GM: Brian Sabean
2014: World Series champions · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Posey | 27 | arb | 147 | 7.5 | 12.5 | +9.5 |
| Madison Bumgarner | 24 | arb | 34 | 4.9 | 3.8 | +10.6 |
| Hunter Pence | 31 | FA-elig | 162 | 4.1 | 16.0 | -4.1 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 27 | FA-elig | 157 | 3.3 | 8.2 | +1.3 |
| Brandon Crawford | 27 | arb | 153 | 2.7 | 0.6 | +7.5 |
| Grégor Blanco | 30 | FA-elig | 146 | 1.9 | 2.5 | +3.1 |
| Ángel Pagán | 32 | FA-elig | 96 | 1.8 | 10.2 | -4.9 |
| Michael Morse | 32 | FA-elig | 131 | 1.6 | 6.0 | -1.3 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 29 | FA-elig | 39 | 1.5 | 0.8 | +3.6 |
| Tim Hudson | 38 | FA-elig | 31 | 1.3 | 11.0 | -7.1 |
| Joe Panik | 23 | – | 73 | 1.3 | 0.3 | +3.6 |
| Jake Peavy↔ BOS | 33 | FA-elig | 12 | 1.1 | 5.4 | -2.2 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | 36 | FA-elig | 32 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -2.2 |
| Andrew Susac | 24 | – | 35 | 0.8 | 0.2 | +2.2 |
| Brandon Belt | 26 | arb | 61 | 0.8 | 2.9 | -0.7 |
| Brandon Hicks | 28 | pre-arb | 71 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +1.0 |
| Santiago Casilla | 33 | FA-elig | 54 | 0.4 | 4.5 | -3.2 |
| Jeremy Affeldt | 35 | FA-elig | 62 | 0.4 | 6.0 | -4.7 |
| Travis Ishikawa↔ PIT | 30 | arb | 47 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.8 |
| George Kontos | 29 | pre-arb | 24 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +0.5 |
| Gary Brown | 25 | – | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.6 |
| Hunter Strickland | 25 | – | 9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.6 |
| Tyler Colvin | 28 | arb | 57 | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.7 |
| Héctor Sánchez | 24 | arb | 66 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| Matt Duffy | 23 | – | 34 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.0 |
| Jean Machi | 32 | pre-arb | 71 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Erik Cordier | 28 | pre-arb | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Chris Heston | 26 | pre-arb | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Jake Dunning | 25 | – | 1 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Ehire Adrianza | 24 | pre-arb | 53 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
| Matt Cain | 29 | FA-elig | 15 | -0.1 | 20.0 | -20.2 |
| Tim Lincecum | 30 | FA-elig | 34 | -0.1 | 17.0 | -17.2 |
| Guillermo Quiroz | 32 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Brett Bochy | 26 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Mike Kickham | 25 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Tony Abreu | 29 | FA-elig | 3 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -1.1 |
| Joaquin Arias | 29 | FA-elig | 107 | -0.1 | 1.1 | -1.5 |
| David Huff↔ NYY | 29 | arb | 16 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Marco Scutaro | 38 | FA-elig | 5 | -0.2 | 6.7 | -7.2 |
| Adam Duvall | 25 | – | 28 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.7 |
| Sergio Romo | 31 | FA-elig | 64 | -0.2 | 5.5 | -6.1 |
| Dan Uggla↔ ATL | 34 | FA-elig | 4 | -0.2 | 1.0 | -1.7 |
| Juan Gutierrez | 30 | FA-elig | 61 | -0.2 | 0.8 | -1.5 |
| Chris Dominguez | 27 | – | 8 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -1.3 |
| Javier López | 36 | FA-elig | 65 | -0.4 | 4.0 | -5.3 |
| Juan Carlos Perez | 27 | pre-arb | 61 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -1.9 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Michael Morse | 1.6 |
| Tim Hudson | 1.3 |
| Joe Panik | 1.3 |
| Jake Peavy | 1.1 |
| Andrew Susac | 0.8 |
| Brandon Hicks | 0.4 |
| Player | 2013 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Chad Gaudin | 0.9 |
| Jose Mijares | 0.4 |
| Heath Hembree | 0.2 |
| Andres Torres | 0.2 |
| Brett Pill | 0.1 |
| Francisco Peguero | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cain | 29 | 11.038 | $20.0M | $21.0M | $21.0M | $21.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tim Lincecum | 30 | 6.148 | $17.0M | $18.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Hunter Pence | 31 | 6.156 | $16.0M | $18.5M | $18.5M | $18.5M | $18.5M | FREE AGENT | $3.0M |
| Tim Hudson | 38 | 14.119 | $11.0M | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ángel Pagán | 32 | 7.144 | $10.2M | $10.2M | $11.2M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Marco Scutaro | 38 | 10.138 | $6.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Michael Morse | 32 | 9.000 | $6.0M | FREE AGENT | $535k | ||||
| Jeremy Affeldt | 35 | 12.000 | $6.0M | $6.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jake Peavy | 33 | 11.101 | $5.4M | $9.0M | $15.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ryan Vogelsong | 36 | 7.020 | $5.0M | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Santiago Casilla | 33 | 6.148 | $4.5M | $5.0M | $6.5M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Javier López | 36 | 10.167 | $4.0M | $4.0M | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Dan Uggla | 34 | 8.000 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Juan Gutierrez | 30 | 7.000 | $850k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Posey | 27 | 3.161 | $12.5M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Pablo Sandoval | 27 | 5.047 | $8.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Sergio Romo | 31 | 5.097 | $5.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Madison Bumgarner | 24 | 3.127 | $3.8M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Grégor Blanco | 30 | 3.164 | $2.5M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Joaquin Arias | 29 | 4.071 | $1.1M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Tyler Colvin | 28 | 3.001 | $1.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Yusmeiro Petit | 29 | 3.016 | $845k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Tony Abreu | 29 | 3.170 | $745k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Travis Ishikawa | 30 | 3.098 | $128k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Guillermo Quiroz | 32 | 4.013 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Belt | 26 | 2.128 | $2.9M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brandon Crawford | 27 | 2.094 | $560k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Héctor Sánchez | 24 | 1.166 | $512k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jean Machi | 32 | 2.154 | $505k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Juan Carlos Perez | 27 | 1.000 | $501k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Ehire Adrianza | 24 | 0.027 | $500k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brandon Hicks | 28 | 1.151 | $295k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Joe Panik | 23 | 0.000 | $273k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andrew Susac | 24 | 0.000 | $178k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| David Huff | 29 | 2.062 | $176k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| George Kontos | 29 | 1.099 | $167k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Adam Duvall | 25 | 0.000 | $161k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Duffy | 23 | 0.000 | $158k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Hunter Strickland | 25 | 0.000 | $77k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Chris Dominguez | 27 | 0.000 | $77k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mike Kickham | 25 | 0.059 | $77k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Chris Heston | 26 | 1.140 | $74k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Erik Cordier | 28 | 0.129 | $71k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Gary Brown | 25 | – | $71k | ||||||
| Jake Dunning | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Brett Bochy | 26 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 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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