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Royals KCR

200769–93 (0.426)
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GM: Dayton Moore

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2007, 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
$66M
Surplus $M
-15
Win %
0.426
TAB
-5.1
WAB
-10.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
26.4
Dead money %
52%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-4.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2007 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJohn Buck112
RJason LaRue65
RPaul Phillips7

1B

LRoss Gload89
RRyan Shealy52
LAlex Gordon32
RBilly Butler13
LMark Teahen9
RMike Sweeney6
LJason Smith⇄2
LCraig Brazell1
RPaul Phillips1

2B

RMark Grudzielanek116
REsteban German56
LFernando Cortez6
LJason Smith⇄5
RAngel Berroa1
RTony Pena Jr.1

3B

LAlex Gordon137
REsteban German46
LJason Smith⇄13
RAngel Berroa1
RJason LaRue1

SS

RTony Pena Jr.150
LJason Smith⇄17
REsteban German4
RAngel Berroa4
RMark Grudzielanek3
LAlex Gordon1

LF

REmil Brown78
LJoey Gathright64
LShane Costa15
RReggie Sanders9
LRoss Gload8
REsteban German8
RBilly Butler6
RJustin Huber3

CF

LDavid DeJesus156
LJoey Gathright10
LMark Teahen5

RF

LMark Teahen137
REmil Brown21
LShane Costa13
RReggie Sanders9

DH

RBilly Butler70
RMike Sweeney65
REmil Brown11
RReggie Sanders7
LShane Costa7
REsteban German3
LJason Smith⇄3
RAngel Berroa2
LRoss Gload2
RJustin Huber2
LJoey Gathright1
RTony Pena Jr.1

Starters

RGil Meche3.7 WAR
RBrian Bannister2.4 WAR
RZack Greinke2.1 WAR
LOdalis Perez1.1 WAR
RJuan Oviedo0.4 WAR
LJorge De La Rosa0.3 WAR
RJohn Thomson0.2 WAR
RBrandon Duckworth0.1 WAR
RLuke Hochevar-0.0 WAR
RBilly Buckner-0.0 WAR
RKyle Davies⇄-0.2 WAR
RLuke Hudson-0.2 WAR
RScott Elarton-1.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJoakim Soria17 sv
LJimmy Gobble16 h
RDavid Riske16 h
RJoel Peralta7 h
LJohn Bale5 h
RBrandon Duckworth5 h
RRyan Braun1 h
ROctavio Dotel⇄0 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 2006)

PlayerfWAR
Gil Meche3.7
Brian Bannister2.4
Alex Gordon2.2
Joakim Soria2.1
Tony Pena Jr.1.3
John Bale0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
Mark Redman1.2
Tony Graffanino1.0
Doug Mientkiewicz0.9
Elmer Dessens0.8
Adam Bernero0.7
Matt Stairs0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Royals. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2007; everyone else is shown as a 2007 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Gil Meche 2007 +3.7 +64.3 7.4 +56.9 $2.0M 2.19× –
Joakim Soria 2007 +2.1 +33.3 0.4 +32.9 $0.2M 1.95× –
Mark Teahen 2007 +2.5 +32.4 0.4 +32.0 $0.2M 1.60× –
David DeJesus 2007 +2.2 +21.7 2.0 +19.7 $0.9M 1.22× –
Mark Grudzielanek 2007 +2.6 +22.3 4.0 +18.3 $1.5M 1.07× –
Zack Greinke 2007 +2.1 +16.7 0.4 +16.3 $0.2M 0.98× –
Alex Gordon 2007 +2.2 +15.0 0.4 +14.6 $0.2M 0.85× –
Joel Peralta 2007 +0.9 +10.0 0.4 +9.6 $0.4M 1.34× –
Tony Pena Jr. 2007 +1.3 +6.4 0.4 +6.0 $0.3M 0.61× –
Esteban German 2007 +1.1 +5.0 0.4 +4.6 $0.4M 0.56× –
John Buck 2007 +1.1 +4.5 0.4 +4.0 $0.4M 0.52× –
John Bale 2007 +0.8 +4.2 1.8 +2.4 $2.3M 0.67× –
Jorge De La Rosa 2007 +0.3 +2.3 0.4 +1.9 $1.5M 1.02× –
Juan Carlos Oviedo 2007 +0.4 +2.0 0.4 +1.6 $1.0M 0.67× –
Odalis Perez 2007 +1.1 +9.2 7.8 +1.4 $6.9M 1.02× –
Jimmy Gobble 2007 +0.3 +1.7 0.7 +1.0 $2.2M 0.67× –
Ross Gload 2007 +0.3 +1.4 0.6 +0.7 $2.0M 0.56× –
Brandon Duckworth 2007 +0.1 +0.5 0.6 -0.1 $6.3M 0.67× –
David Riske 2007 +0.1 +1.5 2.0 -0.5 $14.4M 1.34× –
Luke Hochevar 2007 -0.0 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Jason Smith↔ 2007 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 – 0.61× –
Reggie Sanders 2007 +0.6 +4.1 5.0 -0.9 $8.2M 0.83× –
Ryan Braun 2007 -0.1 -0.8 0.4 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Emil Brown 2007 +0.3 +2.2 3.5 -1.2 $10.4M 0.83× –
Kyle Davies↔ 2007 -0.2 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 – 1.02× –
Ryan Shealy 2007 -0.3 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 – 0.56× –
Luke Hudson 2007 -0.2 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 – 1.02× –
Todd Wellemeyer↔ 2007 -0.4 -2.3 0.2 -2.6 – 0.67× –
Octavio Dotel↔ 2007 +0.1 +0.3 3.6 -3.3 $66.6M 0.67× –
Jason LaRue 2007 -0.4 -1.6 5.2 -6.8 – 0.52× –
Scott Elarton 2007 -1.0 -8.1 4.0 -12.1 – 1.02× –
Mike Sweeney 2007 -0.3 -1.6 11.0 -12.6 – 0.69× –
Angel Berroa 2007 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.61× –
Billy Buckner 2007 -0.0 -0.4 – – – 1.02× –
Billy Butler 2007 +0.4 +2.4 – – – 0.69× –
Brian Bannister 2007 +2.4 +28.7 – – – 1.49× –
Craig Brazell 2007 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.56× –
Fernando Cortez 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Jason Standridge 2007 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Joey Gathright 2007 +1.4 +9.2 – – – 0.83× –
John Thomson 2007 +0.2 +1.8 – – – 1.02× –
Justin Huber 2007 -0.2 -1.5 – – – 0.83× –
Neal Musser 2007 -0.3 -1.8 – – – 0.67× –
Paul Phillips 2007 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.52× –
Shane Costa 2007 -0.3 -2.2 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+26.4+275.765.6+175.9—

