Giants — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2012, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$122M

Surplus $M

-18

Win %

0.580

TAB

+3.3

WAB

+9.5

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

39.9

Dead money %

29%

Depth Players

7.0

Dead WAR

-4.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2012 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBuster Posey114

BHéctor Sánchez56

REli Whiteside11

1B

LBrandon Belt139

RBuster Posey29

RBrett Pill24

LAubrey Huff15

BPablo Sandoval3

2B

RRyan Theriot91

RMarco Scutaro⇄54

BEmmanuel Burriss37

RCharlie Culberson6

RJoaquin Arias4

LAubrey Huff1

3B

BPablo Sandoval102

RJoaquin Arias74

RMarco Scutaro⇄7

BEmmanuel Burriss6

LConor Gillaspie5

RBrett Pill1

SS

LBrandon Crawford139

RJoaquin Arias50

BEmmanuel Burriss6

LF

BMelky Cabrera106

LGrégor Blanco53

RXavier Nady⇄19

RJustin Christian10

RFrancisco Peguero8

RBrett Pill7

LAubrey Huff5

LBrandon Belt4

RRyan Theriot2

CF

BÁngel Pagán151

LGrégor Blanco30

RJustin Christian1

RF

RHunter Pence⇄59

LGrégor Blanco54

BMelky Cabrera11

RJustin Christian8

RFrancisco Peguero2

BEmmanuel Burriss1

DH

RBuster Posey3

RJustin Christian3

LNate Schierholtz⇄2

BPablo Sandoval2

LGrégor Blanco1

BHéctor Sánchez1

BÁngel Pagán1

Starters

RMatt Cain3.6 WAR

LMadison Bumgarner3.0 WAR

RRyan Vogelsong1.9 WAR

LBarry Zito0.9 WAR

RTim Lincecum0.9 WAR

REric Hacker-0.0 WAR

RYusmeiro Petit-0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RSantiago Casilla25 sv

RSergio Romo23 h

LJavier Lopez18 h

LJose Mijares⇄18 h

LJeremy Affeldt16 h

RGuillermo Mota10 h

RClay Hensley8 h

RGeorge Kontos5 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)

Player	fWAR
Ángel Pagán	4.6
Melky Cabrera	4.5
Marco Scutaro	2.1
Grégor Blanco	1.8
Joaquin Arias	0.6
George Kontos	0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2011)

Player	2011 fWAR
Chris Stewart	2.6
Andres Torres	2.1
Carlos Beltrán	1.0
Cody Ross	0.7
Ramon E Ramirez	0.7
Jonathan Sánchez	0.6

