Rosternomics

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GM: Ed Lynch (since 1995)

2000 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-17.4
WAB — wins above budget
-10.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
65–97 (0.401)
record
-22M
surplus $M (value/$)
23.8
roster fWAR
$56.2M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Sammy Sosa 31 FA-elig 156 5.8 11.0 -2.8
Jon Lieber 30 FA-elig 36 4.8 3.8 +3.0
Eric Young Sr. 33 FA-elig 153 3.6 4.5 +0.5
Mark Grace 36 FA-elig 143 3.0 5.3 -1.0
Kevin Tapani 36 FA-elig 30 2.5 6.0 -2.4
Kerry Wood 23 pre-arb 25 1.8 0.7 +1.9
Joe Girardi 35 FA-elig 106 1.7 2.0 +0.4
Ricky Gutierrez 30 FA-elig 125 1.3 2.5 -0.6
Scott Downs↔ WSN 24 18 0.8
Jeff Reed 37 FA-elig 90 0.8 1.0 +0.1
Tim Worrell↔ BAL 32 FA-elig 54 0.7 0.6 +0.3
Roosevelt Brown 24 pre-arb 45 0.6 0.2 +0.6
Willie Greene 28 FA-elig 105 0.5 0.4 +0.3
Rondell White↔ WSN 28 FA-elig 19 0.5 0.8 -0.2
Felix Heredia 25 arb 74 0.4 0.6 -0.1
Todd Van Poppel 28 51 0.3
Jamie Arnold↔ LAD 26 12 0.3
Augie Ojeda 25 28 0.3
Daniel Garibay 27 30 0.3
Mark Guthrie↔ TBR 34 FA-elig 19 0.3 0.4 -0.0
Damon Buford 30 FA-elig 150 0.3 1.1 -0.7
Shane Andrews 28 arb 66 0.2 1.0 -0.7
Julio Zuleta 25 30 0.2
Andrew Lorraine↔ CLE 27 FA-elig 8 0.2 0.1 +0.1
Jerry Spradlin↔ KCR 33 FA-elig 8 0.1 0.1 +0.0
Mike Mahoney 27 4 0.1
Joey Nation 21 2 0.0
Henry Rodriguez↔ MIA 32 FA-elig 76 0.0 3.1 -3.1
Ismael Valdez↔ LAD 26 FA-elig 13 0.0 3.4 -3.4
Will Ohman 22 6 -0.0
Tarrik Brock 26 pre-arb 13 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Raul Gonzalez 26 3 -0.1
Cole Liniak 23 pre-arb 3 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
Oswaldo Mairena 26 2 -0.1
Steve Rain 25 37 -0.1
Gary Matthews Jr. 25 80 -0.2
Danny Young 28 pre-arb 4 -0.2 0.2 -0.5
Phil Norton 24 2 -0.3
Dave Martinez↔ TBR 35 FA-elig 18 -0.3 0.3 -0.7
Chad Meyers 24 36 -0.3
Matt Karchner 33 arb 13 -0.3 0.8 -1.2
Ross Gload 24 18 -0.3
Kyle Farnsworth 24 pre-arb 46 -0.4 0.2 -0.8
Corey Patterson 20 11 -0.4
Glenallen Hill↔ NYY 35 FA-elig 64 -0.5 0.9 -1.6
Jose Nieves 25 pre-arb 82 -0.5 0.2 -0.9
Brian Williams↔ CLE 31 FA-elig 22 -0.5 0.5 -1.2
Brant Brown↔ MIA 29 arb 54 -0.6 0.2 -1.0
Rick Aguilera 38 FA-elig 54 -0.7 3.5 -4.5
Jeff Huson 35 FA-elig 70 -0.7 0.3 -1.4
Ruben Quevedo 21 21 -0.8

51 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (65%). 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 CHC
Sammy Sosa199260.7
Ryne Sandberg198248.2
Anthony Rizzo201231.1
Aramis Ramírez200325.0
Kyle Hendricks201224.4
Derrek Lee200321.4
Jake Arrieta201319.6
Rick Sutcliffe198417.2
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Rafael Palmeiro198842.3
Dontrelle Willis200220.7
Dennis Eckersley198719.3
Ricky Nolasco200517.5
Jon Garland199817.2
Chris Archer201116.9
Gleyber Torres201615.9
Josh Donaldson200813.8