Pirates — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Bryan Reynolds	24	–	134	3.7	0.5	+11.6
Starling Marte	30	FA-elig	132	3.7	10.3	+1.7
Joe Musgrove	26	arb	46	3.5	0.6	+10.9
Josh Bell	26	arb	143	3.0	0.6	+9.4
Adam Frazier	27	arb	152	2.6	0.6	+7.9
Kevin Newman	25	pre-arb	130	2.2	0.6	+6.5
Felipe Vázquez	27	arb	56	2.1	4.5	+2.3
Steven Brault	27	arb	34	1.9	0.6	+5.5
Jacob Stallings	29	arb	71	1.5	0.6	+4.2
Mitch Keller	23	–	11	1.1	0.2	+3.5
Trevor Williams	27	arb	26	1.0	0.6	+2.9
Corey Dickerson↔ PHI	30	FA-elig	44	0.9	4.8	-1.9
Jameson Taillon	27	arb	7	0.8	0.6	+2.0
Jordan Lyles↔ MIL	28	FA-elig	17	0.7	1.2	+1.1
Chris Archer	30	FA-elig	23	0.7	7.7	-5.5
Keone Kela	26	arb	32	0.4	3.2	-1.7
Colin Moran	26	arb	149	0.4	0.6	+0.8
Francisco Liriano	35	FA-elig	69	0.4	0.1	+1.1
Nick Burdi	26	pre-arb	11	0.3	0.6	+0.5
Chris Stratton↔ ANA	28	arb	28	0.3	0.5	+0.4
Michael Feliz	26	arb	58	0.0	0.8	-0.7
Wei-Chung Wang↔ OAK	27	pre-arb	5	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Yefry Ramírez↔ BAL	25	pre-arb	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.2
Steven Baron	28	–	7	-0.1	–	–
Montana DuRapau	27	–	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Williams Jerez↔ SFG	27	pre-arb	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
Corban Joseph↔ OAK	30	pre-arb	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.3
Jason Martin	23	–	20	-0.1	0.2	-0.5
Nick Kingham↔ TOR	27	pre-arb	14	-0.1	0.3	-0.7
Gregory Polanco	27	arb	42	-0.1	6.1	-6.5
Luis Escobar	23	–	4	-0.1	0.1	-0.4
Tyler Lyons↔ NYY	31	–	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
Yacksel Ríos↔ PHI	26	pre-arb	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.5
JB Shuck	32	FA-elig	27	-0.1	0.7	-1.1
Dovydas Neverauskas	26	pre-arb	10	-0.2	0.2	-0.7
Cole Tucker	22	–	56	-0.2	0.2	-0.8
Clay Holmes	26	pre-arb	35	-0.2	0.4	-1.0
Erik González	27	arb	53	-0.2	0.6	-1.2
Parker Markel↔ SEA	28	–	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
James Marvel	25	–	4	-0.2	0.1	-0.8
José Osuna	26	pre-arb	95	-0.2	0.5	-1.2
Rookie Davis	26	pre-arb	5	-0.2	0.2	-1.0
Dario Agrazal	24	–	15	-0.2	0.2	-1.0
Geoff Hartlieb	25	–	29	-0.2	0.3	-1.1
Francisco Cervelli↔ ATL	33	FA-elig	34	-0.2	8.1	-8.9
Richard Rodríguez	29	pre-arb	72	-0.3	0.7	-1.7
Melky Cabrera	34	FA-elig	133	-0.3	1.1	-2.2
Jake Elmore	32	pre-arb	20	-0.5	0.1	-1.6
Pablo Reyes	25	pre-arb	71	-0.5	0.6	-2.1
Kevin Kramer	25	pre-arb	22	-0.5	0.1	-1.7
Alex McRae	26	pre-arb	11	-0.7	0.1	-2.5
Kyle Crick	26	pre-arb	52	-0.7	0.6	-3.0
Jung Ho Kang	32	arb	65	-0.8	3.0	-5.6
Elias Díaz	28	arb	101	-1.4	0.6	-5.1

54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 53 of them (98%). 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

Player	Year	WAR for PIT
Andy Van Slyke	1987	31.1
Brian Giles	1998	25.4
Doug Drabek	1986	21.4
Bobby Bonilla	1986	20.6
Bryan Reynolds	2018	20.0
Mike LaValliere	1987	12.9
Josh Harrison	2009	11.9
Jack Wilson	2000	11.0

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Aramis Ramírez	2003	25.0
Jason Schmidt	2001	23.6
Brian Giles	2003	17.1
Willie Randolph	1975	14.7
Moisés Alou	1990	13.8
John Tudor	1984	12.0
Randy Milligan	1988	11.9
Bip Roberts	1985	11.1

Pirates PIT

2019 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)