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President of baseball ops: Brian Sabean · GM: Bobby Evans

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 5 in this regime · payroll 1.44× league · TAB -18.9
-18.9TAB — talent above budget30th/30
-22.7WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)30th/30
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars24th/30
-6.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag21st/30
48%dead money %22nd/30
0.395win %29th/30
19.9roster fWAR28th/30
-121surplus $M (value vs cost)30th/30
$188Mpayroll $M1st/30

Roster

CFDenard Span 123GGorkys Hernández 50GDrew Stubbs 10G
LFGorkys Hernández 57GJarrett Parker 44GAustin Slater 30G
RFHunter Pence 125GGorkys Hernández 20GJustin Ruggiano 12G
SSBrandon Crawford 138GKelby Tomlinson 11GChristian Arroyo 10G
2BJoe Panik 137GKelby Tomlinson 20GAaron Hill 7G
3BPablo Sandoval 67GKelby Tomlinson 24GChristian Arroyo 22G
1BBrandon Belt 98GBuster Posey 38GRyder Jones 30G
STARTERSJeff Samardzija 3.6WARMadison Bumgarner 2.1WARTy Blach 1.8WARMatt Moore 0.9WARJohnny Cueto 0.9WAR
CBuster Posey 99GNick Hundley 82GTim Federowicz 6G
DHBuster Posey 7GOrlando Calixte 1GNick Hundley 1G
BULLPEN★ Sam Dyson 14svHunter Strickland 21hSteven Okert 11hCory Gearrin 8hJosh Osich 6hDerek Law 5hMark Melancon 5hKyle Crick 1h
CBuster Posey 99 · Nick Hundley 82 · Tim Federowicz 6
1BBrandon Belt 98 · Buster Posey 38 · Ryder Jones 30
2BJoe Panik 137 · Kelby Tomlinson 20 · Aaron Hill 7
3BPablo Sandoval 67 · Kelby Tomlinson 24 · Christian Arroyo 22
SSBrandon Crawford 138 · Kelby Tomlinson 11 · Christian Arroyo 10
LFGorkys Hernández 57 · Jarrett Parker 44 · Austin Slater 30
CFDenard Span 123 · Gorkys Hernández 50 · Drew Stubbs 10
RFHunter Pence 125 · Gorkys Hernández 20 · Justin Ruggiano 12
DHBuster Posey 7 · Orlando Calixte 1 · Nick Hundley 1
SPJeff Samardzija 3.6 · Madison Bumgarner 2.1 · Ty Blach 1.8 · Matt Moore 0.9 · Johnny Cueto 0.9
BP★ Sam Dyson 14 · Hunter Strickland 21 · Steven Okert 11 · Cory Gearrin 8 · Josh Osich 6 · Derek Law 5 · Mark Melancon 5 · Kyle Crick 1

