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President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.73× league · TAB +3.4
+3.4TAB — talent above budget14th/30
+9.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)6th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars18th/30
-3.2dead WAR — sub-replacement drag5th/30
25%dead money %5th/30
0.537win %9th/30
33.9roster fWAR14th/30
+14surplus $M (value vs cost)7th/30
$67Mpayroll $M23rd/30

Roster

CFMarlon Byrd 104GJosh Hamilton 56GCraig Gentry 7G
LFDavid Murphy 104GMarlon Byrd 36GJulio Borbon 16G
RFNelson Cruz 120GJosh Hamilton 24GDavid Murphy 10G
SSElvis Andrus 145GOmar Vizquel 27G
2BIan Kinsler 144GOmar Vizquel 16GEsteban German 6G
3BMichael Young 134GOmar Vizquel 20GChris Davis 11G
1BChris Davis 100GHank Blalock 66GAndruw Jones 8G
STARTERSScott Feldman 2.7WARKevin Millwood 2.0WARTommy Hunter 1.7WARDustin Nippert 0.9WARBrandon McCarthy 0.9WAR
CIvan Rodriguez 115GJarrod Saltalamacchia 83GTaylor Teagarden 60G
DHAndruw Jones 55GHank Blalock 50GJulio Borbon 23G
BULLPEN★ Frank Francisco 25svDarren O'Day 20hC.J. Wilson 19hJason Jennings 12hNeftalí Feliz 9hJason Grilli 7hEddie Guardado 5hDoug Mathis 1h
CIvan Rodriguez 115 · Jarrod Saltalamacchia 83 · Taylor Teagarden 60
1BChris Davis 100 · Hank Blalock 66 · Andruw Jones 8
2BIan Kinsler 144 · Omar Vizquel 16 · Esteban German 6
3BMichael Young 134 · Omar Vizquel 20 · Chris Davis 11
SSElvis Andrus 145 · Omar Vizquel 27
LFDavid Murphy 104 · Marlon Byrd 36 · Julio Borbon 16
CFMarlon Byrd 104 · Josh Hamilton 56 · Craig Gentry 7
RFNelson Cruz 120 · Josh Hamilton 24 · David Murphy 10
DHAndruw Jones 55 · Hank Blalock 50 · Julio Borbon 23
SPScott Feldman 2.7 · Kevin Millwood 2.0 · Tommy Hunter 1.7 · Dustin Nippert 0.9 · Brandon McCarthy 0.9
BP★ Frank Francisco 25 · Darren O'Day 20 · C.J. Wilson 19 · Jason Jennings 12 · Neftalí Feliz 9 · Jason Grilli 7 · Eddie Guardado 5 · Doug Mathis 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.

