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Royals KCR

200965–97 (0.401)
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GM: Dayton Moore

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
$79M
Surplus $M
-37
Win %
0.401
TAB
-15.1
WAB
-15.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
17.5
Dead money %
53%
Depth Players
3.0
Dead WAR
-11.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMiguel Olivo103
RJohn Buck46
BBrayan Peña30

1B

RBilly Butler145
LMike Jacobs15
LMark Teahen11
RWillie Bloomquist3

2B

BAlberto Callaspo146
RWillie Bloomquist14
BLuis Hernandez8
LTug Hulett5
LMark Teahen3
RRyan Freel⇄2

3B

LMark Teahen107
LAlex Gordon49
BAlberto Callaspo14
BLuis Hernandez5
RWillie Bloomquist3
RMike Aviles2
LTug Hulett1

SS

RYuniesky Betancourt⇄71
RTony Pena Jr.40
RWillie Bloomquist38
RMike Aviles34
BLuis Hernandez23
BAlberto Callaspo1
LTug Hulett1

LF

LDavid DeJesus139
LJosh Anderson⇄19
LMitch Maier17
RWillie Bloomquist9
RJose Guillen4
RRyan Freel⇄4
LTug Hulett1

CF

LMitch Maier85
BCoco Crisp49
RWillie Bloomquist22
LJosh Anderson⇄12
LDavid DeJesus3
RRyan Freel⇄3

RF

RJose Guillen65
RWillie Bloomquist61
LMitch Maier36
LMark Teahen32
LJosh Anderson⇄11
RRyan Freel⇄9
LDavid DeJesus2
LTug Hulett2

DH

LMike Jacobs105
BBrayan Peña20
RBilly Butler11
RJohn Buck11
RJose Guillen11
RMiguel Olivo10
LJosh Anderson⇄2
LTug Hulett2
RMike Aviles1
RWillie Bloomquist1

Starters

RZack Greinke8.7 WAR
RBrian Bannister2.3 WAR
RRobinson Tejeda1.2 WAR
RGil Meche1.0 WAR
RLuke Hochevar0.9 WAR
RKyle Davies0.4 WAR
RSidney Ponson0.4 WAR
LBruce Chen0.1 WAR
LDusty Hughes-0.0 WAR
LLenny DiNardo-0.1 WAR
LHoracio Ramirez-0.1 WAR
RAnthony Lerew-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJoakim Soria30 sv
RJamey Wright12 h
LJohn Bale10 h
RJuan Cruz7 h
RRoman Colon6 h
RKyle Farnsworth5 h
LHoracio Ramirez2 h
LRon Mahay⇄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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Coco Crisp1.3
Kyle Farnsworth0.6
Brayan Peña0.5
Sidney Ponson0.4
Bruce Chen0.1
Dusty Hughes-0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
Ramon E Ramirez1.8
Mark Grudzielanek1.4
Juan Carlos Oviedo0.7
Brett Tomko0.4
Ryan Shealy0.4
Brandon Duckworth0.4

