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201496–66 (0.593)Made Playoffs
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GM: Dan Duquette

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2014, 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
$108M
Surplus $M
+10
Win %
0.593
TAB
+6.5
WAB
+14.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
40.2
Dead money %
22%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-1.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2014 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RCaleb Joseph78
RNick Hundley⇄50
LSteve Clevenger25
BMatt Wieters22

1B

LChris Davis115
RSteve Pearce51
RChristian Walker6
RCaleb Joseph4
LRyan Flaherty3
LSteve Clevenger3
LNick Markakis2

2B

RJonathan Schoop123
LRyan Flaherty30
BSteve Lombardozzi Jr.20
BJimmy Paredes⇄3
BCord Phelps3
BAlexi Casilla1
LKelly Johnson⇄1
BJemile Weeks⇄1

3B

RManny Machado82
LRyan Flaherty43
LChris Davis21
LKelly Johnson⇄18
RJonathan Schoop17
BJimmy Paredes⇄16
BAlexi Casilla1

SS

RJ.J. Hardy141
LRyan Flaherty29

LF

LDavid Lough85
RNelson Cruz60
RSteve Pearce35
RDelmon Young27
LAlejandro De Aza⇄18
LQuintin Berry3
LRyan Flaherty1

CF

RAdam Jones155
LDavid Lough16
LAlejandro De Aza⇄2
LQuintin Berry1

RF

LNick Markakis147
RNelson Cruz11
RSteve Pearce8
LDavid Lough6
RDelmon Young2
LQuintin Berry1
LRyan Flaherty1

DH

RNelson Cruz89
RDelmon Young39
RSteve Pearce8
LNick Markakis6
BMatt Wieters4
RAdam Jones4
BJemile Weeks⇄2
LChris Davis1
LQuintin Berry1
LSteve Clevenger1

Starters

LWei-Yin Chen2.3 WAR
RChris Tillman2.3 WAR
RKevin Gausman1.9 WAR
RBud Norris1.3 WAR
LT.J. McFarland0.5 WAR
RUbaldo Jimenez0.4 WAR
RMiguel Gonzalez0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ LZack Britton37 sv
RDarren O'Day25 h
LAndrew Miller⇄22 h
LBrian Matusz14 h
RTommy Hunter12 h
RRyan Webb11 h
RBrad Brach8 h
LT.J. McFarland5 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 2013)

PlayerfWAR
Nelson Cruz3.9
Caleb Joseph1.8
David Lough1.2
Andrew Miller1.0
Delmon Young0.9
Ryan Webb0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Nate McLouth2.2
Brian Roberts1.1
Scott Feldman1.0
Danny Valencia0.9
Jim Johnson0.9
Jason Hammel0.6

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Orioles. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2014; everyone else is shown as a 2014 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Adam Jones 2014 +4.6 +66.6 13.0 +53.6 $2.8M 1.79× –
Steve Pearce 2014 +4.5 +43.0 0.7 +42.3 $0.2M 1.20× –
Nelson Cruz 2014 +3.9 +46.3 8.0 +38.3 $2.1M 1.49× –
Chris Tillman 2014 +2.3 +27.0 0.5 +26.4 $0.2M 1.49× –
Wei-Yin Chen 2014 +2.3 +27.6 4.1 +23.6 $1.8M 1.49× –
Kevin Gausman 2014 +1.9 +22.9 0.5 +22.4 $0.3M 1.49× Free Agent · 2022–2026 · $22.0M AAV
J.J. Hardy 2014 +3.0 +27.9 7.0 +20.9 $2.4M 1.18× –
Manny Machado 2014 +2.3 +15.6 0.5 +15.0 $0.2M 0.85× Extension · 2023–2033 · $31.8M AAV
Caleb Joseph 2014 +1.8 +11.0 0.4 +10.6 $0.2M 0.76× –
Zack Britton 2014 +1.0 +10.8 0.5 +10.3 $0.5M 1.34× –
Nick Markakis 2014 +2.3 +22.6 15.0 +7.6 $6.4M 1.22× –
David Lough 2014 +1.2 +7.9 0.5 +7.4 $0.4M 0.83× –
Darren O'Day 2014 +0.9 +9.2 3.2 +6.0 $3.7M 1.34× –
Bud Norris 2014 +1.3 +10.8 5.3 +5.5 $4.0M 1.02× –
Tommy Hunter 2014 +0.7 +7.6 3.0 +4.6 $4.2M 1.34× –
Andrew Miller↔ 2014 +1.0 +5.1 0.6 +4.5 $0.6M 0.67× –
Delmon Young 2014 +0.9 +5.0 1.0 +4.0 $1.1M 0.69× –
Alejandro De Aza↔ 2014 +0.5 +3.7 0.6 +3.1 $1.1M 0.83× –
Ryan Flaherty 2014 +0.7 +3.2 0.5 +2.7 $0.7M 0.58× –
T.J. McFarland 2014 +0.5 +2.6 0.5 +2.1 $1.1M 0.67× –
Miguel González 2014 +0.3 +2.4 0.5 +1.9 $1.8M 1.02× –
Ryan Webb 2014 +0.7 +3.6 1.8 +1.8 $2.6M 0.67× –
Jonathan Schoop 2014 +0.4 +1.7 0.5 +1.2 $1.3M 0.56× –
Jimmy Paredes↔ 2014 +0.2 +1.0 0.3 +0.7 $1.5M 0.58× –
Brad Brach 2014 +0.1 +0.7 0.5 +0.2 $3.8M 0.67× –
Jemile Weeks↔ 2014 +0.1 +0.3 0.1 +0.2 $1.5M 0.69× –
Kelly Johnson↔ 2014 +0.1 +0.6 0.5 +0.1 $4.1M 0.58× –
Preston Guilmet 2014 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 – 0.67× –
Quintin Berry 2014 -0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.83× –
Steve Lombardozzi Jr. 2014 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 – 0.56× –
Steve Clevenger 2014 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 – 0.52× –
Christian Walker 2014 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 – 0.56× Free Agent · 2025–2027 · $20.0M AAV
Alexi Casilla 2014 -0.2 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 – 0.56× –
Brian Matusz 2014 +0.2 +1.1 2.4 -1.3 $11.3M 0.67× –
Troy Patton↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Josh Stinson 2014 -0.2 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 – 0.67× –
Joe Saunders↔ 2014 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Nick Hundley↔ 2014 -0.0 -0.1 2.4 -2.5 – 0.52× –
Evan Meek 2014 -0.4 -2.0 0.8 -2.8 – 0.67× –
Matt Wieters 2014 +0.6 +2.5 7.7 -5.2 $13.0M 0.52× –
Chris Davis 2014 +0.9 +4.1 10.3 -6.2 $11.1M 0.56× –
Ubaldo Jiménez 2014 +0.4 +3.1 11.2 -8.1 $29.5M 1.02× –
Cord Phelps 2014 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.56× –
Ramon E Ramirez 2014 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+40.2+390.6108.1+282.6—

