GM: Billy Beane
2014: made playoffs · 88–74. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Donaldson | 28 | arb | 158 | 5.7 | 0.5 | +16.1 |
| Sonny Gray | 24 | pre-arb | 33 | 3.4 | 0.5 | +9.5 |
| Scott Kazmir | 30 | FA-elig | 32 | 3.3 | 7.0 | +2.8 |
| Brandon Moss | 30 | FA-elig | 147 | 2.7 | 4.1 | +3.7 |
| Yoenis Cespedes↔ BOS | 28 | pre-arb | 101 | 2.5 | 7.0 | +0.4 |
| Sean Doolittle | 27 | pre-arb | 62 | 2.5 | 0.6 | +6.6 |
| Derek Norris | 25 | pre-arb | 127 | 2.2 | 0.5 | +5.9 |
| Jeff Samardzija↔ CHC | 29 | FA-elig | 16 | 2.2 | 2.6 | +3.8 |
| Josh Reddick | 27 | arb | 109 | 2.1 | 2.7 | +3.6 |
| Jed Lowrie | 30 | FA-elig | 136 | 1.7 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Coco Crisp | 34 | FA-elig | 126 | 1.7 | 7.5 | -2.6 |
| Jon Lester↔ BOS | 30 | FA-elig | 11 | 1.6 | 4.5 | +0.1 |
| Jesse Chavez | 30 | FA-elig | 32 | 1.5 | 0.8 | +3.7 |
| Stephen Vogt | 29 | pre-arb | 84 | 1.5 | 0.5 | +3.9 |
| Craig Gentry | 30 | arb | 94 | 1.3 | 1.1 | +2.7 |
| Sam Fuld↔ MIN | 32 | FA-elig | 60 | 1.1 | 0.4 | +2.9 |
| Luke Gregerson | 30 | arb | 72 | 0.9 | 5.1 | -2.4 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 25 | pre-arb | 20 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +1.8 |
| Dan Otero | 29 | pre-arb | 72 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +1.5 |
| Fernando Abad | 28 | arb | 69 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +1.4 |
| Tommy Milone↔ MIN | 27 | arb | 17 | 0.6 | 0.4 | +1.4 |
| John Jaso | 30 | FA-elig | 99 | 0.6 | 2.3 | -0.7 |
| Kyle Blanks↔ SDP | 27 | arb | 21 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Geovany Soto↔ TEX | 31 | FA-elig | 14 | 0.4 | 1.8 | -0.7 |
| Ryan Cook | 27 | arb | 54 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +0.4 |
| Nick Punto | 36 | FA-elig | 73 | 0.2 | 2.8 | -2.2 |
| Eric Sogard | 28 | arb | 117 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| Fernando Rodriguez Jr. | 30 | arb | 7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| Jeff Francis↔ CIN | 33 | – | 9 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Nate Freiman | 27 | pre-arb | 36 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Brad Mills↔ TOR | 29 | – | 3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Adam Dunn↔ CHW | 34 | FA-elig | 25 | -0.0 | 2.9 | -2.9 |
| Joe Savery | 28 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Andy Parrino | 28 | – | 21 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Bryan Anderson | 27 | – | 1 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Eric O'Flaherty | 29 | FA-elig | 21 | -0.1 | 1.5 | -1.7 |
| Josh Lindblom | 27 | – | 1 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Evan Scribner | 28 | arb | 13 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| Billy Burns | 24 | – | 13 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.8 |
| Dan Straily↔ CHC | 25 | pre-arb | 7 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| Jonny Gomes↔ BOS | 33 | FA-elig | 34 | -0.3 | 1.5 | -2.3 |
| Jason Hammel↔ CHC | 31 | FA-elig | 13 | -0.3 | 2.6 | -3.5 |
| Daric Barton | 28 | FA-elig | 30 | -0.5 | 1.2 | -2.8 |
| Jim Johnson↔ DET | 31 | FA-elig | 38 | -0.6 | 7.0 | -8.8 |
| Alberto Callaspo | 31 | FA-elig | 127 | -1.3 | 4.9 | -8.6 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Scott Kazmir | 3.3 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 2.2 |
| Jon Lester | 1.6 |
| Craig Gentry | 1.3 |
| Sam Fuld | 1.1 |
| Luke Gregerson | 0.9 |
| Player | 2013 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Bartolo Colon | 3.9 |
| Seth Smith | 0.7 |
| Grant Balfour | 0.6 |
| Jerry Blevins | 0.3 |
| Michael Choice | 0.0 |
| Casper Wells | -0.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coco Crisp | 34 | 10.158 | $7.5M | $11.0M | $9.2M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Scott Kazmir | 30 | 7.119 | $7.0M | $7.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Alberto Callaspo | 31 | 6.135 | $4.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jon Lester | 30 | 7.075 | $4.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Adam Dunn | 34 | 12.074 | $2.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Nick Punto | 36 | 11.051 | $2.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jason Hammel | 31 | 6.153 | $2.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Geovany Soto | 31 | 6.096 | $1.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jonny Gomes | 33 | 8.097 | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eric O'Flaherty | 29 | 6.062 | $1.5M | $3.4M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jeff Francis | 33 | 8.157 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Johnson | 31 | 5.165 | $7.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jed Lowrie | 30 | 5.111 | $5.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Luke Gregerson | 30 | 5.000 | $5.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brandon Moss | 30 | 3.160 | $4.1M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Josh Reddick | 27 | 3.050 | $2.7M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jeff Samardzija | 29 | 4.028 | $2.6M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| John Jaso | 30 | 4.032 | $2.3M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Daric Barton | 28 | 4.030 | $1.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Craig Gentry | 30 | 3.084 | $1.1M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Kyle Blanks | 27 | 4.032 | $798k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jesse Chavez | 30 | 3.108 | $775k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Sam Fuld | 32 | 3.140 | $425k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoenis Cespedes | 28 | 2.000 | $7.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Sean Doolittle | 27 | 1.122 | $630k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Fernando Rodriguez Jr. | 30 | 2.142 | $600k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Fernando Abad | 28 | 2.073 | $526k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Eric Sogard | 28 | 2.064 | $510k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Joe Savery | 28 | 0.104 | $510k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ryan Cook | 27 | 2.036 | $505k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Evan Scribner | 28 | 1.088 | $505k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Derek Norris | 25 | 1.102 | $505k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Stephen Vogt | 29 | 0.136 | $502k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dan Otero | 29 | 0.169 | $502k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Sonny Gray | 24 | 0.061 | $502k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Josh Donaldson | 28 | 1.158 | $500k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Tommy Milone | 27 | 2.018 | $377k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Drew Pomeranz | 25 | 1.050 | $370k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Dan Straily | 25 | 1.031 | $252k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Nate Freiman | 27 | 1.000 | $216k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Billy Burns | 24 | 0.000 | $169k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Bryan Anderson | 27 | 1.171 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Josh Lindblom | 27 | 2.077 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brad Mills | 29 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andy Parrino | 28 | 2.109 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Athletics 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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