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President of baseball ops: Chris Young (since 2023) · GM: Ross Fenstermaker (since 2025)

2025 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-6.1
WAB — wins above budget
-4.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
81–81 (0.500)
record
-98M
surplus $M (value/$)
34.3
roster fWAR
$222.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Wyatt Langford 23 pre-arb 134 4.1 0.8 +14.8
Corey Seager 31 FA-elig 102 4.0 32.5 -17.1
Nathan Eovaldi 35 FA-elig 22 3.7 22.1 -7.8
Jacob deGrom 37 FA-elig 30 3.4 40.1 -27.1
Jack Leiter 25 pre-arb 30 2.2 0.8 +7.8
Marcus Semien 34 FA-elig 127 2.1 26.0 -17.9
Tyler Mahle 30 FA-elig 16 1.9 16.5 -9.1
Patrick Corbin 35 FA-elig 31 1.9 2.5 +4.7
Josh Smith 27 144 1.8
Josh Jung 27 pre-arb 131 1.7 0.7 +5.7
Evan Carter 22 pre-arb 63 1.4 0.6 +4.8
Shawn Armstrong 34 FA-elig 71 1.4 1.2 +3.9
Jacob Latz 29 pre-arb 33 1.3 0.6 +4.2
Kyle Higashioka 35 FA-elig 94 1.0 5.8 -2.0
Hoby Milner 34 arb 73 1.0 3.0 +0.7
Merrill Kelly↔ ARI 36 FA-elig 10 0.8 1.5 +1.5
Adolis García 32 arb 135 0.7 10.5 -7.6
Michael Helman 29 pre-arb 38 0.6 0.3 +1.9
Phil Maton↔ STL 32 FA-elig 23 0.6 0.5 +1.7
Chris Martin 39 FA-elig 49 0.6 5.5 -3.4
Robert Garcia 29 pre-arb 71 0.5 0.8 +1.3
Rowdy Tellez↔ SEA 30 FA-elig 50 0.4 0.5 +0.9
Kumar Rocker 25 pre-arb 14 0.3 0.5 +0.5
Leody Taveras↔ SEA 26 30 0.2 1.9 -1.1
Jacob Webb 31 arb 55 0.2 1.2 -0.4
Caleb Boushley 31 25 0.2 0.5 +0.3
Cole Winn 25 pre-arb 33 0.2 0.5 +0.3
Sam Haggerty 31 arb 64 0.2 0.7 +0.1
Dylan Moore↔ SEA 32 FA-elig 18 0.1 0.5 -0.2
Carl Edwards Jr.↔ ANA 33 2 0.0
Luis Curvelo 24 17 0.0 0.3 -0.1
Ezequiel Duran 26 pre-arb 90 0.0 0.7 -0.6
Gerson Garabito 29 3 0.0 0.1 -0.0
Marc Church 24 pre-arb 5 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Tucker Barnhart 34 8 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Alejandro Osuna 22 63 -0.0 0.4 -0.6
Dane Dunning↔ ATL 30 5 -0.0 0.7 -0.9
Dustin Harris 25 pre-arb 19 -0.1 0.2 -0.4
Jake Burger 29 pre-arb 103 -0.1 0.8 -1.0
Codi Heuer↔ DET 28 1 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Donovan Solano↔ SEA 37 FA-elig 2 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Nick Ahmed 35 5 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Justin Foscue 26 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.5 -0.8
Jonathan Ornelas↔ ATL 25 4 -0.1 0.1 -0.5
Billy McKinney 30 6 -0.2 0.0 -0.7
Blaine Crim↔ COL 28 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.8
Jose Corniell 22 1 -0.2 0.1 -1.0
Cody Freeman 24 36 -0.3 0.2 -1.3
Kevin Pillar 36 20 -0.3 1.0 -2.2
Danny Coulombe↔ MIN 35 FA-elig 15 -0.3 0.6 -1.8
Luke Jackson↔ DET 33 39 -0.3 0.9 -2.2
Jon Gray 33 FA-elig 6 -0.4 13.0 -14.7
Jonah Heim 30 arb 124 -0.5 4.6 -6.5
Joc Pederson 33 FA-elig 96 -0.8 18.5 -21.5

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