Rosternomics

Nationals WSN

Switch team:

GM: Jim Bowden (since 2005)

2008 roster — every player, value & surplus

‹ Prev Next ›
-15.5
WAB — wins above budget
-10.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
59–102 (0.366)
record
-17M
surplus $M (value/$)
16.7
roster fWAR
$50.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Willie Harris 30 FA-elig 140 3.0 0.8 +6.0
Cristian Guzman 30 FA-elig 138 2.8 4.2 +2.1
Elijah Dukes 24 pre-arb 81 2.7 0.4 +5.8
Ryan Zimmerman 23 arb 106 1.9 0.5 +3.9
Ronnie Belliard 33 FA-elig 96 1.5 1.6 +1.9
Tim Redding 30 FA-elig 35 1.4 1.0 +2.1
Jon Rauch↔ ARI 29 FA-elig 48 1.3 0.8 +2.1
Odalis Perez 30 FA-elig 31 1.3 0.8 +2.0
Saul Rivera 30 pre-arb 76 1.2 0.4 +2.3
Wil Nieves 30 68 1.1
Ryan Langerhans 28 73 1.0
Shawn Hill 27 arb 12 0.9 0.4 +1.7
Nick Johnson 29 FA-elig 38 0.9 5.5 -3.6
John Lannan 23 31 0.8
Collin Balester 22 15 0.7
Joel Hanrahan 26 pre-arb 69 0.7 0.4 +1.1
Alberto Gonzalez↔ NYY 25 17 0.6
Anderson Hernandez 25 28 0.5
Garrett Mock 25 26 0.4
Austin Kearns 28 FA-elig 86 0.4 5.0 -4.2
Mike Hinckley 25 14 0.3
Steven Shell 25 39 0.2
Jason Bergmann 26 arb 30 0.2 0.4 +0.1
Jesus Colome 30 FA-elig 61 0.2 1.2 -0.8
Tyler Clippard 23 2 0.1
Chad Cordero 26 arb 6 0.0 6.2 -6.1
Luis Ayala↔ NYM 30 arb 62 -0.0 1.3 -1.4
Lastings Milledge 23 pre-arb 138 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Luke Montz 24 10 -0.1
Jesus Flores 23 pre-arb 90 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Brian Sanches 29 12 -0.1
Aaron Boone 35 FA-elig 104 -0.1 1.0 -1.3
Shairon Martis 21 5 -0.2
Matt Chico 25 pre-arb 11 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Levale Speigner 27 7 -0.2
Emilio Bonifácio↔ ARI 23 41 -0.2
Chris Schroder 29 4 -0.2
Ray King 34 FA-elig 12 -0.2 0.8 -1.4
Marco Estrada 24 11 -0.2
Pete Orr 29 49 -0.3
Dmitri Young 34 FA-elig 50 -0.3 5.0 -5.6
Johnny Estrada 32 FA-elig 23 -0.3 1.2 -1.9
Roger Bernadina 24 26 -0.5
Rob Mackowiak 32 FA-elig 38 -0.5 1.5 -2.7
Michael O'Connor 27 5 -0.5
Kory Casto 26 66 -0.6
Charlie Manning 29 57 -0.7
Paul Lo Duca↔ MIA 36 FA-elig 46 -1.1 3.4 -6.0
Felipe Lopez↔ STL 28 FA-elig 100 -1.3 3.4 -6.4
Wily Mo Peña 26 FA-elig 64 -1.5 2.0 -5.3

50 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (56%). 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