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GM: Bill Smith (since 2008)

2011 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-21.2
WAB — wins above budget
-24.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
63–99 (0.389)
record
-81M
surplus $M (value/$)
12.0
roster fWAR
$113.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Scott Baker 29 FA-elig 23 2.6 5.0 +1.4
Michael Cuddyer 32 FA-elig 139 2.5 10.5 -4.5
Carl Pavano 35 FA-elig 33 2.3 8.0 -2.3
Joe Mauer 28 FA-elig 82 2.3 23.0 -17.4
Denard Span 27 arb 70 1.9 1.0 +3.6
Glen Perkins 28 arb 65 1.6 0.7 +3.3
Ben Revere 23 pre-arb 117 1.5 0.4 +3.3
Brian Duensing 28 pre-arb 33 1.2 0.5 +2.5
Alexi Casilla 26 arb 97 1.1 0.9 +1.8
Chris Parmelee 23 pre-arb 21 1.1 0.4 +2.2
Jason Kubel 29 FA-elig 99 0.8 5.2 -3.4
Anthony Swarzak 25 27 0.7
Francisco Liriano 27 FA-elig 26 0.7 4.3 -2.6
Jim Thome↔ CLE 40 FA-elig 71 0.4 2.3 -1.3
Scott Diamond 24 pre-arb 7 0.3 0.4 +0.4
Kevin Slowey 27 arb 14 0.3 2.7 -1.9
Luke Hughes 26 96 0.3
Liam Hendriks 22 4 0.2 0.1 +0.5
Nick Blackburn 29 arb 26 0.1 3.0 -2.6
Lester Oliveros↔ DET 23 pre-arb 10 0.1 0.2 -0.0
Brian Dinkelman 27 23 0.0
Anthony Slama 27 2 0.0
Chuck James 29 8 -0.0
Eric Hacker 28 2 -0.0
Jeff Manship 26 pre-arb 5 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Jason Repko 30 FA-elig 67 -0.0 0.6 -0.7
Joe Nathan 36 FA-elig 48 -0.1 11.2 -11.4
Kyle Waldrop 25 7 -0.1
René Rivera 27 45 -0.1
Joe Benson 23 pre-arb 21 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Alex Burnett 23 66 -0.2
Steve Holm 31 6 -0.3
Jose Mijares 26 arb 58 -0.4 0.4 -1.3
Delmon Young↔ DET 25 arb 84 -0.4 3.6 -4.5
Dusty Hughes 29 pre-arb 15 -0.4 0.4 -1.4
Matt Capps 27 FA-elig 69 -0.4 7.2 -8.1
Jim Hoey 28 pre-arb 26 -0.4 0.4 -1.4
Danny Valencia 26 pre-arb 154 -0.6 0.4 -1.8
Matt Tolbert 29 arb 87 -0.6 0.4 -1.9
Phil Dumatrait 29 45 -0.6
Rene Tosoni 24 60 -0.7
Justin Morneau 30 FA-elig 69 -0.7 15.0 -16.7
Trevor Plouffe 25 pre-arb 81 -0.8 0.4 -2.5
Tsuyoshi Nishioka 26 pre-arb 68 -1.5 3.0 -6.7
Drew Butera 27 pre-arb 93 -1.7 0.4 -4.6

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (73%). 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