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Rangers TEX

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GM: John Hart

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.66× league · TAB +4.2
+4.2TAB — talent above budget14th/30
+12.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)3rd/30
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars5th/30
-6.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag23rd/30
60%dead money %30th/30
0.549win %11th/30
33.3roster fWAR18th/30
+3surplus $M (value vs cost)12th/30
$44Mpayroll $M24th/30

Roster

CFLaynce Nix 111GGary Matthews Jr. 30GJason Conti 20G
LFDavid Dellucci 84GKevin Mench 53GEric Young Sr. 47G
RFGary Matthews Jr. 66GKevin Mench 62GBrian Jordan 44G
SSMichael Young 158GEric Young Sr. 8GManny Alexander 7G
2BAlfonso Soriano 142GEric Young Sr. 20GManny Alexander 11G
3BHank Blalock 159GHerbert Perry Jr. 6GAndy Fox 5G
1BMark Teixeira 142GHerbert Perry Jr. 15GAdrián González 11G
STARTERSRyan Drese 3.5WARKenny Rogers 3.2WARJoaquín Benoit 0.9WARR.A. Dickey 0.6WARChris Young 0.5WAR
CRod Barajas 105GGerald Laird 49GKen Huckaby 24G
DHBrad Fullmer 62GEric Young Sr. 23GHerbert Perry Jr. 19G
BULLPEN★ Francisco Cordero 49svCarlos Almánzar 19hRon Mahay 14hBrian Shouse 12hFrank Francisco 10hJeff Nelson 9hDoug Brocail 4hErasmo Ramirez 3h
CRod Barajas 105 · Gerald Laird 49 · Ken Huckaby 24
1BMark Teixeira 142 · Herbert Perry Jr. 15 · Adrián González 11
2BAlfonso Soriano 142 · Eric Young Sr. 20 · Manny Alexander 11
3BHank Blalock 159 · Herbert Perry Jr. 6 · Andy Fox 5
SSMichael Young 158 · Eric Young Sr. 8 · Manny Alexander 7
LFDavid Dellucci 84 · Kevin Mench 53 · Eric Young Sr. 47
CFLaynce Nix 111 · Gary Matthews Jr. 30 · Jason Conti 20
RFGary Matthews Jr. 66 · Kevin Mench 62 · Brian Jordan 44
DHBrad Fullmer 62 · Eric Young Sr. 23 · Herbert Perry Jr. 19
SPRyan Drese 3.5 · Kenny Rogers 3.2 · Joaquín Benoit 0.9 · R.A. Dickey 0.6 · Chris Young 0.5
BP★ Francisco Cordero 49 · Carlos Almánzar 19 · Ron Mahay 14 · Brian Shouse 12 · Frank Francisco 10 · Jeff Nelson 9 · Doug Brocail 4 · Erasmo Ramirez 3

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.

