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GM: Brodie Van Wagenen (since 2019)

2020 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-13.8 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
+8.4 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
26–34 (0.433)
record
-17M
surplus $M (value/$)
16.5
roster fWAR
$138.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jacob deGrom 32 FA-elig 12 2.6 25.0 -6.0
Michael Conforto 27 arb 54 1.9 8.0 +6.1
Brandon Nimmo 27 arb 55 1.8 2.2 +10.9
Rick Porcello 31 FA-elig 12 1.6 10.0 +2.0
Robinson Canó 37 FA-elig 49 1.4 24.0 -13.6
Dominic Smith 25 pre-arb 50 1.4 0.2 +9.9
Jeff McNeil 28 pre-arb 52 1.3 0.2 +9.5
Andrés Giménez 21 – 49 1.2 0.2 +8.7
Luis Guillorme 25 pre-arb 30 0.9 0.2 +6.2
Edwin Díaz 26 arb 26 0.9 5.1 +1.3
J.D. Davis 27 pre-arb 56 0.6 0.2 +4.3
Justin Wilson 32 FA-elig 23 0.5 5.0 -1.4
David Peterson 24 – 10 0.5 0.2 +3.2
Tomás Nido 26 pre-arb 7 0.4 0.2 +2.7
Seth Lugo 30 arb 16 0.4 2.0 +0.6
Pete Alonso 25 pre-arb 57 0.3 0.2 +2.2
Jake Marisnick 29 FA-elig 16 0.3 3.3 -1.0
Amed Rosario 24 pre-arb 46 0.3 0.2 +1.7
Todd Frazier↔ TEX 34 FA-elig 14 0.2 1.1 +0.3
Guillermo Heredia↔ PIT 29 arb 7 0.1 0.3 +0.8
Chasen Shreve 29 FA-elig 17 0.1 0.1 +0.9
Erasmo Ramírez 30 arb 6 0.1 0.1 +0.9
Hunter Strickland 31 arb 4 0.1 0.1 +0.7
Walker Lockett↔ SEA 26 – 2 0.1 0.0 +0.5
Ariel Jurado 24 pre-arb 1 0.1 0.0 +0.4
Michael Wacha 28 FA-elig 8 0.0 3.0 -2.7
Wilson Ramos 32 FA-elig 45 0.0 10.2 -10.0
Eduardo Núñez 33 FA-elig 2 0.0 0.1 +0.2
Miguel Castro↔ BAL 25 arb 10 0.0 0.4 -0.2
Corey Oswalt 26 pre-arb 4 0.0 0.1 +0.1
Juan Lagares 31 – 2 0.0 0.0 +0.1
René Rivera 36 FA-elig 2 -0.0 0.4 -0.4
Dellin Betances 32 FA-elig 15 -0.0 7.5 -7.7
Robinson Chirinos↔ TEX 36 FA-elig 12 -0.0 2.5 -2.9
Drew Smith 26 pre-arb 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.7
Ryan Cordell 28 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.6
Ali Sánchez 23 – 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.8
Jeurys Familia 30 FA-elig 25 -0.1 11.7 -12.5
Yoenis Cespedes 34 FA-elig 8 -0.1 6.0 -6.9
Paul Sewald 30 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.1 -1.0
Jared Hughes 34 FA-elig 18 -0.1 0.3 -1.3
Brian Dozier 33 – 7 -0.2 0.1 -1.3
Billy Hamilton↔ CHC 29 – 17 -0.2 0.1 -1.4
Brad Brach 34 FA-elig 14 -0.3 0.8 -2.7
Franklyn Kilome 25 – 4 -0.3 0.1 -2.4
Robert Gsellman 26 arb 6 -0.4 1.2 -3.8
Steven Matz 29 arb 9 -0.7 5.0 -9.9

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.