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Rays TBR

200984–78 (0.519)
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GM: Andrew Friedman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
$66M
Surplus $M
+48
Win %
0.519
TAB
+17.3
WAB
+6.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
47.7
Dead money %
45%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-3.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BDioner Navarro113
RMichel Hernandez35
BGregg Zaun⇄34
RShawn Riggans7

1B

LCarlos Pena133
BWilly Aybar31
LChris Richard13
BBen Zobrist3

2B

BBen Zobrist91
LAkinori Iwamura67
BWilly Aybar28
LReid Brignac3
RJoe Dillon2

3B

REvan Longoria151
BWilly Aybar18
RJoe Dillon3
LAkinori Iwamura1
BBen Zobrist1

SS

RJason Bartlett134
LReid Brignac28
BBen Zobrist13

LF

LCarl Crawford154
RGabe Kapler14
BBen Zobrist9
RFernando Perez5
RPat Burrell1

CF

RB.J. Upton144
RGabe Kapler12
RFernando Perez8
BBen Zobrist7
LMatt Joyce4

RF

LGabe Gross100
RGabe Kapler66
BBen Zobrist59
LMatt Joyce5
RFernando Perez1
RPat Burrell1

DH

RPat Burrell112
BWilly Aybar21
LGabe Gross8
RJoe Dillon8
RJason Bartlett3
REvan Longoria3
RFernando Perez2
RGabe Kapler2
BBen Zobrist1
LCarl Crawford1
LMatt Joyce1

Starters

RJames Shields3.4 WAR
RMatt Garza2.8 WAR
RJeff Niemann2.7 WAR
LDavid Price1.2 WAR
RWade Davis1.0 WAR
LScott Kazmir⇄0.9 WAR
RAndy Sonnanstine0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ LJ.P. Howell17 sv
RGrant Balfour18 h
RDan Wheeler16 h
RRuss Springer⇄14 h
LBrian Shouse10 h
LRandy Choate9 h
RJoe Nelson7 h
RLance Cormier6 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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Gregg Zaun1.2
Wade Davis1.0
Gabe Kapler0.9
Lance Cormier0.2
Joe Dillon0.2
Randy Choate0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
Eric Hinske2.0
Edwin Jackson1.5
Trever Miller0.6
Cliff Floyd0.6
Rocco Baldelli0.3
Mike DiFelice0.3

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 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ben Zobrist 2009 +8.7 +95.7 0.4 +95.3 $0.0M 1.38× –
Carl Crawford 2009 +5.9 +97.0 8.2 +88.8 $1.4M 2.05× –
Evan Longoria 2009 +7.2 +82.2 0.6 +81.7 $0.1M 1.43× –
Jason Bartlett 2009 +5.3 +63.7 2.0 +61.7 $0.4M 1.51× –
James Shields 2009 +3.4 +52.5 1.5 +51.0 $0.4M 1.96× –
Matt Garza 2009 +2.8 +43.4 0.4 +43.0 $0.2M 1.96× –
Jeff Niemann 2009 +2.7 +42.6 1.3 +41.3 $0.5M 1.96× –
B.J. Upton 2009 +2.3 +22.8 0.4 +22.3 $0.2M 1.22× –
Carlos Pena 2009 +2.8 +24.1 8.0 +16.1 $2.8M 1.07× –
David Price 2009 +1.2 +9.4 0.8 +8.6 $0.6M 1.02× –
Wade Davis 2009 +1.0 +8.5 0.4 +8.1 $0.4M 1.02× –
J.P. Howell 2009 +0.7 +7.8 0.4 +7.3 $0.6M 1.34× –
Grant Balfour 2009 +0.7 +7.5 1.4 +6.1 $2.0M 1.34× –
Gabe Kapler 2009 +0.9 +6.0 1.0 +5.0 $1.1M 0.83× –
Gregg Zaun↔ 2009 +1.2 +5.0 0.6 +4.4 $0.5M 0.52× –
Scott Kazmir↔ 2009 +0.9 +7.6 4.6 +3.0 $5.0M 1.02× –
Gabe Gross 2009 +0.6 +3.9 1.3 +2.7 $2.1M 0.83× –
Randy Choate 2009 +0.2 +1.8 0.4 +1.4 $2.4M 1.34× –
Akinori Iwamura 2009 +1.0 +4.3 3.2 +1.1 $3.4M 0.56× –
Reid Brignac 2009 +0.3 +1.4 0.4 +1.0 $1.4M 0.61× –
Andy Sonnanstine 2009 +0.1 +0.8 0.4 +0.4 $4.5M 1.02× –
Lance Cormier 2009 +0.2 +1.0 0.7 +0.3 $3.7M 0.67× –
Willy Aybar 2009 +0.3 +1.3 1.0 +0.3 $3.4M 0.56× –
Dale Thayer 2009 -0.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Jason Isringhausen 2009 +0.0 +0.2 0.8 -0.6 $21.4M 0.67× –
Shawn Riggans 2009 -0.1 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 – 0.52× –
Dioner Navarro 2009 +0.3 +1.3 2.1 -0.8 $6.7M 0.52× –
Jeff Bennett↔ 2009 -0.3 -1.5 0.1 -1.6 – 0.67× –
Matt Joyce 2009 -0.2 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 – 0.83× –
Russ Springer↔ 2009 -0.2 -1.0 1.2 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Fernando Perez 2009 -0.3 -1.9 0.4 -2.3 – 0.83× –
Dan Wheeler 2009 +0.1 +0.7 3.2 -2.5 $46.0M 1.34× –
Brian Shouse 2009 -0.3 -1.5 1.4 -2.9 – 0.67× –
Chad Bradford 2009 +0.1 +0.3 3.7 -3.3 $58.9M 0.67× –
Joe Nelson 2009 -0.5 -2.6 1.3 -3.9 – 0.67× –
Troy Percival 2009 -0.3 -3.3 4.4 -7.8 – 1.34× –
Pat Burrell 2009 -0.7 -4.1 7.0 -11.1 – 0.69× –
Chris Richard 2009 -0.3 -1.5 – – – 0.56× –
Joe Dillon 2009 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.69× –
Michel Hernandez 2009 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.52× –
Winston Abreu↔ 2009 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+47.8+574.166.2+508.8—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Rays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 9 total.

