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GM: Jeff Luhnow (since 2012)

2019 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+21.2
WAB — wins above budget
+29.5
TAB — roster Talent above budget
107–55 (0.660)
record · won pennant
+47M
surplus $M (value/$)
67.4
roster fWAR
$174.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Alex Bregman 25 arb 156 8.3 0.6 +26.6
Gerrit Cole 28 FA-elig 33 7.4 13.5 +10.7
Justin Verlander 36 FA-elig 34 6.4 28.0 -7.0
George Springer 29 arb 122 6.1 12.0 +8.0
Jose Altuve 29 FA-elig 124 5.0 9.5 +6.8
Yuli Gurriel 35 arb 144 4.0 10.4 +2.7
Michael Brantley 32 FA-elig 148 4.0 16.0 -2.9
Carlos Correa 24 arb 75 3.8 5.0 +7.6
Yordan Alvarez 22 – 87 3.8 0.3 +12.1
Robinson Chirinos 35 FA-elig 114 2.5 5.8 +2.5
Wade Miley 32 FA-elig 33 2.0 4.5 +2.1
Zack Greinke↔ ARI 35 FA-elig 10 1.7 9.6 -4.0
Roberto Osuna 24 arb 66 1.6 6.5 -1.1
Ryan Pressly 30 FA-elig 55 1.6 2.9 +2.2
Aledmys Díaz 28 arb 69 1.4 2.0 +2.7
Will Harris 34 FA-elig 68 1.1 4.2 -0.5
Brad Peacock 31 FA-elig 23 1.1 3.1 +0.6
Jake Marisnick 28 FA-elig 120 1.0 2.2 +1.1
Myles Straw 24 pre-arb 56 1.0 0.2 +3.1
José Urquidy 24 – 9 0.8 0.2 +2.6
Josh Reddick 32 FA-elig 141 0.7 13.0 -10.8
Tony Kemp↔ CHC 27 arb 66 0.6 0.4 +1.7
Kyle Tucker 22 pre-arb 22 0.6 0.1 +1.9
Collin McHugh 32 FA-elig 35 0.6 5.8 -3.9
Josh James 26 pre-arb 49 0.5 0.6 +1.2
Martín Maldonado↔ CHC 32 FA-elig 27 0.5 0.6 +0.9
Rogelio Armenteros 25 – 5 0.5 0.1 +1.4
Joe Smith 35 FA-elig 28 0.5 8.0 -6.5
Abraham Toro 22 – 25 0.4 0.1 +1.3
Chris Devenski 28 arb 61 0.3 1.5 -0.7
Bryan Abreu 22 – 7 0.2 0.1 +0.7
Derek Fisher↔ TOR 25 – 17 0.1 0.1 +0.4
Framber Valdez 25 pre-arb 26 0.1 0.6 -0.2
Cy Sneed 26 – 8 0.0 0.2 -0.2
Garrett Stubbs 26 – 19 -0.1 0.2 -0.4
Max Stassi↔ ANA 28 FA-elig 31 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Jack Mayfield 28 – 26 -0.2 0.1 -0.7
Aaron Sanchez↔ TOR 26 arb 4 -0.2 0.6 -1.1
Cionel Pérez 23 pre-arb 5 -0.2 0.1 -0.7
Héctor Rondón 31 FA-elig 62 -0.2 4.5 -5.2
Brady Rodgers 28 – 3 -0.2 0.1 -0.9
Reymin Guduan 27 – 7 -0.3 0.1 -1.1
Corbin Martin 23 – 5 -0.5 0.1 -1.7
Tyler White↔ LAD 28 arb 71 -0.5 0.5 -2.1
Joe Biagini↔ TOR 29 arb 13 -0.5 0.2 -1.8

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.