Rosternomics

Cubs CHC

Switch team:

GM: Jim Hendry (since 2003)

2007 roster — every player, value & surplus

‹ Prev Next ›
+0.1
WAB — wins above budget
+1.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
85–77 (0.525)
record · made playoffs
-28M
surplus $M (value/$)
38.8
roster fWAR
$102.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Alfonso Soriano 31 FA-elig 135 6.7 10.0 +4.2
Aramis Ramirez 29 FA-elig 132 4.8 9.0 +1.1
Ted Lilly 31 FA-elig 34 3.5 6.0 +1.5
Carlos Zambrano 26 FA-elig 37 3.3 12.4 -5.3
Derrek Lee 31 FA-elig 150 3.3 13.2 -6.3
Rich Hill 27 pre-arb 32 2.9 0.4 +5.7
Mark DeRosa 32 FA-elig 149 2.5 2.8 +2.5
Bob Howry 33 FA-elig 78 1.7 4.5 -1.0
Carlos Marmol 24 59 1.6
Jason Marquis 28 FA-elig 40 1.3 4.8 -1.9
Sean Marshall 24 21 1.0
Ryan Theriot 27 pre-arb 148 0.9 0.4 +1.6
Geovany Soto 24 18 0.9
Daryle Ward 32 FA-elig 79 0.9 1.0 +0.8
Jacque Jones 32 FA-elig 135 0.8 5.6 -3.9
Matt Murton 25 pre-arb 94 0.8 0.4 +1.2
Cliff Floyd 34 FA-elig 108 0.7 3.0 -1.4
Michael Wuertz 28 arb 73 0.6 0.4 +0.9
Mike Fontenot 27 86 0.6
Will Ohman 29 FA-elig 56 0.5 0.9 +0.2
Angel Guzman 25 pre-arb 12 0.5 0.4 +0.6
Ángel Pagán 25 71 0.5
Felix Pie 22 87 0.4
Kerry Wood 30 FA-elig 22 0.4 1.8 -1.0
Michael Barrett↔ SDP 30 FA-elig 57 0.3 2.6 -2.0
Kevin Hart 24 8 0.2
Ryan Dempster 30 FA-elig 66 0.2 5.3 -4.9
Rocky Cherry↔ BAL 27 12 0.2
Scott Eyre 35 FA-elig 55 0.2 3.8 -3.5
Ronny Cedeno 24 pre-arb 38 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Steve Trachsel↔ BAL 36 FA-elig 4 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Neal Cotts 27 arb 16 0.0 0.8 -0.7
Clay Rapada↔ DET 26 1 0.0
Eric Patterson 24 7 -0.0
Sam Fuld 25 14 -0.0
Carmen Pignatiello 24 4 -0.0
Jason Kendall↔ OAK 33 FA-elig 57 -0.1 5.3 -5.5
Scott Moore↔ BAL 23 2 -0.1
Jake Fox 24 7 -0.2
Billy Petrick 23 8 -0.2
Craig Monroe↔ DET 30 FA-elig 23 -0.3 0.9 -1.5
Wade Miller 30 FA-elig 3 -0.3 1.5 -2.1
Sean Gallagher 21 8 -0.3
Cesar Izturis↔ PIT 27 FA-elig 65 -0.3 2.5 -3.1
Rob Bowen↔ OAK 26 arb 10 -0.4 0.1 -1.0
Koyie Hill 28 36 -0.5
Henry Blanco 35 FA-elig 22 -0.6 1.8 -3.0

47 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (64%). 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