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GM: Perry Minasian (since 2022)

2024 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-18.5
WAB — wins above budget
-21.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
63–99 (0.389)
record
-103M
surplus $M (value/$)
12.6
roster fWAR
$156.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Zach Neto 23 pre-arb 155 3.6 0.8 +14.0
Taylor Ward 30 FA-elig 156 2.8 4.8 +7.0
Logan O'Hoppe 24 pre-arb 136 2.1 0.8 +8.2
José Soriano 25 pre-arb 22 1.7 0.8 +6.2
Tyler Anderson 34 FA-elig 31 1.5 13.0 -6.7
Luis Rengifo 27 arb 78 1.5 4.4 +1.8
Patrick Sandoval 27 arb 16 1.2 5.0 -0.0
Mike Trout 32 FA-elig 29 0.9 37.1 -33.3
Carlos Estévez↔ PHI 31 FA-elig 34 0.9 4.2 -0.4
Nolan Schanuel 22 pre-arb 147 0.7 0.8 +2.2
Reid Detmers 24 arb 17 0.6 0.8 +1.9
Ben Joyce 23 pre-arb 31 0.6 0.7 +1.9
Jack Kochanowicz 23 – 11 0.6 0.2 +2.1
Brock Burke↔ TEX 27 arb 21 0.5 0.6 +1.6
Kevin Pillar↔ CHW 35 FA-elig 83 0.5 0.8 +1.3
Davis Daniel 27 pre-arb 6 0.4 0.7 +1.1
Luis García↔ BOS 37 FA-elig 45 0.4 3.2 -1.6
Ryan Zeferjahn 26 – 12 0.4 0.1 +1.4
Hans Crouse 25 pre-arb 25 0.2 0.2 +0.7
Carson Fulmer 30 pre-arb 37 0.2 0.7 +0.2
Hunter Strickland 35 FA-elig 72 0.2 0.8 +0.1
Mickey Moniak 26 arb 124 0.1 0.8 -0.2
Ehire Adrianza 34 – 8 0.1 0.3 +0.2
Jo Adell 25 arb 130 0.1 0.8 -0.3
Griffin Canning 28 arb 32 0.1 2.6 -2.2
José Suarez 26 arb 22 0.1 0.9 -0.7
Charles Leblanc 28 pre-arb 11 0.1 0.1 +0.1
Jordyn Adams 24 pre-arb 11 0.0 0.7 -0.5
José Marte 28 arb 14 0.0 0.7 -0.5
José Quijada 28 arb 22 0.0 0.8 -0.7
Zac Kristofak 26 – 1 0.0 0.0 -0.0
Amir Garrett 32 – 6 -0.0 – –
Eric Wagaman 26 – 18 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Willie Calhoun 29 FA-elig 68 -0.0 0.8 -0.9
Luis Guillorme↔ ARI 29 FA-elig 51 -0.0 0.7 -0.9
Adam Cimber 33 FA-elig 28 -0.1 1.6 -1.9
Anthony Rendon 34 FA-elig 57 -0.1 36.6 -36.8
Andrew Wantz 28 arb 1 -0.1 0.7 -1.0
Miguel Sanó 31 FA-elig 28 -0.1 0.9 -1.2
Gustavo Campero 26 – 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
Sam Aldegheri 22 – 3 -0.1 – –
Chase Silseth 24 pre-arb 2 -0.1 0.8 -1.2
Ryan Miller 28 – 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.6
Victor Mederos 23 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.7 -1.3
Matt Thaiss 29 arb 57 -0.1 0.8 -1.4
Mike Baumann↔ BAL 28 arb 10 -0.2 0.1 -0.8
Kenny Rosenberg 28 pre-arb 7 -0.2 0.7 -1.6
Niko Kavadas 25 – 30 -0.2 0.2 -1.0
Johnny Cueto 38 – 2 -0.2 0.0 -1.0
José Cisnero 35 FA-elig 15 -0.3 0.0 -1.0
Jack López 31 pre-arb 27 -0.3 0.2 -1.2
Bryce Teodosio 25 – 5 -0.3 0.1 -1.2
Zach Plesac 29 arb 3 -0.3 1.0 -2.2
Roansy Contreras↔ PIT 24 arb 37 -0.3 0.6 -1.9
Cole Tucker 27 pre-arb 25 -0.3 0.2 -1.7
Michael Stefanic 28 pre-arb 40 -0.4 0.8 -2.3
Caden Dana 20 – 3 -0.5 0.1 -2.0
Kyren Paris 22 pre-arb 21 -0.5 0.7 -2.7
Niko Goodrum↔ TBR 32 – 4 -0.5 0.0 -2.1
Guillo Zuñiga 25 pre-arb 15 -0.5 0.8 -2.8
Keston Hiura 27 arb 10 -0.5 0.2 -2.4
Aaron Hicks 34 – 18 -0.6 0.7 -3.2
Matt Moore 35 FA-elig 51 -0.8 9.0 -12.2
Brandon Drury 31 FA-elig 97 -2.0 8.5 -17.0

64 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 62 of them (97%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for ANA
Chone Figgins200122.2
Brian Downing197716.9
Andrelton Simmons201514.6
Maicer Izturis200412.2
David Eckstein20009.8
Patrick Sandoval20188.9
Bob Boone19818.8
Bert Blyleven19888.4
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Phil Nevin199917.3
Patrick Corbin201016.5
Damion Easley199615.4
Mike Clevinger201410.8
Brandon Marsh20229.4
Roberto Hernández19898.6
Bobby Jenks20047.8
Martín Maldonado20116.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.