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GM: Mark Shapiro (since 2002)

2006 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+2.2
WAB — wins above budget
+9.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
78–84 (0.481)
record
+17M
surplus $M (value/$)
37.7
roster fWAR
$46.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Grady Sizemore 23 pre-arb 162 7.9 0.5 +15.1
Travis Hafner 29 arb 129 6.0 2.7 +9.1
CC Sabathia 25 arb 28 5.1 7.0 +3.0
Jake Westbrook 28 FA-elig 32 3.7 4.2 +3.1
Victor Martinez 27 arb 153 2.8 1.0 +4.5
Cliff Lee 27 arb 33 2.3 0.4 +4.2
Casey Blake 32 FA-elig 109 1.8 3.0 +0.6
Paul Byrd 35 FA-elig 31 1.7 7.0 -3.5
Shin-Soo Choo↔ SEA 23 45 1.2
Jason Davis 26 39 1.1
Ben Broussard↔ SEA 29 arb 88 1.0 1.5 +0.4
Jeremy Sowers 23 14 0.9
Rafael Betancourt 31 arb 50 0.8 0.4 +1.3
Jason Michaels 30 arb 123 0.5 1.5 -0.4
Jason Johnson↔ BOS 32 FA-elig 14 0.5 2.0 -1.0
Joe Inglett 28 64 0.5
Ronnie Belliard↔ STL 31 FA-elig 93 0.5 2.5 -1.6
Bob Wickman↔ ATL 37 FA-elig 29 0.5 2.5 -1.6
Edward Mujica 22 10 0.5
Kelly Shoppach 26 pre-arb 41 0.4 0.3 +0.4
Roberto Hernandez 25 38 0.4
Eduardo Perez↔ SEA 36 FA-elig 37 0.4 0.8 -0.1
Todd Hollandsworth↔ CIN 33 FA-elig 56 0.4 0.6 +0.1
Ryan Garko 25 50 0.3
Andy Marte 22 50 0.3
Brian Sikorski↔ SDP 31 17 0.2
Tom Mastny 25 15 0.1
Franklin Gutierrez 23 43 0.1
Juan Lara 25 9 0.1
Brian Slocum 25 8 0.1
Jhonny Peralta 24 arb 149 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Rafael Perez 24 18 0.0
Andrew Brown 25 9 0.0
Tim Laker 36 4 -0.1
Matt Miller 34 arb 14 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Jeremy Guthrie 27 9 -0.1
Scott Sauerbeck↔ OAK 34 FA-elig 24 -0.1 0.6 -0.9
Lou Merloni 35 9 -0.2
Fernando Cabrera 24 pre-arb 51 -0.2 0.3 -0.7
Kevin Kouzmanoff 24 16 -0.3
Danny Graves 32 FA-elig 13 -0.3 0.6 -1.2
Guillermo Mota↔ NYM 32 FA-elig 34 -0.6 2.0 -3.2
Aaron Boone 33 FA-elig 104 -0.8 3.8 -5.3
Hector Luna↔ STL 26 pre-arb 37 -0.9 0.1 -1.8
Ramón Vázquez 29 arb 34 -0.9 0.7 -2.5

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 26 of them (58%). 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