Rosternomics

Pirates PIT

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GM: Ben Cherington (since 2020)

2023 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+5.1
WAB — wins above budget
+1.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
76–86 (0.469)
record
+33M
surplus $M (value/$)
25.0
roster fWAR
$65.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mitch Keller 27 arb 32 3.2 2.4 +10.3
Ke'Bryan Hayes 26 arb 124 3.2 10.0 +2.7
Jack Suwinski 24 pre-arb 144 2.6 0.7 +9.5
David Bednar 28 arb 66 2.3 0.7 +8.5
Bryan Reynolds 28 arb 145 2.1 7.0 +1.4
Johan Oviedo 25 arb 32 1.8 0.7 +6.4
Jared Triolo 25 54 1.5 0.3 +5.8
Connor Joe 30 arb 133 1.4 0.7 +5.0
Andrew McCutchen 36 FA-elig 112 1.3 5.0 +0.2
Rich Hill↔ SDP 43 FA-elig 22 1.1 5.5 -1.2
Jason Delay 28 pre-arb 70 1.1 0.7 +3.6
Dauri Moreta 27 pre-arb 55 1.0 0.7 +3.4
Austin Hedges↔ TEX 30 FA-elig 65 0.9 4.0 -0.2
Colin Holderman 27 pre-arb 58 0.9 0.7 +2.9
Carlos Santana↔ MIL 37 FA-elig 94 0.8 4.3 -1.1
Osvaldo Bido 27 16 0.7 0.3 +2.4
Vince Velasquez 31 FA-elig 8 0.7 3.1 -0.5
Ryan Borucki 29 arb 38 0.6 0.4 +2.1
Endy Rodríguez 23 57 0.6 0.3 +2.1
Angel Perdomo 29 pre-arb 30 0.5 0.5 +1.5
Andre Jackson↔ LAD 27 pre-arb 12 0.4 0.5 +1.0
Oneil Cruz 24 pre-arb 9 0.3 0.7 +0.4
Miguel Andujar 28 FA-elig 30 0.3 1.5 -0.5
Carmen Mlodzinski 24 35 0.2 0.4 +0.5
Thomas Hatch↔ TOR 28 pre-arb 12 0.2 0.1 +0.7
Joshua Palacios 27 pre-arb 91 0.2 0.5 +0.3
Liover Peguero 22 pre-arb 59 0.1 0.3 +0.2
Rob Zastryzny 31 FA-elig 21 0.1 0.8 -0.2
Yerry De los Santos 25 22 0.1
Jose E. Hernandez 25 50 0.1
Roansy Contreras 23 pre-arb 19 0.1 0.7 -0.5
Drew Maggi 34 3 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Alfonso Rivas III↔ SDP 26 40 0.0
Hunter Stratton 26 8 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Vinny Capra 26 pre-arb 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Tyler Heineman↔ TOR 32 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Colin Selby 25 21 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Kyle Nicolas 24 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Nick Gonzales 24 35 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Cal Mitchell 24 pre-arb 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.4
Ji Hwan Bae 23 pre-arb 111 -0.1 0.7 -1.1
Yohan Ramírez↔ CHW 28 26 -0.1 0.3 -0.7
Ji Man Choi↔ SDP 32 FA-elig 23 -0.1 2.7 -3.1
Wil Crowe 28 arb 5 -0.2 0.7 -1.3
Bailey Falter↔ PHI 26 pre-arb 10 -0.2 0.4 -1.0
Rodolfo Castro↔ PHI 24 pre-arb 78 -0.2 0.6 -1.3
Duane Underwood Jr. 28 arb 20 -0.2 1.0 -1.7
Cody Bolton 25 16 -0.2 0.2 -0.9
Robert Stephenson↔ TBR 30 FA-elig 18 -0.2 0.5 -1.4
Chris Owings 31 FA-elig 11 -0.3 0.1 -1.2
Mark Mathias↔ SFG 28 22 -0.3 0.2 -1.4
Tucupita Marcano 23 pre-arb 75 -0.3 0.7 -2.0
Alika Williams 24 46 -0.3 0.2 -1.6
Luis Ortiz 24 pre-arb 18 -0.4 0.4 -1.8
Canaan Smith-Njigba 24 pre-arb 15 -0.4 0.7 -2.4
Chase De Jong 29 FA-elig 6 -0.5 0.8 -2.9
Quinn Priester 22 10 -0.6 0.2 -2.6
Henry Davis 23 62 -0.8 0.4 -3.7

58 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 55 of them (95%). 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