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Padres SDP

201771–91 (0.438)
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GM: AJ Preller

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2017, 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
$35M
Surplus $M
+24
Win %
0.438
TAB
-1.3
WAB
+5.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
17.2
Dead money %
47%
Depth Players
3.0
Dead WAR
-9.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2017 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RAustin Hedges115
RLuis Torrens51
BHéctor Sánchez25
RRocky Gale3

1B

RWil Myers154
BYangervis Solarte8
BHéctor Sánchez6
RJosé Pirela5
RChase d'Arnaud⇄1
LCarlos Asuaje1

2B

LCarlos Asuaje84
BYangervis Solarte79
BLuis Sardinas7
RJosé Pirela7
LCory Spangenberg7
RChase d'Arnaud⇄4
RAllen Córdoba1
RChristian Bethancourt1
RWil Myers1

3B

LCory Spangenberg96
LRyan Schimpf50
BYangervis Solarte22
RChristian Villanueva9
BLuis Sardinas4
RChase d'Arnaud⇄3
RAllen Córdoba3
RJosé Pirela1

SS

BErick Aybar99
RAllen Córdoba28
BYangervis Solarte28
RDusty Coleman27
RChase d'Arnaud⇄10
BLuis Sardinas5

LF

RJosé Pirela68
RMatt Szczur⇄49
RAllen Córdoba43
LCory Spangenberg32
LTravis Jankowski19
RJabari Blash18
LFranchy Cordero1

CF

RManuel Margot123
LFranchy Cordero25
RMatt Szczur⇄21
RAllen Córdoba7
LTravis Jankowski4

RF

RHunter Renfroe120
RJabari Blash33
RMatt Szczur⇄18
RJosé Pirela4
RAllen Córdoba3
LTravis Jankowski3
RChase d'Arnaud⇄1

DH

RJosé Pirela3
BYangervis Solarte2
BHéctor Sánchez2
RHunter Renfroe1
RAustin Hedges1
LRyan Schimpf1
RWil Myers1

Starters

RJhoulys Chacin2.7 WAR
LClayton Richard2.2 WAR
RLuis Perdomo1.9 WAR
RTrevor Cahill⇄1.6 WAR
RDinelson Lamet1.2 WAR
RJarred Cosart0.2 WAR
RJordan Lyles⇄0.1 WAR
RZach Lee-0.1 WAR
RKyle Lloyd-0.1 WAR
LDillon Overton⇄-0.2 WAR
LTravis Wood⇄-0.5 WAR
RMiguel Diaz-0.8 WAR
RJered Weaver-1.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ LBrad Hand21 sv
RKirby Yates⇄20 h
RCraig Stammen11 h
RPhil Maton8 h
LJose Torres3 h
RBrandon Maurer⇄0 h
LRyan Buchter⇄0 h
RMiguel Diaz0 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 2016)

PlayerfWAR
Jhoulys Chacín2.7
Trevor Cahill1.6
Dinelson Lamet1.2
Matt Szczur0.7
Kirby Yates0.6
Franchy Cordero0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2016)

Player2016 fWAR
Drew Pomeranz2.4
Adam Rosales1.7
Fernando Rodney0.8
Jon Jay0.5
Derek Norris0.4
Edwin Jackson0.3

