Rosternomics

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GM: Bill Smith (since 2008)

2010 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+12.2
WAB — wins above budget
+10.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
94–68 (0.580)
record · made playoffs
+6M
surplus $M (value/$)
44.9
roster fWAR
$88.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Joe Mauer 27 FA-elig 137 5.7 12.5 +0.7
Francisco Liriano 26 arb 31 5.6 1.6 +11.3
Justin Morneau 29 FA-elig 81 4.9 15.0 -3.6
Jim Thome 39 FA-elig 108 3.1 1.5 +5.6
Orlando Hudson 32 FA-elig 126 3.0 5.0 +2.0
Carl Pavano 34 FA-elig 32 3.0 7.0 -0.1
Denard Span 26 pre-arb 153 2.6 0.8 +5.3
Scott Baker 28 arb 29 2.4 3.0 +2.7
Kevin Slowey 26 arb 31 2.2 0.5 +4.7
J.J. Hardy 27 arb 101 2.1 5.1 -0.2
Danny Valencia 25 85 2.1
Delmon Young 24 arb 153 1.7 2.6 +1.4
Jason Repko 29 58 1.6
Brian Duensing 27 pre-arb 53 1.4 0.4 +2.9
Nick Punto 32 FA-elig 88 1.4 4.0 -0.9
Jon Rauch 31 FA-elig 59 1.3 2.9 +0.0
Alexi Casilla 25 arb 69 1.0 0.4 +1.8
Jesse Crain 28 FA-elig 71 0.7 2.0 -0.4
Matt Capps↔ WSN 26 arb 27 0.6 1.3 +0.0
Matt Tolbert 28 48 0.4
Jose Mijares 25 pre-arb 47 0.3 0.4 +0.2
Brian Fuentes↔ ANA 34 FA-elig 9 0.3 1.7 -1.1
Jeff Manship 25 13 0.2
Wilson Ramos↔ WSN 22 7 0.2
Luke Hughes 25 2 0.2
Matt Fox↔ BOS 27 1 0.1
Nick Blackburn 28 arb 28 0.1 0.8 -0.5
Matt Guerrier 31 FA-elig 74 0.1 3.1 -3.0
Ron Mahay 39 41 0.0
Drew Butera 26 pre-arb 49 0.0 0.4 -0.4
Michael Cuddyer 31 FA-elig 157 -0.1 9.4 -9.6
Rob Delaney 25 1 -0.1
Anthony Slama 26 5 -0.1
Jose Morales 27 arb 19 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Glen Perkins 27 13 -0.1
Pat Neshek 29 arb 11 -0.1 0.6 -0.9
Alex Burnett 22 pre-arb 41 -0.2 0.4 -0.9
Ben Revere 22 13 -0.3
Randy Flores↔ COL 34 FA-elig 11 -0.4 0.1 -1.0
Trevor Plouffe 24 22 -0.4
Jason Kubel 28 FA-elig 143 -0.7 4.1 -5.7
Brendan Harris 29 FA-elig 43 -0.9 1.4 -3.6

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (69%). 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