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Giants SFG

201488–74 (0.543)★ 2014 World Series Champions
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GM: Brian Sabean

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
$157M
Surplus $M
-54
Win %
0.543
TAB
-3.1
WAB
+1.9
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
35.1
Dead money %
46%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-3.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2014 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBuster Posey111
BHéctor Sánchez45
RAndrew Susac29
RGuillermo Quiroz2

1B

LBrandon Belt59
RMichael Morse43
LTravis Ishikawa⇄42
RBuster Posey35
RAdam Duvall21
RJoaquin Arias16
RBrandon Hicks1
BHéctor Sánchez1

2B

LJoe Panik70
RBrandon Hicks61
BEhire Adrianza25
RJoaquin Arias15
RMatt Duffy9
RDan Uggla⇄4
RMarco Scutaro3
BTony Abreu1

3B

BPablo Sandoval151
RJoaquin Arias44
BEhire Adrianza3
RMatt Duffy2
RAdam Duvall1
RChris Dominguez1
BTony Abreu1

SS

LBrandon Crawford149
RJoaquin Arias11
BEhire Adrianza7
RMatt Duffy7

LF

RMichael Morse84
LGrégor Blanco64
LTyler Colvin43
RJuan Carlos Perez40
LTravis Ishikawa⇄8
RChris Dominguez5
RBrandon Hicks1

CF

BÁngel Pagán91
LGrégor Blanco72
RJuan Carlos Perez17
RGary Brown6
LTyler Colvin3
RHunter Pence1

RF

RHunter Pence161
RJuan Carlos Perez5
LGrégor Blanco1
LBrandon Belt1

DH

RMichael Morse4
BPablo Sandoval3
RBuster Posey2
RAdam Duvall1

Starters

LMadison Bumgarner4.9 WAR
RYusmeiro Petit1.5 WAR
RTim Hudson1.3 WAR
RJake Peavy⇄1.1 WAR
RRyan Vogelsong1.0 WAR
RChris Heston0.0 WAR
RTim Lincecum-0.1 WAR
RMatt Cain-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RSergio Romo23 sv
LJeremy Affeldt18 h
RJean Machi17 h
LJavier Lopez12 h
RJuan Gutierrez10 h
RSantiago Casilla10 h
RGeorge Kontos1 h
LDavid Huff⇄0 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
Michael Morse1.6
Tim Hudson1.3
Joe Panik1.3
Jake Peavy1.1
Andrew Susac0.8
Brandon Hicks0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Chad Gaudin0.9
Jose Mijares0.4
Heath Hembree0.2
Andres Torres0.2
Brett Pill0.1
Francisco Peguero-0.0

