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President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.74× league · TAB -6.3
-6.3TAB — talent above budget24th/30
-3.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)21st/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars19th/30
-4.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag16th/30
11%dead money %1st/30
0.463win %20th/30
24.3roster fWAR26th/30
-16surplus $M (value vs cost)18th/30
$61Mpayroll $M24th/30

Roster

CFMarlon Byrd 63GJerry Hairston Jr. 22GDavid Murphy 10G
LFFrank Catalanotto 64GBrad Wilkerson 36GDavid Murphy 32G
RFNelson Cruz 82GMarlon Byrd 40GVictor Diaz 24G
SSMichael Young 150GRamón Vázquez 19GJerry Hairston Jr. 2G
2BIan Kinsler 130GJerry Hairston Jr. 16GRamón Vázquez 13G
3BRamón Vázquez 71GTravis Metcalf 55GHank Blalock 39G
1BBrad Wilkerson 68GJarrod Saltalamacchia 38GFrank Catalanotto 14G
STARTERSKevin Millwood 2.0WARKameron Loe 1.3WARBrandon McCarthy 1.1WARVicente Padilla 0.7WAREdinson Volquez 0.5WAR
CGerald Laird 119GJarrod Saltalamacchia 47GAdam Melhuse 25G
DHSammy Sosa 88GJason Botts 18GHank Blalock 18G
BULLPEN★ C.J. Wilson 12svFrank Francisco 21hJoaquín Benoit 18hAkinori Otsuka 11hMike Wood 3hWes Littleton 2hWillie Eyre 1hScott Feldman 0h
CGerald Laird 119 · Jarrod Saltalamacchia 47 · Adam Melhuse 25
1BBrad Wilkerson 68 · Jarrod Saltalamacchia 38 · Frank Catalanotto 14
2BIan Kinsler 130 · Jerry Hairston Jr. 16 · Ramón Vázquez 13
3BRamón Vázquez 71 · Travis Metcalf 55 · Hank Blalock 39
SSMichael Young 150 · Ramón Vázquez 19 · Jerry Hairston Jr. 2
LFFrank Catalanotto 64 · Brad Wilkerson 36 · David Murphy 32
CFMarlon Byrd 63 · Jerry Hairston Jr. 22 · David Murphy 10
RFNelson Cruz 82 · Marlon Byrd 40 · Victor Diaz 24
DHSammy Sosa 88 · Jason Botts 18 · Hank Blalock 18
SPKevin Millwood 2.0 · Kameron Loe 1.3 · Brandon McCarthy 1.1 · Vicente Padilla 0.7 · Edinson Volquez 0.5
BP★ C.J. Wilson 12 · Frank Francisco 21 · Joaquín Benoit 18 · Akinori Otsuka 11 · Mike Wood 3 · Wes Littleton 2 · Willie Eyre 1 · Scott Feldman 0

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.

