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Angels ANA

200794–68 (0.580)Made Playoffs
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GM: Bill Stoneman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2007, 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
$107M
Surplus $M
-16
Win %
0.580
TAB
+4.2
WAB
+8.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
41.7
Dead money %
12%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-4.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2007 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMike Napoli75
RJeff Mathis57
RJosé Molina⇄40
RRyan Budde10

1B

LCasey Kotchman130
RRobb Quinlan34
BKendrys Morales19
RShea Hillenbrand⇄8

2B

RHowie Kendrick86
BErick Aybar43
BMaicer Izturis40
BChone Figgins9

3B

BChone Figgins99
BMaicer Izturis53
RBrandon Wood10
RRobb Quinlan10
RMatthew Brown4
BErick Aybar1

SS

ROrlando Cabrera153
BErick Aybar20
RBrandon Wood3
BMaicer Izturis3

LF

LGarret Anderson85
BReggie Willits64
RRobb Quinlan16
LNathan Haynes8
BErick Aybar6
BTommy Murphy5
RJuan Rivera2
RNick Gorneault2
RTerry Evans1

CF

BGary Matthews Jr.135
BReggie Willits30
LNathan Haynes12
BTommy Murphy2

RF

RVladimir Guerrero108
BReggie Willits31
LNathan Haynes13
BChone Figgins11
BTommy Murphy9
RJuan Rivera7
RTerry Evans6
BKendrys Morales6
RRobb Quinlan6
BErick Aybar2

DH

RShea Hillenbrand⇄45
RVladimir Guerrero41
LGarret Anderson20
BKendrys Morales15
BReggie Willits14
RRobb Quinlan7
RJuan Rivera4
BGary Matthews Jr.4
LNathan Haynes3
BMaicer Izturis3
ROrlando Cabrera2
BErick Aybar2
RRyan Budde2
LCasey Kotchman1
BChone Figgins1
RHowie Kendrick1
RTerry Evans1
BTommy Murphy1

Starters

RJohn Lackey5.0 WAR
RKelvim Escobar4.9 WAR
RJered Weaver2.9 WAR
LJoe Saunders1.4 WAR
RBartolo Colon1.0 WAR
RDustin Moseley0.9 WAR
RErvin Santana0.8 WAR
RHector Carrasco-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RFrancisco Rodriguez40 sv
RScot Shields31 h
RJustin Speier24 h
LDarren Oliver8 h
RChris Bootcheck4 h
RHector Carrasco2 h
RGreg Jones0 h
RRich Thompson0 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 2006)

PlayerfWAR
Gary Matthews Jr.1.3
Darren Oliver0.6
Justin Speier0.5
Nathan Haynes0.2
Terry Evans0.1
Nick Gorneault0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
Adam Kennedy1.0
Kevin Gregg0.6
Tim Salmon0.6
Dallas McPherson0.4
Curtis Pride0.4
Jeff Weaver0.3

