Braves — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Tom Glavine	26	arb	35	5.3	3.0	+1.2
John Smoltz	25	arb	36	5.3	1.6	+2.5
Terry Pendleton	31	FA-elig	160	5.1	3.0	+1.0
David Justice	26	arb	144	5.1	0.6	+3.4
Steve Avery	22	pre-arb	35	3.7	0.4	+2.5
Charlie Leibrandt	35	FA-elig	32	3.5	3.2	-0.5
Deion Sanders	24	arb	97	3.3	0.6	+1.9
Ron Gant	27	arb	153	3.0	2.7	-0.4
Otis Nixon	33	FA-elig	120	2.6	1.8	+0.2
Jeff Blauser	26	arb	123	2.5	0.9	+1.0
Mike Bielecki	32	FA-elig	19	1.8	1.3	+0.1
Lonnie Smith	36	FA-elig	84	1.5	1.8	-0.6
Greg Olson	31	arb	95	1.4	0.3	+0.7
Sid Bream	31	FA-elig	125	1.3	2.4	-1.4
Pete Smith	26	arb	12	1.1	0.4	+0.4
David Nied	23	–	6	0.9	–	–
Brian R. Hunter	24	pre-arb	102	0.6	0.1	+0.4
Jerry Willard↔ WSN	32	–	26	0.3	–	–
Jeff Reardon↔ BOS	36	FA-elig	14	0.3	0.6	-0.4
Mark Wohlers	22	–	32	0.3	–	–
Francisco Cabrera	25	arb	12	0.2	0.1	+0.0
Mike Stanton	25	arb	65	0.2	0.3	-0.1
Javy Lopez	21	–	9	0.1	–	–
Melvin Nieves	20	–	12	0.0	–	–
Pedro Borbon Jr.	24	–	2	0.0	–	–
Tommy Gregg	28	arb	18	-0.0	0.2	-0.3
Randy St. Claire	31	–	10	-0.1	–	–
Kent Mercker	24	arb	53	-0.1	0.2	-0.2
Vinny Castilla	24	pre-arb	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Steve Lyons↔ BOS	32	FA-elig	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Ben Rivera↔ PHI	24	pre-arb	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
Armando Reynoso	26	–	3	-0.2	–	–
Ryan Klesko	21	–	13	-0.3	–	–
Damon Berryhill	28	arb	101	-0.3	0.4	-0.6
Mark Davis↔ KCR	31	FA-elig	14	-0.3	1.9	-2.1
Alejandro Pena	33	FA-elig	41	-0.4	2.6	-2.9
Mark Lemke	26	arb	155	-0.4	0.2	-0.5
Jeff Treadway	29	arb	61	-0.4	1.3	-1.6
Marvin Freeman	29	FA-elig	58	-0.5	0.4	-0.8
Juan Berenguer↔ KCR	37	FA-elig	28	-1.0	0.7	-1.5
Rafael Belliard	30	FA-elig	144	-1.0	0.5	-1.3

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 32 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

Player	Year	WAR for ATL
John Smoltz	1987	81.6
Max Fried	2014	20.1
Dansby Swanson	2015	16.1
Gary Sheffield	2002	12.1
Ender Inciarte	2015	11.4
Fred McGriff	1993	11.2
Charlie Leibrandt	1989	9.9
Denny Neagle	1996	8.6

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Adam Wainwright	2003	52.6
Elvis Andrus	2007	29.8
Brook Jacoby	1983	18.1
Ryan Klesko	1999	16.6
William Contreras	2022	16.4
Duane Ward	1986	14.9
Andrelton Simmons	2015	14.6
Nick Ahmed	2013	12.9

Braves ATL

1992 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)