Rosternomics

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GM: Mark Shapiro (since 2002)

2005 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+18.4
WAB — wins above budget
+22.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
93–69 (0.574)
record
+54M
surplus $M (value/$)
50.1
roster fWAR
$40.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Grady Sizemore 22 pre-arb 158 5.6 0.3 +10.2
Travis Hafner 28 arb 137 5.3 0.4 +9.6
Coco Crisp 25 arb 145 5.2 0.4 +9.4
Victor Martinez 26 arb 147 4.7 0.4 +8.5
Jhonny Peralta 23 pre-arb 141 4.3 0.3 +7.7
CC Sabathia 24 arb 31 3.8 5.2 +1.8
Cliff Lee 26 arb 32 3.7 0.3 +6.6
Kevin Millwood 30 FA-elig 30 3.4 7.0 -0.7
Ronnie Belliard 30 FA-elig 145 3.3 2.5 +3.7
Jake Westbrook 27 arb 34 2.9 2.9 +2.5
Casey Blake 31 FA-elig 147 1.9 2.2 +1.4
Rafael Betancourt 30 pre-arb 54 1.5 0.3 +2.4
Bob Howry 31 FA-elig 79 1.4 0.9 +1.7
Arthur Rhodes 35 FA-elig 47 1.2 3.7 -1.4
Ben Broussard 28 arb 142 0.9 0.4 +1.3
Scott Elarton 29 FA-elig 31 0.8 0.8 +0.6
Matt Miller 33 pre-arb 23 0.5 0.3 +0.6
Alex Cora↔ BOS 29 FA-elig 49 0.5 0.7 +0.2
Fernando Cabrera 23 15 0.5
Aaron Boone 32 FA-elig 143 0.2 3.0 -2.6
Jason Davis 25 arb 11 0.2 0.3 +0.0
Kazuhito Tadano 25 1 0.1
Franklin Gutierrez 22 7 0.1
Ramón Vázquez↔ BOS 28 arb 12 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Jody Gerut↔ CHC 27 pre-arb 44 0.0 0.3 -0.2
Scott Sauerbeck 33 FA-elig 58 0.0 0.5 -0.5
Juan Gonzalez 35 FA-elig 1 -0.0 0.6 -0.6
Ryan Garko 24 1 -0.0
Jason Dubois↔ CHC 26 pre-arb 14 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
David Riske 28 FA-elig 58 -0.1 1.4 -1.6
Ryan Ludwick 26 arb 19 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Josh Bard 27 arb 34 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Jeremy Guthrie 26 1 -0.1
Brian Tallet 27 2 -0.2
José Hernández 35 FA-elig 84 -0.2 1.8 -2.2
Brandon Phillips 24 6 -0.2
Bob Wickman 36 FA-elig 64 -0.3 2.8 -3.3
Jeff Liefer 30 19 -0.4

38 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (79%). 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 CLE
Kenny Lofton199142.5
Corey Kluber201034.6
Grady Sizemore200230.3
Carlos Carrasco200925.5
Travis Hafner200222.3
Carlos Santana200821.6
Michael Brantley200820.0
Shin-Soo Choo200619.2
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Jeff Kent199630.9
Brandon Phillips200630.1
Brian Giles199825.4
Von Hayes198222.3
Yandy Díaz201819.5
Rick Sutcliffe198417.2
Jeromy Burnitz199617.1
Sean Casey199815.9