Rosternomics

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President of baseball ops: Erik Neander (since 2021)

2026 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+26.0 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
+8.7 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
36–23 (0.610)
record
+240M
surplus $M (value/$)
34.3
roster fWAR
$71.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Yandy Díaz 34 FA-elig 55 5.2 12.0 +36.1
Shane McClanahan 29 arb 11 4.4 3.6 +37.5
Nick Martinez 35 FA-elig 11 4.3 9.0 +30.9
Junior Caminero 22 pre-arb 58 3.7 0.8 +33.4
Jonathan Aranda 28 pre-arb 58 3.6 0.8 +32.6
Drew Rasmussen 30 arb 11 3.1 5.8 +22.7
Chandler Simpson 25 pre-arb 57 2.2 0.8 +19.5
Jonny DeLuca 27 pre-arb 41 2.0 0.8 +17.9
Bryan Baker 31 arb 27 2.0 1.3 +17.2
Ryan Vilade 27 pre-arb 35 1.7 0.9 +14.6
Joe Boyle 26 pre-arb 3 1.4 0.2 +12.5
Taylor Walls 29 arb 44 1.3 2.5 +9.3
Kevin Kelly 28 pre-arb 26 1.2 0.9 +10.3
Ben Williamson 25 pre-arb 44 1.1 0.8 +9.1
Richie Palacios 29 43 0.8
Hunter Feduccia 29 pre-arb 34 0.6 0.8 +5.2
Cole Sulser 36 arb 20 0.6 1.1 +4.5
Garrett Cleavinger 32 arb 14 0.6 2.4 +2.9
Nick Fortes 29 arb 47 0.4 2.5 +0.7
Jake Fraley 31 arb 28 0.3 3.0 -0.1
Ian Seymour 27 pre-arb 26 0.3 0.8 +2.1
Steven Matz 35 FA-elig 10 0.3 7.5 -5.1
Cam Booser 34 1 0.2
Victor Mesa Jr. 24 7 0.2
Hunter Bigge 28 pre-arb 18 0.1 0.8 +0.2
Craig Kimbrel↔ NYM 38 FA-elig 1 0.1 0.0 +0.7
Casey Legumina↔ SEA 29 pre-arb 11 0.1 0.4 +0.4
Chase Solesky 28 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.4
Mason Englert 26 pre-arb 10 -0.2 0.2 -2.0
Jonathan Heasley 29 1 -0.2
Andrew Wantz 30 1 -0.3
Oliver Dunn 28 pre-arb 8 -0.3 0.5 -3.2
Jesse Scholtens 32 pre-arb 9 -0.6 0.7 -6.4
Cedric Mullins 31 FA-elig 51 -0.7 6.5 -13.0
Griffin Jax 31 arb 18 -0.8 3.6 -10.8
Trevor Martin 25 5 -0.9 0.1 -8.1
Aaron Brooks 36 pre-arb 1 -0.9 0.0 -8.7
Yoendrys Gómez↔ MIN 26 9 -1.0 0.2 -9.2
Carson Williams 23 pre-arb 12 -1.3 0.6 -13.1

39 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 34 of them (87%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR), annualized to full-season pace. 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 TBR
Ben Zobrist200633.1
Yandy Díaz201819.5
Chris Archer201116.9
Scott Kazmir200415.0
Matt Joyce200810.7
Tyler Glasnow20189.3
Drew Rasmussen20219.1
Joey Wendle20178.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Bobby Abreu199745.3
Germán Márquez201619.1
Cristopher Sánchez201916.2
Jake Cronenworth201914.8
Joe Ryan202113.4
Nathaniel Lowe202010.8
Merrill Kelly201910.7
Blake Snell20209.8