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GM: Terry Ryan (since 1993)

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+10.2
WAB — wins above budget
+8.5
TAB — roster Talent above budget
90–72 (0.556)
record · made playoffs
+11M
surplus $M (value/$)
40.7
roster fWAR
$58.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Corey Koskie 30 arb 131 4.9 3.4 +5.4
Johan Santana 24 arb 45 3.8 0.3 +6.4
Doug Mientkiewicz 29 arb 142 3.7 1.8 +4.8
A.J. Pierzynski 26 arb 137 3.6 0.4 +6.0
Torii Hunter 27 FA-elig 154 3.5 4.8 +1.5
Kyle Lohse 24 pre-arb 33 2.9 0.3 +4.8
Brad Radke 30 FA-elig 33 2.8 8.8 -3.8
LaTroy Hawkins 30 FA-elig 74 2.6 3.0 +1.6
Kenny Rogers 38 FA-elig 33 2.5 2.0 +2.5
Shannon Stewart↔ TOR 29 FA-elig 65 2.4 3.0 +1.2
Jacque Jones 28 arb 136 1.8 2.8 +0.5
Eddie Guardado 32 FA-elig 66 1.4 2.7 -0.2
Cristian Guzman 25 arb 143 1.3 2.5 -0.3
Rick Reed 38 FA-elig 27 1.2 8.0 -5.9
Matthew LeCroy 27 arb 107 1.1 0.3 +1.7
Lew Ford 26 34 1.0
Michael Ryan 25 27 0.9
Juan Rincon 24 58 0.7
Bobby Kielty↔ TOR 26 pre-arb 75 0.5 0.2 +0.8
Dustan Mohr 27 pre-arb 121 0.4 0.3 +0.4
Michael Restovich 24 24 0.3
Denny Hocking 33 FA-elig 83 0.3 1.0 -0.4
Carlos Pulido 31 7 0.3
Tom Prince↔ KCR 38 FA-elig 24 0.3 0.3 +0.2
Eric Milton 27 arb 3 0.3 6.0 -5.5
Grant Balfour 25 17 0.1
Joe Mays 27 arb 31 0.0 4.2 -4.1
Mike Fetters 38 FA-elig 5 0.0 0.5 -0.5
Jesse Orosco↔ NYY 46 FA-elig 8 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Micheal Nakamura 26 12 -0.1
Adam Johnson 23 2 -0.1
Brad Thomas 25 3 -0.1
Alex Prieto 27 8 -0.1
Todd Sears↔ SDP 27 24 -0.2
Justin Morneau 22 40 -0.2
Tony Fiore 31 arb 21 -0.3 0.3 -0.8
Rob Bowen 22 7 -0.3
Luis Rivas 23 arb 135 -0.4 0.3 -1.1
Chris Gomez 32 FA-elig 58 -0.4 0.5 -1.3
Michael Cuddyer 24 pre-arb 35 -0.4 0.3 -1.1
James Baldwin 31 10 -0.5
J.C. Romero 27 arb 73 -0.6 0.3 -1.3

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (67%). 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 MIN
Johan Santana199932.0
Greg Gagne198215.6
Joe Nathan200314.1
Eric Milton199813.4
Joe Ryan202113.4
Francisco Liriano200312.5
Pablo López20239.6
Bert Blyleven19858.3
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Scott Erickson199516.4
J. J. Hardy201014.3
Johan Santana200814.3
Wilson Ramos201011.5
Mark Portugal19889.2
Denard Span20129.0
Bert Blyleven19888.4
Jason Bartlett20078.4