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President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels (since 2006) · GM: Chris Young (since 2021)

2021 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-11.4
WAB — wins above budget
-6.6
TAB — roster Talent above budget
60–102 (0.370)
record
-0M
surplus $M (value/$)
17.7
roster fWAR
$56.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Joey Gallo↔ NYY 27 FA-elig 95 3.8 3.8 +8.6
Adolis García 28 pre-arb 149 2.8 0.5 +8.4
Nathaniel Lowe 25 pre-arb 157 2.0 0.6 +6.0
Kyle Gibson↔ PHI 33 FA-elig 19 2.0 6.1 +0.2
Dane Dunning 26 pre-arb 27 1.9 0.6 +5.7
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 26 arb 158 1.6 2.0 +3.2
Nick Solak 26 pre-arb 127 1.2 0.5 +3.2
Andy Ibáñez 28 76 1.1 0.4 +3.3
Charlie Culberson 32 arb 91 1.0 1.5 +1.8
Jose Trevino 28 pre-arb 89 1.0 0.6 +2.5
Jonah Heim 26 pre-arb 82 0.7 0.6 +1.8
Spencer Patton 33 FA-elig 42 0.7 0.6 +1.6
Brett Martin 26 pre-arb 66 0.6 0.6 +1.4
John King 26 pre-arb 27 0.6 0.6 +1.4
Glenn Otto Jr. 25 6 0.6
Ian Kennedy↔ PHI 36 FA-elig 32 0.4 1.3 +0.1
Joe Barlow 25 31 0.4 0.3 +1.0
Jharel Cotton 29 pre-arb 23 0.4 0.2 +1.0
Josh Sborz 27 pre-arb 63 0.3 0.5 +0.5
John Hicks 31 arb 10 0.3 0.1 +0.8
Joely Rodríguez↔ NYY 29 arb 31 0.3 1.5 -0.6
Yonny Hernández 23 43 0.2 0.2 +0.5
Taylor Hearn 26 pre-arb 42 0.2 0.6 +0.1
Dennis Santana↔ LAD 25 pre-arb 39 0.2 0.2 +0.4
Drew Anderson 27 pre-arb 9 0.2 0.2 +0.3
Jordan Lyles 30 FA-elig 32 0.1 8.0 -7.6
DJ Peters↔ LAD 25 52 0.1 0.2 +0.1
Demarcus Evans 24 pre-arb 25 -0.0 0.3 -0.3
Nick Snyder 25 4 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
A.J. Alexy 23 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Hunter Wood 27 arb 5 -0.0 0.6 -0.7
Spencer Howard↔ PHI 24 pre-arb 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Yohel Pozo 24 21 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Eli White 27 pre-arb 64 -0.1 0.5 -0.7
Ryan Dorow 25 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Jimmy Herget↔ ANA 27 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Kyle Cody 26 pre-arb 7 -0.1 0.6 -0.9
Brett de Geus↔ ARI 23 19 -0.1
Jacob Latz 25 1 -0.2 0.0 -0.6
Anderson Tejeda 23 pre-arb 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.6
Ronald Guzmán 26 pre-arb 7 -0.2 0.6 -1.2
Kolby Allard 23 pre-arb 32 -0.2 0.6 -1.2
Khris Davis↔ OAK 33 FA-elig 22 -0.2 8.8 -9.4
Matt Bush 35 pre-arb 4 -0.2 0.7 -1.4
Leody Taveras 22 pre-arb 49 -0.2 0.2 -1.0
Brock Holt 33 FA-elig 77 -0.2 1.8 -2.5
Hyeon-Jong Yang 33 12 -0.4 0.2 -1.4
Jason Martin 25 pre-arb 58 -0.4 0.3 -1.5
Willie Calhoun 26 pre-arb 75 -0.5 0.6 -2.2
Wes Benjamin 27 pre-arb 13 -0.5 0.2 -1.8
Kohei Arihara 28 10 -0.6 2.6 -4.5
Mike Foltynewicz 29 arb 28 -0.7 2.0 -4.2
Curtis Terry 24 13 -0.7 0.1 -2.5
David Dahl 27 arb 63 -0.9 2.7 -5.6

54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 52 of them (96%). 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