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 2012; everyone else is shown as a 2012 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Buster Posey	2012	+9.8	+100.0	0.6	+99.4	$0.1M	1.28×	–
Ángel Pagán	2012	+4.6	+66.0	4.8	+61.1	$1.1M	1.79×	–
Melky Cabrera	2012	+4.5	+64.6	6.0	+58.6	$1.3M	1.79×	–
Matt Cain	2012	+3.6	+62.7	15.0	+47.7	$4.2M	2.19×	–
Madison Bumgarner	2012	+3.0	+46.2	0.6	+45.6	$0.2M	1.96×	–
Ryan Vogelsong	2012	+1.9	+22.0	3.0	+19.0	$1.6M	1.49×	–
Grégor Blanco	2012	+1.8	+17.7	0.5	+17.2	$0.3M	1.22×	–
Pablo Sandoval	2012	+2.4	+16.4	3.2	+13.2	$1.3M	0.85×	–
Brandon Crawford	2012	+1.9	+13.3	0.5	+12.9	$0.3M	0.89×	–
Marco Scutaro↔	2012	+2.1	+13.6	2.3	+11.2	$1.1M	0.82×	–
Brandon Belt	2012	+1.8	+11.6	0.5	+11.1	$0.3M	0.81×	–
Sergio Romo	2012	+1.0	+10.5	1.6	+8.9	$1.6M	1.34×	–
Joaquin Arias	2012	+0.6	+3.0	0.5	+2.5	$0.8M	0.58×	–
George Kontos	2012	+0.5	+2.5	0.5	+2.0	$1.0M	0.67×	–
Nate Schierholtz↔	2012	+0.5	+2.9	0.9	+2.0	$1.7M	0.69×	–
Javier López	2012	+0.5	+5.6	4.2	+1.4	$8.1M	1.34×	–
Jose Mijares↔	2012	+0.3	+1.6	0.3	+1.3	$1.1M	0.67×	–
Francisco Peguero	2012	+0.1	+0.9	0.5	+0.4	$3.5M	0.83×	–
Xavier Nady↔	2012	+0.1	+0.5	0.2	+0.3	$3.0M	0.83×	–
Dan Otero	2012	+0.1	+0.3	0.5	-0.2	$8.0M	0.67×	–
Héctor Sánchez	2012	+0.1	+0.3	0.5	-0.2	$7.2M	0.52×	–
Ryan Theriot	2012	+0.2	+1.1	1.2	-0.2	$5.3M	0.56×	–
Eli Whiteside	2012	+0.1	+0.3	0.6	-0.3	$8.4M	0.52×	–
Dan Runzler	2012	+0.0	+0.0	0.5	-0.5	$124.9M	0.67×	–
Jeremy Affeldt	2012	+0.8	+4.4	5.0	-0.6	$6.1M	0.67×	–
Yusmeiro Petit	2012	-0.0	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	–	1.02×	–
Brett Pill	2012	-0.1	-0.4	0.5	-0.8	–	0.56×	–
Jean Machi	2012	-0.1	-0.7	0.5	-1.1	–	0.67×	–
Guillermo Mota	2012	-0.1	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	–	0.67×	–
Conor Gillaspie	2012	-0.3	-1.2	0.5	-1.7	–	0.58×	–
Shane Loux	2012	-0.3	-1.4	0.5	-1.8	–	0.67×	–
Charlie Culberson	2012	-0.3	-1.4	0.5	-1.9	–	0.56×	–
Hunter Pence↔	2012	+0.2	+1.5	3.8	-2.4	$17.3M	0.83×	–
Brad Penny	2012	-0.4	-2.4	0.3	-2.6	–	0.67×	–
Clay Hensley	2012	-0.6	-3.3	0.8	-4.0	–	0.67×	–
Justin Christian	2012	-0.6	-4.0	0.4	-4.4	–	0.83×	–
Emmanuel Burriss	2012	-0.9	-4.2	0.6	-4.8	–	0.56×	–
Santiago Casilla	2012	-0.4	-4.6	2.2	-6.8	–	1.34×	–
Brian Wilson	2012	-0.0	-0.1	8.5	-8.6	–	0.67×	–
Tim Lincecum	2012	+0.9	+7.7	18.0	-10.3	$19.0M	1.02×	–
Aubrey Huff	2012	-0.1	-0.4	10.0	-10.4	–	0.56×	–
Barry Zito	2012	+0.9	+7.5	19.0	-11.5	$20.7M	1.02×	–
Eric Hacker	2012	-0.0	-0.2	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Steve Edlefsen	2012	-0.0	-0.3	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Travis Blackley↔	2012	+0.0	+0.1	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Total	—	+40.1	+459.7	121.6	+338.7	—

Trades

Every graded 2012 deal involving the Giants — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2012 · PHI / SFG

PHI · Ruben Amaro +$13.6M

Nate Schierholtz, Seth Rosin, Tommy Joseph

SFG · Brian Sabean −$13.6M

Hunter Pence

PHI came out ahead by $13.6M

2012 · SFG / COL

SFG · Brian Sabean +$6.4M

Marco Scutaro

COL · Daniel O'Dowd −$6.4M

Charlie Culberson

SFG came out ahead by $6.4M

2012 · NYY / SFG

NYY · Brian Cashman +$27.2M

Chris Stewart

SFG · Brian Sabean −$27.2M

George Kontos

NYY came out ahead by $27.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2012 payroll

