Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: Allard Baird (since 2001)

2006 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-14.0
WAB — wins above budget
-9.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
62–100 (0.383)
record
-12M
surplus $M (value/$)
18.8
roster fWAR
$47.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
David DeJesus 26 arb 119 4.2 0.5 +7.7
Emil Brown 31 FA-elig 147 3.3 1.8 +4.7
Mark Teahen 24 pre-arb 109 3.0 0.3 +5.7
Mark Grudzielanek 36 FA-elig 134 2.7 4.0 +1.3
Esteban German 28 arb 106 1.6 0.3 +2.7
Luke Hudson 29 arb 26 1.5 0.3 +2.6
Mark Redman 32 FA-elig 29 1.2 4.5 -2.1
Tony Graffanino↔ MIL 34 FA-elig 69 1.0 1.1 +0.9
Ryan Shealy↔ COL 26 pre-arb 51 0.9 0.3 +1.5
Doug Mientkiewicz 32 FA-elig 91 0.9 1.9 -0.0
Odalis Perez↔ LAD 29 FA-elig 12 0.9 3.2 -1.4
John Buck 25 pre-arb 114 0.8 0.3 +1.3
Jimmy Gobble 24 arb 60 0.8 0.3 +1.2
Elmer Dessens↔ LAD 35 FA-elig 43 0.8 1.2 +0.4
Adam Bernero↔ PHI 29 3 0.7
Brandon Duckworth 30 10 0.6
Joel Peralta 30 64 0.6
Reggie Sanders 38 FA-elig 88 0.5 5.0 -3.9
Matt Stairs↔ DET 38 FA-elig 77 0.4 0.9 -0.2
Mike Sweeney 32 FA-elig 60 0.3 11.0 -10.4
Jeff Keppinger 26 22 0.3
Aaron Guiel↔ NYY 33 19 0.3
Paul Phillips 29 23 0.2
Joey Gathright↔ TBR 25 pre-arb 79 0.2 0.2 +0.2
Joe Nelson 31 43 0.2
Shane Costa 24 pre-arb 72 0.2 0.3 -0.0
Mike MacDougal↔ CHW 29 arb 4 0.1 0.1 +0.1
Andrés Blanco 22 33 0.1
Steve Andrade 28 4 0.0
Angel Sanchez 22 8 0.0
Bob Keppel 24 8 0.0
Denny Bautista↔ COL 25 pre-arb 8 -0.0 0.2 -0.2
Zack Greinke 22 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.4 -0.4
Justin Huber 23 5 -0.0
Ryan Braun 25 9 -0.1
Kyle Snyder↔ BOS 28 1 -0.1
Juan Carlos Oviedo 24 7 -0.1
Steve Stemle 29 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Mitch Maier 24 5 -0.1
Chris Booker↔ WSN 29 1 -0.2
Joselo Diaz 26 4 -0.2
Seth Etherton 29 2 -0.2
Todd Wellemeyer↔ MIA 27 arb 28 -0.3 0.2 -0.7
Jorge De La Rosa↔ MIL 25 pre-arb 10 -0.3 0.1 -0.8
Mike Wood 26 arb 23 -0.4 0.3 -1.1
Andrew Sisco 23 pre-arb 65 -0.4 0.3 -1.2
Jeremy Affeldt↔ COL 27 arb 27 -0.5 0.5 -1.4
Kerry Robinson 32 18 -0.5
Scott Dohmann↔ COL 28 pre-arb 21 -0.5 0.1 -1.2
Joe Mays↔ CIN 30 FA-elig 6 -0.6 0.5 -1.6
Paul Bako 34 FA-elig 56 -0.6 0.7 -1.9
Runelvys Hernandez 28 21 -0.6
Scott Elarton 30 FA-elig 20 -1.0 4.0 -5.9
Ambiorix Burgos 22 pre-arb 68 -1.2 0.3 -2.7
Angel Berroa 28 arb 132 -1.5 2.0 -4.9

55 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 34 of them (62%). 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