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Padres SDP

201276–86 (0.469)
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GM: Josh Byrnes

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2012, 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
$60M
Surplus $M
+17
Win %
0.469
TAB
+1.0
WAB
+0.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
29.1
Dead money %
47%
Depth Players
4.0
Dead WAR
-5.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2012 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LJohn Baker56
RNick Hundley56
BYasmani Grandal55
RAli Solis2
REddy Rodriguez2

1B

LYonder Alonso149
RJesus Guzman19
LMark Kotsay5
BChase Headley1
RKyle Blanks1

2B

RLogan Forsythe81
LAlexi Amarista⇄52
BOrlando Hudson⇄35
BAndy Parrino15
BEverth Cabrera6
RJesus Guzman4

3B

BChase Headley159
RLogan Forsythe4
BAndy Parrino2
LAlexi Amarista⇄1
BEverth Cabrera1
RJames Darnell1

SS

BEverth Cabrera111
RJason Bartlett27
BAndy Parrino26
LAlexi Amarista⇄12
RLogan Forsythe5

LF

RCarlos Quentin69
RChris Denorfia53
RJesus Guzman52
LAlexi Amarista⇄27
LMark Kotsay19
LWill Venable10
RJames Darnell4
LBlake Tekotte2
LJeremy Hermida1
RKyle Blanks1

CF

RCameron Maybin145
LWill Venable21
LAlexi Amarista⇄11
RChris Denorfia9
LBlake Tekotte1

RF

LWill Venable114
RChris Denorfia79
LMark Kotsay9
RJesus Guzman7
LJeremy Hermida6
LAlexi Amarista⇄4
RCarlos Quentin3
BAndy Parrino1
LBlake Tekotte1

DH

RCarlos Quentin5
RLogan Forsythe2
RJesus Guzman1

Starters

LEric Stults⇄1.4 WAR
REdinson Volquez1.1 WAR
RAnthony Bass1.0 WAR
RJason Marquis⇄1.0 WAR
LCory Luebke0.7 WAR
RAndrew Cashner0.5 WAR
LAndrew Werner0.3 WAR
LClayton Richard0.2 WAR
RJoe Wieland0.1 WAR
RTim Stauffer-0.0 WAR
RDustin Moseley-0.0 WAR
RCasey Kelly-0.0 WAR
RRoss Ohlendorf-0.2 WAR
RJeff Suppan-0.2 WAR
RKip Wells-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RHuston Street23 sv
RLuke Gregerson24 h
RDale Thayer22 h
RBrad Brach15 h
LJoe Thatcher14 h
LTommy Layne7 h
RNick Vincent5 h
LAlex Hinshaw⇄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 2011)

PlayerfWAR
Yasmani Grandal3.5
Carlos Quentin2.2
Eric Stults1.4
Edinson Volquez1.1
Yonder Alonso1.1
Huston Street1.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2011)

Player2011 fWAR
Mat Latos3.9
Mike Adams1.5
Wade LeBlanc1.3
Heath Bell0.8
Ryan Ludwick0.6
Kyle Phillips0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Padres. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2012; everyone else is shown as a 2012 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Chase Headley 2012 +7.2 +82.1 3.5 +78.6 $0.5M 1.43× –
Yasmani Grandal 2012 +3.5 +31.6 0.8 +30.8 $0.2M 1.12× –
Will Venable 2012 +2.3 +22.6 1.5 +21.1 $0.6M 1.22× –
Chris Denorfia 2012 +1.9 +19.0 1.2 +17.8 $0.6M 1.22× –
Cameron Maybin 2012 +1.8 +18.0 0.5 +17.5 $0.3M 1.22× –
Carlos Quentin 2012 +2.2 +21.6 7.0 +14.5 $3.2M 1.22× –
Everth Cabrera 2012 +1.6 +11.7 0.5 +11.2 $0.3M 0.89× –
Eric Stults↔ 2012 +1.4 +11.4 0.3 +11.1 $0.2M 1.02× –
Anthony Bass 2012 +1.0 +8.3 0.5 +7.8 $0.5M 1.02× –
Edinson Volquez 2012 +1.1 +9.4 2.2 +7.1 $1.9M 1.02× –
Dale Thayer 2012 +0.7 +7.2 0.5 +6.8 $0.7M 1.34× –
Logan Forsythe 2012 +1.4 +6.3 0.5 +5.9 $0.3M 0.56× –
Jason Marquis↔ 2012 +1.0 +7.9 2.1 +5.8 $2.2M 1.02× –
Cory Luebke 2012 +0.7 +5.8 0.5 +5.3 $0.7M 1.02× –
Luke Gregerson 2012 +0.6 +6.9 1.6 +5.3 $2.4M 1.34× –
Jesus Guzman 2012 +0.9 +5.7 0.5 +5.2 $0.6M 0.83× –
Huston Street 2012 +1.1 +12.0 7.5 +4.5 $6.7M 1.34× –
Yonder Alonso 2012 +1.1 +5.1 1.0 +4.1 $0.9M 0.56× –
Andrew Cashner 2012 +0.5 +2.6 0.5 +2.1 $1.0M 0.67× –
Andrew Werner 2012 +0.3 +2.3 0.5 +1.8 $1.7M 1.02× –
Nick Vincent 2012 +0.4 +2.1 0.5 +1.6 $1.2M 0.67× –
Joe Thatcher 2012 +0.4 +2.1 0.7 +1.4 $1.8M 0.67× –
Alexi Amarista↔ 2012 +0.3 +1.2 0.5 +0.7 $1.8M 0.56× –
Joe Wieland 2012 +0.1 +0.8 0.5 +0.3 $5.2M 1.02× –
Ernesto Frieri↔ 2012 +0.1 +0.3 0.1 +0.2 $1.6M 0.67× –
Josh Spence 2012 +0.0 +0.2 0.5 -0.3 $14.4M 0.67× –
Cory Burns 2012 -0.0 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 – 0.67× –
John Baker 2012 +0.0 +0.1 0.8 -0.6 $21.0M 0.52× –
Kyle Blanks 2012 -0.0 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 – 0.56× –
Brad Boxberger 2012 -0.1 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Clayton Richard 2012 +0.2 +1.7 2.7 -1.0 $12.7M 1.02× –
Micah Owings 2012 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Andy Parrino 2012 -0.2 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 – 0.61× –
Mark Kotsay 2012 -0.0 -0.1 1.2 -1.4 – 0.83× –
Dustin Moseley 2012 -0.0 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 – 1.02× –
Miles Mikolas 2012 -0.4 -2.0 0.3 -2.3 – 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $2.2M AAV
Ross Ohlendorf 2012 -0.2 -1.4 0.9 -2.3 – 1.02× –
Orlando Hudson↔ 2012 -0.1 -0.3 2.2 -2.5 – 0.56× –
Brad Brach 2012 -0.5 -2.7 0.5 -3.2 – 0.67× –
Tim Stauffer 2012 -0.0 -0.3 3.2 -3.5 – 1.02× –
Jason Bartlett 2012 -0.7 -3.5 5.5 -9.0 – 0.61× –
Nick Hundley 2012 -1.9 -7.8 2.0 -9.8 – 0.52× –
Jeremy Hermida 2012 +0.1 +0.8 0.8 -0.0 $6.9M 0.83× –
Alex Hinshaw↔ 2012 -0.3 -1.9 – – – 0.67× –
Ali Solis 2012 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.52× –
Blake Tekotte 2012 -0.3 -1.7 – – – 0.83× –
Casey Kelly 2012 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 1.02× –
Eddy Rodriguez 2012 +0.2 +0.7 – – – 0.52× –
James Darnell 2012 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 0.83× –
Jeff Suppan 2012 -0.2 -2.0 – – – 1.02× –
Kip Wells 2012 -0.5 -4.1 – – – 1.02× –
Matt Palmer 2012 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Tommy Layne 2012 +0.6 +3.5 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+29.0+279.160.3+225.8—

