GM: Theo Epstein
2003: made playoffs · 95–67. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
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.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Martínez | 31 | FA-elig | 29 | 7.4 | 15.5 | -2.4 |
| Manny Ramirez | 31 | FA-elig | 154 | 5.8 | 20.0 | -9.6 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 29 | FA-elig | 156 | 5.8 | 11.0 | -0.7 |
| Trot Nixon | 29 | FA-elig | 134 | 5.0 | 4.0 | +4.9 |
| Bill Mueller | 32 | FA-elig | 146 | 4.7 | 2.1 | +6.2 |
| Jason Varitek | 31 | FA-elig | 142 | 3.8 | 4.7 | +2.0 |
| Tim Wakefield | 36 | FA-elig | 35 | 3.7 | 4.0 | +2.5 |
| David Ortiz | 27 | FA-elig | 128 | 3.2 | 1.2 | +4.4 |
| John Burkett | 38 | FA-elig | 32 | 2.6 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| Johnny Damon | 29 | FA-elig | 145 | 2.4 | 7.5 | -3.2 |
| Derek Lowe | 30 | FA-elig | 33 | 2.3 | 3.6 | +0.5 |
| Byung-Hyun Kim↔ ARI | 24 | arb | 49 | 1.9 | 2.8 | +0.6 |
| Casey Fossum | 25 | pre-arb | 20 | 1.2 | 0.3 | +1.9 |
| Mike Timlin | 37 | FA-elig | 72 | 1.0 | 1.9 | -0.1 |
| Todd Walker | 30 | FA-elig | 144 | 0.9 | 3.5 | -1.8 |
| Alan Embree | 33 | FA-elig | 65 | 0.8 | 3.0 | -1.6 |
| Brandon Lyon | 23 | pre-arb | 49 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +0.8 |
| Doug Mirabelli | 32 | FA-elig | 62 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +0.3 |
| Dave McCarty↔ OAK | 33 | – | 16 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Scott Williamson↔ CIN | 27 | arb | 24 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +0.2 |
| Bronson Arroyo | 26 | – | 6 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Todd Jones↔ COL | 35 | FA-elig | 26 | 0.3 | 1.3 | -0.7 |
| Kevin Millar | 31 | arb | 148 | 0.3 | 2.0 | -1.5 |
| Shea Hillenbrand↔ ARI | 27 | pre-arb | 49 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Lou Merloni↔ SDP | 32 | arb | 15 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Gabe Kapler↔ COL | 27 | arb | 68 | 0.1 | 2.2 | -2.0 |
| Robert Person | 33 | FA-elig | 7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Suppan↔ PIT | 28 | FA-elig | 11 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Lou Collier | 29 | – | 4 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Kevin Tolar | 32 | – | 6 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Ramiro Mendoza | 31 | FA-elig | 37 | -0.1 | 2.9 | -3.0 |
| Steve Woodard | 28 | – | 7 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Bob Howry | 29 | arb | 4 | -0.1 | 1.7 | -1.8 |
| Freddy Sanchez | 25 | – | 20 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Hector Almonte↔ WSN | 27 | – | 7 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Bill Haselman | 37 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Adrian Brown | 29 | – | 9 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Bruce Chen↔ HOU | 26 | arb | 5 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Matt White↔ SEA | 25 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Rudy Seanez | 34 | – | 9 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jeremy Giambi | 28 | arb | 50 | -0.1 | 2.0 | -2.2 |
| Damian Jackson | 29 | FA-elig | 109 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -0.9 |
| Ryan Rupe | 28 | – | 5 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Chad Fox↔ MIA | 32 | FA-elig | 17 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Scott Sauerbeck↔ PIT | 31 | arb | 26 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.9 |
| Jason Shiell | 26 | – | 17 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Andy Abad | 30 | – | 9 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Bill Mueller | 4.7 |
| David Ortiz | 3.2 |
| Byung-Hyun Kim | 1.9 |
| Mike Timlin | 1.0 |
| Todd Walker | 0.9 |
| Brandon Lyon | 0.6 |
| Player | 2002 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Frank Castillo | 1.7 |
| Ugueth Urbina | 1.3 |
| Cliff Floyd | 1.2 |
| Rey Sanchez | 1.1 |
| Rolando Arrojo | 0.8 |
| Rickey Henderson | 0.6 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. 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.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Ramirez | 31 | 10.000 | $20.0M | $22.5M | $22.0M | $18.3M | $17.0M | $12.4M | FREE AGENT |
| Pedro Martínez | 31 | 11.000 | $15.5M | $17.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Nomar Garciaparra | 29 | 7.000 | $11.0M | $6.1M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Johnny Damon | 29 | 8.000 | $7.5M | $8.0M | $8.2M | FREE AGENT | |||
| John Burkett | 38 | 16.000 | $5.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jason Varitek | 31 | 6.000 | $4.7M | $6.9M | $8.0M | $10.0M | $11.0M | $10.4M | $5.0M |
| Tim Wakefield | 36 | 11.000 | $4.0M | $4.3M | $4.7M | $4.0M | $4.0M | $4.0M | $4.0M |
| Trot Nixon | 29 | 7.000 | $4.0M | $4.5M | $7.5M | $7.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Derek Lowe | 30 | 6.000 | $3.6M | $4.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Todd Walker | 30 | 7.000 | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Alan Embree | 33 | 11.000 | $3.0M | $3.0M | $1.9M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ramiro Mendoza | 31 | 7.000 | $2.9M | $3.6M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bill Mueller | 32 | 7.000 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Mike Timlin | 37 | 12.000 | $1.9M | $2.5M | $2.8M | $3.0M | $2.8M | $3.0M | FREE AGENT |
| Todd Jones | 35 | 10.000 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| David Ortiz | 27 | 6.000 | $1.2M | $4.6M | $5.2M | $6.5M | $13.2M | $13.0M | $13.0M |
| Doug Mirabelli | 32 | 7.000 | $805k | $825k | $1.5M | $1.2M | $750k | FREE AGENT | |
| Damian Jackson | 29 | 7.000 | $625k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Robert Person | 33 | 8.000 | $300k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chad Fox | 32 | 6.000 | $224k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeff Suppan | 28 | 8.000 | $172k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Adrian Brown | 29 | 6.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Lou Collier | 29 | 6.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bill Haselman | 37 | 13.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dave McCarty | 33 | 10.000 | — | $500k | $550k | FREE AGENT | |||
| Rudy Seanez | 34 | 14.000 | — | FREE AGENT | $1.6M | ||||
| Steve Woodard | 28 | 6.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byung-Hyun Kim | 24 | 4.000 | $2.8M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Gabe Kapler | 27 | 5.000 | $2.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kevin Millar | 31 | 5.000 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeremy Giambi | 28 | 5.000 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bob Howry | 29 | 5.000 | $1.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Williamson | 27 | 4.000 | $582k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Scott Sauerbeck | 31 | 4.000 | $516k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bruce Chen | 26 | 5.000 | $219k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Lou Merloni | 32 | 5.000 | $105k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ryan Rupe | 28 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bronson Arroyo | 26 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Fossum | 25 | 2.000 | $324k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brandon Lyon | 23 | 2.000 | $310k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Matt White | 25 | 0.000 | $150k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Shea Hillenbrand | 27 | 2.000 | $149k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Hector Almonte | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Kevin Tolar | 32 | – | — | ||||||
| Andy Abad | 30 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Freddy Sanchez | 25 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jason Shiell | 26 | – | — |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Red Sox 2003; 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.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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