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GM: Frank Cashen (since 1981)

1988 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+15.4
WAB — wins above budget
+18.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
100–60 (0.625)
record · made playoffs
+1M
surplus $M (value/$)
55.4
roster fWAR
$15.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Dwight Gooden 23 arb 34 6.3 1.4 +0.6
David Cone 25 pre-arb 35 5.5 0.1 +1.6
Darryl Strawberry 26 arb 153 5.3 1.3 +0.3
Bob Ojeda 30 FA-elig 30 5.2 0.7 +0.9
Sid Fernandez 25 arb 31 4.0 0.6 +0.7
Kevin McReynolds 28 arb 147 4.0 1.0 +0.3
Ron Darling 27 arb 34 3.3 1.0 +0.0
Howard Johnson 27 FA-elig 148 2.9 0.7 +0.2
Wally Backman 28 FA-elig 99 2.7 0.7 +0.2
Lenny Dykstra 25 arb 126 2.6 0.3 +0.5
Mookie Wilson 32 FA-elig 112 2.3 0.9 -0.2
Dave Magadan 25 pre-arb 112 2.1 0.1 +0.5
Keith Hernandez 34 FA-elig 95 1.8 1.9 -1.3
Tim Teufel 29 arb 90 1.8 0.5 +0.0
Randy Myers 25 arb 55 1.8 0.1 +0.4
Gregg Jefferies 20 pre-arb 29 1.4 0.1 +0.4
Gary Carter 34 FA-elig 130 1.0 2.2 -1.8
Roger McDowell 27 arb 63 1.0 0.6 -0.3
Kevin Elster 23 pre-arb 149 0.8 0.1 +0.2
Jeff Innis 25 12 0.4
Terry Leach 34 FA-elig 52 0.4 0.2 -0.1
Mark Carreon 24 7 0.3
Mackey Sasser 25 pre-arb 60 0.3 0.1 +0.0
David West 23 2 0.2
Gene Walter↔ SEA 27 arb 19 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Rick Aguilera 26 arb 11 0.1 0.3 -0.3
Ed Nunez↔ SEA 25 FA-elig 10 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Bob McClure↔ WSN 36 FA-elig 14 0.0 0.2 -0.2
John Mitchell 22 1 -0.0
Barry Lyons 28 pre-arb 50 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Keith Miller 25 pre-arb 40 -0.7 0.1 -0.3
Lee Mazzilli 33 FA-elig 68 -1.1 0.3 -0.7

32 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (88%). 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 NYM
Sid Fernandez198327.5
Howard Johnson198422.8
David Cone198721.2
Noah Syndergaard201220.1
John Olerud199618.3
Keith Hernandez198316.5
Kevin McReynolds198615.1
Johan Santana200814.3
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Melvin Mora200026.9
Mike Scott198221.9
Nolan Ryan198516.2
A. J. Burnett199816.1
José Oquendo198515.3
Scott Kazmir200415.0
Walt Terrell198413.5
Andrés Giménez202113.3