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GM: Billy Eppler

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.01× league · TAB -8.9
-8.9TAB — talent above budget26th/30
-8.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)27th/30
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars24th/30
-7.4dead WAR — sub-replacement drag23rd/30
38%dead money %18th/30
0.457win %21st/30
25.4roster fWAR25th/30
-43surplus $M (value vs cost)23rd/30
$126Mpayroll $M16th/30

Roster

CFMike Trout 148GShane Robinson 19GRafael Ortega 10G
LFRafael Ortega 46GDaniel Nava 37GShane Robinson 34G
RFKole Calhoun 154GRafael Ortega 9GNick Buss 5G
SSAndrelton Simmons 124GGregorio Petit 32GCliff Pennington 17G
2BJohnny Giavotella 97GCliff Pennington 58GGregorio Petit 50G
3BYunel Escobar 129GJefry Marte 22GKaleb Cowart 21G
1BC.J. Cron 97GJefry Marte 29GAlbert Pujols 28G
STARTERSMatt Shoemaker 3.5WARJhoulys Chacín 1.5WARRicky Nolasco 1.1WARGarrett Richards 0.8WARTyler Skaggs 0.8WAR
CCarlos Pérez 82GJett Bandy 68GGeovany Soto 23G
DHAlbert Pujols 123GMike Trout 11GC.J. Cron 10G
BULLPEN★ Huston Street 9svJC Ramírez 13hMike Morin 13hJose Alvarez 12hCam Bedrosian 7hAndrew Bailey 5hDeolis Guerra 5hBrett Oberholtzer 0h
CCarlos Pérez 82 · Jett Bandy 68 · Geovany Soto 23
1BC.J. Cron 97 · Jefry Marte 29 · Albert Pujols 28
2BJohnny Giavotella 97 · Cliff Pennington 58 · Gregorio Petit 50
3BYunel Escobar 129 · Jefry Marte 22 · Kaleb Cowart 21
SSAndrelton Simmons 124 · Gregorio Petit 32 · Cliff Pennington 17
LFRafael Ortega 46 · Daniel Nava 37 · Shane Robinson 34
CFMike Trout 148 · Shane Robinson 19 · Rafael Ortega 10
RFKole Calhoun 154 · Rafael Ortega 9 · Nick Buss 5
DHAlbert Pujols 123 · Mike Trout 11 · C.J. Cron 10
SPMatt Shoemaker 3.5 · Jhoulys Chacín 1.5 · Ricky Nolasco 1.1 · Garrett Richards 0.8 · Tyler Skaggs 0.8
BP★ Huston Street 9 · JC Ramírez 13 · Mike Morin 13 · Jose Alvarez 12 · Cam Bedrosian 7 · Andrew Bailey 5 · Deolis Guerra 5 · Brett Oberholtzer 0

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.