2007 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ian Kinsler 25 pre-arb 1302.5 0.4 +5.0
Marlon Byrd 29 – 1092.5 – –
Kenny Lofton↔ CLE 40 FA-elig 842.4 3.7 +1.5
Mark Teixeira↔ ATL 27 arb 782.1 5.3 -0.7
Michael Young 30 FA-elig 1562.1 3.6 +1.0
Kevin Millwood 32 FA-elig 312.0 9.8 -5.4
Joaquín Benoit 29 FA-elig 701.8 1.1 +2.8
Kameron Loe 25 arb 281.3 0.4 +2.4
Gerald Laird 27 arb 1201.1 0.4 +2.0
Brandon McCarthy 23 pre-arb 231.1 0.4 +1.9
Hank Blalock 26 arb 581.0 4.8 -2.6
David Murphy↔ BOS 25 – 431.0 0.4 +1.7
Akinori Otsuka 35 arb 341.0 3.0 -0.9
Brad Wilkerson 30 FA-elig 1190.8 4.3 -2.5
Jason Botts 26 – 480.8 – –
Frank Catalanotto 33 FA-elig 1030.8 3.5 -1.8
Vicente Padilla 29 FA-elig 230.7 9.0 -7.4
C.J. Wilson 26 pre-arb 660.7 0.4 +1.1
Eric Gagne↔ BOS 31 FA-elig 340.6 3.8 -2.5
Edinson Volquez 23 – 60.5 – –
Jamey Wright 32 – 200.4 0.9 -0.1
Frank Francisco 27 – 590.4 – –
Ramón Vázquez 30 – 1040.3 – –
Sammy Sosa 38 FA-elig 1140.3 0.5 +0.2
Ron Mahay↔ ATL 36 FA-elig 280.2 0.6 -0.2
Luis Mendoza 23 – 60.2 – –
Travis Metcalf 24 – 570.1 – –
John Koronka 26 – 20.1 – –
Guillermo Quiroz 25 – 90.1 – –
Kason Gabbard↔ BOS 25 – 80.0 – –
Freddy Guzman 26 – 80.0 – –
Willie Eyre 28 – 330.0 – –
Victor Diaz 25 – 370.0 – –
Chris Stewart 25 pre-arb 17-0.0 0.4 -0.5
Bill White 28 – 9-0.1 – –
Armando Galarraga 25 – 3-0.1 0.4 -0.7
Nelson Cruz 26 pre-arb 96-0.1 0.4 -0.7
John Rheinecker 28 pre-arb 23-0.2 0.4 -0.7
Robinson Tejeda 25 pre-arb 19-0.2 0.4 -0.8
Bruce Chen 30 FA-elig 5-0.2 0.6 -1.0
Mike Wood 27 arb 21-0.2 0.4 -0.9
Wes Littleton 24 – 35-0.2 – –
A.J. Murray 25 – 14-0.3 – –
Kevin Mahar 26 – 7-0.3 – –
Adam Melhuse↔ OAK 35 FA-elig 23-0.3 0.5 -1.1
Jarrod Saltalamacchia↔ ATL 22 – 46-0.4 – –
Desi Relaford 33 – 14-0.4 – –
Scott Feldman 24 pre-arb 29-0.4 0.4 -1.2
Jerry Hairston Jr. 31 FA-elig 73-0.7 0.8 -2.2
Matt Kata↔ PIT 29 arb 31-0.7 0.2 -1.7

Key additions (new vs 2006)

PlayerfWAR
Marlon Byrd2.5
Kenny Lofton2.4
Brandon McCarthy1.1
David Murphy1.0
Frank Catalanotto0.8
Eric Gagne0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
Gary Matthews Jr.3.9
Mark DeRosa2.9
Rod Barajas1.1
Francisco Cordero0.8
Rick Bauer0.7
Carlos Lee0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$61.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2007, 2007–2013. 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 (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Kevin Millwood3210.000$9.8M$10.4M$12.9MFREE AGENT
Vicente Padilla298.000$9.0M$11.0M$8.3MFREE AGENT
Brad Wilkerson306.000$4.3MFREE AGENT
Eric Gagne318.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Kenny Lofton4016.000$3.7MFREE AGENT
Michael Young307.000$3.6M$6.2M$13.1M$13.2M$16.2M$16.0MFREE AGENT
Frank Catalanotto3310.000$3.5M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Joaquín Benoit296.000$1.1M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Jamey Wright3211.000$900k$1.0MFREE AGENT
Jerry Hairston Jr.319.000$750kFREE AGENT
Ron Mahay3612.000$603kFREE AGENT
Bruce Chen309.000$600kFREE AGENT
Adam Melhuse357.000$536k$400kFREE AGENT
Sammy Sosa3818.000$500kFREE AGENT
Desi Relaford3311.000—FREE AGENT
Ramón Vázquez306.000—$810kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Mark Teixeira274.000$5.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Hank Blalock265.000$4.8MFREE AGENT
Akinori Otsuka353.000$3.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Wood274.000$420kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gerald Laird274.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kameron Loe253.000$391kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Kata294.000$165kARB 3FREE AGENT
Marlon Byrd295.000—FREE AGENT
Frank Francisco273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Guillermo Quiroz253.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Diaz253.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Brandon McCarthy232.000$396kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
C.J. Wilson262.000$391kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ian Kinsler251.000$391kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robinson Tejeda252.000$389kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Feldman242.000$388kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nelson Cruz262.000$382kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Rheinecker281.000$382kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Stewart251.000$381kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Galarraga250.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Murphy251.000$355kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Eyre281.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Koronka262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddy Guzman26–—
Jason Botts262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Mendoza230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Metcalf240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edinson Volquez232.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill White28–—
Kason Gabbard251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
A.J. Murray25–—
Wes Littleton24–—
Jarrod Saltalamacchia220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Mahar26–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rangers 2007; 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.