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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.33× league · TAB -9.5
-9.5TAB — talent above budget24th/30
-12.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)26th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars13th/30
-7.5dead WAR — sub-replacement drag26th/30
23%dead money %11th/30
0.451win %21st/30
28.3roster fWAR21st/30
-38surplus $M (value vs cost)26th/30
$82Mpayroll $M7th/30

Roster

CFGabe Kapler 133GChad Curtis 16GRicky Ledee 10G
LFFrank Catalanotto 78GRusty Greer 60GBo Porter 18G
RFRicky Ledee 60GRuben Mateo 39GRuben Sierra 35G
SSAlex Rodriguez 161GScott Sheldon 16GKelly Dransfeldt 3G
2BMichael Young 104GRandy Velarde 52GFrank Catalanotto 13G
3BMike Lamb 74GScott Sheldon 38GFrank Catalanotto 11G
1BRafael Palmeiro 113GCarlos Pena 16GFrank Catalanotto 5G
STARTERSDoug Davis 3.5WARRick Helling 2.0WARDarren Oliver 1.3WARKenny Rogers 0.7WARAaron Myette 0.4WAR
CIvan Rodriguez 106GBill Haselman 47GMarcus Jensen 12G
DHRuben Sierra 49GRafael Palmeiro 46GAndres Galarraga 38G
BULLPEN★ Jeff Zimmerman 28svMike Venafro 19hJuan Moreno 8hDan Kolb 7hMark Petkovsek 6hPat Mahomes 6hTim Crabtree 0hJeff Brantley 0h
CIvan Rodriguez 106 · Bill Haselman 47 · Marcus Jensen 12
1BRafael Palmeiro 113 · Carlos Pena 16 · Frank Catalanotto 5
2BMichael Young 104 · Randy Velarde 52 · Frank Catalanotto 13
3BMike Lamb 74 · Scott Sheldon 38 · Frank Catalanotto 11
SSAlex Rodriguez 161 · Scott Sheldon 16 · Kelly Dransfeldt 3
LFFrank Catalanotto 78 · Rusty Greer 60 · Bo Porter 18
CFGabe Kapler 133 · Chad Curtis 16 · Ricky Ledee 10
RFRicky Ledee 60 · Ruben Mateo 39 · Ruben Sierra 35
DHRuben Sierra 49 · Rafael Palmeiro 46 · Andres Galarraga 38
SPDoug Davis 3.5 · Rick Helling 2.0 · Darren Oliver 1.3 · Kenny Rogers 0.7 · Aaron Myette 0.4
BP★ Jeff Zimmerman 28 · Mike Venafro 19 · Juan Moreno 8 · Dan Kolb 7 · Mark Petkovsek 6 · Pat Mahomes 6 · Tim Crabtree 0 · Jeff Brantley 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
Alex Rodriguez 25 FA-elig 1627.8 22.0 -9.4
Ivan Rodriguez 29 FA-elig 1115.0 8.2 -0.1
Rafael Palmeiro 36 FA-elig 1604.2 9.0 -2.2
Frank Catalanotto 27 arb 1333.7 0.8 +5.1
Doug Davis 25 pre-arb 303.5 0.2 +5.4
Rick Helling 30 FA-elig 342.0 4.5 -1.2
Randy Velarde↔ NYY 38 FA-elig 781.6 2.6 -0.1
Darren Oliver 30 FA-elig 281.3 7.0 -4.9
Jeff Zimmerman 28 pre-arb 661.1 0.3 +1.5
Mike Lamb 25 – 761.0 – –
Ruben Sierra 35 – 940.8 – –
Kenny Rogers 36 FA-elig 200.7 7.5 -6.3
Gabe Kapler 25 arb 1340.7 0.5 +0.7
Bill Haselman 35 FA-elig 470.6 0.8 +0.2
Aaron Myette 23 – 190.4 – –
Mike Venafro 27 pre-arb 700.4 0.3 +0.3
Doug Mirabelli↔ BOS 30 arb 230.3 0.1 +0.3
Craig Monroe 24 – 270.2 – –
Ken Caminiti↔ ATL 38 FA-elig 540.1 1.6 -1.4
Carlos Pena 23 – 220.1 – –
Rusty Greer 32 FA-elig 620.1 4.6 -4.4
Chad Curtis 32 FA-elig 380.0 1.9 -1.9
Dan Kolb 26 pre-arb 170.0 0.2 -0.2
Francisco Cordero 26 pre-arb 30.0 0.3 -0.3
Mike Hubbard 30 – 5-0.0 – –
Michael Young 24 – 106-0.0 – –
Kevin Foster 32 – 9-0.0 – –
J.D. Smart 27 – 15-0.0 – –
Jonathan Johnson 26 arb 5-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Kelly Dransfeldt 26 – 4-0.1 – –
Andres Galarraga↔ SFG 40 FA-elig 72-0.1 3.6 -3.7
Tim Crabtree 31 FA-elig 21-0.1 1.3 -1.5
Mike Judd↔ TBR 26 arb 4-0.1 0.1 -0.3
Ryan Glynn 26 pre-arb 12-0.2 0.2 -0.5
Justin Duchscherer 23 – 5-0.2 – –
Juan Moreno 26 – 45-0.2 – –
Chris Magruder 24 – 17-0.2 – –
Joaquín Benoit 23 – 1-0.2 – –
Brandon Villafuerte 25 – 6-0.2 – –
R.A. Dickey 26 – 4-0.2 – –
Marcus Jensen↔ BOS 28 – 11-0.2 – –
Scott Sheldon 32 arb 61-0.3 0.3 -0.7
Jeff Brantley 37 FA-elig 18-0.3 0.7 -1.1
Rob Bell↔ CIN 24 pre-arb 18-0.3 0.2 -0.6
Chris Michalak↔ TOR 30 arb 11-0.3 0.1 -0.6
Cliff Brumbaugh↔ COL 27 – 7-0.4 – –
Bo Porter 28 pre-arb 48-0.5 0.2 -1.0
Pat Mahomes 30 FA-elig 56-0.6 0.5 -1.4
Mark Petkovsek 35 FA-elig 55-0.7 2.0 -3.1
Ruben Mateo 23 pre-arb 40-0.9 0.3 -1.8
Ricky Ledee 27 arb 78-1.0 0.4 -2.1