2016 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mike Trout 24 arb 1598.6 16.1 +11.9
Matt Shoemaker 29 arb 273.5 0.5 +10.9
Kole Calhoun 28 arb 1573.1 3.4 +6.7
Andrelton Simmons 26 arb 1242.9 6.0 +3.4
Yunel Escobar 33 FA-elig 1321.5 7.0 -2.0
Jhoulys Chacín↔ ATL 28 arb 291.5 0.7 +4.0
Ricky Nolasco↔ MIN 33 FA-elig 111.1 4.1 -0.4
C.J. Cron 26 pre-arb 1161.0 0.5 +2.8
Cam Bedrosian 24 pre-arb 451.0 0.5 +2.7
Albert Pujols 36 FA-elig 1521.0 25.0 -21.9
Jefry Marte 25 pre-arb 880.8 0.4 +2.3
Jose Alvarez 27 arb 640.8 0.5 +2.1
Garrett Richards 28 arb 60.8 6.4 -3.9
Tyler Skaggs 24 arb 100.8 0.5 +1.9
Héctor Santiago↔ MIN 28 arb 220.7 3.3 -1.0
Johnny Giavotella 28 arb 990.6 0.5 +1.5
Mike Morin 25 pre-arb 600.6 0.5 +1.5
Geovany Soto 33 FA-elig 260.5 2.8 -1.1
Jett Bandy 26 pre-arb 700.4 0.4 +1.1
Deolis Guerra 27 pre-arb 440.4 0.4 +0.9
Alex Meyer↔ MIN 26 pre-arb 50.4 0.1 +1.1
Cliff Pennington 32 FA-elig 740.2 1.5 -0.9
Nick Tropeano 25 pre-arb 130.2 0.5 +0.0
Andrew Bailey↔ PHI 32 arb 120.1 0.1 +0.4
Cody Ege↔ MIA 25 – 130.1 0.1 +0.3
Rafael Ortega 25 pre-arb 660.1 0.2 -0.0
JC Ramírez↔ CIN 27 pre-arb 430.1 0.2 +0.1
Juan Graterol 27 – 90.0 0.4 -0.3
Andrew Heaney 25 pre-arb 10.0 0.5 -0.5
Jered Weaver 33 FA-elig 310.0 20.0 -20.0
Shane Robinson 31 arb 65-0.0 0.4 -0.6
Daniel Wright↔ CIN 25 pre-arb 5-0.1 0.0 -0.3
Joe Smith↔ CHC 32 FA-elig 38-0.1 3.7 -3.9
Al Alburquerque 30 arb 2-0.1 1.1 -1.4
Gregorio Petit 31 pre-arb 89-0.1 0.4 -0.7
Fernando Salas↔ NYM 31 FA-elig 58-0.1 1.9 -2.2
Todd Cunningham 27 arb 20-0.1 0.5 -0.9
Brendan Ryan 34 FA-elig 17-0.2 0.1 -0.7
Javy Guerra 30 pre-arb 7-0.2 0.0 -0.7
Craig Gentry 32 FA-elig 14-0.2 1.0 -1.7
José A. Váldez 26 – 25-0.3 – –
Carlos Pérez 25 pre-arb 87-0.3 0.5 -1.5
Cory Rasmus 28 arb 19-0.3 0.5 -1.5
David Huff 31 – 2-0.4 0.0 -1.3
Greg Mahle 23 – 24-0.4 0.2 -1.4
Nick Buss 29 pre-arb 36-0.4 0.1 -1.5
A.J. Achter 27 pre-arb 27-0.4 0.2 -1.6
Brett Oberholtzer↔ PHI 26 arb 11-0.5 0.2 -1.7
Ji Man Choi 25 pre-arb 54-0.6 0.7 -2.5
Huston Street 32 FA-elig 26-0.6 8.0 -9.8
Daniel Nava↔ KCR 33 FA-elig 45-0.6 1.1 -3.1
Tim Lincecum 32 FA-elig 9-0.7 2.5 -4.8
Kaleb Cowart 24 pre-arb 31-0.8 0.1 -2.8

Key additions (new vs 2015)

PlayerfWAR
Andrelton Simmons2.9
Yunel Escobar1.5
Jhoulys Chacín1.5
Ricky Nolasco1.1
Jefry Marte0.8
Tyler Skaggs0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 2015)

Player2015 fWAR
David Freese2.2
Chris Iannetta1.4
Cesár Ramos0.6
Daniel Robertson0.2
Collin Cowgill0.2
Trevor Gott0.2

Current & Historical Payroll

2016 payroll
$126.5M
2017 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2016, 2016–2022. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2016; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2016201720182019202020212022
Albert Pujols3615.000$25.0MFREE AGENT
Jered Weaver339.129$20.0MFREE AGENT
Huston Street3211.000$8.0MFREE AGENT
Yunel Escobar338.121$7.0MFREE AGENT
Ricky Nolasco339.142$4.1MFREE AGENT
Joe Smith328.091$3.7MFREE AGENT
Geovany Soto338.096$2.8MFREE AGENT
Tim Lincecum328.148$2.5MFREE AGENT
Cliff Pennington326.114$1.5MFREE AGENT
Craig Gentry327.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Brendan Ryan348.082$92kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2016201720182019202020212022
Mike Trout244.070$16.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Garrett Richards283.148$6.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrelton Simmons263.125$6.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Héctor Santiago284.016$3.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Salas315.048$1.9MFREE AGENT
Daniel Nava334.045$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Al Alburquerque304.147$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jhoulys Chacín285.054$749kFREE AGENT
Shane Robinson313.141$430kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Bailey325.034$77kFREE AGENT
Javy Guerra305.000$47kFREE AGENT
David Huff314.062$17kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (30)

PlayerAgeSvc2016201720182019202020212022
Kole Calhoun282.130$3.4MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ji Man Choi250.000$650kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Johnny Giavotella282.055$532kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Shoemaker291.166$530kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
C.J. Cron261.110$525kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Morin251.137$520kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Alvarez271.059$520kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Heaney250.150$515kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Skaggs242.066$515kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Rasmus281.155$514kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Pérez250.154$513kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cam Bedrosian240.161$510kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Cunningham270.080$509kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Tropeano250.068$469kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gregorio Petit311.056$397kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Graterol270.000$394kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jett Bandy260.034$383kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jefry Marte251.146$370kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Deolis Guerra270.101$363kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Ortega250.004$232kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
A.J. Achter270.076$194kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
JC Ramírez270.147$169kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Mahle23–$164k
Brett Oberholtzer261.127$154kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Buss290.016$139kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kaleb Cowart240.048$139kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Ege25–$62k
Alex Meyer261.013$59kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daniel Wright250.050$45kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José A. Váldez26–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 2016; 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.