GM: Daniel O'Dowd
2007: won pennant · 90–73. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Holliday | 27 | arb | 158 | 6.9 | 4.4 | +10.4 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | 22 | pre-arb | 155 | 5.2 | 0.4 | +10.8 |
| Todd Helton | 33 | FA-elig | 154 | 4.2 | 16.6 | -7.6 |
| Jeff Francis | 26 | arb | 35 | 3.8 | 0.8 | +7.5 |
| Kazuo Matsui | 31 | arb | 104 | 2.7 | 1.5 | +4.2 |
| Aaron Cook | 28 | arb | 25 | 2.6 | 3.1 | +2.5 |
| Garrett Atkins | 27 | arb | 157 | 2.1 | 0.4 | +4.2 |
| Ryan Spilborghs | 27 | – | 97 | 1.6 | 0.4 | +3.1 |
| Taylor Buchholz | 25 | – | 41 | 1.6 | 0.4 | +3.1 |
| Brad Hawpe | 28 | arb | 152 | 1.5 | 0.4 | +2.8 |
| Manny Corpas | 24 | pre-arb | 78 | 1.2 | 0.4 | +2.2 |
| Franklin Morales | 21 | – | 8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | +2.1 |
| Josh Fogg | 30 | FA-elig | 30 | 1.0 | 3.6 | -1.5 |
| Willy Taveras | 25 | arb | 97 | 0.9 | 0.4 | +1.5 |
| Brian Fuentes | 31 | FA-elig | 64 | 0.9 | 3.5 | -1.6 |
| Ubaldo Jiménez | 23 | – | 15 | 0.9 | – | – |
| Rodrigo Lopez | 31 | FA-elig | 14 | 0.7 | 4.3 | -2.8 |
| Jason Hirsh | 25 | pre-arb | 19 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +1.0 |
| Yorvit Torrealba | 28 | FA-elig | 113 | 0.6 | 1.1 | +0.2 |
| Jorge Julio↔ MIA | 28 | FA-elig | 58 | 0.6 | 3.1 | -1.9 |
| Jeremy Affeldt | 28 | arb | 75 | 0.4 | 1.2 | -0.3 |
| Matt Herges | 37 | – | 35 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Zach McClellan | 28 | – | 12 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Mark Redman↔ ATL | 33 | FA-elig | 5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Chris Iannetta | 24 | pre-arb | 67 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Seth Smith | 24 | – | 7 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Jamey Carroll | 33 | arb | 108 | 0.2 | 1.7 | -1.2 |
| Denny Bautista | 26 | – | 9 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Ryan Speier | 27 | – | 20 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Ian Stewart | 22 | – | 35 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Tim Harikkala | 35 | – | 1 | 0.2 | – | – |
| LaTroy Hawkins | 34 | FA-elig | 62 | 0.2 | 3.2 | -2.9 |
| Ramon E Ramirez | 25 | pre-arb | 22 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
| Josh Newman | 25 | – | 2 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Darren Clarke | 26 | – | 2 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Elmer Dessens↔ MIL | 36 | FA-elig | 5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Sean Barker | 27 | – | 3 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Juan Morillo | 23 | – | 4 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Edwin Bellorin | 25 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Dan Serafini | 33 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Cory Sullivan | 27 | – | 72 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Bob Keppel | 25 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Tom Martin | 37 | FA-elig | 26 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -1.0 |
| Joe Koshansky | 25 | – | 17 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Ramon Ortiz↔ MIN | 34 | FA-elig | 10 | -0.2 | 0.8 | -1.2 |
| Alberto Arias | 23 | – | 6 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Geronimo Gil | 31 | – | 5 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Byung-Hyun Kim↔ ARI | 28 | FA-elig | 3 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| John Mabry | 36 | FA-elig | 28 | -0.3 | 0.8 | -1.4 |
| Clint Barmes | 28 | – | 27 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -1.1 |
| Omar Quintanilla | 25 | – | 27 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Jeff Baker | 26 | pre-arb | 85 | -0.6 | 0.4 | -1.6 |
| Steve Finley | 42 | FA-elig | 43 | -1.1 | 1.0 | -3.3 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Taylor Buchholz | 1.6 |
| Franklin Morales | 1.0 |
| Willy Taveras | 0.9 |
| Rodrigo Lopez | 0.7 |
| Jason Hirsh | 0.7 |
| Jorge Julio | 0.6 |
| Player | 2006 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jason Jennings | 4.0 |
| Eli Marrero | 0.4 |
| Jason Smith | 0.3 |
| David Cortes | 0.2 |
| Mike Venafro | 0.0 |
| Nate Field | 0.0 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2007, 2007–2013. 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 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Helton | 33 | 10.000 | $16.6M | $16.6M | $16.6M | $17.8M | $20.3M | $4.9M | $5.0M |
| Rodrigo Lopez | 31 | 7.000 | $4.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Josh Fogg | 30 | 6.000 | $3.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian Fuentes | 31 | 6.000 | $3.5M | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| LaTroy Hawkins | 34 | 12.000 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jorge Julio | 28 | 6.000 | $3.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Yorvit Torrealba | 28 | 6.000 | $1.1M | $3.0M | $3.8M | FREE AGENT | $1.0M | ||
| Steve Finley | 42 | 18.000 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ramon Ortiz | 34 | 8.000 | $816k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| John Mabry | 36 | 13.000 | $750k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tom Martin | 37 | 10.000 | $700k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Elmer Dessens | 36 | 11.000 | $500k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mark Redman | 33 | 8.000 | $341k | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Byung-Hyun Kim | 28 | 8.000 | $268k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dan Serafini | 33 | 11.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Herges | 37 | 8.000 | — | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Geronimo Gil | 31 | 6.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Holliday | 27 | 3.000 | $4.4M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Aaron Cook | 28 | 5.000 | $3.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jamey Carroll | 33 | 5.000 | $1.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kazuo Matsui | 31 | 3.000 | $1.5M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jeremy Affeldt | 28 | 5.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeff Francis | 26 | 3.000 | $750k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Brad Hawpe | 28 | 3.000 | $403k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Willy Taveras | 25 | 3.000 | $402k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Garrett Atkins | 27 | 4.000 | $400k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Clint Barmes | 28 | 4.000 | $395k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Denny Bautista | 26 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Baker | 26 | 2.000 | $400k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ramon E Ramirez | 25 | 1.000 | $386k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Taylor Buchholz | 25 | 1.000 | $383k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Ryan Spilborghs | 27 | 2.000 | $383k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Manny Corpas | 24 | 1.000 | $382k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jason Hirsh | 25 | 1.000 | $381k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Troy Tulowitzki | 22 | 1.000 | $381k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chris Iannetta | 24 | 1.000 | $381k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Franklin Morales | 21 | 0.000 | $91k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tim Harikkala | 35 | – | — | ||||||
| Cory Sullivan | 27 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Bob Keppel | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Edwin Bellorin | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Ubaldo Jiménez | 23 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Juan Morillo | 23 | – | — | ||||||
| Ryan Speier | 27 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Omar Quintanilla | 25 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Zach McClellan | 28 | – | — | ||||||
| Sean Barker | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Seth Smith | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ian Stewart | 22 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Josh Newman | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Darren Clarke | 26 | – | — | ||||||
| Joe Koshansky | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Alberto Arias | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rockies 2007; 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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