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GM: AJ Preller (since 2015)

2019 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-5.3
WAB — wins above budget
-1.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
70–92 (0.432)
record
+11M
surplus $M (value/$)
26.8
roster fWAR
$77.2M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Kirby Yates 32 arb 60 3.4 3.1 +8.1
Fernando Tatis Jr. 20 pre-arb 84 3.0 0.6 +9.2
Manny Machado 26 FA-elig 156 2.5 12.0 -3.8
Chris Paddack 23 pre-arb 26 2.3 0.6 +6.8
Eric Lauer 24 pre-arb 30 2.2 0.6 +6.5
Hunter Renfroe 27 arb 140 1.8 0.6 +5.3
Joey Lucchesi 26 pre-arb 30 1.8 0.6 +5.2
Manuel Margot 24 arb 151 1.6 0.6 +4.8
Matt Strahm 27 arb 47 1.5 0.6 +4.3
Austin Hedges 26 arb 102 1.4 2.1 +2.5
Dinelson Lamet 26 pre-arb 14 1.2 0.6 +3.5
Franmil Reyes↔ CLE 23 pre-arb 99 1.2 0.4 +3.4
Cal Quantrill 24 – 23 1.1 0.4 +3.1
Greg Garcia 29 arb 134 1.0 0.9 +2.5
Wil Myers 28 FA-elig 155 0.8 5.5 -2.7
Luis Perdomo 26 pre-arb 47 0.7 0.4 +1.9
Trey Wingenter 25 pre-arb 51 0.7 0.6 +1.6
Francisco Mejía 23 pre-arb 79 0.5 0.6 +1.2
Robbie Erlin 28 FA-elig 37 0.5 1.4 +0.1
Andrés Muñoz 20 – 22 0.4 0.2 +1.0
Craig Stammen 35 FA-elig 76 0.4 2.2 -1.0
Gerardo Reyes 26 – 27 0.3 0.2 +0.7
Pedro Avila 22 – 1 0.1 0.0 +0.5
Seth Mejias-Brean 28 – 14 0.1 0.1 +0.4
Michel Baez 23 – 24 0.1 0.2 +0.2
Matt Wisler↔ SEA 26 arb 21 0.1 0.3 +0.1
Adrian Morejon 20 – 5 0.1 0.2 +0.1
Franchy Cordero 24 pre-arb 9 0.1 0.6 -0.2
Aaron Loup 31 FA-elig 4 0.1 1.2 -0.9
Ian Kinsler 37 FA-elig 87 0.1 3.8 -3.6
Eric Yardley 28 – 10 0.1 0.1 +0.1
Luis Torrens 23 pre-arb 7 0.0 0.0 +0.1
José Castillo 23 pre-arb 1 -0.0 0.6 -0.6
Logan Allen↔ CLE 22 – 8 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Carl Edwards Jr.↔ CHC 27 arb 2 -0.0 0.1 -0.3
Nick Martini↔ OAK 29 pre-arb 26 -0.1 0.5 -0.6
Ty France 24 – 69 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Miguel Díaz 24 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.6 -0.8
Luis Urías 22 pre-arb 71 -0.1 0.6 -0.8
Garrett Richards 31 FA-elig 3 -0.1 7.0 -7.2
Nick Margevicius 23 – 17 -0.1 0.3 -0.6
Ronald Bolaños 22 – 5 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
Travis Jankowski 28 arb 25 -0.1 1.2 -1.5
José Pirela↔ PHI 29 arb 2 -0.1 0.1 -0.5
Robert Stock 29 pre-arb 10 -0.1 0.6 -0.9
David Bednar 24 – 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.6
Phil Maton↔ CLE 26 pre-arb 21 -0.2 0.4 -1.0
Javy Guerra 23 – 8 -0.2 0.1 -0.8
Alex Dickerson↔ SFG 29 – 12 -0.2 0.1 -0.9
Josh Naylor 22 – 94 -0.3 0.4 -1.3
Austin Allen 25 – 34 -0.3 0.3 -1.3
Brad Wieck↔ CHC 27 – 30 -0.3 0.2 -1.3
Adam Warren 31 FA-elig 25 -0.8 2.0 -4.6
Eric Hosmer 29 FA-elig 160 -0.9 21.0 -24.0

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.