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GM: Mike Hazen (since 2017)

2022 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-2.2
WAB — wins above budget
-2.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
74–88 (0.457)
record
+3M
surplus $M (value/$)
26.0
roster fWAR
$91.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Daulton Varsho 25 pre-arb 151 4.3 0.7 +15.0
Zac Gallen 26 pre-arb 31 4.2 0.7 +14.5
Christian Walker 31 FA-elig 160 4.0 2.6 +11.8
Merrill Kelly 33 arb 33 3.2 5.2 +6.3
Josh Rojas 28 pre-arb 125 2.5 0.7 +8.5
Jake McCarthy 24 pre-arb 99 2.2 0.5 +7.5
Ketel Marte 28 FA-elig 137 1.8 8.4 -1.8
David Peralta↔ TBR 34 FA-elig 87 1.5 4.9 +0.8
Corbin Carroll 21 – 32 1.4 0.1 +4.9
Joe Mantiply 31 pre-arb 69 1.1 0.7 +3.4
Emmanuel Rivera↔ KCR 26 pre-arb 39 1.0 0.1 +3.5
Alek Thomas 22 – 113 0.8 0.5 +2.3
Kevin Ginkel 28 pre-arb 30 0.5 0.2 +1.7
Drey Jameson 24 – 4 0.5 0.1 +1.8
Carson Kelly 27 FA-elig 104 0.5 3.3 -1.5
Stone Garrett 26 – 27 0.5 0.2 +1.5
Zach Davies 29 FA-elig 27 0.4 1.5 +0.1
Jordan Luplow 28 arb 83 0.4 1.4 +0.2
Madison Bumgarner 32 FA-elig 30 0.4 23.0 -21.7
Kyle Nelson 25 pre-arb 43 0.4 0.7 +0.6
Nick Ahmed 32 FA-elig 17 0.3 7.9 -6.6
Ryne Nelson 24 – 3 0.3 0.1 +1.0
Sergio Alcántara↔ SDP 25 pre-arb 71 0.3 0.3 +0.8
Geraldo Perdomo 22 pre-arb 148 0.3 0.7 +0.3
Luke Weaver↔ KCR 28 FA-elig 13 0.2 1.4 -0.5
Reyes Moronta↔ LAD 29 arb 17 0.2 0.2 +0.6
Buddy Kennedy 23 – 30 0.1 0.2 +0.3
Humberto Castellanos 24 pre-arb 11 0.1 0.7 -0.3
Mark Melancon 37 FA-elig 62 0.1 6.0 -5.7
Jake Hager 29 pre-arb 28 0.1 0.2 +0.0
Matt Davidson↔ OAK 31 – 5 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Taylor Widener 27 pre-arb 14 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Tyler Holton 26 – 10 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Grayson Greiner 29 arb 2 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Paul Fry↔ BAL 29 arb 1 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Chris Devenski↔ PHI 31 – 10 -0.0 0.1 -0.3
Edwin Uceta 24 pre-arb 10 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Dallas Keuchel↔ CHW 34 FA-elig 4 -0.1 5.1 -5.4
Pavin Smith 26 pre-arb 75 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Matt Peacock↔ KCR 28 – 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Corbin Martin 26 pre-arb 7 -0.1 0.2 -0.6
Oliver Pérez 40 – 7 -0.1 0.1 -0.6
Wilmer Difo 30 arb 3 -0.2 0.0 -0.6
Drew Ellis↔ SEA 26 – 6 -0.2 0.0 -0.7
Luis Frías 24 pre-arb 15 -0.2 0.2 -1.0
Jose Herrera 25 – 47 -0.3 0.5 -1.5
J.B. Wendelken 29 FA-elig 29 -0.3 0.8 -1.9
Yonny Hernández 24 pre-arb 12 -0.3 0.1 -1.3
Keynan Middleton 28 arb 18 -0.3 0.1 -1.3
Tyler Gilbert 28 pre-arb 8 -0.4 0.4 -1.7
Tommy Henry 24 – 9 -0.4 0.2 -1.6
Sean Poppen 28 pre-arb 29 -0.4 0.4 -1.9
Noé Ramirez 32 FA-elig 55 -0.7 1.2 -3.7
Caleb Smith 30 arb 44 -0.8 2.0 -4.9
Seth Beer 25 pre-arb 38 -0.9 0.2 -3.5
Ian Kennedy 37 FA-elig 57 -1.0 4.8 -8.2
Cooper Hummel 27 – 66 -1.0 0.5 -4.0

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.