Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: Dayton Moore (since 2007)

2007 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-10.1
WAB — wins above budget
-5.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
69–93 (0.426)
record
-16M
surplus $M (value/$)
26.4
roster fWAR
$65.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Gil Meche 28 FA-elig 34 3.7 7.4 +0.4
Mark Grudzielanek 37 FA-elig 116 2.6 4.0 +1.5
Mark Teahen 25 pre-arb 144 2.5 0.4 +5.0
Brian Bannister 26 27 2.4
David DeJesus 27 arb 157 2.2 2.0 +2.7
Alex Gordon 23 pre-arb 151 2.2 0.4 +4.3
Zack Greinke 23 arb 52 2.1 0.4 +4.1
Joakim Soria 23 pre-arb 62 2.1 0.4 +4.2
Joey Gathright 26 74 1.4
Tony Pena Jr. 26 pre-arb 152 1.3 0.4 +2.4
Odalis Perez 29 FA-elig 26 1.1 7.8 -5.3
Esteban German 29 arb 121 1.1 0.4 +2.0
John Buck 26 arb 113 1.1 0.4 +1.9
Joel Peralta 31 pre-arb 62 0.9 0.4 +1.6
John Bale 33 FA-elig 26 0.8 1.8 -0.1
Reggie Sanders 39 FA-elig 24 0.6 5.0 -3.7
Billy Butler 21 92 0.4
Juan Carlos Oviedo 25 pre-arb 13 0.4 0.4 +0.4
Emil Brown 32 FA-elig 113 0.3 3.5 -2.7
Jimmy Gobble 25 arb 74 0.3 0.7 -0.0
Ross Gload 31 FA-elig 102 0.3 0.6 +0.0
Jorge De La Rosa 26 arb 26 0.3 0.4 +0.2
John Thomson 33 2 0.2
David Riske 30 FA-elig 65 0.1 2.0 -1.7
Brandon Duckworth 31 FA-elig 26 0.1 0.6 -0.4
Octavio Dotel↔ ATL 33 FA-elig 24 0.1 3.6 -3.5
Craig Brazell 27 5 0.0
Luke Hochevar 23 pre-arb 4 -0.0 0.6 -0.6
Fernando Cortez 25 8 -0.0
Billy Buckner 23 7 -0.0
Paul Phillips 30 8 -0.1
Angel Berroa 29 9 -0.1
Jason Smith↔ ARI 29 FA-elig 40 -0.1 0.3 -0.6
Ryan Braun 26 pre-arb 26 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Kyle Davies↔ ATL 23 11 -0.2
Jason Standridge 28 4 -0.2
Luke Hudson 30 arb 1 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Justin Huber 24 8 -0.2
Mike Sweeney 33 FA-elig 74 -0.3 11.0 -11.6
Ryan Shealy 27 pre-arb 52 -0.3 0.4 -1.1
Shane Costa 25 55 -0.3
Neal Musser 26 17 -0.3
Jason LaRue 33 FA-elig 66 -0.4 5.2 -6.0
Todd Wellemeyer↔ STL 28 arb 12 -0.4 0.2 -1.2
Scott Elarton 31 FA-elig 9 -1.0 4.0 -6.1

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (69%). 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