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GM: Dan O'Brien (since 2004)

2006 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+0.7
WAB — wins above budget
+2.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
80–82 (0.494)
record
+3M
surplus $M (value/$)
34.5
roster fWAR
$61.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Aaron Harang 28 arb 36 5.4 2.4 +8.3
Bronson Arroyo 29 FA-elig 35 4.5 3.0 +6.0
Ryan Freel 30 arb 132 3.8 1.3 +6.2
Rich Aurilia 34 FA-elig 122 3.0 1.3 +4.6
David Ross 29 arb 90 2.6 0.5 +4.6
Scott Hatteberg 36 FA-elig 141 2.1 0.8 +3.3
Edwin Encarnación 23 pre-arb 117 1.9 0.3 +3.5
Austin Kearns↔ WSN 26 arb 87 1.9 1.1 +2.6
Adam Dunn 26 arb 160 1.5 7.5 -4.5
Elizardo Ramirez 23 – 21 1.5 – –
Eric Milton 30 FA-elig 28 1.4 9.8 -7.1
Brandon Phillips 25 – 149 1.4 – –
Kyle Lohse↔ MIN 27 arb 12 1.3 1.4 +1.3
Felipe Lopez↔ WSN 26 arb 85 1.3 1.5 +1.2
Todd Coffey 25 pre-arb 81 1.0 0.3 +1.7
Chris Denorfia 25 pre-arb 49 0.9 0.3 +1.4
Juan Castro↔ MIN 34 FA-elig 54 0.8 0.5 +1.0
Javier Valentin 30 FA-elig 92 0.7 1.1 +0.2
Brandon Claussen 27 arb 14 0.4 0.4 +0.5
Norris Hopper 27 – 21 0.4 – –
Bill Bray↔ WSN 23 – 29 0.3 – –
Eddie Guardado↔ SEA 35 FA-elig 15 0.3 2.2 -1.6
Chris Hammond 40 FA-elig 29 0.2 0.8 -0.4
Joe Mays↔ KCR 30 FA-elig 7 0.1 0.5 -0.3
Scott Schoeneweis↔ TOR 32 FA-elig 16 0.1 0.6 -0.4
Tony Womack↔ CHC 36 FA-elig 9 0.1 0.6 -0.5
Jason LaRue 32 FA-elig 72 0.1 3.9 -3.7
Gary Majewski↔ WSN 26 pre-arb 19 0.1 0.1 +0.0
Justin Germano 23 – 2 0.1 – –
Jason Johnson↔ BOS 32 FA-elig 4 0.0 0.6 -0.5
Brandon Watson↔ WSN 24 pre-arb 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Andy Abad 33 arb 5 -0.0 0.3 -0.3
Mike Burns↔ BOS 27 pre-arb 11 -0.0 0.2 -0.2
Jason Standridge 27 – 21 -0.0 – –
Rick White↔ PHI 37 FA-elig 26 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Sun-Woo Kim↔ COL 28 arb 2 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Matt Belisle 26 arb 30 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Brendan Harris↔ WSN 25 – 8 -0.1 – –
Chris Michalak 35 – 8 -0.1 – –
Rheal Cormier↔ PHI 39 FA-elig 21 -0.1 0.8 -1.0
Cody Ross↔ LAD 25 arb 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.2
Ryan Franklin↔ PHI 33 FA-elig 20 -0.1 0.8 -1.0
Mike Gosling 25 – 1 -0.1 – –
Brian Shackelford 29 – 26 -0.2 – –
Royce Clayton↔ WSN 36 FA-elig 50 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Todd Hollandsworth↔ CLE 33 FA-elig 34 -0.3 0.3 -0.9
Dave Williams↔ NYM 27 arb 8 -0.3 0.8 -1.3
Quinton McCracken 35 – 45 -0.3 – –
Esteban Yan↔ ANA 31 FA-elig 14 -0.3 0.6 -1.3
Kent Mercker 38 FA-elig 37 -0.4 1.6 -2.3
David Weathers 36 FA-elig 67 -0.4 1.5 -2.3
Ray Olmedo 25 – 30 -0.4 – –
Dewayne Wise 28 – 31 -0.5 – –
Ken Griffey Jr. 36 FA-elig 109 -0.6 10.5 -11.6

54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 41 of them (76%). 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
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.