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GM: Kevin Towers (since 2011)

2011 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+18.6
WAB — wins above budget
+14.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
94–68 (0.580)
record · made playoffs
+46M
surplus $M (value/$)
42.3
roster fWAR
$57.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Justin Upton 23 arb 159 6.3 4.5 +10.9
Miguel Montero 27 arb 140 5.9 3.2 +11.1
Daniel Hudson 24 pre-arb 33 5.1 0.4 +12.0
Chris Young 27 arb 156 4.7 5.2 +6.2
Ian Kennedy 26 arb 34 4.4 0.4 +10.4
Ryan Roberts 30 arb 143 3.6 0.4 +8.3
Gerardo Parra 24 pre-arb 141 2.6 0.4 +6.0
Josh Collmenter 25 – 31 2.1 0.4 +4.7
Stephen Drew 28 arb 86 1.6 4.7 -0.7
Aaron Hill↔ TOR 29 FA-elig 33 1.5 1.2 +2.5
J.J. Putz 34 FA-elig 60 1.4 4.0 -0.7
Kelly Johnson↔ TOR 29 FA-elig 114 1.2 4.5 -1.5
David Hernandez 26 pre-arb 74 1.1 0.4 +2.3
Zach Duke 28 FA-elig 21 1.0 3.5 -1.0
Henry Blanco 39 FA-elig 37 0.9 1.0 +1.3
Paul Goldschmidt 23 – 48 0.7 0.1 +1.5
Joe Saunders 30 FA-elig 33 0.5 5.5 -4.3
Collin Cowgill 25 – 37 0.4 0.4 +0.5
Brandon Allen↔ OAK 25 – 11 0.3 0.1 +0.8
Brad Ziegler↔ OAK 31 arb 23 0.3 0.4 +0.4
Geoff Blum 38 FA-elig 23 0.3 1.4 -0.6
Joe Paterson 25 pre-arb 62 0.3 0.4 +0.2
Jarrod Parker 22 – 1 0.2 – –
Kam Mickolio 27 arb 6 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Lyle Overbay↔ PIT 34 FA-elig 18 0.1 0.7 -0.4
Cole Gillespie 27 – 5 0.1 – –
Bryan Shaw 23 – 33 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Juan Miranda 28 arb 65 0.1 0.4 -0.2
John McDonald↔ TOR 36 FA-elig 19 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Josh Wilson↔ MIL 30 FA-elig 6 0.0 0.1 -0.0
Alberto Castillo 35 – 17 -0.0 – –
Esmerling Vasquez 27 – 31 -0.0 – –
Willie Bloomquist 33 FA-elig 97 -0.0 0.9 -1.0
Ryan Cook 24 – 12 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Micah Owings 28 – 34 -0.0 – –
Russell Branyan↔ ANA 35 FA-elig 31 -0.0 0.5 -0.6
Zach Kroenke 27 – 4 -0.0 – –
Robby Hammock 34 – 2 -0.1 – –
Sean Burroughs 30 – 78 -0.1 – –
Wily Mo Peña↔ SEA 29 – 17 -0.1 – –
Yhency Brazoban 30 – 6 -0.1 – –
Juan Gutierrez 27 arb 20 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Wade Miley 24 – 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
Cody Ransom 35 – 12 -0.2 – –
Xavier Nady 32 FA-elig 82 -0.3 1.8 -2.4
Jason Marquis↔ WSN 32 FA-elig 3 -0.3 0.8 -1.6
Aaron Heilman 32 FA-elig 32 -0.4 2.0 -2.9
Sam Demel 25 pre-arb 34 -0.6 0.4 -1.8
Barry Enright 25 pre-arb 8 -0.6 0.4 -1.9
Melvin Mora 39 FA-elig 42 -0.7 2.4 -3.9
Armando Galarraga 29 arb 8 -1.2 2.3 -5.2

51 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 40 of them (78%). 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 ARI
Luis Gonzalez199833.8
Curt Schilling200021.4
Patrick Corbin201016.5
Chris Young200514.5
David Peralta201414.5
Nick Ahmed201312.9
Robbie Ray201411.8
Merrill Kelly201910.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Max Scherzer200922.2
Paul Goldschmidt201821.3
Dansby Swanson201516.1
Curt Schilling200315.2
Brett Anderson200711.5
Ender Inciarte201511.4
Mitch Haniger201611.1
Brad Penny19999.7
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.