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 2017; everyone else is shown as a 2017 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jhoulys Chacín 2017 +2.7 +41.8 1.8 +40.1 $0.7M 1.96× –
Brad Hand 2017 +1.7 +25.8 1.4 +24.5 $0.8M 1.95× –
Clayton Richard 2017 +2.2 +26.2 1.8 +24.4 $0.8M 1.49× –
Manuel Margot 2017 +2.5 +24.0 0.5 +23.5 $0.2M 1.22× –
Luis Perdomo 2017 +1.9 +22.4 0.5 +21.8 $0.3M 1.49× –
Trevor Cahill↔ 2017 +1.6 +18.6 0.9 +17.6 $0.6M 1.49× –
José Pirela 2017 +1.8 +17.5 0.3 +17.2 $0.2M 1.22× –
Austin Hedges 2017 +1.9 +11.3 0.5 +10.7 $0.3M 0.76× Extension · 2026–2026 · $4.0M AAV
Dinelson Lamet 2017 +1.2 +9.9 0.4 +9.5 $0.3M 1.02× –
Wil Myers 2017 +1.5 +10.0 4.5 +5.5 $2.9M 0.81× –
Hunter Renfroe 2017 +0.7 +4.9 0.5 +4.3 $0.7M 0.83× –
Yangervis Solarte 2017 +1.5 +6.7 2.6 +4.1 $1.8M 0.56× –
Matt Szczur↔ 2017 +0.7 +4.5 0.5 +4.0 $0.7M 0.83× –
Franchy Cordero 2017 +0.5 +3.3 0.1 +3.2 $0.2M 0.83× –
Brandon Maurer↔ 2017 +0.7 +4.0 1.2 +2.8 $1.6M 0.67× –
Carlos Asuaje 2017 +0.7 +3.0 0.3 +2.7 $0.5M 0.56× –
Kirby Yates↔ 2017 +0.6 +3.1 0.5 +2.7 $0.8M 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $5.0M AAV
Cory Spangenberg 2017 +0.7 +3.0 0.5 +2.6 $0.7M 0.58× –
Christian Villanueva 2017 +0.5 +2.2 0.0 +2.2 $0.1M 0.58× –
Dusty Coleman 2017 +0.3 +1.4 0.1 +1.3 $0.4M 0.61× –
Jarred Cosart 2017 +0.2 +1.4 0.6 +0.9 $3.2M 1.02× –
Craig Stammen 2017 +0.3 +1.7 0.9 +0.8 $2.9M 0.67× –
Kyle McGrath 2017 +0.1 +0.8 0.2 +0.6 $1.1M 0.67× –
Jordan Lyles↔ 2017 +0.1 +0.8 0.4 +0.4 $4.3M 1.02× –
Tim Melville↔ 2017 +0.0 +0.1 0.0 +0.1 $1.8M 0.67× –
Ryan Buchter↔ 2017 +0.0 +0.2 0.3 -0.1 $7.6M 0.67× –
José Torres 2017 +0.0 +0.2 0.5 -0.3 $15.3M 0.67× –
Zach Lee 2017 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Jake Esch 2017 +0.0 +0.0 0.5 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Kyle Lloyd 2017 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 – 1.02× –
Rocky Gale 2017 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 – 0.52× –
Ryan Schimpf 2017 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 – 0.58× –
Carter Capps 2017 -0.0 -0.1 1.0 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Dillon Overton↔ 2017 -0.2 -1.5 0.1 -1.6 – 1.02× –
Buddy Baumann 2017 -0.2 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Christian Bethancourt 2017 -0.2 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 – 0.65× –
Kevin Quackenbush 2017 -0.3 -1.7 0.2 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Luis Sardinas 2017 -0.4 -1.8 0.1 -1.9 – 0.56× –
Phil Maton 2017 -0.3 -1.6 0.3 -2.0 – 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2028 · $7.2M AAV
Travis Jankowski 2017 -0.2 -1.4 0.5 -2.0 – 0.83× –
Cory Mazzoni 2017 -0.4 -2.1 0.1 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Héctor Sánchez 2017 -0.3 -1.4 0.8 -2.2 – 0.52× –
Jabari Blash 2017 -0.4 -2.6 0.2 -2.8 – 0.83× –
Chase d'Arnaud↔ 2017 -0.5 -2.5 0.4 -2.9 – 0.61× –
Erick Aybar 2017 -0.4 -2.0 1.8 -3.8 – 0.61× –
Miguel Díaz 2017 -0.8 -4.1 0.5 -4.6 – 0.67× –
Travis Wood↔ 2017 -0.5 -3.8 1.2 -5.0 – 1.02× –
Luis Torrens 2017 -1.3 -5.4 0.5 -6.0 – 0.52× Extension · 2027–2028 · $5.8M AAV
Allen Córdoba 2017 -1.0 -6.4 0.5 -6.9 – 0.83× –
Jered Weaver 2017 -1.1 -9.3 3.0 -12.3 – 1.02× –
José Ruiz 2017 +0.0 +0.0 0.0 +0.0 $1.5M 0.67× –
José A. Váldez↔ 2017 -0.4 -2.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+17.4+195.035.0+161.9—

Trades

Every graded 2017 deal involving the Padres — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2017 · NYY / SDP
NYY · Brian Cashman +$18.4M
Jabari Blash
SDP · AJ Preller −$18.4M
Chase Headley, Bryan Mitchell
NYY came out ahead by $18.4M
2017 · SDP / KCR
SDP · AJ Preller +$16.0M
Travis Wood, Matt Strahm, Esteury Ruiz
KCR · Dayton Moore −$16.0M
Brandon Maurer, Ryan Buchter, Trevor Cahill
SDP came out ahead by $16.0M
2017 · SDP / PHI
SDP · AJ Preller +$13.6M
Freddy Galvis
PHI · Matt Klentak −$13.6M
Enyel De Los Santos
SDP came out ahead by $13.6M
2017 · SDP / CHC
SDP · AJ Preller +$0.0M
Matt Szczur
CHC · Theo Epstein +$0.0M
Justin Hancock
Even trade
2017 · SDP / TBR
SDP · AJ Preller +$0.0M
Deion Tansel
TBR · Erik Neander +$0.0M
Ryan Schimpf
Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

2017 payroll
$35.4M
2018 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2017, 2017–2023. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2017; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (6)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Jered Weaver3411.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Clayton Richard336.163$1.8MFREE AGENT
Jhoulys Chacín296.054$1.8MFREE AGENT
Erick Aybar3310.086$1.8MFREE AGENT
Travis Wood306.004$1.2MFREE AGENT
Trevor Cahill297.098$917kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Wil Myers263.104$4.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yangervis Solarte293.000$2.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Hand273.092$1.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Maurer263.089$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carter Capps264.007$988kARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Stammen335.160$900kFREE AGENT
Héctor Sánchez274.018$750kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarred Cosart273.113$566kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordan Lyles265.020$418kFREE AGENT
José Pirela273.002$345kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (36)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Ryan Schimpf291.008$546kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Jankowski261.047$544kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Perdomo241.000$544kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Christian Bethancourt252.014$542kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Austin Hedges240.166$537kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hunter Renfroe250.012$536kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Buddy Baumann291.125$536kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Manuel Margot220.012$536kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Torres230.012$535kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Esch27–$535k
Miguel Díaz220.000$535kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Allen Córdoba210.000$535kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Torrens210.000$535kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Szczur271.134$480kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Spangenberg262.028$476kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirby Yates302.025$457kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dinelson Lamet240.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chase d'Arnaud302.045$377kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Maton240.000$330kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Buchter301.010$322kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Asuaje250.012$301kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jabari Blash271.023$237kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Quackenbush282.115$205kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle McGrath240.078$167kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Sardinas241.088$145kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Franchy Cordero220.000$111kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dusty Coleman300.021$105kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Mazzoni270.093$61kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dillon Overton250.032$54kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rocky Gale290.033$41kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zach Lee250.011$41kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Christian Villanueva261.014$41kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Melville270.015$27kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Lloyd260.003$6kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Ruiz220.000$3kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José A. Váldez27–—

Graphs

How each 2017 acquisition stacked onto Padres's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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