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President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels (since 2006)

2006 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+0.3
WAB — wins above budget
-0.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
80–82 (0.494)
record
-6M
surplus $M (value/$)
31.7
roster fWAR
$63.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Kevin Millwood 31 FA-elig 34 4.2 7.9 +0.4
Gary Matthews Jr. 31 FA-elig 147 3.9 2.4 +5.3
Mark Teixeira 26 arb 162 3.5 6.4 +0.6
Michael Young 29 FA-elig 162 3.4 3.1 +3.6
Vicente Padilla 28 FA-elig 33 3.2 4.4 +1.9
Mark DeRosa 31 FA-elig 136 2.9 0.7 +5.0
Akinori Otsuka 34 pre-arb 63 1.8 1.8 +1.8
Gerald Laird 26 arb 78 1.6 0.3 +2.8
Joaquín Benoit 28 arb 56 1.2 0.8 +1.7
Rod Barajas 30 FA-elig 97 1.1 3.2 -1.0
Ian Kinsler 24 pre-arb 120 1.1 0.3 +1.8
John Rheinecker 27 21 1.0
Francisco Cordero↔ MIL 31 FA-elig 49 0.8 2.6 -1.0
Kameron Loe 24 pre-arb 15 0.7 0.3 +1.1
John Koronka 25 pre-arb 23 0.7 0.3 +1.1
Rick Bauer 29 58 0.7
Robinson Tejeda 24 14 0.5
Carlos Lee↔ MIL 30 FA-elig 59 0.4 3.1 -2.3
Adam Eaton 28 FA-elig 13 0.4 4.7 -3.9
Kevin Mench↔ MIL 28 arb 87 0.3 1.9 -1.3
Ron Mahay 35 62 0.3
Scott Feldman 23 pre-arb 36 0.3 0.3 +0.2
Joaquin Arias 21 6 0.3
Bryan Corey↔ BOS 32 16 0.3
Wes Littleton 23 33 0.2
Kip Wells↔ PIT 29 FA-elig 2 0.2 0.9 -0.5
Josh Rupe 23 pre-arb 16 0.1 0.3 -0.0
Freddy Guzman 25 9 0.1
Jerry Hairston Jr.↔ CHC 30 FA-elig 63 0.1 1.4 -1.2
Nick Masset 24 8 0.1
Fabio Castro↔ PHI 21 pre-arb 4 0.0 0.1 -0.0
C.J. Wilson 25 pre-arb 44 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Adam Hyzdu 34 2 -0.0
Eric Young Sr.↔ SDP 39 FA-elig 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Brian Shouse↔ MIL 37 FA-elig 6 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Frank Francisco 26 pre-arb 8 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Miguel Ojeda↔ COL 31 arb 5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Nelson Cruz 25 41 -0.1
John Wasdin 33 9 -0.1
Jason Botts 25 20 -0.1
D'Angelo Jimenez↔ OAK 28 FA-elig 20 -0.1 0.5 -0.8
Drew Meyer 24 5 -0.2
Edinson Volquez 22 8 -0.2
Brad Wilkerson 29 arb 95 -0.2 3.9 -4.3
Laynce Nix↔ MIL 25 arb 9 -0.3 0.2 -0.7
Antonio Alfonseca 34 FA-elig 19 -0.3 2.8 -3.3
Phil Nevin↔ CHC 35 FA-elig 46 -0.3 3.7 -4.4
Adrian Brown 32 FA-elig 25 -0.3 0.4 -1.1
Hank Blalock 25 arb 152 -0.4 3.0 -3.9
R.A. Dickey 31 arb 1 -0.5 0.4 -1.3
Matt Stairs↔ DET 38 FA-elig 26 -0.5 0.3 -1.2

51 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 36 of them (71%). 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 TEX
Rafael Palmeiro198842.3
Elvis Andrus200729.8
Michael Young200025.0
Charlie Hough198011.2
John Burkett199411.0
Nathaniel Lowe202010.8
Scott Fletcher198510.3
Aaron Sele19979.6
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Kyle Hendricks201224.4
Travis Hafner200222.3
Rich Aurilia199419.8
John Danks200617.4
Ian Kinsler201316.3
Tom Henke198516.2
Ron Darling198214.0
Odúbel Herrera201413.2