Rosternomics

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GM: Jim Hendry (since 2003)

2008 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+10.6
WAB — wins above budget
+11.7
TAB — roster Talent above budget
97–64 (0.602)
record · made playoffs
-17M
surplus $M (value/$)
50.4
roster fWAR
$127.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ryan Dempster 31 FA-elig 33 4.8 7.3 +3.5
Aramis Ramirez 30 FA-elig 149 4.5 15.0 -4.8
Carlos Zambrano 27 FA-elig 38 4.3 16.0 -6.2
Mark DeRosa 33 FA-elig 149 4.2 4.8 +4.6
Alfonso Soriano 32 FA-elig 109 3.8 14.0 -5.4
Mike Fontenot 28 arb 119 3.1 0.4 +6.7
Ryan Theriot 28 arb 149 3.0 0.4 +6.4
Ted Lilly 32 FA-elig 34 3.0 8.0 -1.3
Geovany Soto 25 arb 141 2.8 0.4 +5.9
Derrek Lee 32 FA-elig 155 2.4 13.2 -7.8
Jason Marquis 29 FA-elig 39 2.2 6.4 -1.4
Kerry Wood 31 FA-elig 65 2.1 4.2 +0.6
Rich Harden↔ OAK 26 arb 12 1.9 2.3 +2.0
Jim Edmonds↔ SDP 38 FA-elig 85 1.5 6.1 -2.8
Reed Johnson 31 arb 109 1.4 1.3 +2.0
Carlos Marmol 25 pre-arb 82 1.4 0.4 +2.7
Kosuke Fukudome 31 pre-arb 150 1.4 7.0 -3.8
Sean Marshall 25 34 0.9
Sean Gallagher↔ OAK 22 12 0.7
Henry Blanco 36 FA-elig 58 0.6 3.2 -1.8
Jeff Samardzija 23 pre-arb 26 0.5 2.0 -0.9
Micah Hoffpauir 28 33 0.4
Bob Howry 34 FA-elig 72 0.2 4.5 -4.0
Scott Eyre↔ PHI 36 FA-elig 19 0.2 1.9 -1.4
Angel Guzman 26 pre-arb 6 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Michael Wuertz 29 arb 45 0.1 0.9 -0.6
Eric Patterson↔ OAK 25 13 0.1
Neal Cotts 28 50 0.1
Ronny Cedeno 25 arb 99 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Randy Wells↔ TOR 25 3 0.0
Matt Murton↔ OAK 26 19 0.0
Chad Gaudin↔ OAK 25 arb 24 -0.0 0.9 -0.9
Rich Hill 28 arb 5 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Kevin Hart 25 pre-arb 21 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Carmen Pignatiello 25 pre-arb 2 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Casey McGehee 25 9 -0.1
Jose Ascanio 23 6 -0.1
Jon Lieber 38 FA-elig 26 -0.1 3.5 -3.8
Felix Pie 23 pre-arb 43 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Daryle Ward 33 FA-elig 89 -0.2 1.2 -1.7
Chad Fox 37 3 -0.2
Koyie Hill 29 10 -0.5

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (74%). 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