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Giants SFG

201092–70 (0.568)★ 2010 World Series Champions
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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2010, 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
$110M
Surplus $M
-7
Win %
0.568
TAB
+8.0
WAB
+7.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
44.4
Dead money %
33%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-3.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2010 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBuster Posey76
RBengie Molina⇄61
REli Whiteside55

1B

LAubrey Huff100
LTravis Ishikawa73
LJohn Bowker⇄41
RBuster Posey30
BPablo Sandoval11

2B

RFreddy Sanchez109
RMatt Downs⇄28
RJuan Uribe24
LMike Fontenot⇄18
RMark DeRosa7
BEmmanuel Burriss5
BEugenio Velez1

3B

BPablo Sandoval143
RJuan Uribe26
LMike Fontenot⇄7
RRyan Rohlinger3

SS

RJuan Uribe103
REdgar Renteria68
RRyan Rohlinger4
LMike Fontenot⇄3

LF

RPat Burrell⇄87
LAubrey Huff46
BAndres Torres37
RMark DeRosa21
BEugenio Velez13
RCody Ross⇄5

CF

RAaron Rowand85
BAndres Torres84
RCody Ross⇄18
BEugenio Velez5
RDarren Ford1

RF

LNate Schierholtz109
BAndres Torres43
RJose Guillen⇄42
LAubrey Huff34
RCody Ross⇄11
BEugenio Velez1

DH

RPat Burrell⇄26
RJuan Uribe2
RMatt Downs⇄1

Starters

RTim Lincecum4.0 WAR
RMatt Cain3.7 WAR
LJonathan Sanchez2.1 WAR
LMadison Bumgarner1.8 WAR
LBarry Zito1.5 WAR
RJoe Martinez⇄-0.1 WAR
RTodd Wellemeyer-0.9 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBrian Wilson48 sv
RSergio Romo22 h
RSantiago Casilla11 h
RChris Ray⇄9 h
RGuillermo Mota8 h
LJeremy Affeldt7 h
LDan Runzler4 h
RDenny Bautista0 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 2009)

PlayerfWAR
Aubrey Huff5.7
Pat Burrell2.8
Santiago Casilla0.6
Javier López0.5
Cody Ross0.4
Ramon E Ramirez0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2009)

Player2009 fWAR
Randy Winn1.8
Fred Lewis1.2
Bob Howry0.5
Brad Penny0.4
Steve Holm0.2
Randy Johnson0.2

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 2010; everyone else is shown as a 2010 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Andres Torres 2010 +6.3 +102.9 0.4 +102.4 $0.1M 2.05× –
Tim Lincecum 2010 +4.0 +70.6 9.0 +61.6 $2.2M 2.19× –
Matt Cain 2010 +3.7 +64.8 4.6 +60.2 $1.2M 2.19× –
Aubrey Huff 2010 +5.7 +62.9 3.0 +59.9 $0.5M 1.37× –
Buster Posey 2010 +3.9 +35.0 0.4 +34.6 $0.1M 1.12× –
Brian Wilson 2010 +2.4 +37.4 6.5 +30.9 $2.7M 1.95× –
Pat Burrell↔ 2010 +2.8 +35.7 7.2 +28.5 $2.6M 1.60× –
Jonathan Sánchez 2010 +2.1 +24.8 2.1 +22.7 $1.0M 1.49× –
Juan Uribe 2010 +2.8 +26.0 3.2 +22.7 $1.2M 1.18× –
Madison Bumgarner 2010 +1.8 +21.6 0.4 +21.2 $0.2M 1.49× –
Freddy Sanchez 2010 +2.4 +15.8 6.0 +9.8 $2.5M 0.82× –
Sergio Romo 2010 +1.2 +6.3 0.4 +5.8 $0.4M 0.67× –
Pablo Sandoval 2010 +1.1 +5.2 0.5 +4.7 $0.4M 0.58× –
Nate Schierholtz 2010 +0.7 +4.6 0.4 +4.2 $0.6M 0.83× –
Eli Whiteside 2010 +0.9 +3.9 0.4 +3.5 $0.4M 0.52× –
Javier López↔ 2010 +0.5 +2.8 0.3 +2.5 $0.5M 0.67× –
Cody Ross↔ 2010 +0.4 +2.5 1.0 +1.5 $2.6M 0.83× –
Dan Runzler 2010 +0.3 +1.7 0.4 +1.3 $1.3M 0.67× –
Ramon E Ramirez↔ 2010 +0.2 +1.3 0.4 +0.9 $1.7M 0.67× –
Chris Ray↔ 2010 +0.2 +0.9 0.4 +0.4 $2.7M 0.67× –
Eugenio Velez 2010 +0.1 +0.6 0.4 +0.2 $4.6M 0.83× –
Guillermo Mota 2010 +0.2 +0.9 0.8 +0.1 $4.6M 0.67× –
Barry Zito 2010 +1.5 +18.4 18.5 -0.1 $12.0M 1.49× –
Emmanuel Burriss 2010 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $16.8M 0.56× –
John Bowker↔ 2010 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 – 0.56× –
Travis Ishikawa 2010 -0.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 – 0.56× –
Waldis Joaquin 2010 -0.1 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Mike Fontenot↔ 2010 -0.3 -1.3 0.3 -1.5 – 0.56× –
Brandon Medders 2010 -0.2 -1.1 0.8 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Jeremy Affeldt 2010 +0.1 +1.2 4.0 -2.8 $35.3M 1.34× –
Bengie Molina↔ 2010 -0.4 -1.8 2.3 -4.2 – 0.52× –
Edgar Renteria 2010 +1.2 +5.7 10.0 -4.3 $8.6M 0.61× –
Jose Guillen↔ 2010 -0.1 -0.9 3.4 -4.3 – 0.83× –
Todd Wellemeyer 2010 -0.9 -7.5 1.0 -8.5 – 1.02× –
Mark DeRosa 2010 -0.6 -4.2 6.0 -10.2 – 0.83× –
Aaron Rowand 2010 +0.0 +0.1 13.6 -13.5 $816.7M 0.83× –
Darren Ford 2010 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.83× –
Denny Bautista 2010 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Joe Martinez↔ 2010 -0.1 -0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Downs↔ 2010 +0.4 +2.4 – – – 0.69× –
Ryan Rohlinger 2010 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.61× –
Santiago Casilla 2010 +0.6 +3.3 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+44.5+539.7109.6+425.8—

