Braves — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Chris Sale	35	FA-elig	29	6.4	16.0	+10.8
Marcell Ozuna	33	FA-elig	162	4.7	18.0	+1.7
Reynaldo López	30	FA-elig	26	3.5	4.0	+10.7
Max Fried	30	FA-elig	29	3.4	15.0	-1.0
Spencer Schwellenbach	24	pre-arb	21	2.7	0.7	+10.3
Matt Olson	30	FA-elig	162	2.6	22.0	-11.0
Austin Riley	27	arb	110	2.4	21.0	-10.9
Michael Harris II	23	pre-arb	110	2.0	5.0	+3.3
Travis d'Arnaud	35	FA-elig	99	1.8	8.0	-0.3
Joe Jiménez	29	FA-elig	69	1.8	8.0	-0.4
Raisel Iglesias	34	FA-elig	66	1.6	16.0	-9.4
Ozzie Albies	27	FA-elig	99	1.3	7.0	-1.5
Grant Holmes	28	pre-arb	26	1.2	0.7	+4.2
Charlie Morton	40	FA-elig	30	1.1	20.0	-15.3
Aaron Bummer	30	FA-elig	56	1.1	5.5	-0.9
Ramón Laureano↔ CLE	29	FA-elig	67	1.1	3.5	+1.0
Ronald Acuña Jr.	26	FA-elig	49	0.9	17.0	-13.1
Sean Murphy	29	arb	72	0.8	9.0	-5.5
Orlando Arcia	29	FA-elig	157	0.8	2.0	+1.5
Dylan Lee	29	arb	52	0.8	0.8	+2.5
Whit Merrifield↔ PHI	35	FA-elig	42	0.8	3.1	+0.1
Gio Urshela↔ DET	32	FA-elig	36	0.8	0.4	+2.8
Jarred Kelenic	24	arb	131	0.5	0.8	+1.4
Daysbel Hernández	27	pre-arb	16	0.5	0.7	+1.3
Pierce Johnson	33	FA-elig	58	0.5	7.0	-5.1
Jorge Soler↔ SFG	32	FA-elig	49	0.4	3.5	-1.7
Chadwick Tromp	29	arb	19	0.3	0.7	+0.4
Eli White	30	pre-arb	35	0.3	0.2	+0.9
Bryce Elder	25	pre-arb	10	0.2	0.7	+0.3
AJ Smith-Shawver	21	pre-arb	1	0.2	0.7	-0.1
Ray Kerr	29	pre-arb	10	0.1	0.7	-0.3
Jimmy Herget	30	–	8	0.1	0.3	+0.0
Luke Jackson↔ SFG	32	FA-elig	16	0.1	2.0	-1.8
Dylan Dodd	26	pre-arb	1	0.0	0.7	-0.6
Spencer Strider	25	arb	2	0.0	1.0	-0.9
J.P. Martínez	28	pre-arb	7	-0.0	0.7	-0.8
David Fletcher	30	FA-elig	5	-0.0	6.0	-6.1
Luis Guillorme↔ ANA	29	FA-elig	10	-0.0	0.1	-0.3
Jackson Stephens	30	–	3	-0.0	0.1	-0.3
A.J. Minter	30	FA-elig	39	-0.0	6.2	-6.4
John Brebbia↔ CHW	34	FA-elig	5	-0.1	0.3	-0.6
Brian Anderson	31	–	3	-0.1	0.5	-0.9
Cavan Biggio↔ LAD	29	arb	4	-0.1	0.2	-0.8
Parker Dunshee	29	–	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.6
Zack Short↔ BOS	29	arb	30	-0.1	0.5	-1.1
Darius Vines	26	pre-arb	4	-0.2	0.7	-1.4
Luke Williams	27	arb	37	-0.2	0.7	-1.5
Forrest Wall↔ MIA	28	pre-arb	13	-0.2	0.6	-1.3
Tyler Matzek	33	FA-elig	11	-0.2	1.9	-2.7
Jesse Chavez	40	FA-elig	46	-0.2	0.7	-1.6
Allan Winans	28	pre-arb	2	-0.3	0.7	-1.9
Hurston Waldrep	22	pre-arb	2	-0.4	0.7	-2.5
Nacho Alvarez Jr.	21	–	8	-0.5	–	–
Eddie Rosario↔ WSN	32	FA-elig	24	-0.7	0.5	-3.3
Adam Duvall	35	FA-elig	104	-1.0	3.0	-7.3

55 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 54 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

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

2024 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)