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GM: Dan O'Brien (since 2004)

2004 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-1.3
WAB — wins above budget
-8.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
76–86 (0.469)
record
-7M
surplus $M (value/$)
21.1
roster fWAR
$46.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Adam Dunn 24 arb 161 5.3 0.4 +8.6
Sean Casey 29 FA-elig 146 3.4 6.8 -1.0
D'Angelo Jimenez 26 arb 152 3.1 1.6 +3.7
Ryan Freel 28 arb 143 2.6 0.3 +4.1
Wily Mo Peña 22 pre-arb 110 1.9 0.3 +2.9
Paul Wilson 31 FA-elig 29 1.7 3.5 -0.5
Jason LaRue 30 arb 114 1.7 2.6 +0.3
Barry Larkin 40 FA-elig 111 1.5 0.7 +1.9
Cory Lidle↔ PHI 32 FA-elig 24 1.5 1.9 +0.6
Aaron Harang 26 pre-arb 28 1.3 0.4 +1.9
Jose Acevedo 26 arb 39 0.9 0.3 +1.3
Luke Hudson 27 9 0.8
Darren Bragg↔ SDP 34 38 0.8
Todd Jones↔ PHI 36 FA-elig 51 0.8 0.3 +1.0
Brandon Claussen 25 14 0.6
Todd Van Poppel 32 FA-elig 48 0.4 0.3 +0.4
Felipe Lopez 24 79 0.4
Austin Kearns 24 pre-arb 64 0.2 0.4 -0.1
Phil Norton 28 arb 69 0.2 0.3 -0.0
Anderson Machado 23 pre-arb 17 0.1 0.3 -0.1
Ray Olmedo 23 pre-arb 8 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Javier Valentin 28 FA-elig 82 -0.1 0.5 -0.6
Aaron Myette 26 5 -0.1
Danny Graves 30 FA-elig 68 -0.1 6.0 -6.2
Jason Romano↔ TBR 25 22 -0.1
Jung Keun Bong 23 3 -0.1
Ken Griffey Jr. 34 FA-elig 83 -0.2 12.5 -12.8
Jimmy Haynes 31 FA-elig 5 -0.2 2.5 -2.8
Joe Valentine 24 24 -0.2
Ryan Wagner 21 pre-arb 49 -0.2 0.3 -0.7
Jesus Sanchez 29 3 -0.3
Gabe White↔ NYY 32 FA-elig 40 -0.3 1.2 -1.7
Jermaine Clark 27 14 -0.4
Josh Hancock↔ PHI 26 12 -0.4
Brian Reith 26 arb 22 -0.4 0.3 -1.1
Juan Padilla↔ NYY 27 12 -0.4
Juan Castro 32 FA-elig 111 -0.5 1.0 -1.9
John Riedling 28 arb 70 -0.5 0.7 -1.5
Brandon Larson 28 arb 40 -0.5 0.3 -1.2
Mike Matthews 30 35 -0.6
Tim Hummel 25 56 -0.6
John Vander Wal 38 42 -0.6
Corky Miller 28 arb 13 -0.6 0.3 -1.4
Jacob Cruz 31 96 -0.7

44 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 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 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