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Royals KCR

201489–73 (0.549)Lost World Series
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GM: Dayton Moore

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2014, 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
$91M
Surplus $M
+13
Win %
0.549
TAB
+4.2
WAB
+9.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
35.8
Dead money %
37%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-5.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2014 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RSalvador Perez146
RBrett Hayes27
RErik Kratz⇄11
RFrancisco Peña1

1B

LEric Hosmer130
RBilly Butler37
LRaul Ibanez⇄4
RJayson Nix⇄1

2B

ROmar Infante134
RPedro Ciriaco13
RJohnny Giavotella12
RChristian Colón11
RDanny Valencia⇄6

3B

LMike Moustakas138
BJimmy Paredes⇄6
RChristian Colón5
RJayson Nix⇄5
RPedro Ciriaco3

SS

RAlcides Escobar162
RChristian Colón2
RJayson Nix⇄2
RPedro Ciriaco2

LF

LAlex Gordon156
LRaul Ibanez⇄10
LNorichika Aoki5
LJarrod Dyson3
RLane Adams2
RTerrance Gore2
RJustin Maxwell1

CF

LJarrod Dyson106
RLorenzo Cain93
RJustin Maxwell6
RLane Adams2

RF

LNorichika Aoki119
RLorenzo Cain77
RJustin Maxwell7
LCarlos Peguero4
LRaul Ibanez⇄2
RJosh Willingham⇄1

DH

RBilly Butler108
RJosh Willingham⇄23
LRaul Ibanez⇄18
LNorichika Aoki8
RSalvador Perez4
RTerrance Gore4
RPedro Ciriaco3
BJimmy Paredes⇄3
RErik Kratz⇄2
RLane Adams2
LJarrod Dyson2
RJustin Maxwell2
RChristian Colón1

Starters

RJames Shields3.5 WAR
RYordano Ventura2.6 WAR
LJason Vargas2.3 WAR
LDanny Duffy2.0 WAR
RJeremy Guthrie1.2 WAR
RLiam Hendriks⇄0.6 WAR
LBruce Chen0.1 WAR
RAaron Brooks-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RGreg Holland46 sv
RWade Davis33 h
RKelvin Herrera20 h
RAaron Crow11 h
RJason Frasor⇄10 h
LFrancisley Bueno5 h
RLouis Coleman1 h
LTim Collins1 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 2013)

PlayerfWAR
Jason Vargas2.3
Norichika Aoki1.8
Christian Colón0.6
Liam Hendriks0.6
Omar Infante0.5
Danny Valencia0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Ervin Santana2.6
David Lough1.8
Will Smith0.4
Miguel Tejada0.3
Luis Mendoza0.3
George Kottaras0.1

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 2014; everyone else is shown as a 2014 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Alex Gordon 2014 +5.4 +88.9 10.0 +78.9 $1.8M 2.05× –
Lorenzo Cain 2014 +4.4 +63.7 0.5 +63.1 $0.1M 1.79× –
Wade Davis 2014 +3.1 +64.3 4.8 +59.5 $1.5M 2.57× –
James Shields 2014 +3.5 +61.4 13.5 +47.9 $3.9M 2.19× –
Yordano Ventura 2014 +2.6 +40.8 0.5 +40.3 $0.2M 1.96× –
Alcides Escobar 2014 +3.5 +37.4 3.0 +34.4 $0.8M 1.32× –
Greg Holland 2014 +2.3 +35.3 4.7 +30.6 $2.1M 1.95× –
Danny Duffy 2014 +2.0 +23.9 0.5 +23.4 $0.2M 1.49× –
Jarrod Dyson 2014 +2.4 +23.3 0.5 +22.7 $0.2M 1.22× –
Jason Vargas 2014 +2.3 +27.3 7.0 +20.3 $3.0M 1.49× –
Norichika Aoki 2014 +1.8 +18.0 1.9 +16.0 $1.1M 1.22× –
Salvador Perez 2014 +1.8 +10.9 1.5 +9.4 $0.8M 0.76× Extension · 2026–2027 · $12.5M AAV
Kelvin Herrera 2014 +1.3 +6.9 0.5 +6.4 $0.4M 0.67× –
Liam Hendriks↔ 2014 +0.6 +4.5 0.1 +4.5 $0.1M 1.02× –
Christian Colón 2014 +0.6 +2.6 0.2 +2.4 $0.3M 0.56× –
Danny Valencia↔ 2014 +0.5 +2.1 0.4 +1.7 $0.9M 0.56× –
Jeremy Guthrie 2014 +1.2 +9.7 8.0 +1.7 $6.7M 1.02× –
Mike Moustakas 2014 +0.4 +1.8 0.5 +1.2 $1.4M 0.58× –
Erik Kratz↔ 2014 +0.2 +0.8 0.1 +0.7 $0.7M 0.52× –
Carlos Peguero 2014 +0.1 +0.4 0.1 +0.3 $1.4M 0.83× –
Jason Frasor↔ 2014 +0.2 +1.0 0.7 +0.3 $3.7M 0.67× –
Casey Coleman 2014 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 – 0.67× –
Johnny Giavotella 2014 +0.1 +0.3 0.5 -0.2 $8.5M 0.56× –
Francisley Bueno 2014 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $39.8M 0.67× –
Jimmy Paredes↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 – 0.69× –
Lane Adams 2014 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 – 0.83× –
Donnie Joseph 2014 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Pedro Ciriaco 2014 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.9 – 0.56× –
Jayson Nix↔ 2014 -0.2 -0.9 0.2 -1.0 – 0.58× –
Josh Willingham↔ 2014 +0.1 +0.5 1.8 -1.3 $19.3M 0.69× –
Scott Downs↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.7 1.2 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Bruce Chen 2014 +0.1 +0.6 3.0 -2.4 $37.6M 1.02× –
Tim Collins 2014 -0.2 -1.1 1.4 -2.4 – 0.67× –
Omar Infante 2014 +0.5 +2.2 5.0 -2.8 $10.3M 0.56× –
Louis Coleman 2014 -0.6 -3.0 0.5 -3.5 – 0.67× –
Raul Ibanez↔ 2014 -0.5 -2.6 1.0 -3.6 – 0.69× –
Eric Hosmer 2014 -0.2 -0.8 3.6 -4.4 – 0.56× –
Brett Hayes 2014 -1.1 -4.7 0.6 -5.4 – 0.52× –
Justin Maxwell 2014 -0.8 -5.2 1.3 -6.5 – 0.83× –
Billy Butler 2014 -0.5 -2.9 8.0 -10.9 – 0.69× –
Aaron Crow 2014 -1.0 -11.1 1.5 -12.6 – 1.34× –
Michael Mariot 2014 +0.1 +0.3 0.3 +0.0 $5.3M 0.67× –
Aaron Brooks 2014 -0.2 -1.6 – – – 1.02× –
Brandon Finnegan 2014 +0.3 +1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Francisco Peña 2014 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.52× –
Justin Marks 2014 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Terrance Gore 2014 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 0.69× –
Wilking Rodríguez 2014 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+35.8+495.690.8+403.4—

