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Giants SFG

201584–78 (0.519)
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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2015, 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
$170M
Surplus $M
-50
Win %
0.519
TAB
-0.1
WAB
-2.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
38.2
Dead money %
56%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-5.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2015 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBuster Posey106
RAndrew Susac40
BHéctor Sánchez16
RTrevor Brown13
RJackson Williams7

1B

LBrandon Belt120
RBuster Posey42
LTravis Ishikawa⇄6
RKevin Frandsen4
LNick Noonan3
RJoaquin Arias2
BEhire Adrianza1
RMatt Duffy1

2B

LJoe Panik99
RKelby Tomlinson50
BEhire Adrianza20
RMatt Duffy9
RJoaquin Arias2
RJuan Carlos Perez1

3B

RMatt Duffy134
RCasey McGehee⇄49
RJoaquin Arias8
BEhire Adrianza1

SS

LBrandon Crawford140
BEhire Adrianza20
RJoaquin Arias8
LNick Noonan5
RMatt Duffy3
RKelby Tomlinson1

LF

LNorichika Aoki86
LGrégor Blanco38
LAlejandro De Aza⇄24
RJustin Maxwell19
LBrandon Belt14
RJuan Carlos Perez8
RMac Williamson6
LJarrett Parker5
LRyan Lollis3

CF

BÁngel Pagán124
LGrégor Blanco44
RJuan Carlos Perez5
LJarrett Parker4
RJustin Maxwell3

RF

RJustin Maxwell58
RHunter Pence51
RMarlon Byrd⇄41
LGrégor Blanco22
LJarrett Parker9
RMac Williamson3
LNorichika Aoki2
LRyan Lollis1

DH

RBuster Posey3
RMac Williamson2
RMarlon Byrd⇄2
LAlejandro De Aza⇄1
RJoaquin Arias1
RHunter Pence1
LNorichika Aoki1
BÁngel Pagán1

Starters

LMadison Bumgarner6.1 WAR
RChris Heston1.5 WAR
RJake Peavy1.5 WAR
RTim Lincecum0.4 WAR
RTim Hudson0.4 WAR
RRyan Vogelsong0.1 WAR
RMike Leake⇄-0.1 WAR
RYusmeiro Petit-0.2 WAR
RMatt Cain-0.7 WAR

Bullpen

★ RSantiago Casilla38 sv
RSergio Romo34 h
LJavier Lopez20 h
RHunter Strickland20 h
RGeorge Kontos14 h
LJosh Osich11 h
LJeremy Affeldt9 h
RYusmeiro Petit0 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 2014)

PlayerfWAR
Norichika Aoki1.2
Kelby Tomlinson1.1
Jarrett Parker0.9
Marlon Byrd0.6
Alejandro De Aza0.1
Jackson Williams0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2014)

Player2014 fWAR
Pablo Sandoval3.3
Michael Morse1.6
Brandon Hicks0.4
Gary Brown0.2
Tyler Colvin0.1
Erik Cordier0.0

