Rosternomics

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President of baseball ops: Nick Krall (since 2022)

2026 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+6.3 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
-13.2 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
31–29 (0.517)
record
+2M
surplus $M (value/$)
16.7
roster fWAR
$102.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Elly De La Cruz 24 58 7.2
Chase Burns 23 pre-arb 11 4.5 0.8 +40.6
JJ Bleday 28 arb 32 3.9 1.4 +34.7
Sal Stewart 22 pre-arb 60 3.5 0.8 +31.3
Spencer Steer 28 arb 58 3.0 4.0 +23.5
Rhett Lowder 24 pre-arb 8 1.9 0.8 +16.7
Nathaniel Lowe 30 arb 44 1.8 1.8 +14.6
Andrew Abbott 27 pre-arb 13 1.7 0.8 +15.0
Blake Dunn 27 pre-arb 21 1.0 0.6 +8.9
Graham Ashcraft 28 arb 26 0.9 1.8 +6.9
Dane Myers 30 pre-arb 48 0.9 0.8 +7.8
Sam Moll 34 arb 29 0.5 0.9 +4.0
Caleb Ferguson 29 FA-elig 3 0.5 4.5 +0.4
P.J. Higgins 33 pre-arb 10 0.5 0.7 +3.8
Chris Paddack↔ MIA 30 FA-elig 3 0.4 0.2 +3.8
Matt McLain 26 pre-arb 58 0.3 2.3 +0.7
Pierce Johnson 35 FA-elig 24 0.3 5.5 -2.6
Brock Burke 29 arb 30 0.2 2.3 -0.7
Tejay Antone 32 arb 10 0.2 0.7 +0.8
Will Benson 28 arb 45 0.0 1.7 -1.6
Yunior Marte 31 1 -0.1
Tyler Stephenson 29 arb 48 -0.1 6.8 -8.1
Chase Petty 23 pre-arb 2 -0.1 0.0 -1.3
Brandon Williamson 28 pre-arb 6 -0.2 0.8 -2.9
Edwin Arroyo 22 2 -0.2 0.8 -3.0
Luis Mey 25 pre-arb 6 -0.3 0.1 -2.5
Brandon Leibrandt 33 1 -0.3
Kyle Nicolas 27 pre-arb 7 -0.5 0.1 -4.5
Zach Maxwell 25 pre-arb 4 -0.5 0.5 -5.1
Emilio Pagán 35 FA-elig 15 -0.5 10.0 -14.8
Eugenio Suárez 34 FA-elig 35 -0.5 15.0 -19.9
Lyon Richardson 26 2 -0.5
Jose Franco 25 9 -0.6 0.2 -5.9
Jose Trevino 33 FA-elig 14 -0.7 5.2 -11.3
Nick Lodolo 28 arb 5 -0.9 4.7 -12.6
Rece Hinds 25 12 -0.9
Connor Phillips 25 pre-arb 25 -0.9 0.3 -9.0
Noelvi Marte 24 pre-arb 11 -0.9 0.1 -8.9
TJ Friedl 30 arb 47 -1.6 3.8 -18.3
Brady Singer 29 arb 11 -1.6 12.8 -27.9
Ke'Bryan Hayes 29 arb 44 -2.2 7.0 -27.2
Tony Santillan 29 arb 25 -2.3 1.8 -23.1

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 37 of them (88%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR), annualized to full-season pace. 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 CIN
Brandon Phillips200630.1
Aaron Harang200319.3
Sean Casey199815.9
Luis Castillo201713.9
Ken Griffey200010.6
Anthony DeSclafani20148.2
Dmitri Young19977.5
Norm Charlton19867.3
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Paul Konerko199824.5
Mike Cameron200019.8
Charlie Leibrandt198316.8
Jeff Montgomery198812.0
Dave Burba199811.7
Luis Castillo20228.7
John Franco19898.7
Brad Keller20177.9