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GM: Ben Cherington (since 2020)

2024 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+0.6
WAB — wins above budget
-6.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
76–86 (0.469)
record
-8M
surplus $M (value/$)
21.1
roster fWAR
$97.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Paul Skenes 22 pre-arb 23 4.3 0.7 +17.0
Oneil Cruz 25 arb 146 3.6 0.8 +14.2
Bryan Reynolds 29 arb 156 2.2 10.2 -1.2
Mitch Keller 28 arb 31 2.2 5.9 +3.1
Jared Jones 22 pre-arb 22 1.8 0.7 +6.6
Bailey Falter 27 arb 28 1.7 0.8 +6.2
Yasmani Grandal 35 FA-elig 72 1.3 2.5 +3.1
Nick Gonzales 25 pre-arb 94 1.3 0.7 +4.8
Joey Bart 27 arb 80 1.3 0.8 +4.7
Aroldis Chapman 36 FA-elig 68 1.1 10.5 -6.0
Dennis Santana↔ NYY 28 arb 39 1.0 0.3 +4.1
Luis Ortiz 25 pre-arb 37 0.9 0.7 +3.1
Hunter Stratton 27 pre-arb 36 0.7 0.8 +1.9
Carmen Mlodzinski 25 pre-arb 40 0.6 0.7 +1.8
Connor Joe 31 arb 123 0.5 2.1 +0.1
Andrew McCutchen 37 FA-elig 120 0.5 5.0 -2.9
Michael A. Taylor 33 FA-elig 113 0.4 4.0 -2.2
Jared Triolo 26 pre-arb 125 0.4 0.7 +1.0
Billy Cook 25 – 16 0.3 0.1 +1.2
Jalen Beeks↔ COL 30 FA-elig 26 0.3 0.6 +0.7
Martín Pérez↔ SDP 33 FA-elig 16 0.3 4.9 -3.8
Joey Wentz↔ DET 26 pre-arb 8 0.2 0.1 +0.9
Marco Gonzales 32 FA-elig 7 0.2 12.2 -11.4
Jake Woodford↔ CHW 27 arb 7 0.2 0.1 +0.7
Colin Holderman 28 pre-arb 55 0.1 0.8 -0.2
Ke'Bryan Hayes 27 arb 96 0.1 7.0 -6.5
Joshua Palacios 28 arb 23 0.1 0.7 -0.3
Kyle Nicolas 25 pre-arb 51 0.1 0.7 -0.3
Jason Delay 29 pre-arb 7 0.1 0.8 -0.3
Quinn Priester↔ BOS 23 pre-arb 10 0.0 0.7 -0.6
Isiah Kiner-Falefa↔ TOR 29 FA-elig 50 0.0 2.8 -2.7
Isaac Mattson 28 pre-arb 3 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Brent Honeywell↔ LAD 29 – 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
Ryder Ryan 29 pre-arb 15 -0.0 0.8 -0.9
Billy McKinney 29 arb 10 -0.0 0.1 -0.3
Josh Fleming 28 arb 25 -0.0 0.8 -1.0
Justin Bruihl 27 pre-arb 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Ryan Borucki 30 FA-elig 14 -0.0 1.6 -1.8
Nick Yorke 22 – 11 -0.1 0.7 -1.0
Daulton Jefferies↔ SFG 28 arb 4 -0.1 0.5 -0.7
Brady Feigl 33 – 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Ben Heller 32 arb 8 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Grant Koch 27 – 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.6
Mike Burrows 24 – 1 -0.1 – –
Liover Peguero 23 pre-arb 3 -0.1 0.7 -1.3
Roansy Contreras↔ ANA 24 arb 12 -0.1 0.2 -0.8
David Bednar 29 arb 62 -0.2 4.2 -4.9
Jose E. Hernandez 26 – 7 -0.2 – –
Domingo Germán 31 arb 7 -0.2 0.1 -1.0
Alika Williams 25 pre-arb 37 -0.3 0.7 -2.0
Rowdy Tellez 29 FA-elig 132 -0.5 3.2 -5.2
Ji Hwan Bae 24 pre-arb 29 -0.7 0.8 -3.6
Henry Davis 24 pre-arb 37 -0.7 0.7 -3.7
Edward Olivares 28 arb 55 -0.9 1.4 -5.2
Bryan De La Cruz↔ MIA 27 arb 44 -1.1 0.2 -4.6
Jack Suwinski 25 pre-arb 88 -1.1 0.8 -5.5

56 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 54 of them (96%). 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.