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GM: Jim Beattie (since 1996)

1997 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+5.3
WAB — wins above budget
+7.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
78–84 (0.481)
record
+14M
surplus $M (value/$)
32.5
roster fWAR
$19.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Pedro Martínez 25 arb 31 8.4 3.6 +5.0
Rondell White 25 arb 151 4.7 0.5 +4.4
Mike Lansing 29 arb 144 3.8 2.7 +1.2
Carlos Perez 26 pre-arb 33 2.9 0.2 +2.7
David Segui 30 FA-elig 125 2.3 1.6 +0.8
Dustin Hermanson 24 pre-arb 32 2.2 0.2 +2.1
F.P. Santangelo 29 pre-arb 130 1.7 0.2 +1.6
Mark Grudzielanek 27 pre-arb 156 1.6 0.2 +1.4
Vladimir Guerrero 22 pre-arb 90 1.5 0.1 +1.4
Darrin Fletcher 30 FA-elig 96 1.5 1.4 +0.2
Henry Rodriguez 29 arb 132 1.5 2.3 -0.8
Doug Strange 33 FA-elig 118 1.4 0.2 +1.2
Marc Valdes 25 pre-arb 48 0.9 0.2 +0.8
Jeff Juden↔ CLE 26 FA-elig 22 0.9 0.1 +0.8
Ugueth Urbina 23 pre-arb 63 0.7 0.2 +0.6
Jim Bullinger 31 arb 36 0.5 0.5 -0.0
Ryan McGuire 25 pre-arb 84 0.4 0.1 +0.2
Dave Veres 30 arb 53 0.4 0.7 -0.4
Brad Fullmer 22 – 19 0.2 – –
Hensley Meulens 30 – 16 0.1 – –
Lee Smith 39 FA-elig 25 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Shane Andrews 25 pre-arb 18 0.0 0.2 -0.2
Steve Falteisek 25 – 5 -0.0 – –
Shayne Bennett 25 pre-arb 16 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Orlando Cabrera 22 – 16 -0.1 – –
Raul Chavez 24 – 13 -0.1 – –
Joe Orsulak 35 FA-elig 106 -0.1 0.7 -0.7
Mike Johnson↔ BAL 21 pre-arb 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Mike Thurman 23 – 5 -0.1 – –
Everett Stull 25 – 3 -0.1 – –
Rheal Cormier 30 FA-elig 1 -0.1 1.1 -1.2
Steve Kline↔ CLE 24 pre-arb 26 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Anthony Telford 31 FA-elig 65 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
Salomon Torres↔ SEA 25 arb 12 -0.2 0.1 -0.4
Sherman Obando 27 arb 41 -0.3 0.2 -0.5
Jose Vidro 22 pre-arb 67 -0.4 0.1 -0.5
Rick DeHart 27 – 23 -0.4 – –
Omar Daal↔ TOR 25 arb 33 -0.4 0.4 -0.9
Jose Paniagua 23 pre-arb 9 -0.5 0.2 -0.6
Andy Stankiewicz 32 arb 76 -0.8 0.2 -1.0
Chris Widger 26 pre-arb 91 -1.2 0.2 -1.4

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (80%). 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 WSN
Dennis Martínez198622.5
Gio Gonzalez201120.8
Trea Turner201519.4
Liván Hernández200317.2
Bryn Smith197716.4
Moisés Alou199013.8
Tanner Roark201012.8
Mike Lansing199112.0
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Grady Sizemore200230.3
Cliff Lee200214.7
Tim Raines199014.5
Lucas Giolito201613.5
Cliff Floyd199713.2
Gary Carter198412.8
Maicer Izturis200412.2
Carl Pavano20028.1
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.