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GM: Frank Wren (since 2008)

2012 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+13.7
WAB — wins above budget
+5.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
94–68 (0.580)
record · made playoffs
+13M
surplus $M (value/$)
38.5
roster fWAR
$87.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Michael Bourn 29 FA-elig 155 5.3 6.8 +6.9
Jason Heyward 22 pre-arb 158 5.3 0.6 +13.0
Martín Prado 28 FA-elig 156 4.5 4.8 +6.9
Brian McCann 28 FA-elig 121 3.9 11.5 -1.5
Kris Medlen 26 arb 50 3.3 0.5 +8.0
Dan Uggla 32 FA-elig 154 3.3 13.0 -4.6
Craig Kimbrel 24 pre-arb 63 3.1 0.6 +7.4
David Ross 35 FA-elig 62 2.7 1.6 +5.3
Chipper Jones Jr. 40 FA-elig 112 2.6 13.0 -6.4
Tim Hudson 36 FA-elig 29 2.0 9.0 -3.7
Andrelton Simmons 22 – 49 1.8 0.1 +4.6
Freddie Freeman 22 pre-arb 147 1.7 0.5 +3.9
Brandon Beachy 25 pre-arb 14 1.3 0.5 +2.7
Randall Delgado 22 pre-arb 18 0.7 0.5 +1.4
Luis Avilán 22 – 31 0.6 0.5 +1.2
Juan Francisco 25 arb 93 0.5 0.5 +0.9
Cristhian Martinez 30 arb 54 0.4 0.5 +0.6
Eric O'Flaherty 27 FA-elig 64 0.4 2.5 -1.4
Mike Minor 24 pre-arb 30 0.4 0.5 +0.5
Paul Maholm↔ CHC 30 FA-elig 11 0.4 1.6 -0.7
Julio Teheran 21 pre-arb 2 0.2 0.5 +0.1
Cory Gearrin 26 pre-arb 22 0.2 0.5 +0.0
Ben Sheets 33 FA-elig 9 0.2 1.1 -0.7
Jose Constanza 28 pre-arb 37 0.1 0.5 -0.2
J.C. Boscan 32 pre-arb 6 -0.0 0.5 -0.5
Anthony Varvaro 27 pre-arb 12 -0.0 0.5 -0.6
Miguel Batista↔ NYM 41 FA-elig 5 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Jonny Venters 27 pre-arb 66 -0.1 0.5 -0.7
Peter Moylan 33 arb 8 -0.1 1.0 -1.4
Reed Johnson↔ CHC 35 FA-elig 43 -0.2 0.4 -0.9
Lyle Overbay↔ ARI 35 FA-elig 20 -0.3 0.3 -1.0
Livan Hernandez↔ MIL 37 FA-elig 18 -0.3 0.3 -1.1
Tommy Hanson 25 arb 31 -0.4 0.5 -1.4
Jeff Baker↔ CHC 31 FA-elig 14 -0.4 0.2 -1.2
Paul Janish 29 – 55 -0.5 – –
Matt Diaz 34 FA-elig 51 -0.5 2.0 -3.2
Jair Jurrjens 26 arb 11 -0.6 5.5 -6.9
Jack Wilson 34 FA-elig 40 -0.7 1.0 -2.8
Chad Durbin 34 FA-elig 76 -0.7 0.9 -2.7
Tyler Pastornicky 22 pre-arb 76 -0.8 0.5 -2.5
Eric Hinske 34 FA-elig 91 -1.0 1.5 -4.0

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 40 of them (98%). 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.