GM: Kevin Towers
2005: made playoffs · 82–80. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Giles | 34 | FA-elig | 158 | 5.9 | 8.3 | +2.8 |
| Jake Peavy | 24 | arb | 30 | 5.8 | 0.8 | +10.2 |
| Dave Roberts | 33 | FA-elig | 115 | 2.3 | 1.4 | +3.0 |
| Ramon Hernandez | 29 | FA-elig | 99 | 2.3 | 4.3 | -0.0 |
| Adam Eaton | 27 | arb | 26 | 1.9 | 3.4 | +0.2 |
| Scott Linebrink | 28 | arb | 73 | 1.8 | 0.9 | +2.5 |
| Mark Sweeney | 35 | FA-elig | 135 | 1.8 | 0.6 | +2.8 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 37 | FA-elig | 60 | 1.7 | 5.0 | -1.8 |
| Brian Lawrence | 29 | arb | 33 | 1.7 | 2.4 | +0.7 |
| Khalil Greene | 25 | pre-arb | 121 | 1.6 | 0.4 | +2.7 |
| Ryan Klesko | 34 | FA-elig | 137 | 1.5 | 9.0 | -6.2 |
| Rudy Seanez | 36 | FA-elig | 57 | 1.5 | 0.6 | +2.2 |
| Damian Jackson | 31 | – | 118 | 1.3 | – | – |
| Geoff Blum↔ CHW | 32 | FA-elig | 78 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +1.4 |
| Woody Williams | 38 | FA-elig | 30 | 1.0 | 3.0 | -1.2 |
| Miguel Olivo↔ SEA | 26 | arb | 37 | 0.9 | 0.2 | +1.5 |
| Xavier Nady | 26 | arb | 124 | 0.8 | 0.5 | +1.0 |
| Clay Hensley | 25 | – | 24 | 0.7 | – | – |
| Mark Loretta | 33 | FA-elig | 105 | 0.7 | 2.8 | -1.4 |
| Pedro Astacio↔ TEX | 36 | FA-elig | 12 | 0.6 | 0.4 | +0.8 |
| Akinori Otsuka | 33 | pre-arb | 66 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +0.4 |
| Tim Stauffer | 23 | – | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +0.8 |
| Ben Johnson | 24 | – | 31 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Paul Quantrill↔ MIA | 36 | FA-elig | 22 | 0.4 | 1.3 | -0.6 |
| Chan Ho Park↔ TEX | 32 | FA-elig | 10 | 0.4 | 5.0 | -4.3 |
| Joe Randa↔ CIN | 35 | FA-elig | 58 | 0.4 | 0.8 | -0.1 |
| Sean Burroughs | 24 | arb | 93 | 0.4 | 1.7 | -1.0 |
| Robert Fick | 31 | – | 93 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Eric Young Sr. | 38 | FA-elig | 56 | 0.3 | 0.8 | -0.3 |
| David Ross↔ PIT | 28 | arb | 11 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Wilson Valdez↔ SEA | 27 | pre-arb | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Paul McAnulty | 24 | – | 22 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Scott Cassidy↔ BOS | 29 | – | 10 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Brian Falkenborg | 27 | – | 10 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Craig Breslow | 24 | – | 14 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Chris Oxspring | 28 | – | 5 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jesse Garcia | 31 | – | 16 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Randy Williams↔ COL | 29 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Dennys Reyes | 28 | FA-elig | 36 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -0.8 |
| Adam Hyzdu↔ BOS | 33 | arb | 17 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Manny Alexander | 34 | – | 10 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Darrell May↔ NYY | 33 | FA-elig | 22 | -0.2 | 3.0 | -3.3 |
| Chris Hammond | 39 | FA-elig | 55 | -0.3 | 0.8 | -1.3 |
| Phil Nevin↔ TEX | 34 | FA-elig | 73 | -0.4 | 6.9 | -7.6 |
| Tim Redding↔ NYY | 27 | arb | 9 | -0.6 | 0.7 | -1.7 |
| Miguel Ojeda↔ SEA | 30 | pre-arb | 43 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -1.5 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Dave Roberts | 2.3 |
| Mark Sweeney | 1.8 |
| Rudy Seanez | 1.5 |
| Damian Jackson | 1.3 |
| Geoff Blum | 1.0 |
| Woody Williams | 1.0 |
| Player | 2004 fWAR |
|---|---|
| David Wells | 3.0 |
| Jay Payton | 1.7 |
| Terrence Long | 0.8 |
| Antonio Osuna | 0.6 |
| Dennis Tankersley | 0.6 |
| Brian Sweeney | 0.4 |
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.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Klesko | 34 | 13.000 | $9.0M | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brian Giles | 34 | 10.000 | $8.3M | $7.7M | $9.7M | $9.7M | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | |
| Phil Nevin | 34 | 10.000 | $6.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chan Ho Park | 32 | 11.000 | $5.0M | $15.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Trevor Hoffman | 37 | 12.000 | $5.0M | $4.5M | $7.0M | $7.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ramon Hernandez | 29 | 6.000 | $4.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Woody Williams | 38 | 12.000 | $3.0M | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Darrell May | 33 | 10.000 | $3.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mark Loretta | 33 | 10.000 | $2.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dave Roberts | 33 | 6.000 | $1.4M | $2.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Paul Quantrill | 36 | 13.000 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eric Young Sr. | 38 | 13.000 | $850k | $653k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Joe Randa | 35 | 10.000 | $831k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chris Hammond | 39 | 15.000 | $750k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mark Sweeney | 35 | 10.000 | $575k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rudy Seanez | 36 | 16.000 | $550k | $1.6M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Dennys Reyes | 28 | 8.000 | $550k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Geoff Blum | 32 | 6.000 | $411k | $650k | $900k | FREE AGENT | |||
| Pedro Astacio | 36 | 13.000 | $400k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Manny Alexander | 34 | 13.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Damian Jackson | 31 | 9.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Robert Fick | 31 | 7.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jesse Garcia | 31 | 6.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian Falkenborg | 27 | 6.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Eaton | 27 | 5.000 | $3.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian Lawrence | 29 | 4.000 | $2.4M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Sean Burroughs | 24 | 3.000 | $1.7M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Scott Linebrink | 28 | 5.000 | $910k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jake Peavy | 24 | 3.000 | $750k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Tim Redding | 27 | 4.000 | $675k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Xavier Nady | 26 | 5.000 | $488k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Adam Hyzdu | 33 | 5.000 | $220k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Miguel Olivo | 26 | 3.000 | $163k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| David Ross | 28 | 3.000 | $73k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Scott Cassidy | 29 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinori Otsuka | 33 | 1.000 | $800k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Khalil Greene | 25 | 2.000 | $355k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tim Stauffer | 23 | 0.000 | $316k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Miguel Ojeda | 30 | 2.000 | $237k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Wilson Valdez | 27 | 1.000 | $56k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chris Oxspring | 28 | – | — | ||||||
| Randy Williams | 29 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Paul McAnulty | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ben Johnson | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Craig Breslow | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Clay Hensley | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Padres 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.
| 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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