Trades

Every graded 2014 deal involving the Orioles — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2014 · CHW / BAL
CHW · Kenny Williams +$12.0M
Miguel Chalas, Mark Blackmar
BAL · Dan Duquette −$12.0M
Alejandro De Aza
CHW came out ahead by $12.0M
2014 · BOS / BAL
BOS · Ben Cherington +$3.2M
Jemile Weeks, Iván De Jesús
BAL · Dan Duquette −$3.2M
Kelly Johnson, Michael Almanzar
BOS came out ahead by $3.2M
2014 · BAL / CLE
BAL · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Preston Guilmet
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Torsten Boss
Even trade
2014 · BAL / DET
BAL · Dan Duquette +$3.2M
Steve Lombardozzi
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$3.2M
Álex González
BAL came out ahead by $3.2M
2014 · SDP / BAL
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$1.6M
Troy Patton
BAL · Dan Duquette −$1.6M
Nick Hundley
SDP came out ahead by $1.6M
2014 · BOS / BAL
BOS · Ben Cherington +$152.8M
Eduardo Rodríguez
BAL · Dan Duquette −$152.8M
Andrew Miller
BOS came out ahead by $152.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$108.3M

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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Nick Markakis308.000$15.0MFREE AGENT
Adam Jones286.139$13.0M$13.3M$16.3M$16.3M$17.3MFREE AGENT
Ubaldo Jiménez306.087$11.2M$12.2M$13.0M$13.5MFREE AGENT
Nelson Cruz336.081$8.0MFREE AGENT
J.J. Hardy3112.164$7.0M$11.5M$12.5M$14.0MFREE AGENT
Delmon Young287.028$1.0M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Steve Pearce317.000$700k$3.7M$3.4MFREE AGENT
Joe Saunders337.013$643kFREE AGENT
Alejandro De Aza307.000$599k$2.6MFREE AGENT
Kelly Johnson328.127$538kFREE AGENT
Christian Walker237.124$500k$53kFREE AGENT
Alexi Casilla296.038$200kFREE AGENT
Ramon E Ramirez328.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Chris Davis284.061$10.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Wieters284.129$7.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Bud Norris294.068$5.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren O'Day315.103$3.2MFREE AGENT
Tommy Hunter274.090$3.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Hundley305.059$2.4MFREE AGENT
Brian Matusz273.156$2.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Webb284.029$1.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Evan Meek313.143$800kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Patton283.150$675kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Miller295.062$599kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Wei-Yin Chen282.000$4.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Tillman262.113$546kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel González300.122$529kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zack Britton261.158$522kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Machado211.056$519kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Lombardozzi Jr.252.023$518kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Flaherty272.000$512kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Lough280.169$510kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Brach281.105$509kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
T.J. McFarland251.000$505kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Clevenger282.123$505kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Stinson260.090$504kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Gausman230.071$502kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Schoop220.027$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Caleb Joseph280.000$396kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jimmy Paredes252.059$333kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jemile Weeks271.142$91kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Preston Guilmet260.034$85kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Quintin Berry290.163$68kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cord Phelps271.095—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 acquisition stacked onto Orioles's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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