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Rangers TEX

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GM: John Hart

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.79× league · TAB +3.2
+3.2TAB — talent above budget13th/30
+0.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)16th/30
8.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars7th/30
-4.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag18th/30
33%dead money %19th/30
0.488win %18th/30
34.5roster fWAR15th/30
+5surplus $M (value vs cost)7th/30
$57Mpayroll $M21st/30

Roster

CFGary Matthews Jr. 97GLaynce Nix 61GAndres Torres 4G
LFKevin Mench 119GDavid Dellucci 47GJason Botts 7G
RFRichard Hidalgo 83GKevin Mench 41GMark DeRosa 25G
SSMichael Young 155GMark DeRosa 16GMarshall McDougall 1G
2BAlfonso Soriano 153GMark DeRosa 17GMarshall McDougall 2G
3BHank Blalock 158GMarshall McDougall 5GMark DeRosa 5G
1BMark Teixeira 155GPhil Nevin 74GAdrián González 10G
STARTERSChris Young 3.3WARKenny Rogers 3.2WARJoaquín Benoit 1.5WARKameron Loe 0.9WARJohn Wasdin 0.8WAR
CRod Barajas 119GSandy Alomar Jr. 46GGerald Laird 13G
DHDavid Dellucci 64GAdrián González 32GPhil Nevin 25G
BULLPEN★ Francisco Cordero 37svBrian Shouse 11hRon Mahay 6hDoug Brocail 5hKevin Gryboski 5hSteve Karsay 2hNick Regilio 2hErasmo Ramirez 0h
CRod Barajas 119 · Sandy Alomar Jr. 46 · Gerald Laird 13
1BMark Teixeira 155 · Phil Nevin 74 · Adrián González 10
2BAlfonso Soriano 153 · Mark DeRosa 17 · Marshall McDougall 2
3BHank Blalock 158 · Marshall McDougall 5 · Mark DeRosa 5
SSMichael Young 155 · Mark DeRosa 16 · Marshall McDougall 1
LFKevin Mench 119 · David Dellucci 47 · Jason Botts 7
CFGary Matthews Jr. 97 · Laynce Nix 61 · Andres Torres 4
RFRichard Hidalgo 83 · Kevin Mench 41 · Mark DeRosa 25
DHDavid Dellucci 64 · Adrián González 32 · Phil Nevin 25
SPChris Young 3.3 · Kenny Rogers 3.2 · Joaquín Benoit 1.5 · Kameron Loe 0.9 · John Wasdin 0.8
BP★ Francisco Cordero 37 · Brian Shouse 11 · Ron Mahay 6 · Doug Brocail 5 · Kevin Gryboski 5 · Steve Karsay 2 · Nick Regilio 2 · Erasmo Ramirez 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.

