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GM: Chris Antonetti (since 2011)

2012 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-9.7
WAB — wins above budget
-9.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
68–94 (0.420)
record
-17M
surplus $M (value/$)
21.2
roster fWAR
$71.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jason Kipnis 25 pre-arb 152 3.4 0.5 +8.3
Shin-Soo Choo 29 FA-elig 155 3.2 4.9 +3.3
Justin Masterson 27 arb 34 2.8 3.8 +3.3
Michael Brantley 25 arb 149 2.6 0.5 +6.1
Asdrúbal Cabrera 26 arb 143 2.5 4.5 +1.9
Zach McAllister 24 pre-arb 22 1.7 0.5 +3.9
Vinnie Pestano 27 pre-arb 70 1.4 0.5 +3.2
Derek Lowe↔ NYY 39 FA-elig 21 1.2 8.3 -5.1
Chris Perez 26 arb 61 1.1 4.5 -1.6
Esmil Rogers↔ COL 26 arb 44 0.9 0.3 +2.1
Ubaldo Jiménez 28 FA-elig 31 0.9 4.2 -1.9
Joe Smith 28 arb 72 0.8 1.8 +0.4
Corey Kluber 26 pre-arb 12 0.8 0.2 +1.9
Travis Hafner 35 FA-elig 66 0.5 13.0 -11.8
Carlos Santana 26 pre-arb 143 0.5 0.5 +0.7
Chris Seddon 28 pre-arb 17 0.4 0.5 +0.6
Josh Tomlin 27 pre-arb 21 0.4 0.5 +0.4
Ezequiel Carrera 25 pre-arb 48 0.3 0.5 +0.3
Frank Herrmann 28 pre-arb 15 0.3 0.5 +0.2
Cody Allen 23 – 27 0.3 0.5 +0.2
Scott Barnes 24 – 16 0.2 0.5 -0.0
Lonnie Chisenhall 23 pre-arb 43 0.2 0.5 -0.0
David Huff 27 arb 6 0.2 0.5 -0.1
Jeremy Accardo↔ OAK 30 – 26 0.1 0.9 -0.6
Tony Sipp 28 arb 63 0.0 0.5 -0.4
Cord Phelps 25 pre-arb 14 0.0 0.5 -0.4
Nick Hagadone 26 arb 27 0.0 0.5 -0.4
Jack Hannahan 32 FA-elig 105 0.0 1.1 -1.1
Jairo Asencio↔ CHC 29 arb 18 -0.0 0.3 -0.3
Luke Carlin 31 pre-arb 4 -0.0 0.5 -0.5
Scott Maine↔ CHC 27 pre-arb 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Jeanmar Gómez 24 pre-arb 20 -0.0 0.5 -0.6
Rafael Perez 30 FA-elig 8 -0.1 2.0 -2.1
Russ Canzler 26 pre-arb 26 -0.1 0.5 -0.6
Shelley Duncan 32 arb 81 -0.1 0.5 -0.7
Brent Lillibridge↔ BOS 28 arb 43 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Matt LaPorta 27 pre-arb 22 -0.1 0.5 -0.8
Vinny Rottino↔ NYM 32 pre-arb 18 -0.2 0.2 -0.7
Jose Lopez↔ CHW 28 FA-elig 66 -0.2 0.7 -1.2
Juan Diaz 23 pre-arb 5 -0.2 0.5 -1.1
Roberto Hernandez 31 FA-elig 3 -0.3 3.0 -3.7
Johnny Damon 38 FA-elig 64 -0.3 1.2 -2.0
Thomas Neal 24 – 9 -0.3 0.5 -1.3
Dan Wheeler 34 FA-elig 13 -0.3 0.9 -1.8
Jason Donald 27 pre-arb 43 -0.4 0.5 -1.4
Aaron Cunningham 26 arb 72 -0.5 0.5 -1.9
Lou Marson 26 arb 70 -0.9 0.5 -2.7
Casey Kotchman 29 FA-elig 142 -1.4 3.0 -6.6

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
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.