The Royals are playing well and have achieved some level of success. There's been a lot of discussion about what the 2014 team means for an evaluation of Dayton Moore. That's a big subject that I'm not going to delve into here. I just wanted to find out how the various pluses and minuses of this team were acquired. I think those are meaningful pieces of information to use as part of an evaluation of the Royals GM. But I'm not going to get into that. There isn't going to be much, if any, analysis here. It's just some interesting information.
Basically this is just a list and then grouping of Royals players by fWAR (excluding pitcher offensive WAR) and how they were acquired. Then, I will aggregate the groups and show the percentages of where Royals production has come from.
Name | WAR | How acquired |
Jarrod Dyson | 3 | Draft and develop |
Yordano Ventura | 2 | Int'l sign and develop |
Danny Duffy | 1.9 | Draft and develop |
Greg Holland | 1.7 | Draft and develop |
Christian Colon | 0.4 | Draft and develop |
Mike Moustakas | 0.1 | Draft and develop |
Michael Mariot | 0 | Draft and develop |
Johnny Giavotella | -0.1 | Draft and develop |
Aaron Brooks | -0.2 | Draft and develop |
Eric Hosmer | -0.3 | Draft and develop |
Louis Coleman | -0.5 | Draft and develop |
Aaron Crow | -0.8 | Draft and develop |
Jason Vargas | 2.2 | FA sign |
Omar Infante | 0.9 | FA sign |
Jeremy Guthrie | 0.8 | FA sign |
Francisley Bueno | 0.3 | FA sign |
Francisco Pena | 0.1 | FA sign |
Bruce Chen | 0.1 | FA sign |
Wilking Rodriguez | 0 | FA sign |
Casey Coleman | 0 | FA sign |
Scott Downs | -0.1 | FA sign |
Raul Ibanez | -0.3 | FA sign |
Alex Gordon | 5.5 | Inherited |
Billy Butler | -0.2 | Inherited |
Salvador Perez | 2.9 | Int'l sign and develop |
Kelvin Herrera | 0.9 | Int'l sign and develop |
Lorenzo Cain | 3 | Trade |
James Shields | 2.8 | Trade |
Wade Davis | 2.4 | Trade |
Alcides Escobar | 2.3 | Trade |
Norichika Aoki | 1.5 | Trade |
Erik Kratz | 0.4 | Trade |
Josh Willingham | 0.3 | Trade |
Jason Frasor | 0.1 | Trade |
Justin Marks | 0 | Trade |
Danny Valencia | -0.1 | Trade |
Donnie Joseph | -0.1 | Trade |
Tim Collins | -0.2 | Trade |
Justin Maxwell | -1.1 | Trade |
Pedro Ciriaco | 0 | Waiver claim |
Jimmy Paredes | -0.2 | Waiver claim |
Brett Hayes | -0.5 | Waiver claim |
TOTAL | 30.9 |
How acquired | % |
Trade | 36.6% |
Int'l sign and develop | 18.8% |
Inherited | 17.2% |
Draft and develop | 16.8% |
FA sign | 12.9% |
Waiver claim | -2.3% |
So trades have been the biggest factor, with the Myers and Greinke trades providing the biggest pieces in that group. There is a significant amount of in-house talent too, highlighted by Dyson, Ventura, Duffy and Holland. And of course the Royals are also benefiting from one player that Moore inherited, the team's only big star, Alex Gordon. Free agent signings have provided a smaller benefit. Vargas is the main plus there, with lesser contributions from Infante and Guthrie. There are only two three international signees, but each of Perez, Ventura and Herrera are providing a positive impact. The waiver wire hasn't done much for us this year.