Rosternomics

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GM: Mark Shapiro (since 2002)

2007 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+17.6
WAB — wins above budget
+11.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
96–66 (0.593)
record · made playoffs
+19M
surplus $M (value/$)
42.2
roster fWAR
$61.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
CC Sabathia 26 FA-elig 34 6.6 8.8 +5.2
Grady Sizemore 24 arb 162 6.4 0.9 +12.6
Victor Martinez 28 arb 147 5.4 3.2 +8.4
Rafael Betancourt 32 arb 68 3.3 0.8 +6.2
Roberto Hernandez 26 pre-arb 32 3.3 0.4 +6.6
Casey Blake 33 FA-elig 156 2.9 3.8 +2.4
Travis Hafner 30 arb 152 2.2 4.0 +0.7
Franklin Gutierrez 24 pre-arb 100 1.8 0.4 +3.4
Paul Byrd 36 FA-elig 31 1.8 7.0 -3.2
Jhonny Peralta 25 arb 152 1.7 1.0 +2.6
Jake Westbrook 29 FA-elig 25 1.7 6.1 -2.5
Jason Michaels 31 FA-elig 105 1.4 2.0 +1.0
Rafael Perez 25 44 1.3
Kelly Shoppach 27 pre-arb 59 1.2 0.4 +2.2
Aaron Laffey 22 9 0.9
Asdrúbal Cabrera 21 45 0.7
Jensen Lewis 23 26 0.7
Joe Borowski 36 FA-elig 69 0.6 4.0 -2.8
Kenny Lofton↔ TEX 40 FA-elig 52 0.5 2.3 -1.2
Ryan Garko 26 pre-arb 138 0.5 0.4 +0.6
Jason Stanford 30 8 0.4
Ben Francisco 25 25 0.3
Aaron Fultz 33 FA-elig 49 0.3 1.5 -0.8
Shin-Soo Choo 24 6 0.2
Tom Mastny 26 pre-arb 51 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Matt Miller 35 arb 2 0.1 0.6 -0.4
Mike Koplove 30 5 0.0
Jeremy Sowers 24 pre-arb 13 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Jason Davis↔ SEA 27 arb 8 0.0 0.2 -0.2
Cliff Lee 28 arb 20 -0.0 3.0 -3.0
Luis Rivas 27 4 -0.0
Edward Mujica 23 10 -0.0
Juan Lara 26 1 -0.1
Roberto Hernandez↔ LAD 42 FA-elig 28 -0.1 1.8 -2.1
David Dellucci 33 FA-elig 56 -0.3 3.8 -4.3
Andy Marte 23 pre-arb 20 -0.3 0.4 -1.0
Fernando Cabrera↔ BAL 25 arb 24 -0.3 0.3 -1.0
Chris Gomez↔ BAL 36 FA-elig 19 -0.4 0.2 -1.1
Mike Rouse 27 pre-arb 41 -0.7 0.4 -1.9
Trot Nixon 33 FA-elig 99 -0.9 3.0 -4.8
Josh Barfield 24 pre-arb 130 -0.9 0.4 -2.3

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (73%). 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