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GM: Alex Anthopoulos (since 2018)

2022 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+15.8
WAB — wins above budget
+14.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
101–61 (0.623)
record · made playoffs
+6M
surplus $M (value/$)
51.4
roster fWAR
$182.2M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Dansby Swanson 28 FA-elig 162 6.6 10.0 +14.2
Austin Riley 25 arb 159 5.9 4.0 +17.4
Max Fried 28 arb 30 4.9 6.8 +11.1
Spencer Strider 23 pre-arb 31 4.9 0.7 +17.0
Michael Harris II 21 pre-arb 114 4.7 0.7 +16.6
Travis d'Arnaud 33 FA-elig 107 3.9 8.0 +6.4
Matt Olson 28 FA-elig 162 3.1 15.0 -3.6
Kyle Wright 26 pre-arb 30 2.8 0.7 +9.5
Ronald Acuña Jr. 24 arb 119 2.4 15.0 -6.3
A.J. Minter 28 arb 75 2.0 2.2 +5.2
William Contreras 24 pre-arb 97 2.0 0.7 +6.8
Charlie Morton 38 FA-elig 31 1.4 20.0 -14.9
Collin McHugh 35 FA-elig 58 1.4 4.0 +1.0
Dylan Lee 27 pre-arb 46 1.1 0.5 +3.6
Ozzie Albies 25 arb 64 1.1 5.0 -1.1
Kenley Jansen 34 FA-elig 65 1.1 16.0 -12.2
Raisel Iglesias↔ ANA 32 FA-elig 28 0.9 4.2 -0.9
Ian Anderson 24 pre-arb 22 0.9 0.5 +2.7
Jesse Chavez↔ ANA 38 FA-elig 46 0.9 0.5 +2.6
Adam Duvall 33 FA-elig 86 0.8 9.3 -6.2
Vaughn Grissom 21 – 41 0.8 0.2 +2.5
Bryce Elder 23 – 10 0.8 0.2 +2.6
Orlando Arcia 27 FA-elig 68 0.7 1.6 +0.8
Jackson Stephens 28 pre-arb 39 0.4 0.7 +0.7
Robbie Grossman↔ DET 32 FA-elig 46 0.3 1.8 -0.9
Chadwick Tromp 27 pre-arb 1 0.2 0.2 +0.5
Tyler Thornburg↔ MIN 33 – 9 0.1 0.2 +0.4
Phil Gosselin↔ ANA 33 FA-elig 12 0.1 0.0 +0.4
Ehire Adrianza↔ WSN 32 FA-elig 6 0.1 0.2 +0.0
Tucker Davidson↔ ANA 26 – 4 0.1 0.1 +0.1
Jake Odorizzi↔ HOU 32 FA-elig 10 0.0 3.6 -3.5
Jay Jackson 34 pre-arb 2 0.0 1.5 -1.3
Darren O'Day 39 FA-elig 28 0.0 1.0 -0.9
Danny Young↔ SEA 28 – 1 0.0 0.0 +0.1
William Woods 23 – 2 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Freddy Tarnok 23 – 1 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Rylan Bannon↔ BAL 26 – 1 0.0 0.0 -0.0
Kyle Muller 24 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Sean Newcomb↔ CHC 29 arb 3 -0.1 0.1 -0.5
Silvino Bracho 29 arb 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.5
Manny Piña 35 FA-elig 5 -0.1 3.5 -4.0
Tyler Matzek 31 FA-elig 42 -0.2 1.4 -2.0
Huascar Ynoa 24 pre-arb 2 -0.2 0.1 -0.7
Jesus Cruz 27 pre-arb 7 -0.2 0.1 -0.8
Kirby Yates 35 FA-elig 9 -0.2 1.0 -1.7
Mike Ford↔ ANA 29 arb 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.8
Alex Dickerson 32 FA-elig 13 -0.3 1.0 -2.2
Marcell Ozuna 31 FA-elig 124 -0.3 16.0 -17.2
Guillermo Heredia 31 FA-elig 74 -0.4 1.0 -2.3
Robinson Canó↔ NYM 39 FA-elig 9 -0.4 5.4 -6.8
Travis Demeritte 27 pre-arb 26 -0.5 0.1 -2.0
Will Smith↔ HOU 32 FA-elig 41 -0.5 8.2 -10.1
Eddie Rosario 30 FA-elig 80 -1.3 9.0 -13.6

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.