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GM: Chris Getz (since 2024)

2025 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-9.2
WAB — wins above budget
-4.5
TAB — roster Talent above budget
60–102 (0.370)
record
+7M
surplus $M (value/$)
17.7
roster fWAR
$55.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Colson Montgomery 23 71 2.7 0.4 +9.9
Shane Smith 25 29 2.2 0.8 +7.6
Kyle Teel 23 78 1.9 0.5 +6.7
Adrian Houser↔ TBR 32 11 1.7 0.3 +6.3
Grant Taylor 23 36 1.7 0.5 +6.1
Mike Tauchman 34 arb 93 1.4 2.2 +3.1
Chase Meidroth 23 122 1.4 0.7 +4.5
Miguel Vargas 25 pre-arb 138 1.3 0.8 +4.4
Lenyn Sosa 25 pre-arb 140 1.3 0.8 +4.4
Luis Robert Jr. 27 110 1.3
Davis Martin 28 pre-arb 26 1.3 0.8 +4.1
Aaron Civale↔ CHC 30 13 0.9 2.6 +1.0
Martín Pérez 34 FA-elig 11 0.8 3.5 -0.3
Tyler Alexander↔ MIL 30 arb 31 0.8 0.7 +2.4
Sean Burke 25 pre-arb 28 0.7 0.7 +2.1
Matt Thaiss↔ TBR 30 35 0.6 0.4 +1.9
Jordan Leasure 26 pre-arb 68 0.5 0.8 +1.2
Mike Vasil 25 47 0.4 0.8 +0.9
Steven Wilson 30 arb 59 0.4 0.8 +0.7
Tyler Gilbert 31 pre-arb 46 0.4 0.8 +0.7
Jonathan Cannon 24 pre-arb 22 0.4 0.7 +0.8
Yoendrys Gómez↔ LAD 25 pre-arb 12 0.4 0.1 +1.4
Austin Slater↔ NYY 32 51 0.3 1.0 +0.3
Dominic Fletcher 27 pre-arb 12 0.3 0.1 +1.2
Wikelman González 23 16 0.3 0.2 +0.9
Jared Shuster 26 12 0.2 0.5 +0.3
Andrew Benintendi 30 FA-elig 116 0.2 17.1 -16.4
Korey Lee 26 pre-arb 26 0.2 0.5 +0.2
Derek Hill↔ MIA 29 pre-arb 4 0.1 0.1 +0.4
Brandon Eisert 27 pre-arb 72 0.1 0.7 -0.4
Elvis Peguero↔ MIL 28 pre-arb 2 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Bobby Dalbec 30 7 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Omar Narváez 33 FA-elig 4 0.0 0.1 -0.0
Jake Palisch 26 1 0.0 0.1 -0.0
Owen White 25 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.2 -0.2
Bryan Ramos 23 pre-arb 4 -0.0 0.2 -0.2
Fraser Ellard 27 pre-arb 18 -0.0 0.5 -0.6
Greg Jones 27 3 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Corey Julks 29 pre-arb 6 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Caleb Freeman 27 5 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Travis Jankowski↔ NYM 34 7 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Michael A. Taylor 34 134 -0.1
Bryan Hudson↔ MIL 28 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
Gage Workman↔ CHC 25 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.4
Mike Clevinger 34 FA-elig 8 -0.1 1.5 -1.9
Penn Murfee 31 pre-arb 15 -0.1 0.8 -1.3
Miguel Castro 30 FA-elig 6 -0.1 1.1 -1.6
Nick Maton 28 pre-arb 25 -0.1 0.9 -1.4
Brooks Baldwin 24 pre-arb 103 -0.2 0.6 -1.2
Edgar Quero 22 111 -0.2 0.7 -1.3
Dan Altavilla 32 28 -0.2 0.6 -1.3
Vinny Capra↔ MIL 28 pre-arb 23 -0.2 0.1 -1.0
Curtis Mead↔ TBR 24 pre-arb 41 -0.3 0.3 -1.3
Ryan Noda↔ BAL 29 16 -0.3 0.1 -1.4
Bryse Wilson 27 arb 20 -0.5 1.1 -3.0
Tim Elko 26 23 -0.5 0.3 -2.4
Cam Booser 33 pre-arb 39 -0.6 0.5 -2.7
Joshua Palacios 29 pre-arb 51 -0.7 0.3 -2.9
Will Robertson↔ TOR 27 24 -0.8 0.2 -3.1
Jacob Amaya 26 pre-arb 37 -0.8 0.3 -3.3
Josh Rojas 31 69 -1.3 3.5 -8.4
Andrew Vaughn↔ MIL 27 48 -1.3 2.0 -7.0

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 CHW
Paul Konerko199824.5
Carlton Fisk198518.3
John Danks200617.4
José Valentín200017.3
Lance Johnson198817.3
Jon Garland199817.2
Gavin Floyd200615.3
Tim Raines199014.5
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Sammy Sosa199260.7
Fernando Tatís201627.7
Bobby Bonilla198620.6
Brian Downing197716.9
Chris Young200514.5
Nick Swisher200814.4
Chet Lemon198114.2
José DeLeón198811.7