Mets — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Keith Hernandez	32	FA-elig	149	5.8	1.6	+0.1
Lenny Dykstra	23	pre-arb	147	4.5	0.1	+1.3
Dwight Gooden	21	pre-arb	33	4.5	1.3	+0.0
Sid Fernandez	23	arb	32	4.2	0.2	+1.1
Bob Ojeda	28	FA-elig	32	3.9	0.6	+0.6
Gary Carter	32	FA-elig	132	3.8	2.2	-1.0
Darryl Strawberry	24	arb	136	3.4	0.9	+0.1
Ron Darling	25	arb	34	3.2	0.4	+0.5
Wally Backman	26	FA-elig	124	3.1	0.3	+0.6
Mookie Wilson	30	FA-elig	123	2.9	0.7	+0.2
Kevin Mitchell	24	pre-arb	108	2.7	0.1	+0.7
Ray Knight	33	FA-elig	137	2.7	0.6	+0.1
Rick Aguilera	24	pre-arb	32	1.9	0.1	+0.4
Roger McDowell	25	pre-arb	75	1.4	0.2	+0.2
Howard Johnson	25	arb	88	1.3	0.2	+0.2
Danny Heep	28	FA-elig	86	0.8	0.3	-0.1
John Gibbons	24	pre-arb	8	0.6	0.1	+0.1
Dave Magadan	23	–	10	0.6	–	–
Lee Mazzilli↔ PIT	31	FA-elig	39	0.6	0.2	-0.1
Rick Anderson	29	–	15	0.5	–	–
Tim Teufel	27	arb	93	0.4	0.2	-0.1
Ed Hearn	25	pre-arb	49	0.4	0.1	+0.0
Jesse Orosco	29	FA-elig	58	0.4	0.8	-0.7
Rafael Santana	28	arb	139	0.3	0.2	-0.1
Randy Niemann	30	FA-elig	31	0.3	0.1	+0.0
George Foster↔ CHW	37	FA-elig	72	0.3	2.3	-2.2
Doug Sisk	28	arb	41	0.3	0.3	-0.2
Stan Jefferson	23	–	14	0.2	–	–
Ed Lynch↔ CHC	30	FA-elig	1	0.1	0.0	+0.0
Terry Leach	32	–	6	0.1	–	–
Kevin Elster	21	pre-arb	19	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Randy Myers	23	–	10	-0.0	–	–
John Mitchell	20	–	4	-0.1	–	–
Tim Corcoran	33	FA-elig	6	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Bruce Berenyi	31	–	14	-0.3	–	–
Barry Lyons	26	–	6	-0.3	–	–

36 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (78%). 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

Player	Year	WAR for NYM
Sid Fernandez	1983	27.5
Howard Johnson	1984	22.8
David Cone	1987	21.2
Noah Syndergaard	2012	20.1
John Olerud	1996	18.3
Keith Hernandez	1983	16.5
Kevin McReynolds	1986	15.1
Johan Santana	2008	14.3

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Melvin Mora	2000	26.9
Mike Scott	1982	21.9
Nolan Ryan	1985	16.2
A. J. Burnett	1998	16.1
José Oquendo	1985	15.3
Scott Kazmir	2004	15.0
Walt Terrell	1984	13.5
Andrés Giménez	2021	13.3

Mets NYM

1986 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)