Rosternomics

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President of baseball ops: Chris Antonetti (since 2016) · GM: Mike Chernoff (since 2016)

2020 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+16.5 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
+17.7 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
35–25 (0.583)
record · made playoffs
+43M
surplus $M (value/$)
17.9
roster fWAR
$87.2M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Shane Bieber 25 pre-arb 12 3.1 0.2 +22.8
José Ramírez 27 FA-elig 58 3.1 6.7 +16.1
César Hernández 30 FA-elig 58 1.9 6.2 +7.3
Francisco Lindor 26 arb 60 1.8 17.5 -4.0
Carlos Carrasco 33 FA-elig 12 1.5 10.2 +0.5
Zach Plesac 25 pre-arb 8 1.5 0.2 +10.5
Aaron Civale 25 pre-arb 12 1.2 0.2 +8.3
Brad Hand 30 FA-elig 23 1.1 7.6 +0.5
James Karinchak 24 pre-arb 27 1.1 0.2 +7.8
Franmil Reyes 24 pre-arb 59 0.8 0.2 +5.4
Carlos Santana 34 FA-elig 60 0.8 20.8 -15.3
Phil Maton 27 pre-arb 23 0.7 0.2 +4.6
Triston McKenzie 22 8 0.6 0.1 +4.1
Oliver Pérez 38 FA-elig 21 0.4 1.1 +1.6
Roberto Pérez 31 FA-elig 32 0.3 3.6 -1.1
Cal Quantrill↔ SDP 25 pre-arb 8 0.2 0.1 +1.5
Jordan Luplow 26 pre-arb 29 0.2 0.2 +1.2
Adam Cimber 29 pre-arb 14 0.1 0.2 +0.6
Yu Chang 24 10 0.1
Adam Plutko 28 pre-arb 10 0.1 0.2 +0.4
Delino DeShields 27 arb 37 0.1 1.9 -1.4
Nick Wittgren 29 arb 25 0.1 1.1 -0.7
Bradley Zimmer 27 pre-arb 20 0.0 0.1 +0.2
Mike Freeman 32 pre-arb 24 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Mike Clevinger↔ SDP 29 arb 4 0.0 2.0 -2.0
Christian Arroyo↔ BOS 25 1 0.0 0.0 -0.0
Logan Allen 23 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.4
Greg Allen↔ SDP 27 15 -0.1 0.1 -0.6
Kyle Nelson 23 1 -0.1
Dominic Leone 28 arb 12 -0.1 0.2 -0.7
Sandy León 31 FA-elig 25 -0.1 2.0 -2.7
Josh Naylor↔ SDP 23 pre-arb 22 -0.1 0.1 -0.8
Austin Hedges↔ SDP 27 arb 6 -0.1 0.5 -1.3
Cam Hill 26 18 -0.1 0.2 -1.2
Domingo Santana 27 FA-elig 24 -0.2 1.2 -2.5
Daniel Johnson 24 5 -0.2 0.0 -1.5
Beau Taylor 30 pre-arb 7 -0.2 0.1 -1.9
Tyler Naquin 29 arb 40 -0.6 1.4 -6.2
Óscar Mercado 25 pre-arb 36 -0.7 0.2 -5.6

39 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 37 of them (95%). 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