$121.5M

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 (10)

Player	Age	Svc	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Barry Zito	34	11.072	$19.0M	$20.0M	FREE AGENT
Matt Cain	27	11.038	$15.0M	$20.0M	$20.0M	$21.0M	$21.0M	$21.0M	FREE AGENT
Aubrey Huff	35	11.003	$10.0M	FREE AGENT
Jeremy Affeldt	33	10.000	$5.0M	$6.0M	$6.0M	$6.0M	FREE AGENT
Javier López	34	10.167	$4.2M	$4.2M	$4.0M	$4.0M	$5.0M	FREE AGENT
Marco Scutaro	36	8.138	$2.3M	$6.7M	$6.7M	FREE AGENT
Guillermo Mota	38	11.159	$1.0M	FREE AGENT
Shane Loux	32	10.000	$480k	FREE AGENT
Brad Penny	34	12.000	$265k	FREE AGENT
Xavier Nady	33	8.059	$225k	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

Player	Age	Svc	2012	2013	2014	2015
Tim Lincecum	28	4.148	$18.0M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brian Wilson	30	4.169	$8.5M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Melky Cabrera	27	5.148	$6.0M	FREE AGENT
Ángel Pagán	30	5.144	$4.8M	FREE AGENT
Hunter Pence	29	4.156	$3.8M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Pablo Sandoval	25	3.047	$3.2M	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Ryan Vogelsong	34	5.020	$3.0M	FREE AGENT
Santiago Casilla	31	4.148	$2.2M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Sergio Romo	29	3.097	$1.6M	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Ryan Theriot	32	5.118	$1.2M	FREE AGENT
Nate Schierholtz	28	3.078	$878k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Clay Hensley	32	4.161	$750k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Eli Whiteside	32	3.012	$600k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jose Mijares	27	3.024	$320k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (21)

Player	Age	Svc	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Emmanuel Burriss	27	2.152	$625k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Buster Posey	25	1.161	$615k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Madison Bumgarner	22	1.127	$560k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Grégor Blanco	28	1.164	$516k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Dan Runzler	27	1.128	$483k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
George Kontos	27	0.023	$481k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brandon Belt	24	0.128	$481k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brandon Crawford	25	0.094	$481k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Francisco Peguero	24	0.087	$480k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Dan Otero	27	0.000	$480k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Héctor Sánchez	22	0.037	$480k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Yusmeiro Petit	27	2.110	$480k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Joaquin Arias	27	2.081	$480k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Conor Gillaspie	24	0.058	$480k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Charlie Culberson	23	0.000	$480k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jean Machi	30	2.154	$480k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brett Pill	27	0.142	$480k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Justin Christian	32	–	$414k
Travis Blackley	29	1.026	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Steve Edlefsen	27	1.039	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Eric Hacker	29	–	—

Graphs

Regime	Seasons	Win %	Playoff %	Pennant %	WS %
WINDOW	289	52.2	30.1	4.8	1.0
CONTEND	309	56.8	63.1	19.1	10.0
FORCED-SPEND	262	48.0	9.2	1.5	1.5
REBUILD	328	43.3	1.2	0.3	0.3

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

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Giants SFG

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

2012 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2011)

Key subtractions (gone from 2011)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (10)

Arbitration-eligible (14)

Pre-arbitration (21)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Giants SFG

Overview

Front Office

Offense All positionsC1B2B3BSSOF (LF/CF/RF)LFCFRFINF (1B/2B/3B/SS)Middle infield (2B/SS)C/DH

Pitching & Defense ALL SP RP

Roster

2012 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2011)

Key subtractions (gone from 2011)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (10)

Arbitration-eligible (14)

Pre-arbitration (21)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Offense

Pitching & Defense