230.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carl Crawford200.000$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis De Los Santos24–—
Travis Harper262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Hoover261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damian Rolls242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jared Sandberg24–—
Jason Standridge231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aubrey Huff252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Delvin James24–—
Dewon Brazelton220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Backe240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lee Gardner270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Jimenez26–—

Graphs

How each 2002 acquisition stacked onto Rays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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