Trades

Every graded 2007 deal involving the Royals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2007 · MIL / KCR
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$0.0M
Max St. Pierre
KCR · Dayton Moore +$0.0M
Ben Hendrickson
Even trade
2007 · KCR / ATL
KCR · Dayton Moore +$28.0M
Kyle Davies
ATL · John Schuerholz −$28.0M
Octavio Dotel
KCR came out ahead by $28.0M
2007 · KCR / ATL
KCR · Dayton Moore +$0.0M
Bill McCarthy
ATL · John Schuerholz +$0.0M
Graham Koonce
Even trade
2007 · ATL / KCR
ATL · John Schuerholz +$10.4M
Erik Cordier
KCR · Dayton Moore −$10.4M
Tony Peña
ATL came out ahead by $10.4M
2007 · DET / KCR
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$2.4M
Danny Christensen
KCR · Dayton Moore −$2.4M
Román Colón
DET came out ahead by $2.4M
2007 · CIN / KCR
CIN · Dan O'Brien +$3.2M
Jeff Keppinger
KCR · Dayton Moore −$3.2M
Russ Haltiwanger
CIN came out ahead by $3.2M
2007 · KCR / ARI
KCR · Dayton Moore +$15.2M
Alberto Callaspo
ARI · Josh Byrnes −$15.2M
Billy Buckner
KCR came out ahead by $15.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$65.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2007, 2007–2013. 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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Mike Sweeney3312.000$11.0MFREE AGENT
Odalis Perez299.000$7.8MFREE AGENT
Gil Meche288.000$7.4M$11.4M$11.4M$12.4MFREE AGENT
Jason LaRue338.000$5.2MFREE AGENT
Reggie Sanders3916.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Elarton319.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Grudzielanek3712.000$4.0M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Octavio Dotel338.000$3.6MFREE AGENT
Emil Brown3210.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
David Riske308.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
John Bale338.000$1.8M$2.2M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Ross Gload317.000$625k$1.3MFREE AGENT
Brandon Duckworth316.000$550kFREE AGENT
Jason Smith296.000$290kFREE AGENT
John Thomson3310.000—FREE AGENT
Jason Standridge286.000—FREE AGENT
Angel Berroa296.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
David DeJesus274.000$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jimmy Gobble254.000$712kARB 3FREE AGENT
John Buck263.000$440kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Esteban German295.000$423kFREE AGENT
Luke Hudson305.000$422kFREE AGENT
Jorge De La Rosa263.000$417kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zack Greinke233.000$407kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Wellemeyer284.000$238kARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Phillips303.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joey Gathright263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Luke Hochevar230.000$575kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Teahen252.000$416kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joel Peralta312.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Shealy272.000$392kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Carlos Oviedo252.000$382kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joakim Soria230.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Braun261.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Pena Jr.261.000$380kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Gordon230.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Davies232.000$144kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Huber242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Brazell27–—
Shane Costa252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy Buckner230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Bannister261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Cortez25–—
Billy Butler210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Neal Musser26–—

Graphs

How each 2007 acquisition stacked onto Royals'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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