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GM: Neal Huntington (since 2008)

2015 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+18.3
WAB — wins above budget
+11.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
98–64 (0.605)
record · made playoffs
+36M
surplus $M (value/$)
43.5
roster fWAR
$102.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Andrew McCutchen 28 FA-elig 157 6.0 10.0 +8.8
Francisco Cervelli 29 FA-elig 130 5.9 1.0 +17.6
Gerrit Cole 24 pre-arb 33 5.1 0.5 +15.6
Jung Ho Kang 28 pre-arb 126 3.7 2.5 +9.1
Francisco Liriano 31 FA-elig 31 3.5 11.7 -0.8
Starling Marte 26 arb 153 3.3 1.3 +9.0
Neil Walker 29 FA-elig 151 2.6 8.0 +0.1
A.J. Burnett 38 FA-elig 26 2.5 8.5 -0.7
Gregory Polanco 23 pre-arb 153 2.2 0.5 +6.5
J.A. Happ↔ SEA 32 FA-elig 11 1.9 2.3 +3.5
Mark Melancon 30 FA-elig 78 1.4 5.4 -1.0
Josh Harrison 27 arb 114 1.3 3.0 +1.1
Tony Watson 30 arb 77 1.3 1.8 +2.3
Chris Stewart 33 FA-elig 58 1.1 1.2 +2.3
Jeff Locke 27 arb 30 1.1 0.5 +2.9
Joakim Soria↔ DET 31 FA-elig 29 0.8 2.8 -0.4
Joe Blanton↔ KCR 34 FA-elig 21 0.6 0.4 +1.5
Antonio Bastardo 29 FA-elig 66 0.5 3.1 -1.5
Pedro Álvarez 28 arb 150 0.5 5.8 -4.3
Vance Worley 27 arb 24 0.5 2.5 -1.0
Jordy Mercer 28 arb 116 0.4 0.5 +0.8
Charlie Morton 31 FA-elig 23 0.4 8.0 -6.9
Michael Morse↔ MIA 33 – 45 0.3 – –
Tony Sanchez 27 pre-arb 3 0.1 0.5 -0.1
Arquimedes Caminero 28 pre-arb 73 0.1 0.5 -0.1
Bobby LaFromboise 29 pre-arb 11 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Jared Hughes 29 arb 76 0.1 1.1 -0.8
Travis Snider↔ BAL 27 FA-elig 18 0.1 0.4 -0.2
Brent Morel 28 – 3 0.1 0.0 +0.2
Chris Volstad 28 arb 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Aramis Ramirez↔ MIL 37 FA-elig 56 0.0 5.7 -5.7
Casey Sadler 24 arb 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
Elias Díaz 24 – 2 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Travis Ishikawa↔ SFG 31 FA-elig 38 -0.1 1.0 -1.1
Keon Broxton 25 – 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Jaff Decker 25 pre-arb 23 -0.1 0.5 -0.9
Gorkys Hernández 27 pre-arb 8 -0.1 0.3 -0.7
Steve Lombardozzi Jr. 26 – 12 -0.3 – –
Rob Scahill 28 pre-arb 28 -0.3 0.1 -1.0
Radhames Liz 31 FA-elig 14 -0.3 1.0 -1.9
Pedro Florimón 28 arb 24 -0.3 0.5 -1.6
Deolis Guerra 26 – 10 -0.3 – –
Jose Tabata 26 arb 27 -0.4 4.0 -5.1
Andrew Lambo 26 pre-arb 20 -0.4 0.5 -1.8
Sean Rodríguez 30 FA-elig 139 -0.5 1.9 -3.4
Corey Hart 33 FA-elig 35 -0.5 2.5 -4.2

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 43 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
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.