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President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels

Overview

REBUILD ↗ rising
cheap & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.79× league · TAB -8.1
-8.1TAB — talent above budget21st/30
-1.0WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)14th/30
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars24th/30
-8.1dead WAR — sub-replacement drag21st/30
23%dead money %6th/30
0.481win %17th/30
23.3roster fWAR20th/30
-26surplus $M (value vs cost)16th/30
$103Mpayroll $M20th/30

Roster

CFDelino DeShields 112GJoey Gallo 38GDanny Santana 27G
LFWillie Calhoun 71GShin-Soo Choo 40GJoey Gallo 34G
RFNomar Mazara 101GShin-Soo Choo 42GDanny Santana 15G
SSElvis Andrus 146GLogan Forsythe 15GDanny Santana 9G
2BRougned Odor 137GDanny Santana 17GLogan Forsythe 8G
3BLogan Forsythe 33GIsiah Kiner-Falefa 25GNick Solak 11G
1BRonald Guzmán 81GLogan Forsythe 46GDanny Santana 44G
STARTERSLance Lynn 6.7WARMike Minor 4.0WARJesse Chavez 1.0WARKolby Allard 1.0WARAriel Jurado 0.9WAR
CJeff Mathis 86GJose Trevino 40GIsiah Kiner-Falefa 38G
DHShin-Soo Choo 61GHunter Pence 46GNick Solak 17G
BULLPEN★ José Leclerc 14svRafael Montero 7hShawn Kelley 6hBrett Martin 5hEmmanuel Clase 4hTaylor Guerrieri 3hJesse Biddle 1hJeffrey Springs 1h
CJeff Mathis 86 · Jose Trevino 40 · Isiah Kiner-Falefa 38
1BRonald Guzmán 81 · Logan Forsythe 46 · Danny Santana 44
2BRougned Odor 137 · Danny Santana 17 · Logan Forsythe 8
3BLogan Forsythe 33 · Isiah Kiner-Falefa 25 · Nick Solak 11
SSElvis Andrus 146 · Logan Forsythe 15 · Danny Santana 9
LFWillie Calhoun 71 · Shin-Soo Choo 40 · Joey Gallo 34
CFDelino DeShields 112 · Joey Gallo 38 · Danny Santana 27
RFNomar Mazara 101 · Shin-Soo Choo 42 · Danny Santana 15
DHShin-Soo Choo 61 · Hunter Pence 46 · Nick Solak 17
SPLance Lynn 6.7 · Mike Minor 4.0 · Jesse Chavez 1.0 · Kolby Allard 1.0 · Ariel Jurado 0.9
BP★ José Leclerc 14 · Rafael Montero 7 · Shawn Kelley 6 · Brett Martin 5 · Emmanuel Clase 4 · Taylor Guerrieri 3 · Jesse Biddle 1 · Jeffrey Springs 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.

