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GM: Jerry Dipoto

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.21× league · TAB +8.7
+8.7TAB — talent above budget5th/30
+13.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)2nd/30
10.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars2nd/30
-4.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag7th/30
13%dead money %2nd/30
0.605win %1st/30
45.3roster fWAR3rd/30
-5surplus $M (value vs cost)14th/30
$137Mpayroll $M8th/30

2014: made playoffs · 98–64. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFMike Trout 149GTony Campana 23GCollin Cowgill 11G
LFJosh Hamilton 68GCollin Cowgill 44GEfren Navarro 23G
RFKole Calhoun 123GCollin Cowgill 49GBrennan Boesch 9G
SSErick Aybar 155GJohn McDonald 16GGordon Beckham 6G
2BHowie Kendrick 154GGordon Beckham 105GGrant Green 10G
3BDavid Freese 122GJohn McDonald 73GLuis Jimenez 16G
1BAlbert Pujols 116GC.J. Cron 36GEfren Navarro 28G
STARTERSGarrett Richards 4.1WARMatt Shoemaker 2.0WARTyler Skaggs 1.5WARJered Weaver 1.3WARCory Rasmus 0.7WAR
CChris Iannetta 104GHank Conger 79GJohn Buck 24G
DHAlbert Pujols 43GC.J. Cron 36GJosh Hamilton 14G
BULLPEN★ Huston Street 41svKevin Jepsen 22hJoe Smith 18hJason Grilli 12hMike Morin 10hFernando Salas 9hJoe Thatcher 6hVinnie Pestano 2h
CChris Iannetta 104 · Hank Conger 79 · John Buck 24
1BAlbert Pujols 116 · C.J. Cron 36 · Efren Navarro 28
2BHowie Kendrick 154 · Gordon Beckham 105 · Grant Green 10
3BDavid Freese 122 · John McDonald 73 · Luis Jimenez 16
SSErick Aybar 155 · John McDonald 16 · Gordon Beckham 6
LFJosh Hamilton 68 · Collin Cowgill 44 · Efren Navarro 23
CFMike Trout 149 · Tony Campana 23 · Collin Cowgill 11
RFKole Calhoun 123 · Collin Cowgill 49 · Brennan Boesch 9
DHAlbert Pujols 43 · C.J. Cron 36 · Josh Hamilton 14
SPGarrett Richards 4.1 · Matt Shoemaker 2.0 · Tyler Skaggs 1.5 · Jered Weaver 1.3 · Cory Rasmus 0.7
BP★ Huston Street 41 · Kevin Jepsen 22 · Joe Smith 18 · Jason Grilli 12 · Mike Morin 10 · Fernando Salas 9 · Joe Thatcher 6 · Vinnie Pestano 2

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.