Trades

Every graded 2010 deal involving the Giants — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2010 · SFG / TEX
SFG · Brian Sabean +$11.2M
Chris Ray, Michael Main
TEX · Jon Daniels −$11.2M
Bengie Molina
SFG came out ahead by $11.2M
2010 · CHC / SFG
CHC · Jim Hendry +$0.8M
Evan Crawford
SFG · Brian Sabean −$0.8M
Mike Fontenot
CHC came out ahead by $0.8M
2010 · SFG / BOS
SFG · Brian Sabean +$0.0M
Ramón Ramírez
BOS · Theo Epstein +$0.0M
Daniel Turpen
Even trade
2010 · SFG / TEX
SFG · Brian Sabean +$0.0M
Edwin Escobar
TEX · Jon Daniels +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Even trade
2010 · PIT / SFG
PIT · Neal Huntington +$28.0M
John Bowker, Joe Martinez
SFG · Brian Sabean −$28.0M
Javier López
PIT came out ahead by $28.0M
2010 · KCR / SFG
KCR · Dayton Moore +$23.2M
Kevin Pucetas
SFG · Brian Sabean −$23.2M
José Guillén
KCR came out ahead by $23.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2010 payroll
$109.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2010, 2010–2016. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Barry Zito3210.000$18.5M$18.5M$19.0M$20.0MFREE AGENT
Aaron Rowand329.000$13.6M$13.6MFREE AGENT
Edgar Renteria3314.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Pat Burrell3310.000$7.2M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Mark DeRosa3512.000$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Freddy Sanchez328.000$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Jeremy Affeldt318.000$4.0M$4.5M$5.0M$6.0M$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Jose Guillen3413.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Juan Uribe319.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Aubrey Huff3310.000$3.0M$10.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Bengie Molina3512.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Todd Wellemeyer317.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Cody Ross297.000$960k$6.3MFREE AGENT
Guillermo Mota3611.000$750k$925k$1.0MFREE AGENT
Andres Torres328.000$426k$2.2MFREE AGENT$2.0M
Javier López327.000$272k$2.4M$4.2M$4.2M$4.0M$4.0M$5.0M
Denny Bautista296.000—FREE AGENT
Santiago Casilla296.000—$1.3M$2.2M$4.5M$4.5M$5.0M$6.5M

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Tim Lincecum263.000$9.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Wilson284.000$6.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Cain255.000$4.6MFREE AGENT
Jonathan Sánchez274.000$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Medders305.000$820kFREE AGENT
Chris Ray285.000$433kFREE AGENT
Ramon E Ramirez284.000$418kARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Ishikawa264.000$417kARB 3FREE AGENT
Nate Schierholtz263.000$416kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eugenio Velez283.000$416kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eli Whiteside305.000$405kFREE AGENT
Mike Fontenot305.000$272kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Pablo Sandoval232.000$465kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sergio Romo272.000$416kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Emmanuel Burriss252.000$410kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Runzler251.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Waldis Joaquin231.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Buster Posey230.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Madison Bumgarner200.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Bowker262.000$251kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Ford24–—
Matt Downs261.094—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Martinez271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Rohlinger262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2010 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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