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Giants SFG

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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2008, 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
$72M
Surplus $M
-12
Win %
0.444
TAB
-6.2
WAB
-7.4
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
25.6
Dead money %
34%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-7.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2008 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBengie Molina136
RSteve Holm42
BPablo Sandoval11
REliezer Alfonzo2

1B

RRich Aurilia82
LJohn Bowker71
LTravis Ishikawa29
BPablo Sandoval17
BDaniel Ortmeier13
RScott McClain4
LJ.T. Snow1

2B

BRay Durham⇄86
BEugenio Velez69
BEmmanuel Burriss41
RTravis Denker13
RIvan Ochoa8
RRich Aurilia1
RRyan Rohlinger1
RKevin Frandsen1

3B

RRich Aurilia63
RRyan Rohlinger14
BPablo Sandoval12
RScott McClain4
LConor Gillaspie2
RTravis Denker1

SS

BOmar Vizquel84
BEmmanuel Burriss47
RIvan Ochoa35
RBrian Bocock29
RJose Castillo⇄4

LF

LFred Lewis112
LDave Roberts32
BRandy Winn15
BDaniel Ortmeier13
RBrian Horwitz9
BEugenio Velez8
LJohn Bowker5
RRajai Davis⇄3
LClay Timpner1

CF

RAaron Rowand149
LFred Lewis14
BRandy Winn10
BEugenio Velez2

RF

BRandy Winn133
LNate Schierholtz19
LJohn Bowker14
BEugenio Velez7
RBrian Horwitz2
BDaniel Ortmeier2
LFred Lewis2
BEmmanuel Burriss1
RRajai Davis⇄1

DH

BRandy Winn2
LJohn Bowker2
RRich Aurilia2
RAaron Rowand1
RBengie Molina1
BRay Durham⇄1

Starters

RTim Lincecum7.3 WAR
RMatt Cain3.7 WAR
LJonathan Sanchez2.4 WAR
LBarry Zito1.2 WAR
RKevin Correia0.3 WAR
RMerkin Valdez0.1 WAR
RMatt Palmer-0.1 WAR
RBrad Hennessey-0.1 WAR
LPat Misch-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBrian Wilson41 sv
RTyler Walker19 h
LJack Taschner14 h
RKeiichi Yabu9 h
RSergio Romo5 h
LAlex Hinshaw4 h
RVinnie Chulk2 h
RBilly Sadler1 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 2007)

PlayerfWAR
Pablo Sandoval1.1
Aaron Rowand0.8
Emmanuel Burriss0.8
Sergio Romo0.5
Travis Ishikawa0.4
Keiichi Yabu0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2007)

