Rosternomics

Pirates PIT

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GM: Ben Cherington (since 2020)

2025 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-2.1
WAB — wins above budget
-0.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
71–91 (0.438)
record
+19M
surplus $M (value/$)
25.7
roster fWAR
$75.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Paul Skenes 23 pre-arb 32 6.5 0.9 +24.0
Mitch Keller 29 arb 32 2.5 15.4 -5.9
Spencer Horwitz 27 pre-arb 108 1.7 0.8 +5.8
Carmen Mlodzinski 26 pre-arb 34 1.6 0.7 +5.6
Braxton Ashcraft 25 26 1.6 0.6 +5.5
Oneil Cruz 26 pre-arb 135 1.6 0.8 +5.3
Jared Triolo 27 pre-arb 107 1.4 0.3 +5.2
Mike Burrows 25 23 1.3
Joey Bart 28 arb 93 1.3 1.2 +3.8
David Bednar↔ NYY 30 42 1.3 2.6 +2.2
Dennis Santana 29 arb 70 1.2 1.4 +3.1
Bryan Reynolds 30 arb 154 1.1 12.2 -8.1
Bubba Chandler 22 7 0.9 0.2 +3.5
Nick Gonzales 26 pre-arb 96 0.9 0.8 +2.7
Ke'Bryan Hayes↔ CIN 28 100 0.8 3.1 -0.1
Isiah Kiner-Falefa↔ TOR 30 119 0.8 4.4 -1.6
Caleb Ferguson↔ SEA 28 45 0.7 1.3 +1.3
Isaac Mattson 29 pre-arb 44 0.6 0.5 +2.0
Bailey Falter↔ KCR 28 22 0.5 1.3 +0.7
Justin Lawrence 30 pre-arb 17 0.5 1.0 +0.9
Johan Oviedo 27 arb 9 0.2 0.8 +0.0
Tommy Pham 37 FA-elig 120 0.2 4.0 -3.2
Kyle Nicolas 26 pre-arb 31 0.2 0.5 +0.1
Yohan Ramírez 30 arb 24 0.2 0.3 +0.3
Dauri Moreta 29 pre-arb 18 0.1 0.6 -0.0
Joey Wentz↔ ATL 27 19 0.1 0.2 +0.3
Hunter Barco 24 2 0.1 0.0 +0.5
Adam Frazier↔ KCR 33 78 0.1 0.5 -0.1
Evan Sisk↔ KCR 28 14 0.1 0.1 +0.3
Liover Peguero 24 pre-arb 33 0.1 0.4 -0.0
Enmanuel Valdez 26 pre-arb 31 0.1 0.8 -0.5
Tim Mayza↔ PHI 33 7 0.1 0.6 -0.3
Brett Sullivan 31 pre-arb 3 0.1 0.0 +0.2
Tanner Rainey↔ DET 32 11 0.1 0.2 +0.0
Michael Darrell-Hicks↔ ANA 27 1 0.0 0.1 +0.1
Rafael Flores Jr. 24 7 -0.0
Billy Cook 26 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Ryan Borucki↔ TOR 31 35 -0.0 0.9 -1.0
Génesis Cabrera↔ CHC 28 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Nick Yorke 23 pre-arb 22 -0.0 0.2 -0.4
Chase Shugart 28 pre-arb 35 -0.1 0.6 -0.8
Henry Davis 25 pre-arb 87 -0.1 0.7 -1.1
Andrew McCutchen 38 FA-elig 135 -0.1 5.0 -5.5
Hunter Stratton↔ ATL 28 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.6
Tsung-Che Cheng 23 pre-arb 3 -0.1 0.2 -0.7
Cam Sanders 28 6 -0.2 0.1 -0.8
Andrew Heaney↔ LAD 34 26 -0.2 5.1 -5.9
Ronny Simon↔ MIA 25 8 -0.2 0.1 -0.9
Ji Hwan Bae 25 13 -0.2
Matt Gorski 27 15 -0.3 0.1 -1.2
Thomas Harrington 23 3 -0.3 0.2 -1.3
Nick Solak 30 4 -0.4 0.1 -1.4
Cam Devanney 28 14 -0.4 0.2 -1.8
Colin Holderman 29 pre-arb 24 -0.5 1.5 -3.2
Alexander Canario 25 pre-arb 87 -0.5 0.7 -2.5
Jack Suwinski 26 pre-arb 59 -0.5 0.2 -2.3
Endy Rodríguez 25 pre-arb 18 -0.6 0.8 -3.2

57 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 54 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