Rosternomics

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President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels (since 2006)

2015 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+1.9
WAB — wins above budget
-5.5
TAB — roster Talent above budget
88–74 (0.543)
record · made playoffs
-65M
surplus $M (value/$)
32.7
roster fWAR
$167.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Adrian Beltré 36 FA-elig 143 4.3 16.0 -2.4
Shin-Soo Choo 32 FA-elig 149 3.4 14.0 -3.2
Yovani Gallardo 29 FA-elig 33 2.7 14.0 -5.6
Colby Lewis 35 FA-elig 33 2.6 4.0 +4.1
Rougned Odor 21 pre-arb 120 2.5 0.5 +7.3
Mitch Moreland 29 arb 132 2.2 3.0 +4.0
Prince Fielder 31 FA-elig 158 2.0 24.0 -17.7
Elvis Andrus 26 FA-elig 160 1.8 15.0 -9.2
Martín Pérez 24 arb 14 1.6 1.0 +4.2
Delino DeShields 22 121 1.6 0.5 +4.5
Keone Kela 22 68 1.5 0.5 +4.1
Cole Hamels↔ PHI 31 FA-elig 12 1.4 8.8 -4.4
Shawn Tolleson 27 arb 73 1.1 0.5 +2.9
Wandy Rodriguez 36 FA-elig 17 1.0 0.5 +2.6
Sam Dyson↔ MIA 27 arb 31 1.0 0.2 +2.8
Robinson Chirinos 31 arb 78 0.8 0.5 +1.9
Leonys Martin 27 arb 95 0.7 4.8 -2.6
Carlos Peguero↔ BOS 28 30 0.7 0.1 +2.0
Chris Gimenez 32 arb 36 0.7 0.2 +1.9
Kyle Blanks 28 arb 18 0.6 1.0 +1.0
Joey Gallo 21 36 0.5 0.2 +1.5
Bobby Wilson↔ TBR 32 FA-elig 31 0.4 0.4 +1.0
Nick Martinez 24 pre-arb 24 0.4 0.5 +0.8
Josh Hamilton 34 FA-elig 50 0.4 22.7 -21.5
Mike Napoli↔ BOS 33 FA-elig 35 0.3 4.2 -3.1
Anthony Bass 27 arb 33 0.3 0.7 +0.2
Neftalí Feliz↔ DET 27 FA-elig 18 0.2 1.5 -0.9
Jake Diekman↔ PHI 28 arb 26 0.2 0.2 +0.4
Chi Chi González 23 14 0.1
Will Venable↔ SDP 32 FA-elig 37 0.1 1.2 -1.0
Stolmy Pimentel 25 pre-arb 8 0.1 0.1 +0.0
Drew Stubbs↔ COL 30 FA-elig 27 0.0 2.0 -1.9
Carlos Corporán 31 FA-elig 33 0.0 1.0 -0.9
Anthony Ranaudo 25 pre-arb 4 0.0 0.1 -0.0
Luke Jackson 23 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Roman Mendez↔ BOS 24 pre-arb 12 -0.0 0.4 -0.4
Andrew Faulkner 22 11 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Derek Holland 28 FA-elig 10 -0.1 7.4 -7.6
Logan Verrett↔ NYM 25 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Hanser Alberto 22 41 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Tommy Field 28 pre-arb 14 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Ross Ohlendorf 32 21 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Michael Choice 25 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Sam Freeman 28 arb 54 -0.1 0.5 -0.8
Kyuji Fujikawa 34 pre-arb 2 -0.1 1.1 -1.4
Matt Harrison 29 3 -0.1 8.4 -8.8
Jake Smolinski↔ OAK 26 pre-arb 35 -0.2 0.2 -0.8
Tomás Telis↔ MIA 24 6 -0.2 0.0 -0.7
Jon Edwards↔ SDP 27 pre-arb 11 -0.2 0.3 -0.9
Ryan Rua 25 pre-arb 28 -0.2 0.5 -1.2
Phil Klein 26 pre-arb 11 -0.2 0.5 -1.3
Ryan Strausborger 27 31 -0.3 0.2 -1.2
Spencer Patton 27 pre-arb 27 -0.3 0.2 -1.2
Alex Claudio 23 pre-arb 18 -0.3 0.5 -1.6
Adam Rosales 32 FA-elig 55 -0.4 0.9 -2.2
Ross Detwiler↔ ATL 29 FA-elig 17 -0.5 1.4 -3.1
Tanner Scheppers 28 arb 42 -0.5 0.5 -2.2

57 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 56 of them (98%). 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