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President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels (since 2006)

2014 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-17.4
WAB — wins above budget
-15.6
TAB — roster Talent above budget
67–95 (0.414)
record
-73M
surplus $M (value/$)
20.9
roster fWAR
$135.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Adrian Beltré 35 FA-elig 148 5.9 17.0 +0.1
Leonys Martin 26 arb 155 3.6 3.8 +6.7
Yu Darvish 27 pre-arb 22 3.6 10.0 +0.4
Elvis Andrus 25 arb 157 1.8 6.5 -1.2
Joakim Soria↔ DET 30 FA-elig 35 1.6 4.0 +0.7
Colby Lewis 34 FA-elig 29 1.3 2.0 +1.9
Robinson Chirinos 30 arb 93 1.3 0.5 +3.4
Derek Holland 27 arb 6 1.3 5.4 -1.7
Rougned Odor 20 114 1.0 0.4 +2.5
Adam Rosales 31 FA-elig 56 0.9 0.8 +2.0
Jake Smolinski 25 24 0.9 0.2 +2.3
Chris Gimenez↔ CLE 31 arb 34 0.7 0.4 +1.6
Martín Pérez 23 pre-arb 8 0.7 0.8 +1.2
Neal Cotts 34 FA-elig 73 0.6 2.2 -0.4
Kevin Kouzmanoff 32 arb 13 0.6 0.5 +1.3
Ryan Rua 24 28 0.4 0.1 +1.2
Shin-Soo Choo 31 FA-elig 123 0.4 14.0 -12.8
Nick Martinez 23 32 0.3 0.4 +0.4
Alex Rios 33 FA-elig 131 0.3 12.5 -11.7
Alex Claudio 22 15 0.2 0.1 +0.6
Jerome Williams↔ HOU 32 FA-elig 2 0.2 0.1 +0.6
Josh Wilson 33 arb 24 0.2 0.2 +0.5
Spencer Patton 26 9 0.2 0.1 +0.5
Jason Frasor↔ KCR 36 FA-elig 38 0.2 1.1 -0.5
Lisalverto Bonilla 24 pre-arb 5 0.2 0.1 +0.4
Daniel Robertson 28 70 0.2
Miles Mikolas 25 pre-arb 10 0.1 0.5 -0.1
Nick Tepesch 25 pre-arb 23 0.1 0.5 -0.1
Ryan Feierabend 28 6 0.1
Jon Edwards 26 pre-arb 9 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Aaron Poreda 27 26 0.1
Ben Rowen 25 8 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Hector Noesí↔ CHW 27 arb 3 0.1 0.0 +0.1
Scott Baker 32 FA-elig 25 0.1 1.0 -0.9
Alexi Ogando 30 arb 27 0.0 2.6 -2.5
Matt West 25 pre-arb 3 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Seth Rosin 25 3 0.0
Luis Sardinas 21 43 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Michael Kirkman 27 arb 12 0.0 0.5 -0.4
Matt Harrison 28 FA-elig 4 0.0 8.2 -8.1
Roman Mendez 23 30 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Robbie Ross Jr. 25 pre-arb 27 -0.0 0.5 -0.7
Phil Klein 25 pre-arb 17 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
Shawn Tolleson 26 pre-arb 65 -0.1 0.5 -0.7
Phil Irwin 27 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Brad Snyder 32 10 -0.1
James Adduci 29 pre-arb 44 -0.1 0.5 -0.8
Justin Germano 31 2 -0.1
Daniel McCutchen 31 1 -0.1
Pedro Figueroa 28 pre-arb 10 -0.2 0.5 -0.9
Nate Adcock 26 7 -0.2
Guilder Rodriguez 30 pre-arb 7 -0.2 0.1 -0.6
Donnie Murphy 31 FA-elig 45 -0.2 0.8 -1.4
Neftalí Feliz 26 arb 30 -0.2 3.0 -3.6
Prince Fielder 30 FA-elig 42 -0.4 24.0 -25.2
Geovany Soto↔ OAK 31 FA-elig 10 -0.4 1.3 -2.5
Tanner Scheppers 27 pre-arb 8 -0.4 0.5 -1.8
Mike Carp↔ BOS 28 arb 17 -0.5 0.4 -1.7
Mitch Moreland 28 arb 52 -0.5 2.6 -4.1
Joe Saunders↔ BAL 33 FA-elig 8 -0.5 0.9 -2.4
J.P. Arencibia 28 arb 63 -0.6 1.8 -3.6
Carlos Pena 36 18 -0.6
Tomás Telis 23 18 -1.0 0.1 -3.0
Michael Choice 24 pre-arb 86 -2.0 0.5 -6.4

64 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 55 of them (86%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for TEX
Rafael Palmeiro198842.3
Elvis Andrus200729.8
Michael Young200025.0
Charlie Hough198011.2
John Burkett199411.0
Nathaniel Lowe202010.8
Scott Fletcher198510.3
Aaron Sele19979.6
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Kyle Hendricks201224.4
Travis Hafner200222.3
Rich Aurilia199419.8
John Danks200617.4
Ian Kinsler201316.3
Tom Henke198516.2
Ron Darling198214.0
Odúbel Herrera201413.2