Mets — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Jacob deGrom	26	–	23	3.9	0.4	+11.1
Lucas Duda	28	arb	153	3.1	1.6	+7.5
Travis d'Arnaud	25	pre-arb	108	3.1	0.5	+8.6
Juan Lagares	25	pre-arb	116	2.9	0.5	+7.9
Daniel Murphy	29	FA-elig	143	2.5	5.7	+1.7
Jonathon Niese	27	FA-elig	31	2.4	5.0	+2.1
Zack Wheeler	24	pre-arb	34	2.2	0.5	+5.9
Bartolo Colon	41	FA-elig	31	2.2	9.0	-2.7
David Wright	31	FA-elig	134	1.6	20.0	-15.2
Rubén Tejada	24	arb	119	1.5	1.1	+3.2
Curtis Granderson	33	FA-elig	155	1.2	13.0	-9.5
Wilmer Flores	22	pre-arb	78	1.2	0.3	+3.0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	26	pre-arb	61	1.1	0.2	+3.0
Matthew den Dekker	26	–	53	1.0	–	–
Jeurys Familia	24	pre-arb	76	1.0	0.5	+2.3
Eric Young Jr.	29	arb	100	0.8	1.9	+0.5
Buddy Carlyle	36	arb	27	0.4	0.2	+1.0
Ike Davis↔ PIT	27	arb	12	0.4	0.3	+0.9
Eric Campbell	27	–	85	0.4	0.4	+0.8
Josh Edgin	27	pre-arb	47	0.4	0.4	+0.8
Daisuke Matsuzaka	33	FA-elig	34	0.3	1.5	-0.5
Jenrry Mejia	24	arb	63	0.3	0.5	+0.5
Dana Eveland	30	arb	30	0.2	0.3	+0.3
Dilson Herrera	20	–	18	0.2	0.1	+0.4
Dillon Gee	28	arb	22	0.1	3.6	-3.2
Vic Black	26	pre-arb	41	0.1	0.5	-0.2
Carlos Torres	31	arb	73	0.1	0.6	-0.4
Erik Goeddel	25	pre-arb	6	0.0	0.1	+0.1
Bobby Parnell	29	FA-elig	1	-0.0	3.7	-3.7
Chris Young↔ NYY	30	FA-elig	88	-0.0	5.7	-5.9
Wilfredo Tovar	22	–	2	-0.0	–	–
Kyle Farnsworth↔ HOU	38	–	19	-0.1	0.5	-0.9
Dario Alvarez	25	pre-arb	4	-0.2	0.1	-0.6
Taylor Teagarden	30	arb	9	-0.2	0.2	-0.7
Rafael Montero	23	–	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
Omar Quintanilla	32	arb	15	-0.2	0.8	-1.4
Jose Valverde	36	FA-elig	21	-0.2	1.0	-1.6
Bobby Abreu	40	–	78	-0.2	0.4	-1.0
Scott Rice	32	pre-arb	32	-0.3	0.5	-1.4
Andrew Brown	29	arb	19	-0.3	0.5	-1.4
Juan Centeno	24	–	10	-0.3	–	–
Josh Satin	29	arb	25	-0.4	0.5	-1.6
John Lannan	29	FA-elig	5	-0.4	1.5	-2.6
Anthony Recker	30	arb	58	-0.5	0.5	-1.9
Gonzalez Germen	26	pre-arb	25	-0.5	0.5	-2.1

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 42 of them (93%). 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

2014 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)