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Alex Rodriguez7.8
Randy Velarde1.6
Aaron Myette0.4
Doug Mirabelli0.3
Craig Monroe0.2
Ken Caminiti0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
David Segui1.4
Esteban Loaiza1.0
Dave Martinez0.7
Jason McDonald0.6
Luis Alicea0.6
John Wetteland0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$82.5M

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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Alex Rodriguez257.000$22.0M$22.0M$22.0MFREE AGENT
Rafael Palmeiro3615.000$9.0M$8.7M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Ivan Rodriguez2910.000$8.2M$9.6MFREE AGENT
Kenny Rogers3612.000$7.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT$2.5M$3.5M
Darren Oliver308.000$7.0MFREE AGENT
Rusty Greer327.000$4.6M$6.8MFREE AGENT
Rick Helling307.000$4.5MFREE AGENT
Andres Galarraga4016.000$3.6MFREE AGENT
Randy Velarde3814.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Mark Petkovsek3510.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Chad Curtis329.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Ken Caminiti3814.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Tim Crabtree316.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Bill Haselman3511.000$800k$800kFREE AGENT
Jeff Brantley3713.000$650kFREE AGENT
Pat Mahomes309.000$500kFREE AGENT
Kevin Foster328.000—FREE AGENT
Mike Hubbard306.000—FREE AGENT
Ruben Sierra3515.000—FREE AGENT$357k

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Frank Catalanotto274.000$850kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gabe Kapler253.000$450kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Ledee273.000$406kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Sheldon324.000$265kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Johnson263.000$202kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Mirabelli305.000$88kFREE AGENT
Mike Judd264.000$69kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Michalak303.000$63kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marcus Jensen285.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Mike Venafro272.000$310kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Zimmerman282.000$308kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ruben Mateo232.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Cordero262.000$278kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Davis252.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Glynn262.000$240kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bo Porter282.000$207kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Kolb262.000$202kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Bell241.000$167kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelly Dransfeldt26–—
Mike Lamb251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Pena230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Myette232.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.D. Smart27–—
Brandon Villafuerte251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Moreno26–—
Joaquín Benoit230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Young241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Magruder240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
R.A. Dickey260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Brumbaugh27–—
Justin Duchscherer230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Monroe240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

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