GM: Bob Gebhard
1995: made playoffs · 77–67. Ranks are vs the 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Walker | 28 | FA-elig | 131 | 4.6 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Kevin Ritz | 30 | FA-elig | 31 | 3.1 | 0.4 | +2.5 |
| Curt Leskanic | 27 | pre-arb | 76 | 2.7 | 0.1 | +2.4 |
| Vinny Castilla | 27 | arb | 139 | 2.3 | 0.3 | +1.9 |
| Eric Young Sr. | 28 | arb | 120 | 2.2 | 0.3 | +1.9 |
| Dante Bichette | 31 | FA-elig | 139 | 1.8 | 3.4 | -1.7 |
| Steve Reed | 30 | arb | 71 | 1.7 | 0.3 | +1.4 |
| Bill Swift | 33 | FA-elig | 19 | 1.7 | 3.9 | -2.3 |
| Darren Holmes | 29 | arb | 68 | 1.6 | 1.4 | +0.1 |
| Walt Weiss | 31 | FA-elig | 137 | 1.5 | 2.3 | -0.8 |
| Bryan Rekar | 23 | pre-arb | 15 | 1.1 | 0.1 | +0.9 |
| Andres Galarraga | 34 | FA-elig | 143 | 1.1 | 4.0 | -2.9 |
| John Vander Wal | 29 | arb | 105 | 0.8 | 0.3 | +0.5 |
| Joe Grahe | 27 | arb | 17 | 0.7 | 0.6 | +0.1 |
| Marvin Freeman | 32 | FA-elig | 22 | 0.5 | 1.9 | -1.4 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 31 | FA-elig | 37 | 0.5 | 1.0 | -0.5 |
| Armando Reynoso | 29 | arb | 20 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +0.2 |
| Mark Thompson | 24 | pre-arb | 21 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Jayhawk Owens | 26 | pre-arb | 18 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Ellis Burks | 30 | FA-elig | 103 | 0.2 | 3.3 | -3.2 |
| Harvey Pulliam | 27 | – | 5 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Bret Saberhagen↔ NYM | 31 | FA-elig | 9 | 0.1 | 2.0 | -1.9 |
| Trenidad Hubbard | 31 | pre-arb | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Lance Painter | 27 | pre-arb | 33 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Roger Bailey | 24 | pre-arb | 39 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| A.J. Sager | 30 | pre-arb | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Craig Counsell | 24 | – | 3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Omar Olivares↔ PHI | 27 | arb | 12 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| Quinton McCracken | 24 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Mike Kingery | 34 | FA-elig | 119 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -0.8 |
| Pedro Castellano | 25 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| David Nied | 26 | arb | 2 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Matt Nokes↔ BAL | 31 | FA-elig | 10 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Jason Bates | 24 | pre-arb | 116 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Jim Tatum | 27 | arb | 34 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Bryan Hickerson↔ CHC | 31 | arb | 18 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Jorge Brito | 29 | pre-arb | 18 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Juan Acevedo | 25 | pre-arb | 17 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Mike Munoz | 29 | FA-elig | 64 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -0.6 |
| Joe Girardi | 30 | FA-elig | 125 | -0.7 | 1.9 | -2.5 |
| Roberto Mejia | 23 | – | 23 | -0.7 | – | – |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Larry Walker | 4.6 |
| Bill Swift | 1.7 |
| Bryan Rekar | 1.1 |
| Joe Grahe | 0.7 |
| Harvey Pulliam | 0.1 |
| Bret Saberhagen | 0.1 |
| Player | 1994 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Charlie Hayes | 0.9 |
| Mike Harkey | 0.5 |
| Nelson Liriano | 0.5 |
| Greg Harris | 0.3 |
| Kent Bottenfield | 0.2 |
| Willie Blair | 0.1 |
What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. 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 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Walker | 28 | 6.000 | $5.0M | $4.4M | $6.3M | $6.0M | $5.4M | $12.1M | $12.2M |
| Andres Galarraga | 34 | 10.000 | $4.0M | $4.5M | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bill Swift | 33 | 10.000 | $3.9M | $4.6M | $4.6M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Dante Bichette | 31 | 7.000 | $3.4M | $3.6M | $5.2M | $5.3M | $7.2M | FREE AGENT | |
| Ellis Burks | 30 | 8.000 | $3.3M | $4.0M | $4.0M | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Walt Weiss | 31 | 8.000 | $2.3M | $1.6M | $2.7M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bret Saberhagen | 31 | 11.000 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Marvin Freeman | 32 | 9.000 | $1.9M | $2.4M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Joe Girardi | 30 | 6.000 | $1.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bruce Ruffin | 31 | 9.000 | $1.0M | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Mike Kingery | 34 | 9.000 | $700k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kevin Ritz | 30 | 6.000 | $447k | $740k | $2.5M | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Mike Munoz | 29 | 6.000 | $300k | $290k | $350k | $585k | FREE AGENT | ||
| Matt Nokes | 31 | 10.000 | $194k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Holmes | 29 | 5.000 | $1.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joe Grahe | 27 | 5.000 | $575k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| John Vander Wal | 29 | 4.000 | $300k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Omar Olivares | 27 | 5.000 | $289k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| David Nied | 26 | 3.000 | $275k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Vinny Castilla | 27 | 4.000 | $265k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Steve Reed | 30 | 3.000 | $265k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Armando Reynoso | 29 | 4.000 | $258k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Eric Young Sr. | 28 | 3.000 | $252k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jim Tatum | 27 | 3.000 | $135k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bryan Hickerson | 31 | 4.000 | $129k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Harvey Pulliam | 27 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Painter | 27 | 2.000 | $131k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Curt Leskanic | 27 | 2.000 | $130k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jayhawk Owens | 26 | 2.000 | $124k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Trenidad Hubbard | 31 | 1.000 | $114k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jorge Brito | 29 | 0.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jason Bates | 24 | 0.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Roger Bailey | 24 | 0.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Juan Acevedo | 25 | 0.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Quinton McCracken | 24 | 0.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Bryan Rekar | 23 | 0.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mark Thompson | 24 | 1.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| A.J. Sager | 30 | 1.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Pedro Castellano | 25 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Craig Counsell | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Roberto Mejia | 23 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rockies 1995; 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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