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Angels. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2007; everyone else is shown as a 2007 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
John Lackey 2007 +5.0 +100.5 5.8 +94.7 $1.2M 2.50× –
Kelvim Escobar 2007 +4.9 +85.8 9.0 +76.8 $1.8M 2.19× –
Jered Weaver 2007 +2.9 +45.1 0.4 +44.7 $0.1M 1.96× –
Orlando Cabrera 2007 +4.8 +50.3 8.5 +41.8 $1.8M 1.32× –
Chone Figgins 2007 +4.0 +40.0 3.5 +36.5 $0.9M 1.25× –
Vladimir Guerrero 2007 +3.2 +40.7 14.5 +26.2 $4.6M 1.60× –
Francisco Rodríguez 2007 +1.9 +29.7 7.0 +22.7 $3.7M 1.95× –
Casey Kotchman 2007 +2.7 +22.9 0.4 +22.5 $0.1M 1.07× –
Howie Kendrick 2007 +2.3 +15.2 0.4 +14.8 $0.2M 0.82× –
Maicer Izturis 2007 +1.9 +12.8 0.4 +12.4 $0.2M 0.85× –
Joe Saunders 2007 +1.4 +11.0 0.4 +10.6 $0.3M 1.02× –
Reggie Willits 2007 +1.5 +10.0 0.4 +9.6 $0.3M 0.83× –
Mike Napoli 2007 +1.5 +9.3 0.4 +8.9 $0.3M 0.76× –
Ervin Santana 2007 +0.8 +6.6 0.4 +6.1 $0.5M 1.02× –
Scot Shields 2007 +0.8 +8.1 3.4 +4.7 $4.5M 1.34× –
Dustin Moseley 2007 +0.9 +4.8 0.4 +4.4 $0.4M 0.67× –
Chris Bootcheck 2007 +0.5 +2.6 0.4 +2.2 $0.8M 0.67× –
Gary Matthews Jr. 2007 +1.3 +8.6 6.4 +2.2 $4.9M 0.83× –
Darren Oliver 2007 +0.6 +3.0 1.5 +1.5 $2.7M 0.67× –
Tommy Murphy 2007 +0.1 +0.5 0.4 +0.1 $5.6M 0.83× –
Kendrys Morales 2007 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $17.3M 0.56× –
Justin Speier 2007 +0.5 +2.8 3.8 -1.0 $7.3M 0.67× –
Robb Quinlan 2007 -0.3 -1.5 0.8 -2.3 – 0.56× –
Garret Anderson 2007 +1.4 +9.0 11.6 -2.6 $8.6M 0.83× –
Juan Rivera 2007 -0.1 -0.9 2.0 -2.9 – 0.83× –
José Molina↔ 2007 -0.6 -2.4 0.8 -3.2 – 0.52× –
Erick Aybar 2007 -0.9 -4.1 0.4 -4.5 – 0.56× –
Hector Carrasco 2007 -0.5 -2.7 3.0 -5.7 – 0.67× –
Bartolo Colon 2007 +1.0 +8.1 16.0 -7.9 $16.0M 1.02× –
Shea Hillenbrand↔ 2007 -1.2 -6.5 4.4 -10.9 – 0.69× –
Brandon Wood 2007 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.58× –
Chris Resop 2007 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Greg Jones 2007 -0.1 -0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Bulger 2007 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Mathis 2007 +0.3 +1.3 – – – 0.52× –
Marcus Gwyn 2007 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Matthew Brown 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.58× –
Nathan Haynes 2007 +0.2 +1.3 – – – 0.83× –
Nick Gorneault 2007 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Rich Thompson 2007 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Ryan Budde 2007 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.52× –
Terry Evans 2007 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+41.9+507.9107.2+402.1—

Trades

Every graded 2007 deal involving the Angels — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

2007 · CHW / ANA
CHW · Kenny Williams +$24.0M
Orlando Cabrera
ANA · Bill Stoneman −$24.0M
Jon Garland
CHW came out ahead by $24.0M
2007 · NYY / ANA
NYY · Brian Cashman +$20.8M
José Molina
ANA · Bill Stoneman −$20.8M
Jeff Kennard
NYY came out ahead by $20.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$107.1M

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.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Bartolo Colon3410.000$16.0MFREE AGENT
Vladimir Guerrero3211.000$14.5M$15.5M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Garret Anderson3513.000$11.6M$12.6MFREE AGENT
Kelvim Escobar3110.000$9.0MFREE AGENT$10.0M
Orlando Cabrera3210.000$8.5MFREE AGENT
Gary Matthews Jr.328.000$6.4M$9.4M$10.4MFREE AGENT
Shea Hillenbrand316.000$4.4MFREE AGENT
Justin Speier339.000$3.8M$4.2M$4.8MFREE AGENT
Scot Shields316.000$3.4M$4.2M$5.0M$5.3MFREE AGENT
Hector Carrasco3713.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Juan Rivera286.000$2.0M$2.0M$3.2M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Darren Oliver3614.000$1.5M$2.0M$3.7MFREE AGENT
José Molina328.000$783kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Francisco Rodríguez255.000$7.0MFREE AGENT
John Lackey285.000$5.8MFREE AGENT
Chone Figgins295.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Robb Quinlan304.000$800kARB 3FREE AGENT
Maicer Izturis263.000$440kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Casey Kotchman243.000$382kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Bootcheck284.000$380kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Ervin Santana242.000$425kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kendrys Morales241.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Howie Kendrick231.000$395kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Napoli251.000$395kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jered Weaver241.000$385kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reggie Willits261.000$382kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tommy Murphy271.000$382kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erick Aybar231.000$382kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Moseley251.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Saunders262.000$380kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nathan Haynes270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Bulger282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Mathis242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Jones30–—
Nick Gorneault28–—
Chris Resop242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Budde270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matthew Brown24–—
Brandon Wood220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Evans250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Thompson220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marcus Gwyn29–—

Graphs

How each 2007 acquisition stacked onto Angels's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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