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GM: Omar Minaya (since 2003)

2004 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-8.1
WAB — wins above budget
-12.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
67–95 (0.414)
record
-12M
surplus $M (value/$)
15.3
roster fWAR
$39.2M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Livan Hernandez 29 FA-elig 36 5.2 6.0 +2.9
Brad Wilkerson 27 arb 160 5.0 0.4 +8.2
Brian Schneider 27 arb 135 2.1 0.3 +3.2
Luis Ayala 26 pre-arb 81 1.9 0.3 +3.0
Terrmel Sledge 27 pre-arb 133 1.8 0.3 +2.7
Juan Rivera 25 arb 134 1.4 0.3 +2.1
Tomo Ohka 28 arb 15 0.9 2.3 -0.7
Jamey Carroll 30 pre-arb 102 0.9 0.3 +1.2
Zach Day 26 pre-arb 19 0.9 0.3 +1.2
Jose Vidro 29 FA-elig 110 0.8 7.0 -5.6
Chad Cordero 22 pre-arb 69 0.8 0.3 +1.1
T.J. Tucker 25 54 0.7
Sun-Woo Kim 26 arb 43 0.7 0.3 +0.8
Jon Rauch↔ CHW 25 9 0.6
John Patterson 26 pre-arb 19 0.6 0.3 +0.7
Endy Chavez 26 132 0.6
Nick Johnson 25 arb 73 0.5 1.2 -0.4
Scott Downs 28 12 0.3
Joey Eischen 34 FA-elig 22 0.3 1.3 -0.8
Gary Majewski 24 16 0.1
Rigo Beltran 34 2 0.0
Roy Corcoran 24 5 0.0
Shawn Hill 23 3 0.0
Francis Beltran↔ CHC 24 11 -0.1
Matt Cepicky 26 32 -0.1
Joe Horgan 27 47 -0.1
Jeremy Fikac 29 arb 19 -0.2 0.3 -0.7
Maicer Izturis 23 32 -0.2
Peter Bergeron 26 arb 11 -0.3 0.3 -0.9
Tony Batista 30 FA-elig 157 -0.3 1.5 -2.1
Alex Gonzalez↔ CHC 31 FA-elig 35 -0.3 2.4 -3.0
Henry Mateo 27 40 -0.4
Valentino Pascucci 25 32 -0.4
Tony Armas 26 arb 16 -0.4 2.1 -2.8
Ryan Church 25 30 -0.4
Carl Everett↔ CHW 33 FA-elig 39 -0.4 1.4 -2.2
Luis Lopez 30 arb 11 -0.5 0.3 -1.1
Josh Labandeira 25 7 -0.5
Chad Bentz 24 pre-arb 36 -0.6 0.3 -1.3
Brendan Harris↔ CHC 23 20 -0.6
Andy Fox↔ TEX 33 FA-elig 34 -0.6 0.3 -1.4
Einar Díaz 31 FA-elig 55 -0.6 2.6 -3.6
Orlando Cabrera↔ BOS 29 FA-elig 103 -0.8 3.8 -5.1
Ronald Calloway 27 pre-arb 46 -0.8 0.3 -1.6
Rocky Biddle 28 arb 47 -0.8 1.9 -3.4
Claudio Vargas 26 pre-arb 45 -1.4 0.3 -2.7

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (63%). 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