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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.21× league · TAB -15.4
-15.4TAB — talent above budget30th/30
-13.4WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)29th/30
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars27th/30
-7.1dead WAR — sub-replacement drag22nd/30
30%dead money %17th/30
0.438win %24th/30
21.2roster fWAR28th/30
-32surplus $M (value vs cost)28th/30
$66Mpayroll $M10th/30

Roster

CFGabe Kapler 84GRuben Mateo 52GScarborough Green 41G
LFRusty Greer 97GRicky Ledee 78GChad Curtis 51G
RFRicky Ledee 49GGabe Kapler 40GChad Curtis 30G
SSRoyce Clayton 148GScott Sheldon 22GKelly Dransfeldt 14G
2BLuis Alicea 128GFrank Catalanotto 50GScott Sheldon 12G
3BMike Lamb 135GTom Evans 21GScott Sheldon 15G
1BRafael Palmeiro 108GFrank Catalanotto 17GDave Martinez 13G
STARTERSKenny Rogers 4.4WARRick Helling 2.5WARDarren Oliver 0.9WARDoug Davis 0.5WARRyan Glynn 0.1WAR
CIvan Rodriguez 87GBill Haselman 62GB.J. Waszgis 23G
DHRafael Palmeiro 46GFrank Catalanotto 19GRuben Sierra 12G
BULLPEN★ John Wetteland 34svJeff Zimmerman 20hMike Venafro 16hTim Crabtree 11hFrancisco Cordero 4hDarwin Cubillán 0hJonathan Johnson 0hMike Munoz 0h
CIvan Rodriguez 87 · Bill Haselman 62 · B.J. Waszgis 23
1BRafael Palmeiro 108 · Frank Catalanotto 17 · Dave Martinez 13
2BLuis Alicea 128 · Frank Catalanotto 50 · Scott Sheldon 12
3BMike Lamb 135 · Tom Evans 21 · Scott Sheldon 15
SSRoyce Clayton 148 · Scott Sheldon 22 · Kelly Dransfeldt 14
LFRusty Greer 97 · Ricky Ledee 78 · Chad Curtis 51
CFGabe Kapler 84 · Ruben Mateo 52 · Scarborough Green 41
RFRicky Ledee 49 · Gabe Kapler 40 · Chad Curtis 30
DHRafael Palmeiro 46 · Frank Catalanotto 19 · Ruben Sierra 12
SPKenny Rogers 4.4 · Rick Helling 2.5 · Darren Oliver 0.9 · Doug Davis 0.5 · Ryan Glynn 0.1
BP★ John Wetteland 34 · Jeff Zimmerman 20 · Mike Venafro 16 · Tim Crabtree 11 · Francisco Cordero 4 · Darwin Cubillán 0 · Jonathan Johnson 0 · Mike Munoz 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.

