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GM: Jeff Luhnow (since 2012)

2013 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-11.1
WAB — wins above budget
-11.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
51–111 (0.315)
record
-9M
surplus $M (value/$)
3.9
roster fWAR
$22.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jason Castro 26 arb 120 3.8 0.5 +9.6
Bud Norris↔ BAL 28 arb 21 1.9 2.0 +3.1
Erik Bedard 34 FA-elig 32 1.3 1.1 +2.4
Brett Oberholtzer 23 – 13 1.3 0.2 +3.1
Dallas Keuchel 25 pre-arb 33 1.0 0.4 +2.3
Carlos Corporán 29 arb 64 0.9 0.5 +1.9
Brandon Barnes 27 pre-arb 136 0.9 0.5 +1.8
Matt Dominguez 23 pre-arb 152 0.8 0.5 +1.6
Jose Veras↔ DET 32 FA-elig 42 0.6 1.2 +0.4
Chris Carter 26 arb 148 0.5 0.5 +0.9
Jose Altuve 23 pre-arb 152 0.5 0.5 +0.8
Jarred Cosart 23 arb 10 0.4 0.2 +0.9
Jordan Lyles 22 pre-arb 27 0.4 0.4 +0.6
Robbie Grossman 23 – 63 0.3 0.3 +0.6
Brett Wallace 26 arb 79 0.3 0.5 +0.3
Brad Peacock 25 pre-arb 18 0.1 0.5 -0.1
Justin Maxwell↔ KCR 29 FA-elig 40 0.1 0.3 +0.1
David Martinez 25 – 4 0.0 0.1 +0.0
L.J. Hoes↔ BAL 23 pre-arb 46 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Josh Zeid 26 – 25 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Kevin Chapman 25 – 25 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Wesley Wright↔ TBR 28 arb 55 -0.0 0.8 -0.8
Rick Ankiel↔ NYM 33 FA-elig 25 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
José Cisnero 24 – 28 -0.0 0.3 -0.4
Max Stassi 22 – 3 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Chia-Jen Lo 27 – 19 -0.1 – –
Rhiner Cruz 26 pre-arb 20 -0.1 0.5 -0.8
Xavier Cedeño↔ WSN 26 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.2 -0.4
Jorge De Leon 25 – 11 -0.1 – –
Wade LeBlanc↔ MIA 28 arb 4 -0.1 0.1 -0.5
Marc Krauss 25 pre-arb 52 -0.2 0.2 -0.6
Brandon Laird 25 – 25 -0.2 – –
Philip Humber 30 FA-elig 17 -0.2 0.8 -1.3
Josh Fields 27 pre-arb 42 -0.3 0.5 -1.3
Matt Pagnozzi 30 – 9 -0.3 – –
Trevor Crowe 29 pre-arb 60 -0.3 0.4 -1.3
Cody Clark 31 – 16 -0.3 – –
Edgar Gonzalez↔ TOR 30 – 5 -0.3 0.0 -0.9
Carlos Pena↔ KCR 35 FA-elig 85 -0.4 2.8 -3.8
Fernando Martinez 24 arb 11 -0.4 0.5 -1.5
Marwin Gonzalez 24 pre-arb 72 -0.4 0.5 -1.5
Jonathan Villar 22 – 58 -0.4 0.2 -1.2
Jake Elmore 26 pre-arb 52 -0.5 0.3 -1.7
Ronny Cedeno↔ SDP 30 FA-elig 51 -0.7 0.7 -2.5
Lucas Harrell 28 arb 37 -0.8 0.5 -2.5
Hector Ambriz 29 arb 43 -0.8 0.5 -2.6
J.D. Martinez 25 pre-arb 86 -0.9 0.5 -2.9
Paul Clemens 25 – 35 -0.9 0.4 -2.8
Travis Blackley↔ TEX 30 FA-elig 42 -1.2 0.5 -3.7
Jimmy Paredes 24 pre-arb 48 -1.2 0.2 -3.5

50 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 45 of them (90%). 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 HOU
Jeff Bagwell199080.2
Yordan Álvarez201626.7
Mike Scott198221.9
Justin Verlander201719.7
Mike Hampton199319.2
Kevin Bass198217.5
Nolan Ryan198516.2
Moisés Alou199713.5
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Kenny Lofton199142.5
Curt Schilling199236.3
Ben Zobrist200633.1
Ken Caminiti199417.4
Freddy García199815.6
Jed Lowrie201313.0
Ramón Laureano20179.2
Patrick Sandoval20188.9
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.