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 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Zack Greinke 2009 +8.7 +174.5 3.8 +170.8 $0.4M 2.50× –
David DeJesus 2009 +3.6 +51.7 3.6 +48.1 $1.0M 1.79× –
Brian Bannister 2009 +2.3 +26.9 1.7 +25.2 $0.8M 1.49× –
Joakim Soria 2009 +1.6 +25.2 1.0 +24.2 $0.6M 1.95× –
Alberto Callaspo 2009 +1.9 +12.4 0.4 +12.0 $0.2M 0.82× –
Billy Butler 2009 +1.7 +11.4 0.4 +10.9 $0.2M 0.81× –
Miguel Olivo 2009 +1.7 +10.1 2.7 +7.4 $1.6M 0.76× –
Luke Hochevar 2009 +0.9 +7.3 1.3 +6.0 $1.5M 1.02× –
Robinson Tejeda 2009 +1.2 +6.3 0.4 +5.9 $0.4M 0.67× –
Coco Crisp 2009 +1.3 +8.6 6.1 +2.5 $4.7M 0.83× –
Kyle Davies 2009 +0.4 +3.4 1.3 +2.1 $3.1M 1.02× –
Brayan Peña 2009 +0.5 +2.0 0.4 +1.6 $0.8M 0.52× –
Alex Gordon 2009 +0.4 +1.9 0.5 +1.4 $1.1M 0.58× –
Bruce Chen 2009 +0.1 +1.1 0.6 +0.5 $4.6M 1.02× –
Mitch Maier 2009 +0.1 +0.5 0.4 +0.1 $5.0M 0.83× –
Carlos Rosa 2009 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $40.7M 0.67× –
Dusty Hughes 2009 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Kyle Farnsworth 2009 +0.6 +3.1 4.2 -1.1 $7.3M 0.67× –
Doug Waechter 2009 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Victor Marte 2009 -0.2 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Willie Bloomquist 2009 -0.1 -0.6 1.4 -2.0 – 0.83× –
Roman Colon 2009 -0.3 -1.7 0.4 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Horacio Ramirez 2009 -0.1 -0.5 1.8 -2.3 – 0.67× –
Anthony Lerew 2009 -0.2 -2.0 0.4 -2.4 – 1.02× –
Josh Anderson↔ 2009 -0.3 -2.3 0.1 -2.4 – 0.83× –
Ryan Freel↔ 2009 -0.1 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 – 0.83× –
John Buck 2009 +0.1 +0.3 2.9 -2.6 $41.9M 0.52× –
Jamey Wright 2009 -0.3 -1.9 0.8 -2.7 – 0.67× –
Luis Hernandez 2009 -0.5 -2.4 0.4 -2.8 – 0.61× –
John Bale 2009 -0.2 -1.8 1.2 -3.0 – 1.34× –
Juan Cruz 2009 -0.1 -0.9 2.2 -3.1 – 1.34× –
Gil Meche 2009 +1.0 +8.1 11.4 -3.3 $11.5M 1.02× –
Mike Aviles 2009 -0.9 -4.5 0.4 -4.9 – 0.61× –
Ron Mahay↔ 2009 -0.4 -2.2 2.9 -5.0 – 0.67× –
Mark Teahen 2009 -0.5 -2.2 3.6 -5.8 – 0.58× –
Tony Pena Jr. 2009 -1.1 -5.4 0.4 -5.8 – 0.61× –
Mike Jacobs 2009 -0.9 -5.0 3.3 -8.3 – 0.69× –
Yuniesky Betancourt↔ 2009 -1.6 -7.9 1.2 -9.1 – 0.61× –
Jose Guillen 2009 -2.2 -14.8 12.0 -26.8 – 0.83× –
Lenny DiNardo 2009 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 1.02× –
Sidney Ponson 2009 +0.4 +3.0 – – – 1.02× –
Tug Hulett 2009 -0.4 -1.8 – – – 0.56× –
Yasuhiko Yabuta 2009 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+17.7+295.779.2+216.9—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Royals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2009 · KCR / CHW
KCR · Dayton Moore +$10.4M
Josh Fields, Chris Getz
CHW · Kenny Williams −$10.4M
Mark Teahen
KCR came out ahead by $10.4M
2009 · KCR / MIA
KCR · Dayton Moore +$1.6M
Eric Basurto
MIA · Larry Beinfest −$1.6M
Ross Gload
KCR came out ahead by $1.6M
2009 · TEX / KCR
TEX · Jon Daniels +$1.6M
Danny Gutierrez
KCR · Dayton Moore −$1.6M
Manny Piña, Tim Smith
TEX came out ahead by $1.6M
2009 · SEA / KCR
SEA · Jack Zduriencik +$14.4M
Derrick Saito, Dan Cortes
KCR · Dayton Moore −$14.4M
Yuniesky Betancourt
SEA came out ahead by $14.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$79.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Jose Guillen3312.000$12.0M$8.6MFREE AGENT
Gil Meche3010.000$11.4M$12.4MFREE AGENT
Coco Crisp297.000$6.1MFREE AGENT
Kyle Farnsworth3310.000$4.2M$2.8MFREE AGENT
David DeJesus296.000$3.6M$4.7MFREE AGENT
Ron Mahay3814.000$2.9MFREE AGENT
Miguel Olivo307.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Juan Cruz308.000$2.2M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Horacio Ramirez296.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Ryan Freel338.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Willie Bloomquist317.000$1.4M$1.5MFREE AGENT
John Bale3510.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Jamey Wright3413.000$800kFREE AGENT
Doug Waechter286.000$640kFREE AGENT
Bruce Chen3211.000$600k$600k$2.0M$4.5M$4.5M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Sidney Ponson3211.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Zack Greinke255.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Mark Teahen274.000$3.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Jacobs284.000$3.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
John Buck285.000$2.9MFREE AGENT
Brian Bannister283.000$1.7MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Davies254.000$1.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Yuniesky Betancourt274.000$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Robinson Tejeda274.000$437kARB 3FREE AGENT
Roman Colon295.000$435kFREE AGENT
Tony Pena Jr.283.000$425kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alberto Callaspo263.000$416kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brayan Peña274.000$405kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mitch Maier273.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Lerew264.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Lenny DiNardo295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Luke Hochevar252.000$1.3MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joakim Soria252.000$1.0MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Gordon252.000$457kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Aviles281.000$424kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy Butler232.000$421kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Hernandez252.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dusty Hughes270.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Rosa241.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Marte280.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Anderson262.000$149kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tug Hulett26–—
Yasuhiko Yabuta361.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2009 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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