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GM: Kevin Towers (since 1996)

2006 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+6.7
WAB — wins above budget
+8.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
88–74 (0.543)
record · made playoffs
+7M
surplus $M (value/$)
42.5
roster fWAR
$71.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jake Peavy 25 arb 32 4.8 2.5 +7.0
Mike Cameron 33 FA-elig 141 4.5 7.3 +1.6
Dave Roberts 34 FA-elig 129 3.1 2.2 +3.8
Brian Giles 35 FA-elig 158 3.0 7.7 -1.7
Adrián González 24 pre-arb 156 2.9 0.3 +5.5
Josh Bard↔ BOS 28 arb 93 2.7 0.3 +5.1
Clay Hensley 26 pre-arb 39 2.4 0.3 +4.3
Khalil Greene 26 arb 122 2.3 0.4 +4.1
Josh Barfield 23 pre-arb 150 2.3 0.3 +4.1
Chris Young 27 pre-arb 31 2.1 0.5 +3.7
Mike Piazza 37 FA-elig 126 1.9 1.2 +2.6
Woody Williams 39 FA-elig 26 1.5 5.0 -2.1
Trevor Hoffman 38 FA-elig 65 1.3 4.5 -1.9
Chan Ho Park 33 FA-elig 26 1.2 15.5 -13.2
Todd Walker↔ CHC 33 FA-elig 44 1.1 0.8 +1.5
Cla Meredith 23 – 45 1.1 – –
Alan Embree 36 FA-elig 73 1.1 0.8 +1.2
Scott Linebrink 29 FA-elig 73 1.0 1.4 +0.6
Russell Branyan↔ TBR 30 – 27 0.9 – –
David Wells↔ BOS 43 FA-elig 5 0.9 1.6 +0.2
Geoff Blum 33 FA-elig 109 0.8 0.7 +0.9
Rob Bowen 25 – 94 0.5 – –
Doug Brocail 39 FA-elig 25 0.5 1.0 -0.1
Ben Johnson 25 pre-arb 58 0.4 0.3 +0.4
Jon Adkins 28 – 55 0.3 – –
Mark Bellhorn 31 FA-elig 115 0.3 0.8 -0.2
Tim Stauffer 24 – 1 0.2 – –
Ryan Klesko 35 FA-elig 6 0.2 9.0 -8.7
Paul McAnulty 25 – 16 0.1 – –
Shawn Estes 33 FA-elig 1 0.1 1.1 -0.8
Doug Mirabelli↔ BOS 35 FA-elig 14 0.0 0.3 -0.2
Jack Cust 27 – 4 0.0 – –
Mike Thompson 25 – 19 0.0 – –
Brian Sweeney 32 arb 37 -0.0 0.3 -0.4
Justin Leone 29 – 1 -0.0 – –
Jim Brower↔ BAL 33 FA-elig 6 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Scott Williamson↔ CHC 30 FA-elig 11 -0.0 0.5 -0.6
Jon Knott 27 – 3 -0.1 – –
Brian Sikorski↔ CLE 31 – 13 -0.1 – –
Scott Cassidy 30 arb 42 -0.1 0.3 -0.6
Terrmel Sledge 29 pre-arb 38 -0.2 0.3 -0.8
Rudy Seanez↔ BOS 37 FA-elig 8 -0.3 0.3 -0.8
Manny Alexander 35 – 22 -0.3 – –
Vinny Castilla↔ COL 38 FA-elig 72 -0.4 2.6 -3.5
Dewon Brazelton 26 arb 9 -0.4 0.5 -1.3
Eric Young Sr.↔ TEX 39 FA-elig 56 -0.9 0.7 -2.5

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 34 of them (74%). 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 SDP
Fernando Tatís201627.7
Trevor Hoffman199324.3
Andy Ashby199317.7
Ken Caminiti199417.4
Phil Nevin199917.3
Brian Giles200317.1
Ryan Klesko199916.6
Jake Cronenworth201914.8
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Ozzie Smith198148.0
Corey Kluber201034.6
Anthony Rizzo201231.1
Yasmani Grandal201420.6
Roberto Alomar199020.4
Max Fried201420.1
Trea Turner201519.4
John Kruk198918.4
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.