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GM: Jim Bowden (since 2005)

2005 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+2.4
WAB — wins above budget
+0.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
81–81 (0.500)
record
-2M
surplus $M (value/$)
31.1
roster fWAR
$55.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Esteban Loaiza 33 FA-elig 34 4.5 2.9 +5.6
Nick Johnson 26 arb 131 4.2 1.4 +6.4
John Patterson 27 arb 31 4.0 0.3 +7.2
Jose Guillen 29 FA-elig 148 3.7 3.5 +3.5
Livan Hernandez 30 FA-elig 35 3.2 8.0 -2.0
Brian Schneider 28 arb 116 2.5 2.0 +2.7
Brad Wilkerson 28 arb 148 2.4 3.0 +1.5
Ryan Church 26 pre-arb 102 1.9 0.3 +3.2
Jose Vidro 30 FA-elig 87 1.2 7.0 -4.8
Hector Carrasco 35 – 64 1.1 – –
Chad Cordero 23 pre-arb 74 1.0 0.3 +1.6
Vinny Castilla 37 FA-elig 142 1.0 3.0 -1.1
Preston Wilson↔ COL 30 FA-elig 68 0.9 6.1 -4.4
Ryan Zimmerman 20 – 20 0.7 – –
Gary Majewski 25 – 79 0.6 – –
Junior Spivey↔ MIL 30 arb 28 0.6 0.8 +0.3
Jamey Carroll 31 arb 113 0.6 0.3 +0.7
Marlon Byrd↔ PHI 27 – 74 0.5 – –
Ryan Drese↔ TEX 29 arb 12 0.4 0.3 +0.5
Luis Ayala 27 pre-arb 68 0.4 0.4 +0.3
Jason Bergmann 23 – 15 0.3 – –
Jon Rauch 26 – 15 0.3 – –
Rick Short 32 – 11 0.3 – –
Joey Eischen 35 FA-elig 58 0.2 1.0 -0.6
John Halama↔ BOS 33 FA-elig 10 0.2 0.2 +0.2
Endy Chavez↔ PHI 27 – 7 0.1 – –
Mike Stanton↔ BOS 38 FA-elig 30 0.1 2.0 -1.8
Henry Mateo 28 arb 1 0.1 0.3 -0.2
Darrell Rasner 24 – 5 0.1 – –
Sun-Woo Kim↔ COL 27 – 12 0.0 – –
Matt White 27 – 1 0.0 – –
C.J. Nitkowski 32 – 7 0.0 – –
Joe Horgan 28 pre-arb 8 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Terrmel Sledge 28 pre-arb 20 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Brendan Harris 24 – 4 -0.0 – –
Brandon Watson 23 – 25 -0.0 – –
Matt Cepicky 27 – 11 -0.0 – –
Kenny Kelly↔ CIN 26 – 17 -0.1 – –
Tyrell Godwin 25 – 3 -0.1 – –
Keith Osik 36 – 6 -0.1 – –
Carlos Baerga 36 – 93 -0.1 – –
Tomo Ohka↔ MIL 29 FA-elig 11 -0.1 0.9 -1.1
Jeffrey Hammonds 34 – 13 -0.2 – –
J.J. Davis 26 arb 14 -0.2 0.3 -0.6
Deivi Cruz↔ SFG 32 FA-elig 20 -0.2 0.2 -0.5
Zach Day↔ COL 27 arb 12 -0.2 0.3 -0.7
Claudio Vargas↔ ARI 27 pre-arb 4 -0.3 0.1 -0.5
T.J. Tucker 26 arb 13 -0.3 0.7 -1.2
Antonio Osuna 32 FA-elig 4 -0.3 0.8 -1.4
Travis Hughes 27 – 14 -0.4 – –
Tony Armas 27 FA-elig 19 -0.5 2.3 -3.1
Gary Bennett 33 FA-elig 68 -0.5 0.8 -1.7
Tony Blanco 23 pre-arb 56 -0.6 0.3 -1.5
Wil Cordero 33 FA-elig 29 -0.7 0.6 -1.9
Cristian Guzman 27 FA-elig 142 -1.2 4.2 -6.4

55 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 34 of them (62%). 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.