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GM: Mike Elias (since 2019)

2021 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-9.7
WAB — wins above budget
-1.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
52–110 (0.321)
record
+24M
surplus $M (value/$)
14.0
roster fWAR
$26.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Cedric Mullins 26 pre-arb 159 6.0 0.6 +19.0
John Means 28 pre-arb 26 2.5 0.6 +7.6
Austin Hays 25 pre-arb 131 1.9 0.6 +5.4
Matt Harvey 32 FA-elig 28 1.8 1.0 +4.8
Cole Sulser 31 pre-arb 60 1.5 0.5 +4.2
Ramón Urías 27 pre-arb 85 1.1 0.5 +3.0
Freddy Galvis↔ PHI 31 FA-elig 72 1.0 1.0 +2.2
Trey Mancini 29 arb 147 0.9 4.8 -1.7
Tyler Wells 26 44 0.9 0.6 +2.5
Ryan Mountcastle 24 pre-arb 144 0.8 0.6 +2.1
Jorge López 28 pre-arb 33 0.8 0.6 +1.9
Kelvin Gutiérrez↔ KCR 26 pre-arb 47 0.7 0.1 +2.3
Paul Fry 28 pre-arb 52 0.6 0.5 +1.6
Keegan Akin 26 pre-arb 24 0.6 0.4 +1.5
Dillon Tate 27 pre-arb 62 0.4 0.6 +0.8
Tanner Scott 26 pre-arb 62 0.4 0.6 +0.6
Conner Greene↔ LAD 26 22 0.4 0.1 +1.1
Bruce Zimmermann 26 pre-arb 14 0.4 0.5 +0.6
Chris Ellis↔ TBR 28 pre-arb 7 0.3 0.1 +0.8
Jorge Mateo↔ SDP 26 pre-arb 32 0.2 0.1 +0.7
César Valdez 36 pre-arb 39 0.2 0.4 +0.3
Fernando Abad 35 FA-elig 16 0.1 0.2 +0.3
Zac Lowther 25 10 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Dusten Knight 30 7 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Hunter Harvey 26 pre-arb 9 0.1 0.6 -0.3
Wade LeBlanc↔ STL 36 FA-elig 6 0.1 0.2 +0.0
DJ Stewart 27 pre-arb 100 0.1 0.6 -0.3
Ryan McKenna 24 90 0.1 0.4 -0.2
Tyler Nevin 24 6 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Zack Burdi↔ CHW 26 pre-arb 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Jay Flaa↔ ATL 29 1 0.0 0.0 -0.0
Brandon Waddell↔ MIN 27 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
Nick Ciuffo 26 pre-arb 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Isaac Mattson 25 4 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Joey Krehbiel↔ TBR 28 arb 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Konner Wade 29 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Travis Lakins 27 pre-arb 24 -0.1 0.5 -0.7
Eric Hanhold 27 pre-arb 10 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Spenser Watkins 28 16 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Alex Wells 24 11 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Brooks Kriske↔ NYY 27 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.4
Shawn Armstrong↔ TBR 30 FA-elig 20 -0.1 0.5 -0.9
Thomas Eshelman 27 pre-arb 9 -0.1 0.2 -0.6
Manny Barreda 32 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.4
Shaun Anderson↔ MIN 26 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.5
Anthony Santander 26 arb 110 -0.2 2.1 -2.6
Rio Ruiz↔ COL 27 32 -0.2 0.1 -0.6
Marcos Diplán 24 23 -0.2 0.2 -0.7
Mickey Jannis 33 1 -0.2 0.0 -0.6
Mike Baumann 25 4 -0.2 0.1 -0.6
Dean Kremer 25 pre-arb 13 -0.3 0.2 -1.3
Mac Sceroler 26 5 -0.4 0.3 -1.4
Domingo Leyba↔ ARI 25 21 -0.5 0.1 -1.6
Chance Sisco↔ NYM 26 23 -0.6 0.2 -2.1
Maikel Franco 28 FA-elig 104 -0.6 0.8 -2.8
Pedro Severino 27 FA-elig 113 -0.7 1.8 -4.0
Austin Wynns 30 pre-arb 45 -0.7 0.4 -2.7
Richie Martin Jr. 26 37 -0.7
Stevie Wilkerson 29 31 -0.8
Jahmai Jones 23 pre-arb 26 -0.8 0.1 -2.8
Pat Valaika 28 arb 91 -0.8 0.9 -3.6
Adam Plutko 29 pre-arb 38 -1.2 0.4 -4.3

62 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 60 of them (97%). 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 BAL
Brady Anderson198833.0
Adam Jones200829.6
Melvin Mora200026.9
Chris Hoiles198824.8
Scott Erickson199516.4
J. J. Hardy201014.3
Randy Milligan198811.9
Mike Devereaux198911.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Dennis Martínez198622.5
Jake Arrieta201319.6
Bryn Smith197716.4
Mickey Tettleton199114.4
Eduardo Rodríguez201414.3
Mike Yastrzemski201911.3
Eddie Murray198810.8
José Mesa19929.1