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 2014; everyone else is shown as a 2014 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Madison Bumgarner 2014 +4.9 +85.7 3.8 +82.0 $0.8M 2.19× –
Buster Posey 2014 +7.5 +77.0 12.5 +64.5 $1.7M 1.28× –
Hunter Pence 2014 +4.1 +58.1 16.0 +42.1 $3.9M 1.79× –
Brandon Crawford 2014 +2.7 +25.8 0.6 +25.2 $0.2M 1.18× –
Pablo Sandoval 2014 +3.3 +29.1 8.2 +20.8 $2.5M 1.12× –
Grégor Blanco 2014 +1.9 +18.7 2.5 +16.2 $1.3M 1.22× –
Yusmeiro Petit 2014 +1.5 +12.0 0.8 +11.1 $0.6M 0.98× –
Michael Morse 2014 +1.6 +15.7 6.0 +9.7 $3.7M 1.22× –
Ángel Pagán 2014 +1.8 +17.9 10.2 +7.6 $5.6M 1.22× –
Joe Panik 2014 +1.3 +5.9 0.3 +5.6 $0.2M 0.56× –
Jake Peavy↔ 2014 +1.1 +9.0 5.4 +3.5 $4.9M 1.02× –
Andrew Susac 2014 +0.8 +3.4 0.2 +3.2 $0.2M 0.52× –
Ryan Vogelsong 2014 +1.0 +7.9 5.0 +2.9 $5.1M 1.02× –
Brandon Hicks 2014 +0.4 +2.0 0.3 +1.7 $0.7M 0.56× –
Gary Brown 2014 +0.2 +1.5 0.1 +1.4 $0.3M 0.83× –
Travis Ishikawa↔ 2014 +0.3 +1.4 0.1 +1.2 $0.4M 0.56× –
George Kontos 2014 +0.2 +1.3 0.2 +1.1 $0.7M 0.67× –
Hunter Strickland 2014 +0.2 +1.2 0.1 +1.1 $0.3M 0.67× –
Brandon Belt 2014 +0.8 +3.3 2.9 +0.4 $3.9M 0.56× –
Santiago Casilla 2014 +0.4 +4.7 4.5 +0.2 $10.2M 1.34× –
Erik Cordier 2014 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $2.1M 0.67× –
Matt Duffy 2014 +0.1 +0.3 0.2 +0.1 $2.8M 0.56× –
Jean Machi 2014 +0.0 +0.4 0.5 -0.1 $12.8M 1.34× –
Héctor Sánchez 2014 +0.1 +0.4 0.5 -0.2 $6.0M 0.52× –
Tim Hudson 2014 +1.3 +10.8 11.0 -0.2 $8.3M 1.02× –
Tyler Colvin 2014 +0.1 +0.7 1.0 -0.3 $9.8M 0.83× –
Mike Kickham 2014 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Ehire Adrianza 2014 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 – 0.56× –
David Huff↔ 2014 -0.2 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Adam Duvall 2014 -0.2 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 – 0.56× –
Tony Abreu 2014 -0.1 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 – 0.56× –
Joaquin Arias 2014 -0.1 -0.6 1.1 -1.7 – 0.58× –
Dan Uggla↔ 2014 -0.2 -1.0 1.0 -2.0 – 0.56× –
Juan Gutierrez 2014 -0.2 -1.2 0.8 -2.0 – 0.67× –
Chris Dominguez 2014 -0.4 -2.8 0.1 -2.8 – 0.83× –
Juan Carlos Perez 2014 -0.5 -3.1 0.5 -3.6 – 0.83× –
Jeremy Affeldt 2014 +0.4 +2.3 6.0 -3.7 $14.0M 0.67× –
Javier López 2014 -0.4 -2.4 4.0 -6.4 – 0.67× –
Marco Scutaro 2014 -0.2 -0.8 6.7 -7.5 – 0.56× –
Sergio Romo 2014 -0.2 -2.2 5.5 -7.7 – 1.34× –
Tim Lincecum 2014 -0.1 -0.6 17.0 -17.6 – 1.02× –
Matt Cain 2014 -0.1 -0.6 20.0 -20.6 – 1.02× –
Chris Heston 2014 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 +0.0 $3.3M 0.67× –
Brett Bochy 2014 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Guillermo Quiroz 2014 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.52× –
Jake Dunning 2014 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+34.8+377.6157.5+220.7—

Trades

Every graded 2014 deal involving the Giants — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

2014 · BOS / SFG
BOS · Ben Cherington +$8.8M
Heath Hembree, Edwin Escobar
SFG · Brian Sabean −$8.8M
Jake Peavy
BOS came out ahead by $8.8M
2014 · MIA / SFG
MIA · Dan Jennings +$4.8M
Kendry Flores, Luis Castillo
SFG · Brian Sabean −$4.8M
Casey McGehee
MIA came out ahead by $4.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$157.4M

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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Matt Cain2911.038$20.0M$21.0M$21.0M$21.0MFREE AGENT
Tim Lincecum306.148$17.0M$18.0MFREE AGENT
Hunter Pence316.156$16.0M$18.5M$18.5M$18.5M$18.5MFREE AGENT$3.0M
Tim Hudson3814.119$11.0M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Ángel Pagán327.144$10.2M$10.2M$11.2MFREE AGENT
Marco Scutaro3810.138$6.7MFREE AGENT
Michael Morse329.000$6.0MFREE AGENT$535k
Jeremy Affeldt3512.000$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Jake Peavy3311.101$5.4M$9.0M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Ryan Vogelsong367.020$5.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Santiago Casilla336.148$4.5M$5.0M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Javier López3610.167$4.0M$4.0M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Dan Uggla348.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Juan Gutierrez307.000$850kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Buster Posey273.161$12.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pablo Sandoval275.047$8.2MFREE AGENT
Sergio Romo315.097$5.5MFREE AGENT
Madison Bumgarner243.127$3.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Grégor Blanco303.164$2.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joaquin Arias294.071$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Colvin283.001$1.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yusmeiro Petit293.016$845kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Abreu293.170$745kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Ishikawa303.098$128kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Guillermo Quiroz324.013—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (21)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Brandon Belt262.128$2.9MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Crawford272.094$560kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Héctor Sánchez241.166$512kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jean Machi322.154$505kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Carlos Perez271.000$501kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ehire Adrianza240.027$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Hicks281.151$295kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Panik230.000$273kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Susac240.000$178kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Huff292.062$176kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
George Kontos291.099$167kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Duvall250.000$161kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Duffy230.000$158kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hunter Strickland250.000$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Dominguez270.000$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Kickham250.059$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Heston261.140$74kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Cordier280.129$71kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Brown25–$71k
Jake Dunning25–—
Brett Bochy260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 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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