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 2015; everyone else is shown as a 2015 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Madison Bumgarner 2015 +6.1 +121.9 6.8 +115.1 $1.1M 2.50× –
Buster Posey 2015 +6.8 +69.3 16.5 +52.8 $2.4M 1.28× –
Matt Duffy 2015 +4.4 +44.0 0.5 +43.5 $0.1M 1.25× –
Brandon Crawford 2015 +4.3 +44.9 3.2 +41.7 $0.7M 1.32× –
Joe Panik 2015 +3.8 +36.7 0.5 +36.2 $0.1M 1.20× –
Brandon Belt 2015 +3.9 +37.6 3.6 +34.0 $0.9M 1.20× –
Chris Heston 2015 +1.5 +18.1 0.5 +17.7 $0.3M 1.49× –
Grégor Blanco 2015 +2.0 +19.6 3.6 +16.0 $1.8M 1.22× –
Jake Peavy 2015 +1.5 +18.3 9.0 +9.3 $5.9M 1.49× –
Sergio Romo 2015 +1.8 +13.9 6.0 +7.9 $3.4M 0.98× –
Jarrett Parker 2015 +0.9 +5.7 0.1 +5.6 $0.1M 0.83× –
Kelby Tomlinson 2015 +1.1 +5.1 0.2 +4.9 $0.2M 0.56× –
Norichika Aoki 2015 +1.2 +8.3 4.0 +4.3 $3.2M 0.83× –
Hunter Strickland 2015 +0.7 +3.9 0.4 +3.5 $0.5M 0.67× –
Marlon Byrd↔ 2015 +0.6 +4.3 2.3 +2.0 $3.6M 0.83× –
Cory Gearrin 2015 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.6 $0.6M 0.67× –
Ehire Adrianza 2015 +0.2 +0.7 0.3 +0.5 $1.7M 0.56× –
Jackson Williams 2015 +0.1 +0.5 0.1 +0.4 $0.7M 0.52× –
Andrew Susac 2015 +0.1 +0.6 0.5 +0.1 $3.3M 0.52× –
Alejandro De Aza↔ 2015 +0.1 +1.0 1.1 -0.1 $7.4M 0.83× –
Mike Broadway 2015 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Kevin Frandsen 2015 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 – 0.56× –
Cody Hall 2015 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Josh Osich 2015 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Travis Ishikawa↔ 2015 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 – 0.56× –
Ryan Lollis 2015 -0.1 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 – 0.83× –
Nick Noonan 2015 -0.2 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 – 0.61× –
Trevor Brown 2015 -0.4 -1.5 0.0 -1.6 – 0.52× –
Jean Machi↔ 2015 -0.3 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 – 0.67× –
George Kontos 2015 -0.2 -1.3 0.5 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Justin Maxwell 2015 -0.2 -1.0 1.0 -2.0 – 0.83× –
Héctor Sánchez 2015 -0.3 -1.4 0.8 -2.2 – 0.52× –
Mac Williamson 2015 -0.3 -2.1 0.0 -2.2 – 0.83× –
Javier López 2015 +0.2 +1.2 4.0 -2.8 $17.7M 0.67× –
Yusmeiro Petit 2015 -0.2 -1.2 2.1 -3.3 – 0.67× –
Joaquin Arias 2015 -0.4 -2.0 1.4 -3.5 – 0.58× –
Ryan Vogelsong 2015 +0.1 +0.5 4.0 -3.5 $65.5M 1.02× –
Santiago Casilla 2015 +0.1 +1.4 5.0 -3.6 $38.1M 1.34× –
Mike Leake↔ 2015 -0.1 -0.7 3.2 -3.9 – 1.02× –
Casey McGehee↔ 2015 -0.8 -3.7 2.2 -5.9 – 0.58× –
Tim Hudson 2015 +0.4 +3.1 12.0 -8.9 $31.5M 1.02× –
Hunter Pence 2015 +1.3 +8.4 18.5 -10.1 $14.7M 0.83× –
Jeremy Affeldt 2015 -0.9 -4.7 6.0 -10.7 – 0.67× –
Ángel Pagán 2015 -0.2 -1.0 10.2 -11.3 – 0.83× –
Tim Lincecum 2015 +0.4 +3.2 18.0 -14.8 $45.2M 1.02× –
Matt Cain 2015 -0.7 -5.9 21.0 -26.9 – 1.02× –
Brett Bochy 2015 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 -0.0 $6.2M 0.67× –
Juan Carlos Perez 2015 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+37.9+441.4170.4+271.2—

Trades

Every graded 2015 deal involving the Giants — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2015 · CIN / SFG
CIN · Walt Jocketty +$42.4M
Keury Mella, Adam Duvall
SFG · Brian Sabean −$42.4M
Mike Leake
CIN came out ahead by $42.4M
2015 · BOS / SFG
BOS · Dave Dombrowski +$6.4M
Luis Ysla
SFG · Brian Sabean −$6.4M
Alejandro De Aza
BOS came out ahead by $6.4M
2015 · CIN / SFG
CIN · Walt Jocketty +$7.2M
Stephen Johnson
SFG · Brian Sabean −$7.2M
Marlon Byrd
CIN came out ahead by $7.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2015 payroll
$170.2M
2016 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2015, 2015–2021. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2015; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2015201620172018201920202021
Matt Cain3011.038$21.0MFREE AGENT
Hunter Pence327.156$18.5MFREE AGENT
Tim Lincecum317.148$18.0MFREE AGENT
Tim Hudson3915.119$12.0MFREE AGENT
Ángel Pagán338.144$10.2MFREE AGENT
Jake Peavy3412.101$9.0MFREE AGENT
Jeremy Affeldt3613.000$6.0MFREE AGENT
Sergio Romo326.097$6.0MFREE AGENT
Santiago Casilla347.148$5.0MFREE AGENT
Javier López3710.167$4.0MFREE AGENT
Ryan Vogelsong378.020$4.0MFREE AGENT
Marlon Byrd3710.115$2.3MFREE AGENT
Alejandro De Aza318.000$1.1MFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2015201620172018201920202021
Buster Posey284.161$16.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Madison Bumgarner254.127$6.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Norichika Aoki333.000$4.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Belt273.128$3.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Grégor Blanco314.164$3.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Crawford283.094$3.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Leake275.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Casey McGehee325.028$2.2MFREE AGENT
Yusmeiro Petit304.016$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Joaquin Arias305.071$1.4MFREE AGENT
Justin Maxwell313.140$1.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Ishikawa314.006$150kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Frandsen335.151$31kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2015201620172018201920202021
Héctor Sánchez252.166$800kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Panik240.100$522kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
George Kontos301.171$518kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Duffy240.059$509kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Heston271.140$485kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Susac250.065$469kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hunter Strickland260.028$374kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jean Machi332.154$295kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ehire Adrianza251.026$287kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Osich260.000$211kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelby Tomlinson250.000$172kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Broadway280.060$164kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Noonan260.151$92kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Hall270.034$92kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrett Parker260.002$92kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jackson Williams290.065$78kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Bochy270.055$75kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Gearrin292.109$72kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mac Williamson240.000$50kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trevor Brown231.019$42kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Lollis28–$8k
Juan Carlos Perez282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2015 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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