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GM: Frank Wren (since 2008)

2011 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+7.3
WAB — wins above budget
-1.7
TAB — roster Talent above budget
89–73 (0.549)
record
-13M
surplus $M (value/$)
32.3
roster fWAR
$93.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Brian McCann 27 FA-elig 128 6.5 6.7 +9.1
Craig Kimbrel 23 pre-arb 79 2.8 0.4 +6.5
Tim Hudson 35 FA-elig 33 2.8 9.0 -2.1
Dan Uggla 31 arb 161 2.3 9.1 -3.5
David Ross 34 FA-elig 52 2.2 1.6 +3.8
Brandon Beachy 24 pre-arb 25 2.1 0.4 +4.6
Derek Lowe 38 FA-elig 34 1.9 15.0 -10.2
Jason Heyward 21 pre-arb 128 1.9 0.5 +4.1
Chipper Jones Jr. 39 FA-elig 126 1.8 14.0 -9.5
Eric O'Flaherty 26 arb 78 1.3 0.9 +2.2
Martín Prado 27 arb 129 1.2 3.1 -0.2
Mike Minor 23 – 15 1.1 0.4 +2.4
Jonny Venters 26 pre-arb 85 1.1 0.4 +2.2
Michael Bourn↔ HOU 28 arb 53 1.1 1.5 +1.1
Eric Hinske 33 FA-elig 117 0.8 1.4 +0.7
Tommy Hanson 24 pre-arb 22 0.8 0.5 +1.5
Jose Constanza 27 pre-arb 42 0.7 0.1 +1.7
Jair Jurrjens 25 arb 23 0.7 3.2 -1.6
Freddie Freeman 21 pre-arb 157 0.6 0.4 +1.1
Brooks Conrad 31 arb 92 0.6 0.4 +1.0
Álex González 34 FA-elig 149 0.5 2.5 -1.2
Jordan Schafer↔ HOU 24 pre-arb 52 0.5 0.3 +0.9
George Sherrill 34 FA-elig 51 0.3 1.2 -0.5
Cory Gearrin 25 – 18 0.2 0.4 +0.1
Kris Medlen 25 pre-arb 2 0.2 0.4 +0.1
Peter Moylan 32 arb 13 0.2 2.0 -1.5
Arodys Vizcaíno 20 – 17 0.1 0.1 +0.1
Antoan Richardson 27 – 9 0.1 0.1 +0.2
J.C. Boscan 31 pre-arb 4 0.1 0.4 -0.2
Nate McLouth 29 FA-elig 81 0.0 7.0 -6.9
Cristhian Martinez 29 pre-arb 46 0.0 0.4 -0.4
Jairo Asencio 28 pre-arb 6 -0.1 0.4 -0.5
Matt Young 28 pre-arb 20 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Anthony Varvaro 26 pre-arb 18 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Jack Wilson↔ SEA 33 FA-elig 17 -0.2 1.1 -1.5
Wilkin Ramirez 25 pre-arb 20 -0.2 0.3 -0.7
Matt Diaz↔ PIT 33 FA-elig 16 -0.2 0.3 -0.8
Diory Hernandez 27 – 22 -0.2 – –
Julio Teheran 20 – 5 -0.3 0.1 -0.8
Randall Delgado 21 – 7 -0.3 0.4 -1.2
Brandon Hicks 25 pre-arb 17 -0.4 0.4 -1.4
Joe Mather 28 – 36 -0.4 – –
Scott Linebrink 34 FA-elig 64 -0.5 5.5 -6.6
Julio Lugo 35 FA-elig 22 -0.5 0.1 -1.2
Scott Proctor↔ NYY 34 FA-elig 31 -0.9 0.1 -2.3

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 43 of them (96%). 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 ATL
John Smoltz198781.6
Max Fried201420.1
Dansby Swanson201516.1
Gary Sheffield200212.1
Ender Inciarte201511.4
Fred McGriff199311.2
Charlie Leibrandt19899.9
Denny Neagle19968.6
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Adam Wainwright200352.6
Elvis Andrus200729.8
Brook Jacoby198318.1
Ryan Klesko199916.6
William Contreras202216.4
Duane Ward198614.9
Andrelton Simmons201514.6
Nick Ahmed201312.9
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.