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GM: Ruben Amaro

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
$182M
Surplus $M
-99
Win %
0.451
TAB
-12.2
WAB
-15.0
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
27.8
Dead money %
28%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-6.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2014 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RCarlos Ruiz109
RWil Nieves34
RCameron Rupp18
BKoyie Hill10

1B

LRyan Howard141
RDarin Ruf20
RMaikel Franco5
LChase Utley1
RWil Nieves1

2B

LChase Utley147
RJayson Nix⇄18
BCésar Hernández11
BFreddy Galvis7
BAndrés Blanco5
LReid Brignac3

3B

LCody Asche112
LReid Brignac20
BCésar Hernández14
RMaikel Franco12
BFreddy Galvis11
BAndrés Blanco10
RDarin Ruf1
RRonny Cedeno1

SS

BJimmy Rollins131
BFreddy Galvis25
BAndrés Blanco6
BCésar Hernández4
LReid Brignac3
RRonny Cedeno2

LF

LDomonic Brown127
LGrady Sizemore⇄30
LTony Gwynn Jr.16
RDarin Ruf15
RAaron Altherr1

CF

LBen Revere141
LTony Gwynn Jr.25
LGrady Sizemore⇄15
RJohn Mayberry Jr.⇄11

RF

RMarlon Byrd149
LGrady Sizemore⇄15
LTony Gwynn Jr.3

DH

LRyan Howard5
BJimmy Rollins2
LChase Utley1
LDomonic Brown1
RMarlon Byrd1

Starters

LCole Hamels4.8 WAR
LCliff Lee2.1 WAR
RA.J. Burnett1.8 WAR
RDavid Buchanan1.1 WAR
RKyle Kendrick1.0 WAR
RJerome Williams⇄0.5 WAR
RRoberto Hernandez⇄0.1 WAR
RJonathan Pettibone-0.1 WAR
RSean O'Sullivan-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJonathan Papelbon39 sv
LJake Diekman18 h
RKen Giles13 h
LAntonio Bastardo12 h
RJustin De Fratus6 h
RMike Adams6 h
LMario Hollands3 h
RJeff Manship0 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
Marlon Byrd2.2
A.J. Burnett1.8
Ken Giles1.8
David Buchanan1.1
Jerome Williams0.5
Wil Nieves0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Erik Kratz0.8
John Lannan0.7
Tyler Cloyd0.3
Humberto Quintero0.3
Michael Young0.3
Raul Valdes0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Phillies. 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
Cole Hamels 2014 +4.8 +83.9 22.5 +61.4 $4.7M 2.19× –
Jimmy Rollins 2014 +3.8 +39.8 11.0 +28.8 $2.9M 1.32× –
Chase Utley 2014 +3.7 +35.8 15.0 +20.8 $4.0M 1.20× –
Jonathan Papelbon 2014 +2.0 +30.8 13.0 +17.8 $6.6M 1.95× –
Ben Revere 2014 +1.8 +17.4 1.9 +15.5 $1.1M 1.22× –
Ken Giles 2014 +1.8 +13.8 0.3 +13.5 $0.2M 0.98× –
Marlon Byrd 2014 +2.2 +21.0 8.0 +13.0 $3.7M 1.22× –
David Buchanan 2014 +1.1 +9.1 0.3 +8.8 $0.2M 1.02× –
Jake Diekman 2014 +1.4 +7.4 0.5 +6.8 $0.4M 0.67× –
A.J. Burnett 2014 +1.8 +21.7 15.0 +6.7 $8.2M 1.49× –
Jerome Williams↔ 2014 +0.5 +4.1 0.5 +3.6 $1.0M 1.02× –
Antonio Bastardo 2014 +0.9 +4.9 2.0 +2.9 $2.2M 0.67× –
Justin De Fratus 2014 +0.6 +3.4 0.5 +2.9 $0.8M 0.67× –
Carlos Ruiz 2014 +1.8 +11.1 8.5 +2.6 $4.7M 0.76× –
Cody Asche 2014 +0.6 +2.6 0.5 +2.1 $0.9M 0.58× –
John Mayberry Jr.↔ 2014 +0.5 +3.2 1.3 +1.9 $2.7M 0.83× –
Andrés Blanco 2014 +0.2 +1.2 0.3 +0.9 $1.0M 0.58× –
Darin Ruf 2014 +0.3 +1.2 0.5 +0.7 $1.8M 0.56× –
Wil Nieves 2014 +0.4 +1.8 1.1 +0.7 $2.6M 0.52× –
Cliff Lee 2014 +2.1 +25.3 25.0 +0.3 $11.7M 1.49× –
Kyle Kendrick 2014 +1.0 +7.8 7.7 +0.1 $8.0M 1.02× –
Cesar Jimenez 2014 -0.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 – 0.67× –
Jeff Manship 2014 -0.0 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 – 0.67× –
Mario Hollands 2014 +0.0 +0.2 0.5 -0.3 $11.6M 0.67× –
Aaron Altherr 2014 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 – 0.83× –
Brad Lincoln 2014 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Ethan Martin 2014 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Grady Sizemore↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 – 0.83× –
Freddy Galvis 2014 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 – 0.61× –
Reid Brignac 2014 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 – 0.58× –
Sean O'Sullivan 2014 -0.1 -1.1 0.1 -1.1 – 1.02× –
Jonathan Pettibone 2014 -0.1 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 – 1.02× –
Luis García 2014 -0.2 -1.3 0.2 -1.4 – 0.67× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $6.9M AAV
Jayson Nix↔ 2014 -0.3 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 – 0.56× –
César Hernández 2014 -0.3 -1.4 0.5 -1.9 – 0.58× –
Phillippe Aumont 2014 -0.3 -1.7 0.5 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Roberto Hernandez↔ 2014 +0.1 +1.0 3.2 -2.3 $26.9M 1.02× –
Cameron Rupp 2014 -0.5 -2.0 0.5 -2.5 – 0.52× –
B.J. Rosenberg 2014 -0.6 -3.4 0.5 -3.9 – 0.67× –
Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez 2014 -0.0 -0.3 3.7 -3.9 – 0.67× –
Mike Adams 2014 +0.4 +2.0 7.0 -5.0 $19.0M 0.67× –
Tony Gwynn Jr. 2014 -1.0 -6.5 0.9 -7.4 – 0.83× –
Domonic Brown 2014 -1.1 -7.2 0.6 -7.7 – 0.83× –
Ryan Howard 2014 -0.2 -1.0 25.0 -26.0 – 0.56× –
Héctor Neris 2014 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Koyie Hill 2014 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.52× –
Maikel Franco 2014 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.58× –
Ronny Cedeno 2014 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.61× –
Shawn Camp 2014 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+27.8+316.5182.4+137.3—

