Braves — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Greg Maddux	31	FA-elig	33	7.9	6.8	+1.3
John Smoltz	30	FA-elig	36	7.5	7.0	+0.7
Denny Neagle	28	FA-elig	34	5.4	3.6	+1.9
Jeff Blauser	31	FA-elig	151	5.2	4.0	+1.3
Kenny Lofton	30	FA-elig	122	5.2	4.8	+0.5
Tom Glavine	31	FA-elig	33	4.2	5.0	-0.7
Javy Lopez	26	arb	123	3.7	2.0	+1.7
Chipper Jones Jr.	25	arb	157	3.7	1.5	+2.2
Andruw Jones	20	pre-arb	153	3.7	0.2	+3.6
Michael Tucker	26	pre-arb	138	3.0	0.2	+2.8
Mark Wohlers	27	FA-elig	71	1.8	3.0	-1.1
Tony Graffanino	25	pre-arb	104	1.5	0.2	+1.3
Ryan Klesko	26	arb	143	1.4	2.5	-1.0
Fred McGriff	33	FA-elig	152	1.4	5.5	-4.1
Mark Lemke	31	FA-elig	109	1.2	2.0	-0.7
Kevin Millwood	22	–	12	1.2	–	–
Alan Embree	27	arb	66	0.9	0.2	+0.7
Keith Lockhart	32	arb	96	0.9	0.3	+0.6
Brad Clontz	26	pre-arb	51	0.5	0.2	+0.3
Danny Bautista	25	arb	64	0.5	0.2	+0.3
Terrell Wade	24	pre-arb	12	0.5	0.2	+0.3
Mike Cather	26	pre-arb	35	0.4	0.1	+0.3
Greg Colbrunn↔ MIN	27	arb	28	0.2	0.2	-0.0
Mike Bielecki	37	FA-elig	50	0.2	0.7	-0.5
Tim Spehr↔ KCR	30	FA-elig	8	0.1	0.1	+0.1
Chris Brock	26	–	7	0.1	–	–
Ed Giovanola	28	–	14	0.1	–	–
Randall Simon	22	–	13	0.0	–	–
John LeRoy	22	–	1	-0.0	–	–
Tommy Gregg	33	–	13	-0.0	–	–
Rafael Belliard	35	FA-elig	72	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Kerry Ligtenberg	26	–	15	-0.1	–	–
Chad Fox	26	pre-arb	30	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Greg Myers↔ MIN	31	FA-elig	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Paul Byrd	26	pre-arb	31	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Joe Borowski↔ NYY	26	pre-arb	20	-0.3	0.1	-0.5
Eddie Pérez	29	pre-arb	73	-0.4	0.2	-0.6
Mike Mordecai	29	arb	61	-0.8	0.2	-1.0

38 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (82%). 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

1997 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)