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GM: Jack Zduriencik

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
$98M
Surplus $M
-10
Win %
0.537
TAB
-2.5
WAB
+6.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
30.0
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

RMike Zunino130
RJohn Buck⇄21
RJesús Sucre21
RHumberto Quintero3
RJesus Montero1

1B

BJustin Smoak79
LLogan Morrison79
BKendrys Morales⇄16
RWillie Bloomquist7
RCorey Hart2
RJohn Buck⇄1
RJesus Montero1

2B

LRobinson Canó150
LBrad Miller13
BNick Franklin⇄12
RWillie Bloomquist10

3B

LKyle Seager157
RWillie Bloomquist5
LBrad Miller2
BNick Franklin⇄1

SS

LBrad Miller107
RChris Taylor47
RWillie Bloomquist16

LF

LDustin Ackley133
RCole Gillespie⇄16
RStefen Romero11
LEndy Chavez11
RChris Denorfia⇄10
LJames Jones4
RWillie Bloomquist3
LLogan Morrison2
RCorey Hart1
LMichael Saunders1

CF

LJames Jones85
RAustin Jackson⇄54
LMichael Saunders12
LEndy Chavez9
RCole Gillespie⇄1

RF

LMichael Saunders68
LEndy Chavez46
RStefen Romero42
RChris Denorfia⇄22
LJames Jones9
LLogan Morrison8
RCorey Hart7
BNick Franklin⇄2
RWillie Bloomquist1

DH

RCorey Hart55
BKendrys Morales⇄43
LEndy Chavez13
RStefen Romero12
LLogan Morrison9
LDustin Ackley8
LRobinson Canó8
LJames Jones5
RJohn Buck⇄5
RCole Gillespie⇄5
RJesus Montero4
BNick Franklin⇄2
RWillie Bloomquist2
LMichael Saunders2
BAbraham Almonte⇄1
RChris Denorfia⇄1
LBrad Miller1
RMike Zunino1
LKyle Seager1

Starters

RFelix Hernandez5.6 WAR
RHisashi Iwakuma2.8 WAR
LJames Paxton1.1 WAR
LRoenis Elias1.0 WAR
RBrandon Maurer0.6 WAR
RTaijuan Walker0.3 WAR
RTom Wilhelmsen0.1 WAR
RChris Young-0.0 WAR
RBlake Beavan-0.2 WAR
RErasmo Ramirez-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RFernando Rodney48 sv
RYoervis Medina21 h
LCharlie Furbush20 h
RDanny Farquhar13 h
LJoe Beimel10 h
RTom Wilhelmsen8 h
RDominic Leone7 h
LLucas Luetge0 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
Robinson Canó5.6
Fernando Rodney1.0
Roenis Elías1.0
Chris Taylor1.0
Logan Morrison0.8
Dominic Leone0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Oliver Pérez0.8
Raul Ibanez0.8
Joe Saunders0.4
Jason Bay0.2
Bobby LaFromboise0.2
Carlos Peguero0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Mariners. 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
Félix Hernández 2014 +5.6 +112.3 22.9 +89.4 $4.1M 2.50× –
Kyle Seager 2014 +5.2 +59.0 0.5 +58.4 $0.1M 1.43× –
Robinson Canó 2014 +5.6 +61.7 24.0 +37.7 $4.3M 1.38× –
Hisashi Iwakuma 2014 +2.8 +43.8 6.5 +37.3 $2.3M 1.96× –
Mike Zunino 2014 +4.0 +35.6 0.5 +35.1 $0.1M 1.12× –
Michael Saunders 2014 +1.9 +18.3 2.3 +16.0 $1.2M 1.22× –
James Paxton 2014 +1.1 +8.8 0.5 +8.3 $0.5M 1.02× –
Roenis Elías 2014 +1.0 +8.2 0.5 +7.7 $0.5M 1.02× –
Dustin Ackley 2014 +1.3 +8.3 1.7 +6.6 $1.4M 0.83× –
Brad Miller 2014 +1.2 +6.0 0.5 +5.5 $0.4M 0.61× –
Chris Taylor 2014 +1.0 +4.8 0.2 +4.6 $0.2M 0.61× –
Fernando Rodney 2014 +1.0 +11.1 7.0 +4.1 $6.7M 1.34× –
Danny Farquhar 2014 +0.8 +4.2 0.5 +3.7 $0.7M 0.67× –
Dominic Leone 2014 +0.6 +3.2 0.5 +2.8 $0.8M 0.67× –
Brandon Maurer 2014 +0.6 +3.2 0.5 +2.7 $0.8M 0.67× –
Charlie Furbush 2014 +0.6 +3.1 0.8 +2.3 $1.3M 0.67× –
Taijuan Walker 2014 +0.3 +2.4 0.5 +1.9 $1.7M 1.02× –
Logan Morrison 2014 +0.8 +3.5 1.8 +1.7 $2.2M 0.56× –
Carson Smith 2014 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.5M 0.67× –
Yoervis Medina 2014 +0.2 +1.1 0.5 +0.5 $2.6M 0.67× –
Endy Chavez 2014 +0.1 +0.6 0.3 +0.3 $3.6M 0.83× –
Jesús Sucre 2014 +0.1 +0.6 0.2 +0.3 $1.6M 0.52× –
Abraham Almonte↔ 2014 +0.0 +0.3 0.2 +0.1 $3.1M 0.69× –
Tom Wilhelmsen 2014 +0.1 +0.6 0.5 +0.1 $4.8M 0.67× –
Stephen Pryor 2014 -0.0 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Hector Noesí↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Nick Franklin↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 – 0.69× –
Chris Young 2014 -0.0 -0.3 1.2 -1.5 – 1.02× –
Cole Gillespie↔ 2014 -0.2 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 – 0.83× –
Blake Beavan 2014 -0.2 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 – 1.02× –
James Jones 2014 -0.3 -1.8 0.4 -2.1 – 0.83× –
Joe Beimel 2014 -0.2 -1.3 0.8 -2.1 – 0.67× –
Lucas Luetge 2014 -0.3 -1.6 0.5 -2.1 – 0.67× –
Willie Bloomquist 2014 +0.1 +0.7 2.8 -2.1 $20.6M 0.61× –
Chris Denorfia↔ 2014 -0.3 -2.0 0.6 -2.6 – 0.83× –
John Buck↔ 2014 -0.4 -2.2 0.8 -3.0 – 0.69× –
Justin Smoak 2014 -0.2 -0.7 2.6 -3.3 – 0.56× –
Erasmo Ramírez 2014 -0.6 -4.7 0.5 -5.2 – 1.02× –
Austin Jackson↔ 2014 -0.6 -3.8 2.1 -5.9 – 0.83× –
Kendrys Morales↔ 2014 -0.6 -3.3 4.5 -7.8 – 0.69× –
Stefen Romero 2014 -1.2 -7.9 0.4 -8.3 – 0.83× –
Corey Hart 2014 -0.9 -5.1 6.0 -11.1 – 0.69× –
Humberto Quintero 2014 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.52× –
Jesus Montero 2014 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.69× –
Total—+30.0+363.698.3+265.6—