2019 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Lance Lynn 32 FA-elig 336.7 9.3 +12.7
Mike Minor 31 FA-elig 334.0 9.8 +3.3
Joey Gallo 25 arb 702.9 0.6 +8.8
Danny Santana 28 arb 1302.5 0.5 +7.7
Elvis Andrus 30 FA-elig 1472.0 15.2 -8.8
Hunter Pence 36 FA-elig 831.5 2.0 +2.9
Shin-Soo Choo 36 FA-elig 1511.4 21.0 -16.5
José Leclerc 25 arb 701.4 1.5 +3.0
Kolby Allard 21 pre-arb 91.0 0.2 +3.2
Jesse Chavez 35 FA-elig 481.0 4.0 -0.8
Ariel Jurado 23 pre-arb 320.9 0.5 +2.5
Brett Martin 24 – 510.9 0.4 +2.4
Rougned Odor 25 arb 1450.8 7.8 -5.2
Delino DeShields 26 arb 1180.8 1.4 +1.1
Nomar Mazara 24 arb 1160.8 3.3 -0.8
Chris Martin↔ ATL 33 arb 380.5 1.5 +0.2
Emmanuel Clase 21 – 210.4 0.2 +1.2
Nick Solak 24 – 330.4 0.1 +1.1
Rafael Montero 28 arb 220.4 0.2 +1.0
Asdrúbal Cabrera↔ WSN 33 FA-elig 930.4 2.5 -1.3
Adrian Sampson 27 pre-arb 350.2 0.5 +0.3
Willie Calhoun 24 pre-arb 830.2 0.4 +0.4
Locke St. John 26 – 70.1 0.1 +0.2
Jeffrey Springs 26 pre-arb 250.1 0.6 -0.3
Ian Gibaut↔ TBR 25 – 90.1 0.1 +0.1
Scott Heineman 26 – 250.1 0.3 -0.1
Luke Farrell 28 pre-arb 90.0 0.6 -0.4
Jeanmar Gómez 31 FA-elig 160.0 0.1 -0.1
Wei-Chieh Huang 25 – 40.0 0.0 -0.0
Pedro Payano 24 – 6-0.0 0.1 -0.1
David Carpenter 33 arb 4-0.0 0.0 -0.1
Jose Trevino 26 pre-arb 40-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Jonathan Hernández 22 pre-arb 9-0.0 0.1 -0.2
Taylor Guerrieri 26 pre-arb 20-0.1 0.2 -0.4
Phillips Valdez 27 – 11-0.1 0.1 -0.3
Tim Federowicz 31 arb 29-0.1 0.2 -0.4
Brock Burke 22 – 6-0.1 0.1 -0.4
Taylor Hearn 24 – 1-0.1 0.5 -0.8
Yohander Méndez 24 arb 3-0.1 0.6 -1.0
Edinson Volquez 35 FA-elig 11-0.2 2.0 -2.5
Shelby Miller 28 FA-elig 19-0.2 2.0 -2.6
Shawn Kelley 35 FA-elig 51-0.2 2.5 -3.1
Jesse Biddle↔ ATL 27 pre-arb 4-0.2 0.1 -0.7
Pete Fairbanks↔ TBR 25 – 8-0.2 0.0 -0.8
Patrick Wisdom 27 pre-arb 9-0.3 0.1 -0.9
Kyle Dowdy 26 pre-arb 13-0.3 0.6 -1.4
Joe Palumbo 24 pre-arb 7-0.3 0.1 -1.2
Kyle Bird 26 pre-arb 12-0.6 0.6 -2.5
Logan Forsythe 32 FA-elig 101-0.6 0.1 -2.1
Ronald Guzmán 24 pre-arb 87-0.8 0.6 -3.0
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 24 pre-arb 65-0.8 0.6 -3.1
Drew Smyly↔ PHI 30 FA-elig 13-0.9 3.6 -6.6
Jeff Mathis 36 FA-elig 88-2.0 3.2 -9.9

Key additions (new vs 2018)

PlayerfWAR
Lance Lynn6.7
Danny Santana2.5
Hunter Pence1.5
Kolby Allard1.0
Brett Martin0.9
Emmanuel Clase0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2018)

Player2018 fWAR
Jurickson Profar2.2
Adrian Beltré1.2
Keone Kela1.1
Alex Claudio1.0
Jake Diekman0.7
Cole Hamels0.6

Current & Historical Payroll

2019 payroll
$102.8M
2020 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2019, 2019–2025. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2019; 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2019202020212022202320242025
Shin-Soo Choo3611.119$21.0MFREE AGENT
Elvis Andrus3010.000$15.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Minor317.138$9.8MFREE AGENT
Lance Lynn327.119$9.3MFREE AGENT
Jesse Chavez358.108$4.0MFREE AGENT
Drew Smyly306.154$3.6MFREE AGENT
Jeff Mathis3612.012$3.2MFREE AGENT
Shawn Kelley359.128$2.5MFREE AGENT
Asdrúbal Cabrera3311.027$2.5MFREE AGENT
Hunter Pence3611.156$2.0MFREE AGENT
Edinson Volquez3514.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Shelby Miller287.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Logan Forsythe327.113$100kFREE AGENT
Jeanmar Gómez319.000$100kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2019202020212022202320242025
Rougned Odor254.121$7.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Nomar Mazara243.000$3.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Delino DeShields263.116$1.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Santana283.142$507kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Montero283.068$209kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Federowicz313.090$197kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Carpenter334.016$45kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (32)

PlayerAgeSvc2019202020212022202320242025
José Leclerc252.041$1.5MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Martin331.133$1.5MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joey Gallo252.103$606kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ronald Guzmán240.171$570kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Isiah Kiner-Falefa241.000$570kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yohander Méndez240.103$558kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luke Farrell280.095$558kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeffrey Springs260.062$557kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Dowdy260.000$555kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Bird260.000$555kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adrian Sampson270.134$543kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Hearn240.000$471kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ariel Jurado230.067$468kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Martin240.000$445kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Calhoun240.075$385kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Heineman260.000$307kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Guerrieri260.057$227kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Emmanuel Clase210.000$176kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Trevino260.004$176kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kolby Allard210.043$155kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Solak240.000$122kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Hernández220.041$122kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brock Burke220.000$122kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phillips Valdez270.000$107kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ian Gibaut250.000$89kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Locke St. John26–$84k
Pedro Payano24–$78k
Jesse Biddle271.166$77kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Patrick Wisdom270.044$57kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Palumbo240.110$57kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wei-Chieh Huang25–$48k
Pete Fairbanks250.000$35kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rangers 2019; 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.