GM: Brian Sabean
2012: World Series champions · 94–68. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Posey | 25 | arb | 148 | 9.8 | 0.6 | +24.6 |
| Ángel Pagán | 30 | FA-elig | 154 | 4.6 | 4.8 | +7.0 |
| Melky Cabrera | 27 | FA-elig | 113 | 4.5 | 6.0 | +5.6 |
| Matt Cain | 27 | FA-elig | 35 | 3.6 | 15.0 | -5.8 |
| Madison Bumgarner | 22 | arb | 32 | 3.0 | 0.6 | +7.1 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 25 | arb | 108 | 2.4 | 3.2 | +3.0 |
| Marco Scutaro↔ COL | 36 | FA-elig | 61 | 2.1 | 2.3 | +3.0 |
| Brandon Crawford | 25 | pre-arb | 143 | 1.9 | 0.5 | +4.3 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | 34 | FA-elig | 31 | 1.9 | 3.0 | +1.8 |
| Grégor Blanco | 28 | arb | 141 | 1.8 | 0.5 | +4.2 |
| Brandon Belt | 24 | pre-arb | 145 | 1.8 | 0.5 | +4.1 |
| Sergio Romo | 29 | arb | 69 | 1.0 | 1.6 | +1.0 |
| Tim Lincecum | 28 | arb | 33 | 0.9 | 18.0 | -15.5 |
| Barry Zito | 34 | FA-elig | 32 | 0.9 | 19.0 | -16.6 |
| Jeremy Affeldt | 33 | FA-elig | 67 | 0.8 | 5.0 | -2.9 |
| Joaquin Arias | 27 | pre-arb | 112 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +1.2 |
| Javier López | 34 | FA-elig | 70 | 0.5 | 4.2 | -2.9 |
| Nate Schierholtz↔ PHI | 28 | arb | 77 | 0.5 | 0.9 | +0.5 |
| George Kontos | 27 | pre-arb | 44 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +0.7 |
| Jose Mijares↔ KCR | 27 | arb | 27 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +0.4 |
| Ryan Theriot | 32 | FA-elig | 104 | 0.2 | 1.2 | -0.6 |
| Hunter Pence↔ PHI | 29 | arb | 59 | 0.2 | 3.8 | -3.3 |
| Francisco Peguero | 24 | pre-arb | 17 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Xavier Nady↔ WSN | 33 | FA-elig | 19 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Eli Whiteside | 32 | FA-elig | 12 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
| Héctor Sánchez | 22 | pre-arb | 74 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| Dan Otero | 27 | pre-arb | 12 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| Travis Blackley↔ OAK | 29 | – | 4 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Dan Runzler | 27 | arb | 6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Brian Wilson | 30 | FA-elig | 2 | -0.0 | 8.5 | -8.5 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 27 | pre-arb | 1 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
| Eric Hacker | 29 | – | 4 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Steve Edlefsen | 27 | – | 14 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Guillermo Mota | 38 | FA-elig | 26 | -0.1 | 1.0 | -1.2 |
| Brett Pill | 27 | pre-arb | 48 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| Aubrey Huff | 35 | FA-elig | 52 | -0.1 | 10.0 | -10.2 |
| Jean Machi | 30 | pre-arb | 8 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Shane Loux | 32 | – | 19 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -1.1 |
| Conor Gillaspie | 24 | pre-arb | 6 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -1.2 |
| Charlie Culberson | 23 | – | 6 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -1.3 |
| Santiago Casilla | 31 | FA-elig | 73 | -0.4 | 2.2 | -3.3 |
| Brad Penny | 34 | FA-elig | 22 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -1.4 |
| Justin Christian | 32 | – | 34 | -0.6 | 0.4 | -2.0 |
| Clay Hensley | 32 | FA-elig | 60 | -0.6 | 0.8 | -2.3 |
| Emmanuel Burriss | 27 | arb | 60 | -0.9 | 0.6 | -3.1 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Ángel Pagán | 4.6 |
| Melky Cabrera | 4.5 |
| Marco Scutaro | 2.1 |
| Grégor Blanco | 1.8 |
| Joaquin Arias | 0.6 |
| George Kontos | 0.5 |
| Player | 2011 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Chris Stewart | 2.6 |
| Andres Torres | 2.1 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 1.0 |
| Cody Ross | 0.7 |
| Ramon E Ramirez | 0.7 |
| Jonathan Sánchez | 0.6 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2012, 2012–2018. 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 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Zito | 34 | 11.072 | $19.0M | $20.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Matt Cain | 27 | 11.038 | $15.0M | $20.0M | $20.0M | $21.0M | $21.0M | $21.0M | FREE AGENT |
| Aubrey Huff | 35 | 11.003 | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeremy Affeldt | 33 | 10.000 | $5.0M | $6.0M | $6.0M | $6.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Javier López | 34 | 10.167 | $4.2M | $4.2M | $4.0M | $4.0M | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |
| Marco Scutaro | 36 | 8.138 | $2.3M | $6.7M | $6.7M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Guillermo Mota | 38 | 11.159 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Shane Loux | 32 | 10.000 | $480k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brad Penny | 34 | 12.000 | $265k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Xavier Nady | 33 | 8.059 | $225k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Lincecum | 28 | 4.148 | $18.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brian Wilson | 30 | 4.169 | $8.5M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Melky Cabrera | 27 | 5.148 | $6.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ángel Pagán | 30 | 5.144 | $4.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Hunter Pence | 29 | 4.156 | $3.8M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Pablo Sandoval | 25 | 3.047 | $3.2M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ryan Vogelsong | 34 | 5.020 | $3.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Santiago Casilla | 31 | 4.148 | $2.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Sergio Romo | 29 | 3.097 | $1.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ryan Theriot | 32 | 5.118 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Nate Schierholtz | 28 | 3.078 | $878k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Clay Hensley | 32 | 4.161 | $750k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Eli Whiteside | 32 | 3.012 | $600k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jose Mijares | 27 | 3.024 | $320k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Burriss | 27 | 2.152 | $625k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Buster Posey | 25 | 1.161 | $615k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Madison Bumgarner | 22 | 1.127 | $560k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Grégor Blanco | 28 | 1.164 | $516k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Dan Runzler | 27 | 1.128 | $483k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| George Kontos | 27 | 0.023 | $481k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brandon Belt | 24 | 0.128 | $481k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brandon Crawford | 25 | 0.094 | $481k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Francisco Peguero | 24 | 0.087 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dan Otero | 27 | 0.000 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Héctor Sánchez | 22 | 0.037 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 27 | 2.110 | $480k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Joaquin Arias | 27 | 2.081 | $480k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Conor Gillaspie | 24 | 0.058 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Charlie Culberson | 23 | 0.000 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jean Machi | 30 | 2.154 | $480k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brett Pill | 27 | 0.142 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Justin Christian | 32 | – | $414k | ||||||
| Travis Blackley | 29 | 1.026 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Steve Edlefsen | 27 | 1.039 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Eric Hacker | 29 | – | — |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 2012; 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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