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GM: Neal Huntington (since 2008)

2013 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+15.5
WAB — wins above budget
+8.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
94–68 (0.580)
record · made playoffs
+27M
surplus $M (value/$)
39.3
roster fWAR
$79.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Andrew McCutchen 26 arb 157 8.1 4.5 +17.1
Russell Martin 30 FA-elig 127 5.0 6.5 +6.8
Starling Marte 24 pre-arb 135 4.3 0.5 +11.0
A.J. Burnett 36 FA-elig 30 3.6 16.5 -6.9
Francisco Liriano 29 FA-elig 26 2.9 1.0 +6.8
Pedro Álvarez 26 arb 152 2.8 0.7 +6.7
Gerrit Cole 22 – 19 2.5 0.3 +6.4
Mark Melancon 28 arb 72 2.5 0.5 +6.2
Neil Walker 27 arb 133 2.4 3.3 +3.0
Jason Grilli 36 FA-elig 54 1.5 2.5 +1.5
Charlie Morton 29 arb 20 1.3 2.0 +1.6
Jordy Mercer 26 pre-arb 103 1.2 0.4 +2.9
Gaby Sanchez 29 arb 136 1.0 1.8 +1.1
Jose Tabata 24 arb 106 1.0 1.0 +1.8
Jeff Locke 25 pre-arb 30 1.0 0.5 +2.1
Marlon Byrd↔ NYM 35 FA-elig 30 0.7 0.1 +1.8
Brandon Cumpton 24 pre-arb 6 0.6 0.1 +1.5
Tony Watson 28 pre-arb 67 0.5 0.5 +0.9
Vin Mazzaro 26 pre-arb 57 0.4 0.4 +0.7
Justin Wilson 25 pre-arb 58 0.4 0.5 +0.6
James McDonald 28 arb 8 0.3 3.0 -2.2
Tony Sanchez 25 pre-arb 22 0.3 0.2 +0.5
Josh Harrison 25 pre-arb 60 0.2 0.5 -0.0
Stolmy Pimentel 23 pre-arb 5 0.2 0.1 +0.3
Wandy Rodriguez 34 FA-elig 13 0.1 13.0 -12.7
Jeanmar Gómez 25 arb 34 0.1 0.5 -0.2
Kris Johnson 28 – 4 0.1 – –
Alex Presley↔ MIN 27 – 29 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Kyle Farnsworth↔ TBR 37 FA-elig 9 0.1 0.2 -0.1
Phil Irwin 26 – 1 0.1 0.0 +0.1
Duke Welker 27 – 2 0.0 – –
Andrew Lambo 24 pre-arb 18 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Vic Black↔ NYM 25 – 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
Ryan Reid 28 pre-arb 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
John Buck↔ NYM 32 FA-elig 9 -0.1 0.5 -0.8
Garrett Jones 32 FA-elig 144 -0.1 4.5 -4.8
Justin Morneau↔ MIN 32 FA-elig 25 -0.1 2.3 -2.7
Jared Hughes 27 pre-arb 29 -0.1 0.5 -0.9
Chris Leroux 29 arb 2 -0.2 0.5 -1.0
Jose Contreras 41 – 7 -0.2 0.1 -0.6
Mike Zagurski↔ NYY 30 – 6 -0.2 – –
Travis Snider 25 arb 111 -0.3 0.5 -1.3
Clint Barmes 34 FA-elig 108 -0.4 5.5 -6.5
Felix Pie 28 – 27 -0.4 – –
John McDonald↔ BOS 38 – 16 -0.4 0.2 -1.4
Jonathan Sánchez 30 FA-elig 6 -0.7 1.4 -3.2
Brandon Inge 36 FA-elig 50 -0.7 1.2 -3.1
Michael McKenry 28 arb 41 -0.9 0.5 -2.9
Bryan Morris 26 pre-arb 55 -1.0 0.5 -3.2

49 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 45 of them (92%). 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.