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Royals KCR

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GM: Allard Baird

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.51× league · TAB -7.1
-7.1TAB — talent above budget20th/30
-8.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)22nd/30
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars24th/30
-6.8dead WAR — sub-replacement drag24th/30
38%dead money %23rd/30
0.401win %27th/30
18.9roster fWAR26th/30
-8surplus $M (value vs cost)13th/30
$32Mpayroll $M28th/30

Roster

CFCarlos Beltrán 152GDonnie Sadler 6GEndy Chavez 5G
LFDee Brown 77GMark Quinn 49GEndy Chavez 22G
RFMark Quinn 50GRaul Ibanez 24GDonnie Sadler 9G
SSNeifi Perez 133GDonnie Sadler 18GAngel Berroa 14G
2BCarlos Febles 78GLuis Alicea 67GDonnie Sadler 28G
3BJoe Randa 137GLuis Alicea 18GDonnie Sadler 15G
1BMike Sweeney 108GDave McCarty 68GRaul Ibanez 10G
STARTERSJeff Suppan 2.6WARPaul Byrd 1.4WARChad Durbin 1.4WARDan Reichert 0.7WARChris George 0.3WAR
CBrent Mayne 93GHéctor Ortiz 55GA.J. Hinch 43G
DHMike Sweeney 38GRaul Ibanez 33GDee Brown 20G
BULLPEN★ Roberto Hernandez 28svJason Grimsley 26hCory Bailey 12hTony Cogan 6hDoug Henry 3hJeff Austin 1hScott Mullen 1hBrad Voyles 1h
CBrent Mayne 93 · Héctor Ortiz 55 · A.J. Hinch 43
1BMike Sweeney 108 · Dave McCarty 68 · Raul Ibanez 10
2BCarlos Febles 78 · Luis Alicea 67 · Donnie Sadler 28
3BJoe Randa 137 · Luis Alicea 18 · Donnie Sadler 15
SSNeifi Perez 133 · Donnie Sadler 18 · Angel Berroa 14
LFDee Brown 77 · Mark Quinn 49 · Endy Chavez 22
CFCarlos Beltrán 152 · Donnie Sadler 6 · Endy Chavez 5
RFMark Quinn 50 · Raul Ibanez 24 · Donnie Sadler 9
DHMike Sweeney 38 · Raul Ibanez 33 · Dee Brown 20
SPJeff Suppan 2.6 · Paul Byrd 1.4 · Chad Durbin 1.4 · Dan Reichert 0.7 · Chris George 0.3
BP★ Roberto Hernandez 28 · Jason Grimsley 26 · Cory Bailey 12 · Tony Cogan 6 · Doug Henry 3 · Jeff Austin 1 · Scott Mullen 1 · Brad Voyles 1

