Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: Dayton Moore (since 2007)

2010 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-10.6
WAB — wins above budget
-11.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
67–95 (0.414)
record
-25M
surplus $M (value/$)
18.7
roster fWAR
$64.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Zack Greinke 26 FA-elig 33 4.8 7.2 +3.8
David DeJesus 30 FA-elig 91 2.5 4.7 +1.1
Billy Butler 24 arb 158 2.1 0.5 +4.3
Joakim Soria 26 arb 66 1.9 3.0 +1.5
Luke Hochevar 26 arb 18 1.7 1.8 +2.1
Kyle Davies 26 arb 32 1.6 1.8 +2.0
Bruce Chen 33 33 1.3
Mike Aviles 29 pre-arb 110 1.3 0.4 +2.5
Wilson Betemit 28 84 1.1
Robinson Tejeda 28 arb 54 0.9 0.9 +1.0
Alberto Callaspo↔ ANA 27 arb 88 0.8 0.3 +1.6
Scott Podsednik↔ LAD 34 FA-elig 95 0.7 1.2 +0.5
Brayan Peña 28 arb 60 0.7 0.4 +1.1
Jarrod Dyson 25 18 0.6
Kyle Farnsworth↔ ATL 34 FA-elig 37 0.6 2.8 -1.3
Yuniesky Betancourt 28 arb 151 0.5 3.3 -2.1
Grégor Blanco↔ ATL 26 49 0.4
Mitch Maier 28 117 0.4
Philip Humber 27 8 0.3
Jose Guillen↔ SFG 34 FA-elig 106 0.3 8.6 -8.0
Rick Ankiel↔ ATL 30 FA-elig 27 0.2 1.0 -0.5
Jai Miller 25 20 0.1
Kila Ka'aihue 26 52 0.1
Josh Fields 27 arb 13 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Dusty Hughes 28 pre-arb 57 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Juan Cruz 31 FA-elig 5 0.1 3.2 -3.0
Kanekoa Texeira↔ SEA 24 pre-arb 27 0.1 0.3 -0.1
Greg Holland 24 15 0.0
Roman Colon 30 FA-elig 5 -0.0 0.7 -0.7
Bryan Bullington 29 13 -0.0
Josh Rupe 27 11 -0.1
Chris Getz 26 pre-arb 72 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Brian Bannister 29 arb 24 -0.2 2.3 -2.7
Sean O'Sullivan↔ ANA 22 14 -0.3
Brad Thompson 28 16 -0.3
Gil Meche 31 FA-elig 20 -0.3 12.4 -13.1
Blake Wood 24 51 -0.4
Jesse Chavez↔ ATL 26 pre-arb 23 -0.4 0.2 -1.1
John Parrish 32 FA-elig 9 -0.4 0.6 -1.5
Lucas May 25 12 -0.4
Willie Bloomquist↔ CIN 32 FA-elig 72 -0.5 1.5 -2.7
Anthony Lerew 27 6 -0.6
Luis Mendoza 26 arb 4 -0.6 0.4 -1.8
Alex Gordon 26 arb 74 -0.6 1.1 -2.6
Victor Marte 29 22 -0.7
Jason Kendall 36 FA-elig 118 -1.0 2.2 -4.6

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (63%). 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