Mets — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Matt Harvey	24	pre-arb	27	6.6	0.5	+17.3
David Wright	30	FA-elig	112	5.6	11.0	+4.0
Marlon Byrd↔ PIT	35	FA-elig	117	3.3	0.6	+8.2
Daniel Murphy	28	arb	161	3.1	2.9	+5.5
Jonathon Niese	26	arb	24	2.6	3.0	+4.0
Juan Lagares	24	–	121	2.3	0.4	+5.8
Dillon Gee	27	arb	32	2.1	0.5	+5.1
Shaun Marcum	31	FA-elig	15	1.6	4.0	+0.4
Bobby Parnell	28	arb	49	1.6	1.7	+2.6
Eric Young Jr.↔ COL	28	arb	91	1.3	0.3	+3.2
LaTroy Hawkins	40	FA-elig	72	1.2	1.0	+2.1
Josh Satin	28	pre-arb	75	1.1	0.3	+2.5
Zack Wheeler	23	–	18	1.0	0.3	+2.4
Jenrry Mejia	23	arb	6	0.7	0.5	+1.4
Lucas Duda	27	arb	100	0.6	0.5	+1.2
Gonzalez Germen	25	pre-arb	29	0.6	0.2	+1.4
Jeremy Hefner	27	pre-arb	24	0.6	0.5	+1.1
Scott Rice	31	pre-arb	73	0.5	0.5	+0.9
Justin Turner	28	arb	86	0.5	0.5	+0.9
Daisuke Matsuzaka	32	FA-elig	7	0.5	0.5	+0.8
Travis d'Arnaud	24	–	31	0.4	0.1	+1.0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	25	pre-arb	47	0.3	0.5	+0.4
Andrew Brown	28	pre-arb	68	0.2	0.3	+0.3
Zach Lutz	27	pre-arb	15	0.2	0.1	+0.5
Carlos Torres	30	pre-arb	33	0.2	0.5	-0.1
Vic Black↔ PIT	25	–	15	0.1	0.1	+0.3
Frank Francisco	33	FA-elig	8	0.1	6.5	-6.2
Scott Atchison	37	FA-elig	51	0.1	0.7	-0.4
Greg Burke	30	arb	32	0.1	0.6	-0.3
Omar Quintanilla	31	arb	95	0.1	0.3	-0.1
Aaron Laffey↔ TOR	28	–	4	0.0	0.0	+0.0
Matthew den Dekker	25	–	27	0.0	–	–
Juan Centeno	23	–	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1
Josh Edgin	26	pre-arb	34	-0.0	0.5	-0.5
Brandon Lyon	33	FA-elig	37	-0.0	0.8	-0.8
Rick Ankiel↔ HOU	33	FA-elig	20	-0.0	0.3	-0.4
Pedro Feliciano	36	FA-elig	25	-0.0	0.3	-0.4
Aaron Harang↔ SEA	35	FA-elig	4	-0.1	1.1	-1.2
Wilfredo Tovar	21	–	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
Wilmer Flores	21	–	27	-0.1	0.1	-0.4
John Buck↔ PIT	32	FA-elig	101	-0.1	5.5	-5.8
Collin McHugh↔ COL	26	–	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
Tim Byrdak	39	FA-elig	8	-0.2	0.4	-0.9
Anthony Recker	29	pre-arb	50	-0.2	0.5	-1.1
Ike Davis	26	arb	103	-0.2	3.1	-3.8
Sean Henn	32	–	4	-0.2	–	–
Jeurys Familia	23	pre-arb	9	-0.3	0.5	-1.2
Jordany Valdespin	25	pre-arb	66	-0.3	0.5	-1.3
Collin Cowgill↔ ANA	27	pre-arb	23	-0.3	0.2	-1.0
Rubén Tejada	23	arb	57	-0.3	0.5	-1.4
David Aardsma	31	FA-elig	43	-0.5	0.3	-1.7
Mike Baxter	28	arb	74	-0.6	0.5	-2.2
Robert Carson	24	pre-arb	14	-0.9	0.1	-2.7

53 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 51 of them (96%). 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

2013 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)