Player2007 fWAR
Barry Bonds3.2
Pedro Feliz2.3
Matt Morris2.0
Ryan Klesko0.8
Mark Sweeney0.5
Russ Ortiz0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Giants. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2008; everyone else is shown as a 2008 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Tim Lincecum 2008 +7.3 +146.1 0.4 +145.7 $0.1M 2.50× –
Randy Winn 2008 +5.1 +84.4 8.9 +75.5 $1.7M 2.05× –
Matt Cain 2008 +3.7 +65.0 0.9 +64.1 $0.3M 2.19× –
Jonathan Sánchez 2008 +2.4 +28.4 0.4 +28.1 $0.2M 1.49× –
Fred Lewis 2008 +2.3 +22.2 0.4 +21.9 $0.2M 1.22× –
Nate Schierholtz 2008 +1.3 +8.3 0.4 +7.9 $0.3M 0.83× –
Ray Durham↔ 2008 +1.6 +13.0 5.1 +7.9 $3.2M 1.01× –
Bengie Molina 2008 +2.1 +12.9 6.2 +6.6 $2.9M 0.76× –
Brian Wilson 2008 +0.6 +6.3 0.4 +5.9 $0.7M 1.34× –
Keiichi Yabu 2008 +0.3 +1.9 0.4 +1.5 $1.1M 0.67× –
Travis Ishikawa 2008 +0.4 +1.9 0.4 +1.5 $0.9M 0.56× –
Kevin Correia 2008 +0.3 +2.4 1.1 +1.3 $3.7M 1.02× –
Merkin Valdez 2008 +0.1 +0.7 0.4 +0.3 $3.1M 0.67× –
Tyler Walker 2008 +0.2 +1.0 0.8 +0.3 $4.0M 0.67× –
Jack Taschner 2008 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $41.1M 0.67× –
Steve Holm 2008 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $12.9M 0.52× –
Kevin Frandsen 2008 -0.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 – 0.56× –
Erick Threets 2008 -0.2 -1.0 0.4 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Daniel Ortmeier 2008 -0.3 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 – 0.56× –
Eugenio Velez 2008 -0.3 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 – 0.56× –
Jose Castillo↔ 2008 -0.3 -1.5 0.6 -2.1 – 0.61× –
Brad Hennessey 2008 -0.1 -0.8 1.6 -2.4 – 0.67× –
Vinnie Chulk 2008 -0.3 -1.8 0.8 -2.6 – 0.67× –
Rajai Davis↔ 2008 -0.4 -2.7 0.0 -2.8 – 0.83× –
Rich Aurilia 2008 +0.3 +1.5 4.5 -3.0 $13.3M 0.56× –
Brian Bocock 2008 -0.6 -2.9 0.4 -3.2 – 0.61× –
Aaron Rowand 2008 +0.8 +5.4 9.6 -4.2 $11.8M 0.83× –
Barry Zito 2008 +1.2 +9.8 14.5 -4.7 $12.1M 1.02× –
Dave Roberts 2008 -0.2 -1.1 6.5 -7.6 – 0.83× –
Omar Vizquel 2008 -0.9 -4.2 5.0 -9.2 – 0.61× –
Conor Gillaspie 2008 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 -0.0 $5.2M 0.58× –
Alex Hinshaw 2008 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Billy Sadler 2008 -0.5 -2.5 – – – 0.67× –
Brian Horwitz 2008 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 0.83× –
Clay Timpner 2008 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 0.83× –
Eliezer Alfonzo 2008 -0.4 -1.5 – – – 0.52× –
Emmanuel Burriss 2008 +0.8 +3.8 – – – 0.61× –
Geno Espineli 2008 -0.4 -1.9 – – – 0.67× –
Ivan Ochoa 2008 -0.7 -3.3 – – – 0.61× –
J.T. Snow 2008 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.56× –
John Bowker 2008 -0.8 -3.6 – – – 0.56× –
Matt Palmer 2008 -0.1 -1.2 – – – 1.02× –
Osiris Matos 2008 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Pablo Sandoval 2008 +1.1 +4.7 – – – 0.56× –
Pat Misch 2008 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Ryan Rohlinger 2008 -0.6 -2.7 – – – 0.58× –
Scott McClain 2008 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.56× –
Sergio Romo 2008 +0.5 +2.6 – – – 0.67× –
Travis Denker 2008 +0.3 +1.3 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+25.4+387.472.2+320.9—

Trades

Every graded 2008 deal involving the Giants — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 1 total.

2008 · SFG / MIL
SFG · Brian Sabean +$8.8M
Darren Ford, Steve Hammond
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$8.8M
Ray Durham
SFG came out ahead by $8.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2008 payroll
$72.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2008, 2008–2014. 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 (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Barry Zito308.000$14.5M$18.5M$18.5M$18.5M$19.0M$20.0MFREE AGENT
Aaron Rowand307.000$9.6M$9.6M$13.6M$13.6MFREE AGENT
Randy Winn3410.000$8.9M$9.6MFREE AGENT
Dave Roberts369.000$6.5MFREE AGENT
Bengie Molina3310.000$6.2M$6.5M$2.3MFREE AGENT
Ray Durham3613.000$5.1MFREE AGENT
Omar Vizquel4119.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Rich Aurilia3613.000$4.5M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Tyler Walker326.000$750kFREE AGENT
J.T. Snow4016.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Brad Hennessey284.000$1.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Correia275.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Matt Cain233.000$950kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vinnie Chulk295.000$838kFREE AGENT
Jose Castillo274.000$573kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Taschner303.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daniel Ortmeier273.000$392kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Merkin Valdez264.000$390kARB 3FREE AGENT
Keiichi Yabu393.000$390kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (30)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Tim Lincecum241.000$405kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Frandsen262.000$398kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Sánchez252.000$395kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Wilson262.000$392kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fred Lewis272.000$392kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erick Threets261.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Holm280.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nate Schierholtz241.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Ishikawa242.000$390kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Bocock230.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eugenio Velez261.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Conor Gillaspie200.000$103kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rajai Davis272.000$42kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott McClain36–—
Eliezer Alfonzo292.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ivan Ochoa25–—
Pat Misch262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Bowker240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Timpner25–—
Brian Horwitz25–—
Alex Hinshaw250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy Sadler26–—
Geno Espineli25–—
Travis Denker22–—
Matt Palmer290.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pablo Sandoval210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Osiris Matos23–—
Ryan Rohlinger240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sergio Romo250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Emmanuel Burriss230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2008 acquisition stacked onto Giants'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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