Trades

Every graded 2014 deal involving the Royals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 8 total.

2014 · MIN / KCR
MIN · Terry Ryan +$7.2M
Jason Adam
KCR · Dayton Moore −$7.2M
Josh Willingham
MIN came out ahead by $7.2M
2014 · TOR / KCR
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$2.4M
Danny Valencia
KCR · Dayton Moore −$2.4M
Liam Hendriks, Erik Kratz
TOR came out ahead by $2.4M
2014 · KCR / MIA
KCR · Dayton Moore +$0.0M
Brian Flynn, Reid Redman
MIA · Dan Jennings +$0.0M
Aaron Crow
Even trade
2014 · SDP / KCR
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$1.6M
Kyle Bartsch
KCR · Dayton Moore −$1.6M
Rey Fuentes
SDP came out ahead by $1.6M
2014 · ANA / KCR
ANA · Jerry Dipoto +$8.0M
Johnny Giavotella
KCR · Dayton Moore −$8.0M
Brian Broderick
ANA came out ahead by $8.0M
2014 · WSN / KCR
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$0.0M
Brandon Laird
KCR · Dayton Moore +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Even trade
2014 · TEX / KCR
TEX · Jon Daniels +$4.0M
Spencer Patton
KCR · Dayton Moore −$4.0M
Jason Frasor
TEX came out ahead by $4.0M
2014 · TOR / KCR
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$11.2M
Liam Hendriks
KCR · Dayton Moore −$11.2M
Santiago Nessy
TOR came out ahead by $11.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$90.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2014, 2014–2020. 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 (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
James Shields327.125$13.5MFREE AGENT
Alex Gordon306.092$10.0M$12.5M$12.0M$16.0M$20.0M$20.0M$4.0M
Billy Butler286.120$8.0MFREE AGENT
Jeremy Guthrie357.130$8.0M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Vargas316.114$7.0M$8.5M$8.5M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Omar Infante3216.020$5.0M$7.5M$7.8MFREE AGENT
Bruce Chen3716.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Josh Willingham358.123$1.8MFREE AGENT
Scott Downs3811.121$1.2MFREE AGENT
Raul Ibanez4216.020$1.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Frasor369.134$660k$1.0MFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Wade Davis284.032$4.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Holland283.028$4.7MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alcides Escobar274.082$3.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Crow273.000$1.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Collins243.000$1.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Maxwell303.066$1.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Hayes303.017$630kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Ciriaco284.000$514kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jayson Nix314.127$162kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (28)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Eric Hosmer242.146$3.6MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Norichika Aoki322.000$1.9MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Salvador Perez242.050$1.5MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Moustakas252.111$549kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lorenzo Cain282.074$546kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Louis Coleman282.053$537kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrod Dyson292.088$530kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelvin Herrera241.157$522kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Johnny Giavotella262.055$509kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisley Bueno331.111$504kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Donnie Joseph260.032$501kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yordano Ventura230.013$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Duffy252.085$486kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Valencia292.118$446kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Mariot250.000$276kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Christian Colón250.000$197kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jimmy Paredes252.059$167kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Kratz341.158$141kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Casey Coleman261.044$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Peguero271.008$77kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lane Adams240.000$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Liam Hendriks251.000$51kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Marks260.031—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Peña240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilking Rodríguez240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Brooks240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Finnegan210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terrance Gore230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 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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