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GM: Sandy Alderson (since 2011)

2012 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-7.7
WAB — wins above budget
-3.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
74–88 (0.457)
record
-19M
surplus $M (value/$)
30.3
roster fWAR
$97.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
David Wright 29 FA-elig 156 6.6 15.0 +2.0
R.A. Dickey 37 FA-elig 34 4.7 4.2 +7.8
Jonathon Niese 25 arb 30 3.1 0.8 +7.1
Dillon Gee 26 pre-arb 17 1.7 0.5 +4.0
Rubén Tejada 22 pre-arb 114 1.7 0.5 +3.9
Matt Harvey 23 10 1.6 0.5 +3.7
Daniel Murphy 27 arb 156 1.6 0.5 +3.7
Scott Hairston 32 FA-elig 134 1.6 1.1 +3.1
Andres Torres 34 FA-elig 132 1.5 2.7 +1.1
Johan Santana 33 FA-elig 21 1.3 24.0 -20.7
Jeremy Hefner 26 26 1.2 0.5 +2.7
Chris Young 33 arb 20 1.1 0.5 +2.3
Ike Davis 25 pre-arb 156 1.0 0.5 +2.0
Mike Baxter 27 pre-arb 89 1.0 0.5 +2.0
Bobby Parnell 27 arb 74 0.9 0.5 +1.8
Josh Thole 25 arb 104 0.8 0.5 +1.5
Mike Pelfrey 28 FA-elig 3 0.6 5.7 -4.1
Ronny Cedeno 29 FA-elig 78 0.5 1.2 +0.1
Kirk Nieuwenhuis 24 91 0.5 0.5 +0.9
Omar Quintanilla↔ BAL 30 29 0.5
Jon Rauch 33 FA-elig 73 0.3 3.5 -2.7
Justin Turner 27 arb 94 0.3 0.5 +0.3
Jordany Valdespin 24 pre-arb 94 0.3 0.5 +0.3
Vinny Rottino↔ CLE 32 18 0.2 0.2 +0.4
Frank Francisco 32 FA-elig 48 0.2 5.5 -5.0
Tim Byrdak 38 FA-elig 56 0.2 1.0 -0.6
Ramon E Ramirez 30 FA-elig 58 0.1 2.6 -2.3
Jeurys Familia 22 8 0.0 0.1 -0.0
Justin Hampson 32 13 0.0 0.5 -0.4
Jack Egbert 29 1 0.0
Garrett Olson 28 1 -0.0
Josh Satin 27 1 -0.0
Kelly Shoppach↔ BOS 32 FA-elig 28 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Pedro Beato↔ BOS 25 pre-arb 7 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Elvin Ramirez 24 pre-arb 20 -0.1 0.5 -0.7
Robert Carson 23 17 -0.1 0.5 -0.8
D.J. Carrasco 35 FA-elig 4 -0.1 1.2 -1.6
Jenrry Mejia 22 pre-arb 5 -0.2 0.5 -0.9
Zach Lutz 26 7 -0.2
Fred Lewis 31 18 -0.2
Collin McHugh 25 8 -0.2 0.5 -1.0
Josh Edgin 25 34 -0.2 0.5 -1.1
Mike Nickeas 29 pre-arb 47 -0.3 0.5 -1.3
Chris Schwinden 25 3 -0.4
Miguel Batista↔ ATL 41 FA-elig 30 -0.4 0.6 -1.7
Manny Acosta 31 arb 45 -0.4 0.9 -2.0
Rob Johnson 29 arb 17 -0.4 0.5 -1.6
Lucas Duda 26 pre-arb 121 -0.7 0.5 -2.2
Jason Bay 33 FA-elig 70 -0.9 16.0 -18.3

49 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 42 of them (86%). 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