Trades

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

2014 · SDP / SEA
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$1.6M
Abraham Almonte, Stephen Kohlscheen
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$1.6M
Chris Denorfia
SDP came out ahead by $1.6M
2014 · CHC / SEA
CHC · Theo Epstein +$4.0M
Matt Brazis
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$4.0M
Justin Ruggiano
CHC came out ahead by $4.0M
2014 · STL / SEA
STL · John Mozeliak +$2.4M
Ty Kelly
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$2.4M
Sam Gaviglio
STL came out ahead by $2.4M
2014 · DET / SEA
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$0.0M
Manny Piña
SEA · Jack Zduriencik +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Even trade
2014 · SDP / SEA
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$8.0M
Brandon Maurer
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$8.0M
Seth Smith
SDP came out ahead by $8.0M
2014 · MIN / SEA
MIN · Terry Ryan +$9.6M
Stephen Pryor
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$9.6M
Kendrys Morales
MIN came out ahead by $9.6M
2014 · TOR / SEA
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$2.4M
Michael Saunders
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$2.4M
J. A. Happ
TOR came out ahead by $2.4M
2014 · DET / SEA / TBR
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$40.8M
David Price
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$1.6M
Austin Jackson
TBR · Andrew Friedman −$39.2M
Drew Smyly, Willy Adames, Nick Franklin
DET came out ahead by $40.8M 3-team

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$98.4M

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 (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Robinson Canó318.153$24.0M$24.0M$24.0M$24.0M$12.3MFREE AGENT
Félix Hernández288.060$22.9M$24.9M$25.9M$26.9M$26.9M$27.9MFREE AGENT
Fernando Rodney3710.137$7.0M$5.6MFREE AGENT
Corey Hart328.038$6.0MFREE AGENT
Kendrys Morales316.057$4.5MFREE AGENT
Willie Bloomquist3611.027$2.8M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Chris Young3510.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Joe Beimel379.018$850k$502kFREE AGENT
John Buck3310.064$844kFREE AGENT
Chris Denorfia336.041$595kFREE AGENT
Endy Chavez3610.012$333kFREE AGENT
Humberto Quintero348.085—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (4)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Justin Smoak273.113$2.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Saunders273.138$2.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Austin Jackson274.000$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Logan Morrison263.069$1.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (28)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Hisashi Iwakuma332.000$6.5MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Ackley262.087$1.7MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Charlie Furbush282.121$750kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Seager262.085$540kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Wilhelmsen302.091$529kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blake Beavan252.069$519kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yoervis Medina252.079$513kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erasmo Ramírez241.020$512kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Farquhar270.158$511kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Miller240.094$510kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lucas Luetge271.121$509kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Maurer230.124$505kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Zunino230.111$504kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James Paxton250.027$503kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taijuan Walker210.031$502kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dominic Leone220.000$486kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cole Gillespie301.003$486kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roenis Elías250.000$475kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stefen Romero250.000$374kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James Jones250.000$352kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stephen Pryor241.144$321kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Franklin230.126$310kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesús Sucre260.086$227kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Taylor230.000$183kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Abraham Almonte250.031$154kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carson Smith240.000$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hector Noesí272.006$31kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesus Montero242.167—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 acquisition stacked onto Mariners'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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