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.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Carlos Beltrán 24 arb 1555.4 0.4 +8.3
Mike Sweeney 27 FA-elig 1474.0 5.0 +1.5
Jeff Suppan 26 FA-elig 342.6 2.4 +1.8
Rey Sanchez↔ ATL 33 FA-elig 1002.5 1.5 +2.5
Chad Durbin 23 – 291.4 – –
Paul Byrd↔ PHI 30 – 161.4 – –
Cory Bailey 30 – 531.2 – –
Gregg Zaun 30 FA-elig 391.2 1.1 +0.7
Jason Grimsley 33 FA-elig 730.9 0.8 +0.8
Raul Ibanez 29 – 1040.8 – –
Dan Reichert 24 pre-arb 270.7 0.3 +0.9
Joe Randa 31 FA-elig 1510.6 2.3 -1.3
Roberto Hernandez 36 FA-elig 630.5 6.0 -5.1
Mark Quinn 27 pre-arb 1180.4 0.3 +0.4
Chris George 21 – 130.3 – –
Jose Santiago↔ PHI 26 arb 200.3 0.1 +0.4
Jermaine Dye↔ OAK 27 arb 970.3 2.3 -1.9
Brandon Berger 26 – 60.3 – –
Luis Ordaz 25 arb 280.3 0.2 +0.2
Blake Stein 27 arb 360.2 0.3 +0.1
Angel Berroa 23 – 150.2 – –
Mike MacDougal 24 – 30.2 – –
Jeff Austin 24 – 210.0 – –
Donnie Sadler↔ CIN 26 arb 540.0 0.1 -0.1
Carlos Febles 25 arb 790.0 0.3 -0.3
Sal Fasano↔ COL 29 arb 3-0.0 0.0 -0.1
Scott Mullen 26 pre-arb 17-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Héctor Ortiz 31 arb 56-0.0 0.2 -0.3
Brad Voyles 24 – 7-0.1 – –
Ken Harvey 23 – 4-0.1 – –
Trenidad Hubbard 35 – 5-0.1 – –
Brian Meadows 25 arb 10-0.1 1.9 -2.1
Luis Alicea 35 FA-elig 113-0.2 0.8 -1.1
Mac Suzuki↔ COL 26 arb 15-0.2 0.1 -0.5
Wilson Delgado 28 – 14-0.3 – –
Neifi Perez↔ COL 28 arb 49-0.3 1.3 -1.7
Kris Wilson 24 pre-arb 29-0.4 0.2 -0.8
A.J. Hinch 27 arb 45-0.5 0.3 -1.1
Dave McCarty 31 FA-elig 98-0.6 0.8 -1.7
Brent Mayne↔ COL 33 FA-elig 51-0.6 1.1 -2.1
Doug Henry 37 FA-elig 53-0.7 1.2 -2.3
Endy Chavez 23 – 29-0.7 – –
Tony Cogan 24 pre-arb 39-0.8 0.2 -1.4
Dee Brown 23 arb 106-1.1 0.2 -2.0

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Paul Byrd1.4
Cory Bailey1.2
Jason Grimsley0.9
Raul Ibanez0.8
Roberto Hernandez0.5
Chris George0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Johnny Damon4.5
Jay Witasick0.7
Jerry Spradlin0.7
Jorge Fabregas0.3
Brett Laxton0.3
José Rosado0.3

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$31.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Roberto Hernandez3610.000$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Sweeney276.000$5.0M$8.0M$11.0M$11.0M$11.0M$11.0M$11.0M
Jeff Suppan266.000$2.4M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Joe Randa316.000$2.3M$4.0M$4.5M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Rey Sanchez3310.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Doug Henry3710.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Gregg Zaun306.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Brent Mayne3311.000$1.1M$2.5M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Luis Alicea3513.000$800k$800kFREE AGENT
Dave McCarty318.000$750k$442kFREE AGENT
Jason Grimsley3312.000$750k$1.9M$2.0M$562kFREE AGENT
Cory Bailey308.000—$320kFREE AGENT
Paul Byrd306.000—$850kFREE AGENT
Trenidad Hubbard357.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Jermaine Dye275.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Brian Meadows253.000$1.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Neifi Perez285.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Carlos Beltrán243.000$425kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Febles253.000$310kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blake Stein273.000$275kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
A.J. Hinch273.000$260kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Ordaz254.000$235kARB 3FREE AGENT
Héctor Ortiz313.000$230kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dee Brown233.000$205kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mac Suzuki265.000$145kFREE AGENT
Donnie Sadler263.000$131kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Santiago264.000$71kARB 3FREE AGENT
Sal Fasano295.000$29kFREE AGENT
Wilson Delgado285.000—FREE AGENT
Raul Ibanez295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Mark Quinn272.000$280kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Reichert242.000$265kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kris Wilson241.000$205kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Mullen261.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Cogan240.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris George210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike MacDougal240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Durbin232.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Endy Chavez230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Voyles24–—
Jeff Austin240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Berger260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ken Harvey230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Angel Berroa230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Royals 2001; 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
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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.