2009 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ian Kinsler 27 arb 1444.6 3.2 +7.7
Elvis Andrus 20 pre-arb 1453.3 0.4 +7.4
Nelson Cruz 28 arb 1283.0 0.4 +6.8
Scott Feldman 26 arb 342.7 0.4 +6.0
Michael Young 32 FA-elig 1352.6 13.1 -6.8
Kevin Millwood 34 FA-elig 312.0 12.9 -8.1
C.J. Wilson 28 arb 741.7 1.9 +2.2
Tommy Hunter 22 pre-arb 191.7 0.4 +3.6
Marlon Byrd 31 FA-elig 1461.3 3.1 +0.1
Josh Hamilton 28 pre-arb 891.3 0.6 +2.6
David Murphy 27 arb 1281.3 0.4 +2.6
Darren O'Day↔ NYM 26 pre-arb 641.2 0.4 +2.6
Taylor Teagarden 25 pre-arb 601.1 0.4 +2.3
Neftalí Feliz 21 pre-arb 201.1 0.4 +2.1
Frank Francisco 29 arb 511.0 1.6 +0.9
Brandon McCarthy 25 arb 170.9 0.7 +1.6
Omar Vizquel 42 FA-elig 620.9 1.0 +1.2
Dustin Nippert 28 arb 200.9 0.4 +1.7
Vicente Padilla↔ LAD 31 FA-elig 180.8 8.3 -6.4
Andruw Jones 32 FA-elig 820.6 0.5 +0.9
Julio Borbon 23 pre-arb 460.6 0.3 +1.0
Derek Holland 22 – 330.5 0.4 +0.7
Matt Harrison 23 pre-arb 110.5 0.4 +0.7
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 24 pre-arb 840.3 0.4 +0.3
Doug Mathis 26 pre-arb 240.3 0.4 +0.3
Jason Grilli↔ COL 32 FA-elig 300.3 0.5 +0.2
Willie Eyre 30 arb 170.2 0.4 +0.1
Esteban German 31 FA-elig 190.1 1.2 -0.9
Pedro Strop 24 – 70.1 0.1 +0.2
Kevin Richardson 28 – 40.1 – –
Jason Jennings 30 FA-elig 440.1 0.8 -0.6
Guillermo Moscoso 25 pre-arb 100.1 0.4 -0.2
Ivan Rodriguez↔ HOU 37 FA-elig 280.1 0.3 -0.2
Greg Golson 23 pre-arb 1-0.0 0.4 -0.4
Luis Mendoza 25 pre-arb 1-0.1 0.4 -0.6
Josh Rupe 26 arb 4-0.2 0.4 -0.9
Warner Madrigal 25 pre-arb 13-0.2 0.4 -0.9
Craig Gentry 25 pre-arb 11-0.2 0.4 -0.9
Joaquin Arias 24 arb 3-0.3 0.4 -1.0
Kris Benson 34 FA-elig 8-0.3 0.8 -1.6
Hank Blalock 28 FA-elig 123-0.4 6.2 -7.2
Brandon Boggs 26 pre-arb 9-0.5 0.4 -1.5
Eddie Guardado 38 FA-elig 48-0.5 1.0 -2.2
Chris Davis 23 pre-arb 113-0.5 0.4 -1.7

Key additions (new vs 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Elvis Andrus3.3
Darren O'Day1.2
Neftalí Feliz1.1
Omar Vizquel0.9
Andruw Jones0.6
Julio Borbon0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
Milton Bradley4.3
Sidney Ponson1.0
Ramón Vázquez0.9
Jamey Wright0.6
Kameron Loe0.3
Franklyn German0.3

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$67.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Michael Young329.000$13.1M$13.2M$16.2M$16.0MFREE AGENT
Kevin Millwood3412.000$12.9MFREE AGENT
Vicente Padilla3110.000$8.3MFREE AGENT
Hank Blalock287.000$6.2MFREE AGENT
Marlon Byrd317.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Esteban German317.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Omar Vizquel4220.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Eddie Guardado3816.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Jennings308.000$800kFREE AGENT
Kris Benson3410.000$750kFREE AGENT
Andruw Jones3213.000$500kFREE AGENT
Jason Grilli329.000$462kFREE AGENT
Ivan Rodriguez3718.000$347kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Ian Kinsler273.000$3.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
C.J. Wilson284.000$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Frank Francisco295.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Brandon McCarthy254.000$650kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Feldman264.000$435kARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Rupe264.000$416kARB 3FREE AGENT
David Murphy273.000$415kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Nippert284.000$412kARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Eyre303.000$410kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nelson Cruz284.000$408kARB 3FREE AGENT
Joaquin Arias243.000$402kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Josh Hamilton282.000$555kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrod Saltalamacchia242.000$411kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Boggs261.000$409kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Davis231.000$407kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Mendoza252.000$406kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Harrison231.000$406kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Warner Madrigal251.000$405kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tommy Hunter221.000$401kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Teagarden251.000$401kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Golson231.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Guillermo Moscoso250.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Mathis261.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Derek Holland220.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Elvis Andrus200.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Gentry250.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Neftalí Feliz210.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren O'Day261.000$382kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julio Borbon230.000$325kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Strop240.000$87kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Richardson28–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rangers 2009; 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.