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2017 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Buster Posey 30 FA-elig 1404.9 21.4 -4.7
Jeff Samardzija 32 FA-elig 353.6 19.8 -7.8
Brandon Belt 29 FA-elig 1042.4 4.0 +4.0
Madison Bumgarner 27 FA-elig 172.1 11.5 -4.4
Joe Panik 26 arb 1381.9 0.6 +5.9
Brandon Crawford 30 FA-elig 1441.8 8.2 -2.1
Ty Blach 26 pre-arb 381.8 0.5 +5.4
Matt Moore 28 FA-elig 320.9 7.0 -3.8
Johnny Cueto 31 FA-elig 250.9 21.8 -18.7
Hunter Strickland 28 arb 680.8 0.6 +2.0
Eduardo Núñez↔ BOS 30 FA-elig 760.6 2.8 -0.7
Chris Stratton 26 pre-arb 130.6 0.2 +1.7
Gorkys Hernández 29 arb 1280.6 0.5 +1.4
Kelby Tomlinson 27 pre-arb 1040.5 0.4 +1.1
Mark Melancon 32 FA-elig 320.4 9.0 -7.5
Denard Span 33 FA-elig 1290.4 11.0 -9.8
Austin Slater 24 – 340.4 0.4 +0.9
Jarrett Parker 28 pre-arb 510.3 0.5 +0.6
Matt Cain 32 FA-elig 270.3 21.0 -19.9
Cory Gearrin 31 FA-elig 680.3 1.1 -0.2
Tim Federowicz 29 pre-arb 130.1 0.1 +0.4
Kyle Crick 24 – 300.1 0.3 +0.2
Hunter Pence 34 FA-elig 1340.1 18.5 -18.1
Roberto Gómez 27 pre-arb 40.1 0.1 +0.3
Sam Dyson↔ TEX 29 arb 380.1 2.4 -2.1
George Kontos↔ PIT 32 FA-elig 500.1 1.3 -1.0
Albert Suárez 27 pre-arb 180.1 0.2 +0.1
Neil Ramírez↔ NYM 28 arb 90.1 0.2 +0.0
Bryan Morris 30 arb 200.1 1.2 -1.1
Reyes Moronta 24 – 70.1 0.1 +0.1
Dan Slania 25 – 10.0 – –
Derek Law 26 pre-arb 410.0 0.5 -0.5
Nick Hundley 33 FA-elig 101-0.0 2.0 -2.0
Miguel Gómez 24 pre-arb 22-0.1 0.3 -0.6
Steven Okert 25 pre-arb 44-0.1 0.3 -0.7
Jae-Gyun Hwang 29 – 18-0.2 1.5 -2.3
Drew Stubbs 32 – 10-0.3 – –
Pablo Sandoval↔ BOS 30 FA-elig 47-0.3 10.5 -11.3
Carlos Moncrief 28 – 28-0.3 0.1 -1.1
Michael Morse 35 FA-elig 24-0.3 0.5 -1.6
Mac Williamson 26 pre-arb 28-0.3 0.5 -1.7
Chris Marrero 28 FA-elig 15-0.4 0.6 -2.0
Josh Osich 28 pre-arb 54-0.4 0.4 -1.9
Conor Gillaspie 29 FA-elig 44-0.5 1.4 -2.9
Justin Ruggiano 35 – 19-0.5 0.4 -2.0
Aaron Hill 35 FA-elig 34-0.6 2.0 -4.1
Christian Arroyo 22 – 34-0.6 0.1 -2.2
Orlando Calixte 25 pre-arb 29-0.7 0.2 -2.5
Ryder Jones 23 – 53-0.9 0.2 -3.3

Key additions (new vs 2016)

PlayerfWAR
Mark Melancon0.4
Austin Slater0.4
Tim Federowicz0.1
Kyle Crick0.1
Roberto Gómez0.1
Sam Dyson0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2016)

Player2016 fWAR
Ángel Pagán1.4
Matt Duffy0.9
Jake Peavy0.8
Will Smith0.6
Ramiro Pena0.1
Sergio Romo0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2017 payroll
$188.5M
2018 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2017, 2017–2023. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2017; 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Johnny Cueto319.000$21.8MFREE AGENT
Buster Posey306.161$21.4MFREE AGENT
Matt Cain3211.038$21.0MFREE AGENT
Jeff Samardzija327.028$19.8MFREE AGENT
Hunter Pence349.156$18.5MFREE AGENT
Madison Bumgarner276.127$11.5MFREE AGENT
Denard Span338.111$11.0MFREE AGENT
Pablo Sandoval308.047$10.5MFREE AGENT
Mark Melancon326.098$9.0MFREE AGENT
Aaron Hill3512.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Nick Hundley338.059$2.0MFREE AGENT
Michael Morse3512.000$535kFREE AGENT
Drew Stubbs327.005—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Brandon Crawford305.094$8.2MFREE AGENT
Matt Moore285.000$7.0MFREE AGENT
Brandon Belt295.128$4.0MFREE AGENT
Eduardo Núñez305.090$2.8MFREE AGENT
Conor Gillaspie294.028$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
George Kontos323.171$1.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Morris304.011$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Gearrin313.136$1.1MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Ruggiano355.123$436kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (27)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Sam Dyson292.142$2.4MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jae-Gyun Hwang29–$1.5M
Chris Marrero280.134$610kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Panik262.100$600kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hunter Strickland281.163$555kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Derek Law261.000$545kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrett Parker280.143$539kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mac Williamson260.151$539kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gorkys Hernández291.013$537kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ty Blach260.030$536kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Osich281.094$447kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelby Tomlinson271.026$427kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Austin Slater240.000$360kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Crick240.000$304kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steven Okert250.049$276kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Gómez240.087$254kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Stratton260.033$248kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Neil Ramírez282.095$233kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Albert Suárez270.125$210kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryder Jones230.000$175kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Orlando Calixte250.018$155kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Moncrief28–$137k
Christian Arroyo220.000$117kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Federowicz292.152$111kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reyes Moronta240.000$82kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roberto Gómez270.027$79kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Slania25–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 2017; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

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

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), 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); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.