2000 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ivan Rodriguez 28 FA-elig 914.7 8.6 -1.9
Kenny Rogers 35 FA-elig 344.4 7.5 -1.2
Rafael Palmeiro 35 FA-elig 1583.1 8.6 -4.2
Rick Helling 29 FA-elig 352.5 3.8 -0.2
David Segui↔ CLE 33 FA-elig 931.4 2.7 -0.7
Rusty Greer 31 FA-elig 1051.0 3.6 -2.1
Mike Venafro 26 pre-arb 771.0 0.2 +1.2
Tim Crabtree 30 arb 681.0 1.0 +0.4
Esteban Loaiza↔ TOR 28 arb 201.0 1.6 -0.2
Darren Oliver 29 FA-elig 210.9 5.0 -3.7
Bill Haselman 34 FA-elig 620.9 1.1 +0.1
Ruben Mateo 22 pre-arb 520.8 0.2 +1.0
Gabe Kapler 24 pre-arb 1160.8 0.3 +0.9
Jeff Zimmerman 27 pre-arb 650.7 0.2 +0.7
Dave Martinez↔ CHC 35 FA-elig 380.7 0.6 +0.4
Jason McDonald 28 – 380.6 – –
Luis Alicea 34 FA-elig 1390.6 0.8 +0.1
Frank Catalanotto 26 arb 1030.5 0.3 +0.5
Doug Davis 24 – 300.5 – –
John Wetteland 33 FA-elig 620.4 6.5 -5.9
Scott Sheldon 31 arb 580.2 0.2 +0.1
Randy Knorr 31 – 150.2 – –
Ryan Glynn 25 – 160.1 – –
Tom Evans 25 arb 230.1 0.2 -0.1
Kelly Dransfeldt 25 – 16-0.0 – –
Dan Kolb 25 – 1-0.0 – –
Michael Young 23 – 2-0.0 – –
Jonathan Johnson 25 – 15-0.1 – –
Chad Curtis 31 FA-elig 108-0.1 2.0 -2.1
Mike Munoz 34 FA-elig 7-0.1 0.8 -0.9
Brian Sikorski 25 – 10-0.1 – –
Darwin Cubillan↔ TOR 27 – 13-0.2 – –
Pedro Valdes 27 – 30-0.2 – –
Matt Perisho 25 arb 34-0.3 0.2 -0.7
B.J. Waszgis 29 – 24-0.3 – –
Francisco Cordero 25 pre-arb 56-0.4 0.2 -0.7
Mark Clark 32 FA-elig 12-0.4 5.0 -5.5
Ruben Sierra 34 – 20-0.4 – –
Scarborough Green 26 – 79-0.9 – –
Royce Clayton 30 FA-elig 148-0.9 4.5 -5.7
Ricky Ledee↔ CLE 26 pre-arb 58-1.0 0.1 -1.5
Mike Lamb 24 – 138-1.6 – –

Key additions (new vs 1999)

PlayerfWAR
Kenny Rogers4.4
David Segui1.4
Darren Oliver0.9
Bill Haselman0.9
Gabe Kapler0.8
Dave Martinez0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Player1999 fWAR
Aaron Sele4.8
Juan Gonzalez3.6
Todd Zeile2.5
John Burkett2.3
Mark McLemore1.6
Lee Stevens1.3

Current & Historical Payroll

2000 payroll
$65.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 2000, 2000–2006. 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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Rafael Palmeiro3514.000$8.6M$9.0M$8.7M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Ivan Rodriguez289.000$8.6M$8.2M$9.6MFREE AGENT
Kenny Rogers3511.000$7.5M$7.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT$2.5M$3.5M
John Wetteland3311.000$6.5MFREE AGENT
Mark Clark329.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Darren Oliver297.000$5.0M$7.0MFREE AGENT
Royce Clayton309.000$4.5MFREE AGENT
Rick Helling296.000$3.8M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Rusty Greer316.000$3.6M$4.6M$6.8MFREE AGENT
David Segui3310.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Chad Curtis318.000$2.0M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Bill Haselman3410.000$1.1M$800k$800kFREE AGENT
Luis Alicea3412.000$750kFREE AGENT
Mike Munoz3411.000$750kFREE AGENT
Dave Martinez3514.000$576kFREE AGENT
Randy Knorr319.000—FREE AGENT
Ruben Sierra3414.000—FREE AGENT$357k

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Esteban Loaiza285.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Tim Crabtree305.000$975kFREE AGENT
Frank Catalanotto263.000$305kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Evans253.000$220kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Perisho253.000$220kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Sheldon313.000$200kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scarborough Green263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason McDonald283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Valdes274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Gabe Kapler242.000$280kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Zimmerman271.000$250kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Venafro261.000$245kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ruben Mateo221.000$230kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Cordero251.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Ledee262.000$102kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Sikorski25–—
B.J. Waszgis29–—
Doug Davis241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelly Dransfeldt25–—
Ryan Glynn251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Johnson252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Kolb251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Lamb240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Young230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darwin Cubillan27–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rangers 2000; 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.