GM: Dan Duquette
2014: made playoffs · 96–66. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
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.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Jones | 28 | FA-elig | 159 | 4.6 | 13.0 | +0.6 |
| Steve Pearce | 31 | FA-elig | 102 | 4.5 | 0.7 | +12.4 |
| Nelson Cruz | 33 | FA-elig | 159 | 3.9 | 8.0 | +3.3 |
| J.J. Hardy | 31 | FA-elig | 141 | 3.0 | 7.0 | +1.7 |
| Nick Markakis | 30 | FA-elig | 155 | 2.3 | 15.0 | -8.2 |
| Wei-Yin Chen | 28 | pre-arb | 31 | 2.3 | 4.1 | +2.7 |
| Manny Machado | 21 | pre-arb | 82 | 2.3 | 0.5 | +6.2 |
| Chris Tillman | 26 | arb | 34 | 2.3 | 0.5 | +6.1 |
| Kevin Gausman | 23 | pre-arb | 20 | 1.9 | 0.5 | +5.1 |
| Caleb Joseph | 28 | – | 82 | 1.8 | 0.4 | +4.9 |
| Bud Norris | 29 | arb | 29 | 1.3 | 5.3 | -1.4 |
| David Lough | 28 | pre-arb | 112 | 1.2 | 0.5 | +2.9 |
| Zack Britton | 26 | arb | 71 | 1.0 | 0.5 | +2.4 |
| Andrew Miller↔ BOS | 29 | FA-elig | 23 | 1.0 | 0.6 | +2.2 |
| Chris Davis | 28 | FA-elig | 127 | 0.9 | 10.3 | -7.6 |
| Delmon Young | 28 | FA-elig | 83 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +1.6 |
| Darren O'Day | 31 | FA-elig | 68 | 0.9 | 3.2 | -0.7 |
| Tommy Hunter | 27 | FA-elig | 60 | 0.7 | 3.0 | -0.9 |
| Ryan Flaherty | 27 | pre-arb | 102 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +1.5 |
| Ryan Webb | 28 | arb | 51 | 0.7 | 1.8 | +0.2 |
| Matt Wieters | 28 | arb | 26 | 0.6 | 7.7 | -6.0 |
| Alejandro De Aza↔ CHW | 30 | FA-elig | 20 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +1.0 |
| T.J. McFarland | 25 | pre-arb | 37 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +0.9 |
| Ubaldo Jiménez | 30 | FA-elig | 25 | 0.4 | 11.2 | -10.1 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 22 | pre-arb | 137 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.6 |
| Miguel González | 30 | pre-arb | 27 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +0.3 |
| Jimmy Paredes↔ KCR | 25 | pre-arb | 18 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Brian Matusz | 27 | arb | 63 | 0.2 | 2.4 | -1.8 |
| Brad Brach | 28 | arb | 46 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Kelly Johnson↔ BOS | 32 | FA-elig | 19 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| Jemile Weeks↔ BOS | 27 | arb | 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Ramon E Ramirez | 32 | – | 1 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Preston Guilmet | 26 | pre-arb | 10 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Nick Hundley↔ SDP | 30 | FA-elig | 50 | -0.0 | 2.4 | -2.5 |
| Quintin Berry | 29 | pre-arb | 10 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Steve Lombardozzi Jr. | 25 | arb | 20 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
| Steve Clevenger | 28 | arb | 35 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| Christian Walker | 23 | – | 6 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| Cord Phelps | 27 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Troy Patton↔ SDP | 28 | FA-elig | 9 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -1.0 |
| Joe Saunders↔ TEX | 33 | FA-elig | 6 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -1.1 |
| Josh Stinson | 26 | arb | 8 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| Alexi Casilla | 29 | – | 1 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.9 |
| Evan Meek | 31 | FA-elig | 23 | -0.4 | 0.8 | -1.9 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Nelson Cruz | 3.9 |
| Caleb Joseph | 1.8 |
| David Lough | 1.2 |
| Andrew Miller | 1.0 |
| Delmon Young | 0.9 |
| Ryan Webb | 0.7 |
| Player | 2013 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Nate McLouth | 2.2 |
| Brian Roberts | 1.1 |
| Scott Feldman | 1.0 |
| Danny Valencia | 0.9 |
| Jim Johnson | 0.9 |
| Jason Hammel | 0.6 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2014, 2014–2020. 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.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Markakis | 30 | 8.000 | $15.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Adam Jones | 28 | 6.139 | $13.0M | $13.3M | $16.3M | $16.3M | $17.3M | FREE AGENT | |
| Ubaldo Jiménez | 30 | 6.087 | $11.2M | $12.2M | $13.0M | $13.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Nelson Cruz | 33 | 6.081 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| J.J. Hardy | 31 | 12.164 | $7.0M | $11.5M | $12.5M | $14.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Delmon Young | 28 | 7.028 | $1.0M | $2.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Steve Pearce | 31 | 7.000 | $700k | $3.7M | $3.4M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Joe Saunders | 33 | 7.013 | $643k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Alejandro De Aza | 30 | 7.000 | $599k | $2.6M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Kelly Johnson | 32 | 8.127 | $538k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Christian Walker | 23 | 7.124 | $500k | $53k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Alexi Casilla | 29 | 6.038 | $200k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ramon E Ramirez | 32 | 8.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Davis | 28 | 4.061 | $10.3M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Matt Wieters | 28 | 4.129 | $7.7M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bud Norris | 29 | 4.068 | $5.3M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Darren O'Day | 31 | 5.103 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tommy Hunter | 27 | 4.090 | $3.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Nick Hundley | 30 | 5.059 | $2.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian Matusz | 27 | 3.156 | $2.4M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ryan Webb | 28 | 4.029 | $1.8M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Evan Meek | 31 | 3.143 | $800k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Troy Patton | 28 | 3.150 | $675k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Andrew Miller | 29 | 5.062 | $599k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wei-Yin Chen | 28 | 2.000 | $4.1M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Chris Tillman | 26 | 2.113 | $546k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Miguel González | 30 | 0.122 | $529k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Zack Britton | 26 | 1.158 | $522k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Manny Machado | 21 | 1.056 | $519k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Steve Lombardozzi Jr. | 25 | 2.023 | $518k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ryan Flaherty | 27 | 2.000 | $512k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| David Lough | 28 | 0.169 | $510k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brad Brach | 28 | 1.105 | $509k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| T.J. McFarland | 25 | 1.000 | $505k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Steve Clevenger | 28 | 2.123 | $505k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Josh Stinson | 26 | 0.090 | $504k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Kevin Gausman | 23 | 0.071 | $502k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jonathan Schoop | 22 | 0.027 | $500k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Caleb Joseph | 28 | 0.000 | $396k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jimmy Paredes | 25 | 2.059 | $333k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jemile Weeks | 27 | 1.142 | $91k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Preston Guilmet | 26 | 0.034 | $85k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Quintin Berry | 29 | 0.163 | $68k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Cord Phelps | 27 | 1.095 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Orioles 2014; 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.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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