Rosternomics

Nationals WSN

Switch team:

GM: Omar Minaya (since 2003)

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

‹ Prev Next ›
+5.6
WAB — wins above budget
-4.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
83–79 (0.512)
record
-1M
surplus $M (value/$)
25.1
roster fWAR
$48.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Javier Vazquez 26 arb 34 5.9 6.0 +4.5
Livan Hernandez 28 FA-elig 33 4.4 3.8 +4.1
Orlando Cabrera 28 FA-elig 162 4.2 3.3 +4.1
Brad Wilkerson 26 pre-arb 146 3.9 0.3 +6.5
Jose Vidro 28 FA-elig 144 3.2 5.5 +0.1
Tomo Ohka 27 arb 35 3.0 0.3 +5.0
Vladimir Guerrero 28 FA-elig 112 3.0 11.5 -6.2
T.J. Tucker 24 arb 46 1.0 0.3 +1.4
Zach Day 25 pre-arb 23 0.9 0.3 +1.3
Luis Ayala 25 pre-arb 65 0.6 0.3 +0.8
Joe Vitiello 33 38 0.6
Brian Schneider 26 arb 108 0.6 0.3 +0.7
Wil Cordero 31 FA-elig 130 0.6 0.6 +0.4
Tony Armas 25 arb 5 0.5 2.1 -1.2
Claudio Vargas 25 23 0.4
Joey Eischen 33 FA-elig 71 0.3 0.8 -0.3
Michael Barrett 26 arb 70 0.3 2.6 -2.1
Todd Zeile↔ NYY 37 FA-elig 34 0.2 0.5 -0.1
Scott Stewart 27 pre-arb 51 0.2 0.3 +0.1
Chad Cordero 21 12 0.2
Eric Knott 28 13 0.2
Jose Mercedes 32 5 0.0
Roy Corcoran 23 5 0.0
Matt Cepicky 25 5 -0.0
Britt Reames 29 2 -0.0
Hector Almonte↔ BOS 27 28 -0.0
Vic Darensbourg↔ COL 32 7 -0.1
Julio Manon 30 23 -0.1
Bryan Hebson 27 2 -0.1
Anthony Ferrari 25 4 -0.2
Scott Downs 27 1 -0.2
Jamey Carroll 29 pre-arb 105 -0.2 0.3 -0.6
Endy Chavez 25 pre-arb 141 -0.2 0.3 -0.7
Henry Mateo 26 pre-arb 100 -0.3 0.3 -0.9
Tim Drew 24 6 -0.4
Ronald Calloway 26 pre-arb 126 -0.6 0.3 -1.4
Sun-Woo Kim 25 4 -0.6
Rocky Biddle 27 arb 73 -0.7 0.3 -1.6
Dan Smith 27 arb 32 -0.8 0.3 -1.7
Jeff Liefer↔ TBR 28 arb 35 -1.0 0.3 -2.0
Fernando Tatis 28 FA-elig 53 -1.0 6.5 -8.3
Edwards Guzman 26 52 -1.1
Jose Macias 31 arb 111 -1.3 0.8 -3.1

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 26 of them (60%). 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