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GM: Sandy Alderson (since 2011)

2016 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+3.2
WAB — wins above budget
+6.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
87–75 (0.537)
record · made playoffs
-8M
surplus $M (value/$)
42.1
roster fWAR
$144.2M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Noah Syndergaard 23 pre-arb 31 6.8 0.5 +21.5
Asdrúbal Cabrera 30 FA-elig 141 3.4 8.2 +2.9
Yoenis Cespedes 30 arb 132 3.3 27.5 -16.9
Jacob deGrom 28 pre-arb 27 3.0 0.6 +9.2
Curtis Granderson 35 FA-elig 150 2.9 16.0 -6.6
Steven Matz 25 pre-arb 24 2.7 0.5 +8.3
Addison Reed 27 arb 80 2.4 5.3 +2.5
Neil Walker 30 FA-elig 113 2.3 10.6 -3.0
Bartolo Colon 43 FA-elig 34 2.2 7.2 -0.1
Jeurys Familia 26 arb 78 2.1 4.1 +2.6
Matt Harvey 27 arb 17 1.8 4.3 +1.4
José Reyes 33 FA-elig 60 1.3 0.2 +4.1
Travis d'Arnaud 27 arb 75 1.2 0.5 +3.3
René Rivera 32 arb 65 1.2 0.4 +3.4
Robert Gsellman 22 – 9 1.1 0.1 +3.5
Kelly Johnson↔ ATL 34 FA-elig 82 1.0 1.3 +2.1
Michael Conforto 23 pre-arb 109 1.0 0.5 +2.6
Hansel Robles 25 pre-arb 68 0.8 0.5 +2.0
Wilmer Flores 24 arb 103 0.7 0.5 +1.8
Juan Lagares 27 arb 79 0.7 2.5 -0.2
Jerry Blevins 32 FA-elig 73 0.6 4.0 -2.0
T.J. Rivera 27 – 33 0.5 0.1 +1.6
Ty Kelly 27 – 39 0.5 0.2 +1.3
Kevin Plawecki 25 pre-arb 48 0.4 0.5 +0.9
Gabriel Ynoa 23 – 10 0.4 0.1 +1.2
Seth Lugo 26 – 17 0.3 0.2 +0.7
Fernando Salas↔ ANA 31 FA-elig 17 0.2 0.5 +0.1
Matt Reynolds 25 – 47 0.2 0.2 +0.3
Justin Ruggiano↔ TEX 34 FA-elig 8 0.2 1.5 -0.9
Lucas Duda 30 FA-elig 47 0.1 6.7 -6.3
Gavin Cecchini 22 pre-arb 4 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Brandon Nimmo 23 – 32 0.1 0.2 +0.1
Josh Edgin 29 arb 16 -0.0 0.6 -0.6
James Loney 32 FA-elig 100 -0.0 0.3 -0.4
Josh Smoker 27 pre-arb 20 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Erik Goeddel 27 pre-arb 36 -0.0 0.3 -0.4
David Wright 33 FA-elig 37 -0.1 20.0 -20.2
Jim Henderson 33 arb 44 -0.2 0.6 -1.2
Alejandro De Aza 32 FA-elig 130 -0.2 5.8 -6.4
Antonio Bastardo↔ PIT 30 FA-elig 41 -0.2 3.2 -3.9
Sean Gilmartin 26 pre-arb 14 -0.3 0.2 -1.1
Jay Bruce↔ CIN 29 FA-elig 50 -0.3 4.3 -5.2
Jonathon Niese↔ PIT 29 FA-elig 6 -0.4 1.8 -3.0
Eric Campbell 29 pre-arb 40 -0.4 0.5 -1.7
Rafael Montero 25 pre-arb 9 -0.4 0.1 -1.4
Logan Verrett 26 pre-arb 35 -0.9 0.5 -3.4

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
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.