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Nationals WSN

200168–94 (0.420)
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GM: Jim Beattie

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2001, 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
$34M
Surplus $M
-8
Win %
0.420
TAB
-11.9
WAB
-6.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
15.0
Dead money %
55%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-12.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2001 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMichael Barrett131
RRandy Knorr27
LBrian Schneider14
RMike Mordecai1
LSandy Martínez1

1B

LLee Stevens152
BGeoff Blum14
BFernando Seguignol7
LAndy Tracy3
RMark Smith1
RMike Mordecai1
RRyan Minor1

2B

BJose Vidro121
RMike Mordecai32
BGeoff Blum25
BHenry Mateo2

3B

BGeoff Blum72
RMike Mordecai42
RFernando Tatis41
RRyan Minor24
LAndy Tracy11

SS

ROrlando Cabrera162
BGeoff Blum4
RMike Mordecai4
RTomas De La Rosa1

LF

RMark Smith54
LBrad Wilkerson38
BGeoff Blum35
LCurtis Pride19
BMilton Bradley⇄13
BTerry Jones10
LRob Ducey⇄10
BFernando Seguignol7
RRyan Minor2

CF

LPeter Bergeron101
BTerry Jones13
RMark Smith6
LRob Ducey⇄4
LCurtis Pride1

RF

RVladimir Guerrero158
BFernando Seguignol7
RMark Smith4
LRob Ducey⇄4
LCurtis Pride3
BTerry Jones2
RMike Mordecai1

DH

LAndy Tracy2
LCurtis Pride2
BJose Vidro2
LRob Ducey⇄2
RRyan Minor1

Starters

RJavier Vazquez6.7 WAR
RTony Armas Jr.3.4 WAR
RMike Thurman1.0 WAR
RTomo Ohka⇄0.7 WAR
RBritt Reames0.5 WAR
RMasato Yoshii0.4 WAR
RCarl Pavano0.3 WAR
RHideki Irabu0.3 WAR
RTroy Mattes0.2 WAR
LMatt Blank-0.1 WAR
RBobby Munoz-0.2 WAR
LChris Peters-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RScott Strickland9 sv
RGuillermo Mota12 h
LGraeme Lloyd9 h
LScott Stewart7 h
LJoey Eischen2 h
RDarwin Cubillan1 h
RUgueth Urbina⇄0 h
RBob Scanlan0 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 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Tomo Ohka0.7
Graeme Lloyd0.5
Tim Raines Sr.0.5
Britt Reames0.5
Scott Stewart0.5
Masato Yoshii0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Rondell White2.1
Dustin Hermanson1.4
Steve Kline1.0
Chris Widger0.6
Talmadge Nunnari0.2
Jeremy Powell0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Nationals. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2001; everyone else is shown as a 2001 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Javier Vazquez 2001 +6.7 +133.4 2.0 +131.4 $0.3M 2.50× –
Vladimir Guerrero 2001 +4.8 +68.5 6.0 +62.5 $1.3M 1.79× –
Tony Armas 2001 +3.4 +53.0 0.2 +52.7 $0.1M 1.96× –
Orlando Cabrera 2001 +3.1 +29.5 0.3 +29.2 $0.1M 1.18× –
Jose Vidro 2001 +2.5 +16.2 2.5 +13.7 $1.0M 0.82× –
Mike Thurman 2001 +1.0 +8.0 0.3 +7.7 $0.3M 1.02× –
Scott Strickland 2001 +0.6 +6.7 0.2 +6.4 $0.4M 1.34× –
Tomo Ohka↔ 2001 +0.7 +6.0 0.1 +5.9 $0.1M 1.02× –
Tim Raines Sr.↔ 2001 +0.5 +3.4 0.3 +3.1 $0.6M 0.83× –
Britt Reames 2001 +0.5 +2.7 0.2 +2.5 $0.4M 0.67× –
Scott Stewart 2001 +0.5 +2.6 0.2 +2.4 $0.4M 0.67× –
Carl Pavano 2001 +0.3 +2.4 1.3 +1.1 $4.4M 1.02× –
Rob Ducey↔ 2001 +0.1 +1.0 0.2 +0.7 $1.6M 0.83× –
Graeme Lloyd 2001 +0.5 +2.9 3.0 -0.1 $5.5M 0.67× –
Hideki Irabu 2001 +0.3 +2.4 2.5 -0.1 $8.4M 1.02× –
Sandy Martinez 2001 -0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 – 0.52× –
Terry Jones 2001 -0.1 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 – 0.83× –
Mike Johnson 2001 -0.2 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Ugueth Urbina↔ 2001 +0.3 +1.4 3.0 -1.6 $11.5M 0.67× –
Guillermo Mota 2001 -0.3 -1.4 0.2 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Milton Bradley↔ 2001 -0.2 -1.6 0.2 -1.7 – 0.83× –
Randy Knorr 2001 -0.4 -1.8 0.3 -2.1 – 0.52× –
Anthony Telford 2001 -0.2 -0.9 1.2 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Chris Peters 2001 -0.4 -2.1 0.5 -2.5 – 0.67× –
Mike Mordecai 2001 -0.5 -2.1 0.4 -2.5 – 0.58× –
Andy Tracy 2001 -0.7 -3.2 0.2 -3.5 – 0.58× –
Fernando Seguignol 2001 -0.8 -3.5 0.2 -3.7 – 0.56× –
Michael Barrett 2001 -1.2 -4.8 0.3 -5.1 – 0.52× –
Geoff Blum 2001 -1.3 -5.9 0.3 -6.2 – 0.58× –
Lee Stevens 2001 -0.5 -2.2 4.0 -6.2 – 0.56× –
Fernando Tatis 2001 -0.8 -3.8 2.8 -6.6 – 0.58× –
Peter Bergeron 2001 -2.4 -16.3 0.2 -16.5 – 0.83× –
Bob Scanlan 2001 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Bobby Munoz 2001 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Brad Wilkerson 2001 -0.6 -4.1 – – – 0.83× –
Brian Schneider 2001 +0.4 +1.8 – – – 0.52× –
Curtis Pride 2001 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.83× –
Darwin Cubillan 2001 +0.3 +1.4 – – – 0.67× –
Felipe Lira 2001 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Henry Mateo 2001 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Joey Eischen 2001 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Mark Smith 2001 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Masato Yoshii 2001 +0.4 +2.1 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Blank 2001 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 1.02× –
Ryan Minor 2001 -1.2 -5.6 – – – 0.58× –
Tomas De La Rosa 2001 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.61× –
Troy Mattes 2001 +0.2 +1.4 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+15.1+283.833.8+254.5—