Trades

Every graded 2014 deal involving the Phillies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2014 · PHI / LAD
PHI · Ruben Amaro +$9.6M
Víctor Arano, Jesmuel Valentín
LAD · Ned Colletti −$9.6M
Roberto Hernández
PHI came out ahead by $9.6M
2014 · PHI / CIN
PHI · Ruben Amaro +$15.2M
Ben Lively
CIN · Walt Jocketty −$15.2M
Marlon Byrd
PHI came out ahead by $15.2M
2014 · PIT / PHI
PIT · Neal Huntington +$0.0M
Antonio Bastardo
PHI · Ruben Amaro +$0.0M
Joely Rodríguez
Even trade
2014 · WSN / PHI
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$1.6M
cash / PTBNL
PHI · Ruben Amaro −$1.6M
Koyie Hill
WSN came out ahead by $1.6M
2014 · ARI / PHI
ARI · Kevin Towers +$0.0M
Ronny Cedeño
PHI · Ruben Amaro +$0.0M
Raywilly Gomez
Even trade
2014 · PHI / TOR
PHI · Ruben Amaro +$2.4M
Gustavo Pierre
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos −$2.4M
John Mayberry
PHI came out ahead by $2.4M
2014 · PHI / LAD
PHI · Ruben Amaro +$56.0M
Tom Windle, Zach Eflin
LAD · Ned Colletti −$56.0M
Jimmy Rollins
PHI came out ahead by $56.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$182.4M

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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Ryan Howard3410.145$25.0M$25.0M$25.0MFREE AGENT
Cliff Lee3510.100$25.0MFREE AGENT
Cole Hamels307.143$22.5M$14.7MFREE AGENT
A.J. Burnett3714.038$15.0MFREE AGENT
Chase Utley3510.027$15.0M$10.2MFREE AGENT
Jonathan Papelbon338.064$13.0M$8.2MFREE AGENT
Jimmy Rollins3513.015$11.0MFREE AGENT
Carlos Ruiz357.069$8.5M$8.5M$6.6MFREE AGENT
Marlon Byrd369.115$8.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Adams357.019$7.0MFREE AGENT
Roberto Hernandez337.004$3.2MFREE AGENT
Wil Nieves366.127$1.1MFREE AGENT
Tony Gwynn Jr.318.000$900kFREE AGENT
Jerome Williams3211.000$511k$2.5MFREE AGENT
Grady Sizemore319.045$429k$1.2MFREE AGENT
Koyie Hill356.087—FREE AGENT
Shawn Camp3810.000—FREE AGENT
Ronny Cedeno318.029—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Kyle Kendrick295.159$7.7MFREE AGENT
Antonio Bastardo284.054$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
John Mayberry Jr.305.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Justin De Fratus263.000$513kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reid Brignac283.033$500kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Asche243.045$500kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jayson Nix314.127$417kARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrés Blanco303.087$251kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez300.000$3.7MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Revere262.149$1.9MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domonic Brown262.078$550kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Diekman271.050$516kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Lincoln292.034$512kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
B.J. Rosenberg280.166$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Pettibone230.161$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
César Hernández240.044$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cameron Rupp250.027$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddy Galvis241.116$500kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mario Hollands252.000$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darin Ruf270.110$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ethan Martin250.128$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phillippe Aumont250.113$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Manship291.075$345kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ken Giles230.000$309kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Buchanan250.000$276kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cesar Jimenez292.125$180kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis García270.083$164kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean O'Sullivan262.081$85kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Altherr230.000$14kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Héctor Neris250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Maikel Franco210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 acquisition stacked onto Phillies's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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