Mike DeBartolo
General manager for the Nationals (2025–2025).
Across the full 1-season sample, the profile does not currently place a measured dimension in the top quartile of the site’s qualified executive pool. The clearest contrast is avoidance of dead payroll (2nd percentile): a larger share of payroll has gone to players below 0.5 WAR than for most peers. Because the sample covers fewer than five seasons, those comparisons are descriptive rather than stable.
1 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.
0 pennants · 0 playoff appearances · 66–96 (0.407)
Overview
| Team | Role | Year | Pay $M |
Rel Pay |
Surp $M |
Surp WAR |
Dead % |
Cheap $M |
Draft $M |
Trd $M |
Int'l $M |
$ / WAR |
WAR | Depth | Dead WAR |
HG | Trade | Net/ Trd |
FA | R5 | RFA | PPA | CPA | WAB | TAB | W-L% | PO | Pen | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nationals |
GM | 2025 66–96 | $66 | 42 | -12 | -3.0 | 62% | +11 | +0 | -0 | -2 | $2.8M | 15.1 | 3.0 | -8.4 | +6.3 | +0.6 | +0.13 | -1.0 | +0.1 | +0.27 | 0.04 | 0.03 | -5.1 | -8.9 | 0.407 | |||
| Career total (1985+ data) | $66 | 42 | -12 | -3.0 | 62% | +11 | +0 | -0 | -2 | $2.8M | 15.1 | 3.0 | -8.4 | +6.3 | +0.6 | +0.13 | -1.0 | +0.1 | +0.27 | 0.04 | 0.03 | -5.1 | -8.9 | 0.407 | – | – | – | ||
Roster Construction
Build channels — net fWAR
Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.
Trades
Trades made — 7 deals credited to Mike DeBartolo, best expected value first; surplus is realized value in $M
WSN · Mike DeBartolo
+$9.6M
DET · Scott Harris
−$9.6M
WSN · Mike DeBartolo
+$6.4M
CHC · Jed Hoyer
−$6.4M
WSN · Mike DeBartolo
+$1.6M
SEA · Jerry Dipoto
−$1.6M
WSN · Mike DeBartolo
+$2.4M
NYY · Brian Cashman
−$2.4M
ANA · Perry Minasian
+$2.4M
WSN · Mike DeBartolo
−$2.4M
WSN · Mike DeBartolo
+$0.0M
BOS · Craig Breslow
+$0.0M
LAD · Andrew Friedman
+$2.4M
WSN · Mike DeBartolo
−$2.4M
Players acquired — 21 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)
| Player | Pos | Team | How | Year | Szns | fWAR | WAR/yr | RFA | PPA | CPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylen Lile | OF | WSN |
Draft | 2025 | 2 | +3.2 | +1.6 | – | – | – |
| Andrew Alvarez | P | WSN |
Draft | 2025 | 2 | +2.6 | +1.3 | – | – | – |
| Brad Lord | P | WSN |
Draft | 2025 | 2 | +1.6 | +0.8 | – | – | – |
| Michael Soroka | P | WSN |
Trade | 2025 | 1 | +1.2 | +1.2 | – | 0.0% | 0.04% |
| Harry Ford | C | WSN |
Trade | 2025 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.27 | 0.2% | 0.04% |
| Jorge López | P | WSN |
Free agency | 2025 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | – | 0.0% | 0.01% |
| Brady House | 3B | WSN |
Draft | 2025 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | – | – |
| Andrew Chafin | P | WSN |
Trade | 2025 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | 0.0% | 0.01% |
| Paul DeJong | SS | WSN |
Free agency | 2025 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| PJ Poulin | P | WSN |
Rule 5 | 2025 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | – | – |
| Luis García | P | WSN |
Trade | 2025 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Sauryn Lao | P | WSN |
Trade | 2025 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Josh Bell | 1B/DH | WSN |
Free agency | 2025 | 2 | -0.1 | -0.0 | – | 0.9% | 0.18% |
| Andry Lara | P | WSN |
Draft | 2025 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Amed Rosario | SS | WSN |
Free agency | 2025 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | – | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| C. J. Stubbs | C | WSN |
Draft | 2025 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Jorge Alfaro | C | WSN |
Free agency | 2025 | – | -0.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Lucas Sims | P | WSN |
Free agency | 2025 | – | -0.4 | – | – | – | – |
| Clayton Beeter | P | WSN |
Trade | 2025 | 1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | +0.28 | 0.0% | 0.02% |
| Cole Henry | P | WSN |
Draft | 2025 | – | -0.5 | – | – | – | – |
| Shinnosuke Ogasawara | P | WSN |
Draft | 2025 | – | -0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Trade-side columns: RFA is playoff-readiness percentage points added to the future roster foundation. It grades the franchise's entire side of a trade, so the same score repeats for every player acquired in that package. PPA/CPA remain player-level arrival-year probability points.
WAB = wins above what the team's payroll predicted (resource-controlled). WAR surplus = era-neutral value (WAR minus payroll in win-equivalents). Roster surplus $M = dollar value of WAR over cost. Build channels (realized fWAR): HG = home-grown via amateur draft / international signing; Trade = acquired minus surrendered (incl. purchases/waivers); FA = signed minus walked; R5 = Rule-5 / minor-league-draft pickups. Credit follows the acquisition year — home-grown to the regime at the player's draft/signing (not whoever was in the chair when he peaked), trade/FA/R5 to the GM who made the move. Players acquired as prospects before debuting (e.g. Smoltz, Bagwell; Rule-5 picks like Uggla) are counted as trade/R5, not home-grown. All are franchise-level outcomes during the stint, not solely attributable to one executive.