2004 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mark Teixeira 24 pre-arb 1454.2 2.6 +4.7
Hank Blalock 23 pre-arb 1594.1 0.6 +6.5
Kevin Mench 26 pre-arb 1253.7 0.3 +6.0
Ryan Drese 28 – 343.5 – –
Kenny Rogers 39 FA-elig 353.2 2.5 +2.9
Francisco Cordero 29 arb 672.8 2.0 +2.7
Michael Young 27 arb 1602.7 0.5 +4.3
Gary Matthews Jr. 29 – 872.2 – –
Alfonso Soriano 28 arb 1452.2 5.4 -1.7
David Dellucci 30 FA-elig 1071.2 0.8 +1.4
Ron Mahay 33 FA-elig 600.9 0.5 +1.1
Laynce Nix 23 pre-arb 1150.9 0.3 +1.2
Frank Francisco 24 – 450.9 – –
Joaquín Benoit 26 arb 280.9 0.3 +1.2
Doug Brocail 37 – 430.8 – –
Rod Barajas 28 arb 1080.7 0.5 +0.8
R.A. Dickey 29 arb 250.6 0.3 +0.7
Carlos Almánzar 30 FA-elig 670.6 0.4 +0.7
Juan Dominguez 24 – 40.6 – –
Brian Shouse 35 FA-elig 530.6 0.4 +0.7
Ricardo Rodriguez 26 – 50.6 – –
Chris Young 25 – 70.5 – –
Mike Bacsik 26 – 30.2 – –
Eric Young Sr. 37 FA-elig 1040.2 1.0 -0.7
Erasmo Ramirez 28 pre-arb 340.2 0.3 -0.0
Colby Lewis 24 pre-arb 30.1 0.3 -0.1
Jay Powell 32 FA-elig 230.0 3.5 -3.4
Travis Hughes 26 – 20.0 – –
Mickey Callaway 29 arb 40.0 0.3 -0.3
Michael Tejera↔ MIA 27 – 6-0.0 – –
Kameron Loe 22 – 2-0.0 – –
Rosman Garcia 25 – 4-0.0 – –
Manny Alexander 33 – 21-0.1 – –
Gerald Laird 24 pre-arb 49-0.1 0.3 -0.4
Adrián González 22 – 16-0.1 – –
Danny Ardoin 29 – 6-0.1 – –
Scott Erickson↔ NYM 36 FA-elig 4-0.1 0.5 -0.6
Jeff Nelson 37 FA-elig 29-0.1 1.8 -2.0
Ramon Nivar 24 pre-arb 7-0.1 0.3 -0.5
Andy Fox↔ WSN 33 FA-elig 12-0.2 0.1 -0.4
Nick Regilio 25 – 6-0.2 – –
Jason Conti 29 – 22-0.2 – –
Ryan Snare 25 – 1-0.2 – –
Chan Ho Park 31 FA-elig 16-0.3 14.0 -14.4
Herbert Perry Jr. 34 FA-elig 49-0.3 1.7 -2.2
Sam Narron 22 – 1-0.3 – –
Brad Fullmer 29 FA-elig 76-0.4 1.0 -1.6
Nick Bierbrodt 26 – 4-0.4 – –
Ken Huckaby↔ BAL 33 – 16-0.5 – –
Chad Allen 29 – 20-0.6 – –
John Wasdin 31 – 15-0.6 – –
Brian Jordan 37 FA-elig 61-1.2 1.2 -3.2

Key additions (new vs 2003)

PlayerfWAR
Kenny Rogers3.2
Gary Matthews Jr.2.2
Alfonso Soriano2.2
David Dellucci1.2
Frank Francisco0.9
Doug Brocail0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 2003)

Player2003 fWAR
Alex Rodriguez9.2
John Thomson3.9
Rafael Palmeiro2.7
Carl Everett1.3
Juan Gonzalez1.0
Todd Greene0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2004 payroll
$43.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2004, 2004–2010. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Chan Ho Park3110.000$14.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Jay Powell329.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Kenny Rogers3915.000$2.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Jeff Nelson3712.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Herbert Perry Jr.3410.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Brian Jordan3712.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Eric Young Sr.3712.000$1.0MFREE AGENT$653k
Brad Fullmer297.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
David Dellucci307.000$750k$850kFREE AGENT
Ron Mahay339.000$500k$775kFREE AGENT$647k
Scott Erickson3614.000$467kFREE AGENT
Carlos Almánzar307.000$420k$1.1MFREE AGENT
Brian Shouse3511.000$360k$395k$658kFREE AGENT
Andy Fox338.000$117kFREE AGENT
Manny Alexander3312.000—FREE AGENT
Doug Brocail3712.000—$1.0MFREE AGENT
John Wasdin319.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Alfonso Soriano285.000$5.4MFREE AGENT
Francisco Cordero295.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Rod Barajas285.000$500kFREE AGENT
Michael Young274.000$450kARB 3FREE AGENT
R.A. Dickey293.000$338kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joaquín Benoit263.000$335kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mickey Callaway295.000$320kFREE AGENT
Nick Bierbrodt263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Conti294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Allen295.000—FREE AGENT
Michael Tejera275.000—FREE AGENT
Danny Ardoin294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Matthews Jr.295.000—FREE AGENT
Ken Huckaby333.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Drese283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Bacsik263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Mark Teixeira241.000$2.6MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hank Blalock232.000$550kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Mench262.000$345kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Colby Lewis242.000$338kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erasmo Ramirez281.000$304kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Laynce Nix231.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gerald Laird241.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Nivar241.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricardo Rodriguez262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Hughes26–—
Frank Francisco240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adrián González220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Snare25–—
Rosman Garcia25–—
Juan Dominguez24–—
Nick Regilio250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Young250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sam Narron22–—
Kameron Loe220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rangers 2004; 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.