Trades

Every graded 2012 deal involving the Padres — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2012 · SDP / OAK
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$144.8M
Tyson Ross, A.J. Kirby-Jones
OAK · Billy Beane −$144.8M
Andy Parrino, Andrew Werner
SDP came out ahead by $144.8M
2012 · CHW / SDP
CHW · Kenny Williams +$0.0M
Blake Tekotte
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$0.0M
Brandon Kloess
Even trade
2012 · SDP / TEX
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$0.8M
Wilfredo Boscán
TEX · Jon Daniels −$0.8M
Cory Burns
SDP came out ahead by $0.8M
2012 · CHC / SDP
CHC · Theo Epstein +$174.4M
Anthony Rizzo, Zach Cates
SDP · Josh Byrnes −$174.4M
Andrew Cashner, Kyung-Min Na
CHC came out ahead by $174.4M
2012 · SDP / TBR
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$0.8M
Chris Rearick
TBR · Andrew Friedman −$0.8M
Vince Belnome
SDP came out ahead by $0.8M
2012 · ANA / SDP
ANA · Jerry Dipoto +$10.4M
Ernesto Frieri
SDP · Josh Byrnes −$10.4M
Alexi Amarista, Donn Roach
ANA came out ahead by $10.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2012 payroll
$60.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2012, 2012–2018. 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 (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Huston Street287.000$7.5M$7.0M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Jason Bartlett326.086$5.5MFREE AGENT
Orlando Hudson349.068$2.2MFREE AGENT
Jason Marquis3311.012$2.1M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Kotsay3614.018$1.2M$1.3MFREE AGENT
Jeff Suppan3714.164—FREE AGENT
Kip Wells3513.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Carlos Quentin295.065$7.0MFREE AGENT
Chase Headley283.123$3.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Stauffer304.007$3.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Clayton Richard283.070$2.7MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edinson Volquez284.059$2.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Moseley304.030$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Hundley283.088$2.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luke Gregerson283.000$1.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Denorfia314.041$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ross Ohlendorf293.139$900kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Hermida285.060$800kFREE AGENT
John Baker313.083$750kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Thatcher303.068$700kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Micah Owings294.035$500kARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Hinshaw294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Palmer334.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (30)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Will Venable292.155$1.5MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yonder Alonso250.116$1.0MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yasmani Grandal230.016$750kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cameron Maybin252.073$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Luebke271.033$498kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Blanks252.032$492kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesus Guzman280.151$487kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Cashner251.126$486kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Bass240.108$485kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Logan Forsythe250.113$481kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Parrino261.109$481kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Werner250.043$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Vincent250.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Everth Cabrera252.004$480kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Burns240.115$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dale Thayer310.082$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Brach260.029$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Wieland220.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Spence240.100$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alexi Amarista230.075$476kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Stults321.097$330kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miles Mikolas230.000$273kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Boxberger240.000$197kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ernesto Frieri261.101$80kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eddy Rodriguez26–—
Ali Solis24–—
Blake Tekotte250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tommy Layne270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James Darnell250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Casey Kelly220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2012 acquisition stacked onto Padres's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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