Rosternomics

Marlins MIA

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GM: Dave Dombrowski (since 1991)

1997 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+6.9
WAB — wins above budget
-0.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
92–70 (0.568)
record · World Series champions
-12M
surplus $M (value/$)
37.1
roster fWAR
$50.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Kevin Brown 32 FA-elig 33 6.4 4.5 +2.1
Charles Johnson 25 arb 124 4.8 0.3 +4.6
Alex Fernandez 27 FA-elig 33 3.7 7.0 -3.2
Moises Alou 30 FA-elig 150 3.3 4.5 -1.1
Bobby Bonilla 34 FA-elig 153 2.6 5.6 -2.9
Gary Sheffield 28 FA-elig 135 2.4 6.1 -3.7
Livan Hernandez 22 pre-arb 17 2.0 1.1 +1.0
Jeff Conine 31 FA-elig 151 1.7 2.8 -1.1
Devon White 34 FA-elig 74 1.3 3.4 -2.1
Jay Powell 25 pre-arb 74 1.3 0.2 +1.1
Gregg Zaun 26 pre-arb 58 1.2 0.2 +1.0
Craig Counsell 26 pre-arb 51 1.1 0.1 +1.0
Al Leiter 31 FA-elig 27 1.1 2.9 -1.7
Dennis Cook 34 FA-elig 61 1.1 0.8 +0.3
Edgar Renteria 20 pre-arb 154 1.0 0.1 +0.9
Tony Saunders 23 pre-arb 22 0.9 0.1 +0.8
John Cangelosi 34 FA-elig 103 0.7 0.5 +0.2
Pat Rapp↔ SFG 29 arb 19 0.7 0.8 -0.1
Cliff Floyd 24 arb 61 0.6 0.4 +0.3
Robb Nen 27 arb 73 0.6 3.1 -2.4
Darren Daulton↔ PHI 35 FA-elig 52 0.6 1.8 -1.3
Felix Heredia 22 pre-arb 56 0.5 0.2 +0.4
Kurt Abbott 28 arb 94 0.3 0.7 -0.3
Jim Eisenreich 38 FA-elig 120 0.2 1.4 -1.2
Rob Natal 31 4 0.2
Todd Dunwoody 22 19 0.2
Ralph Milliard 23 8 0.2
Josh Booty 22 4 0.1
Russ Morman 35 4 0.1
Mark Kotsay 21 14 0.1
Ed Vosberg↔ TEX 35 FA-elig 17 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Matt Whisenant↔ KCR 26 pre-arb 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Antonio Alfonseca 25 pre-arb 17 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Alex Arias 29 arb 74 -0.1 0.5 -0.6
Donn Pall 35 2 -0.2
Kirt Ojala 28 7 -0.2
Billy McMillon↔ PHI 25 pre-arb 13 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
Kurt Miller 24 arb 7 -0.3 0.2 -0.4
Mark Hutton↔ COL 27 arb 32 -0.4 0.2 -0.5
John Wehner 30 44 -0.4
Rob Stanifer 25 36 -0.5
Luis Castillo 21 pre-arb 75 -0.7 0.2 -0.9
Rick Helling↔ TEX 26 arb 31 -0.9 0.1 -1.0

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (77%). 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 MIA
Hanley Ramírez200529.1
Dontrelle Willis200220.7
Ricky Nolasco200517.5
A. J. Burnett199816.1
Gary Sheffield199313.6
Cliff Floyd199713.2
Derrek Lee199710.6
Aníbal Sánchez20059.9
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Johan Santana199932.0
Christian Yelich201828.6
J. T. Realmuto201925.7
Trevor Hoffman199324.3
Derrek Lee200321.4
Josh Beckett200520.1
Édgar Rentería199817.4
Gary Sheffield199814.7