2009 · CLE / TBR
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$15.2M
Mitch Talbot
TBR · Andrew Friedman −$15.2M
Kelly Shoppach
CLE came out ahead by $15.2M
2009 · TBR / CLE
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$0.0M
Isaias Velasquez
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Juan Salas
Even trade
2009 · COL / TBR
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$45.6M
Jason Hammel
TBR · Andrew Friedman −$45.6M
Aneury Rodríguez
COL came out ahead by $45.6M
2009 · TBR / CLE
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$1.6M
Jon Meloan
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$1.6M
Winston Abreu
TBR came out ahead by $1.6M
2009 · TBR / ATL
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$9.6M
Rafael Soriano
ATL · Frank Wren −$9.6M
Jesse Chavez
TBR came out ahead by $9.6M
2009 · TBR / BAL
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$4.0M
Gregg Zaun
BAL · Andy MacPhail −$4.0M
Rhyne Hughes
TBR came out ahead by $4.0M
2009 · OAK / TBR
OAK · Billy Beane +$8.8M
Adam Kennedy
TBR · Andrew Friedman −$8.8M
Joe Dillon
OAK came out ahead by $8.8M
2009 · TBR / PIT
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$16.0M
Jesse Chavez
PIT · Neal Huntington −$16.0M
Akinori Iwamura
TBR came out ahead by $16.0M
2009 · TBR / ANA
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$49.6M
Alex Torres, Matthew Sweeney, Sean Rodríguez
ANA · Tony Reagins −$49.6M
Scott Kazmir
TBR came out ahead by $49.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$66.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Carl Crawford277.000$8.2M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Carlos Pena318.000$8.0M$10.1MFREE AGENT$7.2M
Pat Burrell329.000$7.0M$7.2MFREE AGENT
Troy Percival3914.000$4.4MFREE AGENT
Chad Bradford3411.000$3.7MFREE AGENT
Dan Wheeler3110.000$3.2M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Grant Balfour318.000$1.4M$2.0MFREE AGENT$4.0M$7.0M
Brian Shouse4016.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Joe Nelson348.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Russ Springer4017.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Gabe Kapler3311.000$1.0M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Jason Isringhausen3614.000$750kFREE AGENT
Gregg Zaun3814.000$567kFREE AGENT
Randy Choate339.000$400k$700kFREE AGENT
Chris Richard359.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Scott Kazmir255.000$4.6MFREE AGENT
Dioner Navarro255.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Jason Bartlett295.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
James Shields273.000$1.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gabe Gross295.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Willy Aybar264.000$975kARB 3FREE AGENT
Lance Cormier285.000$675kFREE AGENT
B.J. Upton245.000$435kFREE AGENT
J.P. Howell264.000$434kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Garza253.000$433kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Zobrist283.000$416kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Riggans283.000$414kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Bennett295.000$109kFREE AGENT
Joe Dillon334.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Akinori Iwamura302.000$3.2MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Niemann261.000$1.3MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Price231.000$750kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Evan Longoria231.000$550kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Sonnanstine262.000$430kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Joyce241.000$410kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Perez261.000$403kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reid Brignac231.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dale Thayer280.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wade Davis230.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michel Hernandez30–—
Winston Abreu32–—

Graphs

How each 2009 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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