2005 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mark Teixeira 25 pre-arb 1625.9 3.6 +7.5
Michael Young 28 arb 1594.1 2.6 +5.2
Chris Young 26 pre-arb 313.3 0.4 +5.8
Kenny Rogers 40 FA-elig 303.2 3.5 +2.5
Kevin Mench 27 arb 1502.7 0.3 +4.8
Gary Matthews Jr. 30 FA-elig 1312.4 1.1 +3.4
Alfonso Soriano 29 FA-elig 1562.4 7.5 -3.0
David Dellucci 31 FA-elig 1282.2 0.8 +3.2
Rod Barajas 29 FA-elig 1201.9 1.9 +1.8
Chan Ho Park↔ SDP 32 FA-elig 201.6 10.0 -6.9
Joaquín Benoit 27 arb 321.5 0.4 +2.4
Francisco Cordero 30 FA-elig 691.4 3.9 -1.3
Doug Brocail 38 FA-elig 611.1 1.0 +1.1
Kameron Loe 23 – 480.9 – –
John Wasdin 32 – 310.8 – –
Mark DeRosa 30 FA-elig 660.7 0.5 +0.8
Ryan Drese↔ WSN 29 arb 120.7 0.3 +1.0
Pedro Astacio↔ SDP 35 FA-elig 120.5 0.4 +0.6
Juan Dominguez 25 – 220.4 – –
Laynce Nix 24 – 630.3 0.3 +0.3
C.J. Wilson 24 – 240.3 – –
Richard Hidalgo 30 FA-elig 880.2 5.0 -4.5
Josh Rupe 22 – 40.2 – –
Scott Feldman 22 – 80.2 – –
Hank Blalock 24 arb 1610.2 0.8 -0.6
Esteban German 27 – 50.1 – –
Jason Standridge↔ CIN 26 – 20.0 – –
Brian Shouse 36 FA-elig 640.0 0.4 -0.3
Nick Regilio 26 pre-arb 180.0 0.3 -0.3
Jason Botts 24 – 100.0 – –
Steve Karsay↔ NYY 33 FA-elig 14-0.0 4.2 -4.2
Ricardo Rodriguez 27 – 12-0.0 – –
Ryan Bukvich 27 arb 4-0.1 0.3 -0.4
Andres Torres 27 – 8-0.1 – –
Gerald Laird 25 – 13-0.1 0.3 -0.5
Michael Tejera 28 – 3-0.1 – –
Erasmo Ramirez 29 pre-arb 16-0.1 0.3 -0.5
R.A. Dickey 30 arb 9-0.1 0.4 -0.6
James Baldwin↔ BAL 33 – 8-0.1 – –
Justin Thompson 32 – 2-0.2 – –
Sandy Alomar Jr. 39 FA-elig 46-0.2 0.6 -0.9
Edinson Volquez 21 – 6-0.2 – –
Carlos Almánzar 31 FA-elig 6-0.2 1.1 -1.5
Kevin Gryboski↔ ATL 31 arb 11-0.3 0.2 -0.7
Ron Mahay 34 FA-elig 30-0.3 0.8 -1.4
Marshall McDougall 26 – 18-0.3 – –
Matt Riley 25 FA-elig 7-0.4 0.3 -1.0
Chad Allen 30 FA-elig 21-0.4 0.4 -1.1
Phil Nevin↔ SDP 34 FA-elig 29-0.7 2.7 -4.0
Adrián González 23 pre-arb 43-0.7 0.3 -1.7

Key additions (new vs 2004)

PlayerfWAR
Mark DeRosa0.7
Pedro Astacio0.5
C.J. Wilson0.3
Richard Hidalgo0.2
Josh Rupe0.2
Scott Feldman0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2004)

Player2004 fWAR
Frank Francisco0.9
Mike Bacsik0.2
Eric Young Sr.0.2
Colby Lewis0.1
Jay Powell0.0
Travis Hughes0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

2005 payroll
$57.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2005, 2005–2011. 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 (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Chan Ho Park3211.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Alfonso Soriano296.000$7.5MFREE AGENT
Richard Hidalgo308.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Steve Karsay3312.000$4.2MFREE AGENT
Francisco Cordero306.000$3.9M$2.6MFREE AGENT
Kenny Rogers4016.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Phil Nevin3410.000$2.7M$5.4MFREE AGENT
Rod Barajas296.000$1.9M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Gary Matthews Jr.306.000$1.1M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Carlos Almánzar318.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Doug Brocail3813.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
David Dellucci318.000$850kFREE AGENT
Ron Mahay3410.000$775kFREE AGENT$647k
Sandy Alomar Jr.3917.000$550kFREE AGENT
Mark DeRosa307.000$500k$675kFREE AGENT
Pedro Astacio3513.000$400kFREE AGENT
Brian Shouse3612.000$395k$658kFREE AGENT
Chad Allen306.000$380kFREE AGENT
Matt Riley256.000$328kFREE AGENT
James Baldwin3310.000—FREE AGENT
Justin Thompson329.000—FREE AGENT
John Wasdin3210.000—FREE AGENT
Michael Tejera286.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Michael Young285.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Hank Blalock243.000$850kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
R.A. Dickey304.000$372kARB 3FREE AGENT
Joaquín Benoit274.000$372kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Mench273.000$345kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Bukvich273.000$320kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Drese294.000$275kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Gryboski313.000$230kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Standridge264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andres Torres273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricardo Rodriguez273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Esteban German273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Mark Teixeira252.000$3.6MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Young261.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erasmo Ramirez292.000$332kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gerald Laird252.000$325kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Regilio261.000$316kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adrián González231.000$316kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Laynce Nix242.000$316kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marshall McDougall26–—
Juan Dominguez25–—
Kameron Loe231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Botts240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Rupe220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Feldman220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edinson Volquez210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
C.J. Wilson240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rangers 2005; 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.