Rosternomics

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GM: Jeff Luhnow (since 2012)

2020 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-11.6 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
-6.7 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
29–31 (0.483)
record · made playoffs
-122M
surplus $M (value/$)
13.0
roster fWAR
$217.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Zack Greinke 36 FA-elig 12 2.2 35.0 -19.2
Framber Valdez 26 pre-arb 11 2.0 0.2 +14.5
George Springer 30 FA-elig 51 2.0 21.0 -6.6
Kyle Tucker 23 pre-arb 58 1.8 0.2 +13.1
Alex Bregman 26 arb 42 1.3 13.0 -3.8
Carlos Correa 25 arb 58 1.2 8.0 +0.4
Michael Brantley 33 FA-elig 46 1.1 16.0 -7.6
Lance McCullers Jr. 26 arb 11 1.1 4.1 +4.2
Martín Maldonado 33 FA-elig 47 0.9 3.5 +2.7
Ryan Pressly 31 FA-elig 23 0.7 8.8 -3.8
Cristian Javier 23 12 0.5 0.2 +3.3
Enoli Paredes 24 22 0.3 0.2 +2.3
José Urquidy 25 pre-arb 5 0.3 0.2 +2.2
Brooks Raley↔ CIN 32 pre-arb 17 0.2 0.1 +1.5
Roberto Osuna 25 arb 4 0.2 10.0 -8.7
Andre Scrubb 25 20 0.1 0.2 +0.6
Luis Garcia 23 5 0.1 0.1 +0.7
Cionel Pérez 24 pre-arb 7 0.1 0.2 +0.3
Aledmys Díaz 29 arb 17 0.1 2.6 -2.0
Yordan Alvarez 23 pre-arb 2 0.1 0.2 +0.3
Blake Taylor 24 22 0.1 0.6 -0.2
Brad Peacock 32 FA-elig 3 0.0 3.9 -3.6
Jack Mayfield 29 pre-arb 21 0.0 0.2 -0.0
Justin Verlander 37 FA-elig 1 -0.0 33.0 -33.1
Cy Sneed 27 pre-arb 18 -0.0 0.2 -0.4
Chris Devenski 29 arb 4 -0.0 2.0 -2.2
Brandon Bailey 25 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.3
Chase De Jong 26 3 -0.0
Humberto Castellanos 22 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.5
Carlos Sanabria 23 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.6
Joe Biagini 30 arb 4 -0.1 1.0 -1.6
Jose Altuve 30 FA-elig 48 -0.1 29.0 -29.7
Yuli Gurriel 36 arb 57 -0.1 8.4 -9.1
Josh Reddick 33 FA-elig 56 -0.1 13.0 -14.0
Bryan Abreu 23 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.0 -1.1
Garrett Stubbs 27 pre-arb 14 -0.1 0.1 -1.2
Taylor Jones 26 7 -0.2 0.1 -1.6
Dustin Garneau 32 arb 17 -0.3 0.7 -2.5
Myles Straw 25 pre-arb 33 -0.3 0.2 -2.1
Josh James 27 pre-arb 13 -0.3 0.2 -2.5
Nivaldo Rodriguez 23 5 -0.3 0.1 -2.6
Abraham Toro 23 pre-arb 33 -0.4 0.2 -3.5
Brandon Bielak 24 12 -0.5 0.2 -3.8

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 42 of them (98%). 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