Mets — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Johan Santana	30	FA-elig	25	3.8	18.9	-9.8
David Wright	26	arb	144	3.2	7.8	-0.1
Carlos Beltrán	32	FA-elig	81	2.9	19.2	-12.4
Ángel Pagán	27	arb	88	2.8	0.6	+6.2
Mike Pelfrey	25	arb	31	1.8	2.2	+1.9
Fernando Tatis	34	FA-elig	125	1.7	1.7	+2.4
Luis Castillo	33	FA-elig	142	1.5	6.2	-2.8
Livan Hernandez↔ WSN	34	–	24	0.9	–	–
Nelson Figueroa	35	–	16	0.9	–	–
Jeff Francoeur↔ ATL	25	arb	75	0.8	1.6	+0.3
Daniel Murphy	24	pre-arb	155	0.8	0.4	+1.5
John Maine	28	arb	16	0.8	2.6	-0.8
Pedro Feliciano	32	FA-elig	88	0.7	1.6	+0.1
José Reyes	26	FA-elig	36	0.7	6.1	-4.5
Francisco Rodríguez	27	FA-elig	70	0.7	9.2	-7.5
Bobby Parnell	24	pre-arb	68	0.6	0.4	+1.0
Jonathon Niese	22	–	5	0.6	–	–
Ryan Church↔ ATL	30	arb	67	0.5	1.7	-0.4
Carlos Delgado	37	FA-elig	26	0.4	12.0	-11.1
Gary Sheffield	40	FA-elig	100	0.3	14.0	-13.3
Ramon Castro↔ CHW	33	FA-elig	26	0.3	1.2	-0.5
Cory Sullivan	29	arb	64	0.3	0.6	+0.0
Fernando Nieve	26	arb	8	0.2	0.4	+0.1
J.J. Putz	32	FA-elig	29	0.2	6.0	-5.6
Wilson Valdez	31	–	41	0.2	–	–
Lance Broadway↔ CHW	25	pre-arb	8	0.1	0.2	+0.1
Tim Redding	31	FA-elig	30	0.1	2.2	-1.9
Ken Takahashi	40	–	28	0.1	–	–
Billy Wagner↔ BOS	37	FA-elig	2	0.1	1.2	-1.1
Josh Thole	22	–	17	0.0	–	–
Darren O'Day↔ TEX	26	pre-arb	4	0.0	0.0	+0.0
Anderson Hernandez↔ WSN	26	arb	46	0.0	0.1	-0.1
Casey Fossum	31	–	3	0.0	–	–
Alex Cora	33	FA-elig	82	0.0	2.0	-2.0
Brian Stokes	29	arb	69	-0.0	0.4	-0.4
Robinson Cancel	33	–	1	-0.0	–	–
Andy Green	31	–	4	-0.0	–	–
Emil Brown	34	–	3	-0.1	–	–
Brian Schneider	32	FA-elig	59	-0.1	4.9	-5.1
Marlon Anderson	35	FA-elig	4	-0.1	1.1	-1.4
Sean Green	30	arb	79	-0.1	0.5	-0.7
Tobi Stoner	24	–	4	-0.1	–	–
Jon Switzer	29	–	4	-0.2	–	–
Argenis Reyes	26	–	9	-0.2	–	–
Angel Berroa↔ NYY	31	–	14	-0.2	–	–
Elmer Dessens	38	–	28	-0.2	–	–
Pat Misch↔ SFG	27	arb	22	-0.2	0.3	-0.9
Fernando Martinez	20	–	29	-0.4	–	–
Oliver Pérez	27	FA-elig	14	-0.4	12.0	-13.0
Nick Evans	23	pre-arb	30	-0.5	0.4	-1.6
Ramon Martinez	36	–	12	-0.6	–	–
Jeremy Reed	28	arb	126	-0.7	0.9	-2.5
Omir Santos	28	–	96	-0.8	–	–

53 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 35 of them (66%). 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

2009 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)