Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: Allard Baird (since 2001)

2005 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-15.6
WAB — wins above budget
-15.6
TAB — roster Talent above budget
56–106 (0.346)
record
-10M
surplus $M (value/$)
8.8
roster fWAR
$32.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
David DeJesus 25 pre-arb 122 4.0 0.3 +7.2
Zack Greinke 21 pre-arb 33 2.2 0.3 +3.7
Mike Sweeney 31 FA-elig 122 1.7 11.0 -7.9
Aaron Guiel 32 33 1.4
Emil Brown 30 FA-elig 150 1.2 0.4 +1.9
Mike MacDougal 28 arb 68 1.2 0.4 +1.8
Runelvys Hernandez 27 arb 29 1.1 0.3 +1.7
Matt Stairs 37 FA-elig 127 1.0 1.2 +0.7
John Buck 24 pre-arb 118 0.9 0.3 +1.3
Andrew Sisco 22 pre-arb 67 0.7 0.3 +1.0
Ambiorix Burgos 21 59 0.6
Denny Bautista 24 pre-arb 7 0.5 0.3 +0.5
D.J. Carrasco 28 21 0.4
Angel Berroa 27 arb 159 0.4 0.5 +0.2
Terrence Long 29 FA-elig 137 0.4 4.9 -4.2
Kyle Snyder 27 13 0.3
Jeremy Affeldt 26 arb 49 0.3 0.9 -0.4
Shawn Camp 29 pre-arb 29 0.2 0.3 +0.1
J.P. Howell 22 15 0.2
Steve Stemle 28 6 0.2
Tony Graffanino↔ BOS 33 FA-elig 59 0.1 0.6 -0.4
Ryan Jensen 29 9 0.1
Brian Anderson 33 FA-elig 6 0.1 3.2 -3.1
Alberto Castillo↔ OAK 35 FA-elig 34 0.0 0.4 -0.4
Paul Phillips 28 23 0.0
Jaime Cerda 26 arb 20 -0.0 0.3 -0.4
Jonah Bayliss 24 11 -0.0
Nate Field 29 arb 7 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Denny Hocking 35 23 -0.1
Chris Demaria 24 8 -0.1
Calvin Pickering 28 FA-elig 7 -0.3 0.3 -0.8
Jose Lima 32 FA-elig 32 -0.3 2.5 -3.0
Juan Carlos Oviedo 23 41 -0.3
Jimmy Gobble 23 28 -0.3
Ken Harvey 27 12 -0.3
Matt Diaz 27 34 -0.4
Shane Costa 23 27 -0.4
Chip Ambres 25 53 -0.6
Ruben Gotay 22 pre-arb 86 -0.6 0.3 -1.5
Mike Wood 25 pre-arb 47 -0.7 0.3 -1.7
Justin Huber 22 25 -0.8
Andrés Blanco 21 26 -0.8
Donnie Murphy 22 32 -0.9
Joe McEwing 32 83 -0.9
Eli Marrero↔ BAL 31 FA-elig 32 -1.1 1.9 -3.9
Mark Teahen 23 pre-arb 130 -1.1 0.3 -2.3

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 25 of them (54%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for KCR
Charlie Leibrandt198316.8
Danny Tartabull198613.9
Joe Randa199812.8
Jeff Montgomery198812.0
Joakim Soria20069.8
José Offerman19958.1
Brad Keller20177.9
Chris Haney19926.9
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Mark Ellis200122.1
David Cone198721.2
Jorge De La Rosa200813.1
Sean Manaea201511.2
Rance Mulliniks198211.1
Bret Saberhagen199110.8
Charlie Leibrandt19899.9
Jon Lieber19939.8