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

2026 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-5.1 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
-1.7 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
24–25 (0.490)
record
+191M
surplus $M (value/$)
34.9
roster fWAR
$175.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Josh Jung 28 arb 48 4.2 2.9 +41.4
Ezequiel Duran 27 arb 43 4.0 1.4 +41.1
Brandon Nimmo 33 FA-elig 49 4.0 15.2 +26.9
Jacob Latz 30 pre-arb 19 2.8 0.8 +28.8
MacKenzie Gore 27 arb 10 2.4 5.6 +20.4
Jacob deGrom 38 FA-elig 10 2.4 38.0 -12.3
Evan Carter 23 pre-arb 51 2.3 0.8 +23.8
Jack Leiter 26 pre-arb 10 2.1 0.8 +21.2
Nathan Eovaldi 36 FA-elig 10 2.0 29.0 -7.6
Kumar Rocker 26 pre-arb 9 1.9 0.8 +19.5
Justin Foscue 27 pre-arb 14 1.7 0.6 +17.9
Jake Burger 30 arb 49 1.7 3.2 +14.4
Wyatt Langford 24 pre-arb 20 1.3 0.8 +13.1
Jakob Junis 33 18 1.2
Tyler Alexander 31 FA-elig 23 1.1 1.1 +11.0
Peyton Gray 31 8 0.9 0.7 +9.0
Corey Seager 32 FA-elig 42 0.7 31.5 -24.2
Alejandro Osuna 23 pre-arb 26 0.6 0.7 +6.2
Cal Quantrill 31 FA-elig 8 0.5 0.9 +4.5
Cole Winn 26 pre-arb 22 0.3 0.8 +2.3
Joc Pederson 34 FA-elig 47 0.2 18.5 -16.1
Gavin Collyer 25 14 0.2 0.7 +1.2
Michael Helman 30 pre-arb 4 0.1 0.6 +0.9
Robert Garcia 30 pre-arb 9 0.1 0.8 +0.1
Danny Jansen 31 FA-elig 34 -0.1 4.2 -5.0
Jalen Beeks 32 FA-elig 23 -0.1 1.9 -2.9
Kyle Higashioka 36 FA-elig 25 -0.1 6.8 -7.8
Chris Martin 40 FA-elig 9 -0.2 4.0 -6.7
Carter Baumler 24 4 -0.3 0.8 -4.0
Luis Curvelo 25 pre-arb 4 -0.6 0.2 -6.3
Josh Smith 28 31 -0.7
Sam Haggerty 32 arb 30 -0.8 1.2 -9.3
Andrew McCutchen 39 FA-elig 35 -0.9 0.4 -10.2

33 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (94%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR), annualized to full-season pace. 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
Elvis Andrus200729.8
Michael Young200025.0
Rafael Palmeiro198822.4
Charlie Hough198011.2
John Burkett199411.0
Nathaniel Lowe202010.8
Aaron Sele19979.6
Rick Helling19979.3
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