2014 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mike Trout 22 arb 1578.3 1.0 +23.2
Howie Kendrick 30 FA-elig 1574.6 9.3 +4.2
Erick Aybar 30 FA-elig 1564.2 8.5 +3.8
Garrett Richards 26 arb 264.1 0.5 +11.6
Kole Calhoun 26 pre-arb 1273.4 0.5 +9.3
Hank Conger 26 arb 802.8 0.5 +7.8
Albert Pujols 34 FA-elig 1592.7 23.0 -15.0
David Freese 31 arb 1342.5 5.0 +2.3
Matt Shoemaker 27 pre-arb 272.0 0.5 +5.5
Chris Iannetta 31 FA-elig 1082.0 5.0 +0.9
Tyler Skaggs 22 pre-arb 181.5 0.5 +4.0
Collin Cowgill 28 arb 1061.4 0.5 +3.5
Jered Weaver 31 FA-elig 341.3 16.0 -12.1
Josh Hamilton 33 FA-elig 891.1 17.0 -13.7
Joe Smith 30 FA-elig 761.0 5.2 -2.4
Kevin Jepsen 29 FA-elig 740.9 1.5 +1.0
Jason Grilli↔ PIT 37 FA-elig 400.8 2.7 -0.4
Cory Rasmus 26 pre-arb 300.7 0.5 +1.4
Fernando Salas 29 arb 570.6 0.9 +0.8
Huston Street↔ SDP 30 FA-elig 280.6 3.2 -1.6
C.J. Wilson 33 FA-elig 320.6 16.0 -14.4
Mike Morin 23 – 600.6 0.5 +1.1
Héctor Santiago 26 arb 300.5 0.5 +1.0
Wade LeBlanc↔ NYY 29 pre-arb 100.3 0.1 +0.7
Efren Navarro 28 pre-arb 640.2 0.5 +0.1
Gordon Beckham↔ CHW 27 arb 260.2 0.9 -0.3
Vinnie Pestano↔ CLE 29 arb 120.1 0.5 -0.1
Drew Rucinski 25 – 30.1 – –
Yoslan Herrera 33 – 200.1 – –
Jairo Díaz 23 – 50.1 – –
Jose Alvarez 25 pre-arb 20.0 0.5 -0.4
JB Shuck↔ CLE 27 arb 220.0 0.3 -0.3
Sean Burnett 31 FA-elig 30.0 3.8 -3.7
Rich Hill↔ NYY 34 – 20.0 0.0 -0.0
John Buck↔ SEA 33 FA-elig 5-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Joe Thatcher↔ ARI 32 FA-elig 16-0.0 0.7 -0.8
David Carpenter 26 pre-arb 1-0.0 0.5 -0.6
Cam Bedrosian 22 – 17-0.1 0.5 -0.6
Josh Wall 27 – 2-0.1 – –
Dane De La Rosa 31 arb 3-0.1 0.5 -0.7
Jarrett Grube 32 – 1-0.1 – –
Nick Maronde 24 pre-arb 11-0.1 0.5 -0.8
Ian Stewart 29 arb 24-0.1 0.9 -1.3
Michael Kohn 28 arb 25-0.1 0.5 -0.9
Shawn O'Malley 26 – 11-0.1 0.1 -0.5
Luis Jimenez 26 – 18-0.1 – –
C.J. Cron 24 – 79-0.2 0.3 -0.8
John McDonald 39 FA-elig 95-0.2 0.8 -1.4
Tony Campana↔ ARI 28 arb 18-0.2 0.2 -0.8
Grant Green 26 pre-arb 43-0.2 0.5 -1.2
Michael Roth 24 pre-arb 7-0.4 0.3 -1.5
Brennan Boesch 29 arb 27-0.5 0.8 -2.3
Ernesto Frieri↔ PIT 28 arb 34-0.5 2.7 -4.3
Raul Ibanez↔ KCR 42 FA-elig 57-0.8 1.7 -4.0

Key additions (new vs 2013)

PlayerfWAR
David Freese2.5
Tyler Skaggs1.5
Joe Smith1.0
Jason Grilli0.8
Fernando Salas0.6
Huston Street0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Jason Vargas1.7
Mark Trumbo1.7
Peter Bourjos0.6
Robert Coello0.4
Tommy Hanson0.4
Alberto Callaspo0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$137.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2014, 2014–2020. 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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Albert Pujols3413.000$23.0M$24.0M$25.0M$26.0M$27.0M$28.0M$29.0M
Josh Hamilton337.000$17.0MFREE AGENT
Jered Weaver317.129$16.0M$18.0M$20.0MFREE AGENT
C.J. Wilson338.055$16.0M$18.0MFREE AGENT
Howie Kendrick307.091$9.3MFREE AGENT
Erick Aybar307.086$8.5M$8.5MFREE AGENT
Joe Smith306.091$5.2M$5.2M$3.7MFREE AGENT
Chris Iannetta317.013$5.0M$5.5MFREE AGENT
Sean Burnett317.085$3.8MFREE AGENT
Huston Street309.000$3.2M$7.0M$8.0M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Grilli377.016$2.7MFREE AGENT
Raul Ibanez4216.020$1.7MFREE AGENT
John McDonald3912.118$850kFREE AGENT
John Buck3310.064$156kFREE AGENT
Rich Hill346.037$48kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
David Freese314.028$5.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ernesto Frieri285.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Kevin Jepsen293.163$1.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ian Stewart294.171$900kARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Salas293.048$870kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gordon Beckham274.123$855kARB 3FREE AGENT
Brennan Boesch293.054$800kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Thatcher325.068$717kFREE AGENT
Dane De La Rosa313.000$515kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (30)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Mike Trout222.070$1.0MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Héctor Santiago262.024$530kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Garrett Richards261.148$520kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hank Conger262.051$518kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Kohn282.112$515kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Collin Cowgill281.151$506kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kole Calhoun260.130$506kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Grant Green261.033$502kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Skaggs220.066$502kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Alvarez250.053$502kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Rasmus261.155$501kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Maronde240.088$501kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Shoemaker270.014$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cam Bedrosian220.000$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Efren Navarro280.042$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Morin230.000$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Carpenter262.000$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vinnie Pestano292.160$468kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
C.J. Cron240.000$342kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Roth240.086$322kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
JB Shuck271.055$298kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Campana281.155$208kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wade LeBlanc292.154$84kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn O'Malley260.000$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrett Grube32–—
Josh Wall271.044—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Jimenez261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yoslan Herrera33–—
Jairo Díaz230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Drew Rucinski250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 2014; 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.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.