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GM: Neal Huntington (since 2008)

2011 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-2.5
WAB — wins above budget
-11.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
72–90 (0.444)
record
-15M
surplus $M (value/$)
15.8
roster fWAR
$53.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Andrew McCutchen 24 pre-arb 158 5.4 0.5 +12.8
Neil Walker 25 pre-arb 159 2.5 0.4 +5.8
Joel Hanrahan 29 arb 70 1.9 1.4 +3.3
Paul Maholm 29 FA-elig 26 1.9 6.2 -1.6
Charlie Morton 27 arb 29 1.7 0.4 +3.7
Alex Presley 25 pre-arb 52 1.1 0.4 +2.3
Jeff Karstens 28 arb 30 1.0 1.1 +1.3
Garrett Jones 30 arb 148 1.0 0.5 +1.9
Chris Snyder 30 FA-elig 34 0.9 6.2 -3.9
Derrek Lee↔ BAL 35 FA-elig 28 0.9 1.8 +0.4
Ronny Cedeno 28 FA-elig 128 0.9 1.9 +0.3
Josh Harrison 23 – 65 0.8 0.2 +1.7
Jose Veras 30 arb 79 0.7 0.4 +1.3
Chris Leroux 27 – 23 0.7 – –
Jason Grilli 34 – 28 0.5 – –
Chris Resop 28 FA-elig 76 0.5 0.4 +0.8
Jose Tabata 22 pre-arb 91 0.5 0.4 +0.8
Brad Lincoln 26 pre-arb 13 0.5 0.4 +0.8
James McDonald 26 arb 31 0.5 0.4 +0.7
Daniel Moskos 25 pre-arb 31 0.2 0.4 +0.2
Eric Fryer 25 – 10 0.2 – –
Pedro Ciriaco 25 pre-arb 23 0.2 0.4 -0.0
Garrett Olson 27 arb 4 0.1 0.4 -0.2
Jared Hughes 25 – 12 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Evan Meek 28 arb 24 0.0 0.5 -0.4
Kevin Correia 30 FA-elig 27 0.0 4.0 -4.0
Brandon Wood↔ ANA 26 arb 99 -0.1 0.4 -0.5
John Bowker↔ PHI 27 arb 19 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Aaron Thompson 24 – 4 -0.1 – –
Wyatt Toregas 28 – 3 -0.1 – –
Ryan Doumit 30 FA-elig 77 -0.1 5.2 -5.5
Jose Ascanio 26 arb 8 -0.1 0.4 -0.8
Joshua Rodriguez 26 pre-arb 7 -0.1 0.4 -0.8
Jason Jaramillo 28 pre-arb 23 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Matt Pagnozzi↔ COL 28 – 5 -0.2 – –
Xavier Paul↔ LAD 26 pre-arb 121 -0.2 0.4 -0.9
Brian Burres 30 – 5 -0.2 – –
Michael Crotta 26 pre-arb 15 -0.2 0.4 -0.9
Ross Ohlendorf 28 arb 9 -0.3 2.0 -2.8
Tim Wood 28 – 13 -0.3 – –
Tony Watson 26 – 43 -0.3 0.4 -1.2
Jeff Locke 23 – 4 -0.3 0.4 -1.2
Ryan Ludwick↔ SDP 32 FA-elig 38 -0.3 1.9 -2.7
Matt Diaz↔ ATL 33 FA-elig 100 -0.4 1.8 -2.7
Daniel McCutchen 28 pre-arb 73 -0.4 0.4 -1.3
Dusty Brown 29 – 11 -0.4 – –
Chase d'Arnaud 24 pre-arb 48 -0.5 0.4 -1.6
Joe Beimel 34 FA-elig 35 -0.5 1.8 -3.1
Michael McKenry 26 pre-arb 58 -0.7 0.4 -2.0
Steve Pearce 28 arb 50 -0.8 0.4 -2.4
Pedro Álvarez 24 pre-arb 74 -1.0 2.0 -4.5
Lyle Overbay↔ ARI 34 FA-elig 103 -1.0 4.3 -6.7

52 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 43 of them (83%). 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 PIT
Andy Van Slyke198731.1
Brian Giles199825.4
Doug Drabek198621.4
Bobby Bonilla198620.6
Bryan Reynolds201820.0
Mike LaValliere198712.9
Josh Harrison200911.9
Jack Wilson200011.0
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Aramis Ramírez200325.0
Jason Schmidt200123.6
Brian Giles200317.1
Willie Randolph197514.7
Moisés Alou199013.8
John Tudor198412.0
Randy Milligan198811.9
Bip Roberts198511.1
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.