Rosternomics

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President of baseball ops: Erik Neander (since 2021)

2021 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+27.0
WAB — wins above budget
+23.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
100–62 (0.617)
record · made playoffs
+96M
surplus $M (value/$)
49.1
roster fWAR
$63.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Brandon Lowe 26 arb 149 4.5 2.5 +12.0
Mike Zunino 30 FA-elig 109 4.1 2.0 +11.2
Randy Arozarena 26 pre-arb 141 3.9 0.6 +12.0
Joey Wendle 31 arb 136 3.1 2.2 +7.7
Kevin Kiermaier 31 FA-elig 122 2.8 11.2 -2.0
Tyler Glasnow 27 arb 14 2.5 4.0 +4.2
Shane McClanahan 24 25 2.5 0.5 +7.8
Wander Franco 20 70 2.4 0.3 +7.3
Brett Phillips 27 pre-arb 119 2.2 0.6 +6.6
Manuel Margot 26 arb 125 2.1 3.4 +3.4
Collin McHugh 34 FA-elig 37 1.8 1.8 +4.2
Yandy Díaz 29 pre-arb 134 1.7 0.6 +5.0
Austin Meadows 26 pre-arb 142 1.5 0.6 +4.3
Andrew Kittredge 31 pre-arb 57 1.5 0.8 +4.0
Drew Rasmussen↔ MIL 25 pre-arb 20 1.4 0.2 +4.3
Ryan Yarbrough 29 arb 30 1.2 2.3 +1.7
Francisco Mejía 25 pre-arb 84 1.2 0.6 +3.2
Ji Man Choi 30 arb 83 1.1 2.5 +1.1
Matt Wisler↔ SFG 28 FA-elig 27 1.1 0.6 +2.9
Michael Wacha 29 FA-elig 30 1.1 3.0 +0.4
Pete Fairbanks 27 pre-arb 47 1.0 0.6 +2.6
Diego Castillo↔ SEA 27 37 0.8 0.2 +2.2
Rich Hill↔ NYM 41 FA-elig 19 0.7 1.5 +0.7
Luis Patiño 21 pre-arb 19 0.7 0.3 +1.8
Ryan Thompson 29 pre-arb 36 0.7 0.6 +1.5
Dietrich Enns 30 pre-arb 9 0.6 0.1 +1.8
Josh Fleming 25 pre-arb 26 0.5 0.5 +1.3
Louis Head 31 27 0.5 0.2 +1.3
Taylor Walls 24 54 0.4 0.3 +1.1
Jeffrey Springs 28 pre-arb 43 0.2 0.6 +0.2
Hunter Strickland↔ ANA 32 FA-elig 13 0.2 0.1 +0.6
Shane Baz 22 3 0.2 0.0 +0.6
Jordan Luplow↔ CLE 27 pre-arb 26 0.2 0.2 +0.5
Chris Archer 32 FA-elig 6 0.2 6.5 -6.0
J.P. Feyereisen↔ MIL 28 pre-arb 34 0.1 0.3 +0.2
Chris Mazza 31 pre-arb 14 0.1 0.2 +0.2
Josh Lowe 23 2 0.1 0.0 +0.4
Trevor Richards↔ MIL 28 6 0.1 0.0 +0.3
Chris Ellis↔ BAL 28 1 0.1 0.0 +0.3
Ryan Sherriff 31 pre-arb 16 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Adam Conley 31 arb 17 0.1 0.2 +0.1
David Robertson 36 FA-elig 12 0.1 0.1 +0.2
DJ Johnson↔ CLE 31 pre-arb 3 0.1 0.2 -0.0
Nelson Cruz↔ MIN 40 FA-elig 55 0.0 5.1 -5.0
Sean Poppen↔ ARI 27 1 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Chaz Roe 34 FA-elig 1 0.0 1.1 -1.1
Joey Krehbiel↔ BAL 28 arb 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Mike Brosseau 27 57 -0.0
Kevin Padlo↔ SEA 24 9 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Kevan Smith↔ ATL 33 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Evan Phillips↔ LAD 26 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Willy Adames↔ MIL 25 41 -0.0 0.1 -0.3
Joseph Odom 29 2 -0.0
Cody Reed 28 pre-arb 12 -0.1 0.6 -0.9
David Hess↔ MIA 27 pre-arb 1 -0.2 0.0 -0.5
JT Chargois↔ SEA 30 arb 25 -0.2 0.3 -0.8
Nick Anderson 30 pre-arb 6 -0.2 0.6 -1.3
Shawn Armstrong↔ BAL 30 FA-elig 11 -0.2 0.3 -1.0
Brent Honeywell 26 3 -0.2 0.0 -0.7
Vidal Bruján 23 10 -0.5 0.0 -1.5
Yoshi Tsutsugo↔ LAD 29 pre-arb 26 -0.5 2.2 -3.9

61 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 59 of them (97%). 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 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