Trades

Every graded 2001 deal involving the Nationals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2001 · WSN / BOS
WSN · Jim Beattie +$80.0M
Tomo Ohka, Rich Rundles
BOS · Dan Duquette −$80.0M
Ugueth Urbina
WSN came out ahead by $80.0M
2001 · CLE / WSN
CLE · John Hart +$52.0M
Milton Bradley
WSN · Jim Beattie −$52.0M
Zach Day
CLE came out ahead by $52.0M
2001 · WSN / TEX
WSN · Jim Beattie +$0.8M
Darwin Cubillán
TEX · Douglas Melvin −$0.8M
Mike Johnson
WSN came out ahead by $0.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$34.0M

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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Lee Stevens3311.000$4.0M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Graeme Lloyd348.000$3.0M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Ugueth Urbina276.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Anthony Telford3511.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Mordecai337.000$375k$296kFREE AGENT
Tim Raines Sr.4122.000$323kFREE AGENT
Sandy Martinez306.000$320kFREE AGENT
Randy Knorr3210.000$310kFREE AGENT
Rob Ducey3614.000$237kFREE AGENT
Joey Eischen317.000—FREE AGENT$750k$1.3M$1.0M$1.3M
Felipe Lira296.000—FREE AGENT
Bobby Munoz338.000—FREE AGENT
Curtis Pride328.000—FREE AGENT
Bob Scanlan3410.000—FREE AGENT
Mark Smith317.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Vladimir Guerrero265.000$6.0MFREE AGENT
Fernando Tatis264.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Hideki Irabu324.000$2.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Vidro264.000$2.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Javier Vazquez243.000$2.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carl Pavano253.000$1.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Peters295.000$450kFREE AGENT
Orlando Cabrera264.000$340kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Thurman274.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Barrett243.000$285kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Seguignol263.000$232kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Jones305.000$225kFREE AGENT
Mike Johnson254.000$220kARB 3FREE AGENT
Masato Yoshii363.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Minor273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Geoff Blum282.000$260kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Strickland252.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Peter Bergeron232.000$242kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Guillermo Mota272.000$233kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Armas232.000$230kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Tracy271.000$218kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Britt Reames271.000$212kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Stewart250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Milton Bradley231.000$180kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tomo Ohka252.000$102kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Blank251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tomas De La Rosa23–—
Brian Schneider241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Wilkerson240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darwin Cubillan28–—
Troy Mattes25–—
Henry Mateo240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2001 acquisition stacked onto Nationals'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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