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GM: Michael Rizzo (since 2009)

2009 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-17.0
WAB — wins above budget
-8.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
59–103 (0.364)
record
-13M
surplus $M (value/$)
20.5
roster fWAR
$57.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ryan Zimmerman 24 arb 157 6.6 3.3 +12.2
Nyjer Morgan↔ PIT 28 pre-arb 49 2.9 0.2 +6.7
Josh Willingham 30 arb 133 2.4 3.0 +2.8
Jordan Zimmermann 23 – 16 1.9 – –
John Lannan 24 pre-arb 33 1.4 0.4 +2.8
Ross Detwiler 23 pre-arb 15 1.1 0.4 +2.3
Craig Stammen 25 – 20 1.1 – –
Adam Dunn 29 FA-elig 159 1.0 8.0 -5.6
Nick Johnson↔ MIA 30 FA-elig 98 1.0 4.1 -1.8
Justin Maxwell 25 pre-arb 40 0.9 0.4 +1.8
Livan Hernandez↔ NYM 34 – 8 0.9 – –
Garrett Mock 26 pre-arb 28 0.9 0.4 +1.8
Jesus Flores 24 pre-arb 29 0.8 0.4 +1.6
Cristian Guzman 31 FA-elig 135 0.8 8.0 -6.1
Willie Harris 31 FA-elig 137 0.6 1.5 -0.0
Joel Hanrahan↔ PIT 27 pre-arb 34 0.4 0.2 +0.8
Ian Desmond 23 pre-arb 21 0.4 0.4 +0.5
Michael Morse 27 arb 32 0.4 0.4 +0.4
Ronnie Belliard↔ LAD 34 FA-elig 86 0.3 1.5 -0.7
Scott Olsen 25 arb 11 0.3 2.8 -2.2
Shairon Martis 22 pre-arb 15 0.2 0.4 +0.2
Joe Beimel↔ COL 32 FA-elig 45 0.2 1.3 -0.8
Anderson Hernandez↔ NYM 26 arb 77 0.2 0.3 +0.1
Jesus Colome↔ MIL 31 – 16 0.1 – –
Roger Bernadina 25 pre-arb 3 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Julian Tavarez 36 FA-elig 42 0.1 0.5 -0.2
Marco Estrada 25 pre-arb 4 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Wil Nieves 31 FA-elig 72 0.0 0.4 -0.4
Wilfredo Ledezma 28 FA-elig 5 -0.0 0.8 -0.8
Kip Wells↔ CIN 32 – 23 -0.0 – –
Tyler Clippard 24 pre-arb 41 -0.0 0.4 -0.4
Steven Shell 26 pre-arb 4 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Zack Segovia 26 – 8 -0.0 – –
J.D. Martin 26 – 16 -0.1 – –
Corey Patterson↔ MIL 29 – 5 -0.1 – –
Pete Orr 30 – 27 -0.1 – –
Sean Burnett↔ PIT 26 arb 33 -0.1 0.2 -0.4
Austin Kearns 29 FA-elig 80 -0.1 8.0 -8.3
Victor Garate 24 – 4 -0.1 – –
Jamie Burke↔ SEA 37 – 6 -0.2 – –
Mike MacDougal↔ CHW 32 FA-elig 52 -0.2 2.4 -2.8
Jason Bergmann 27 arb 56 -0.2 0.4 -0.9
Elijah Dukes 25 pre-arb 107 -0.3 0.4 -1.1
Jorge Sosa 32 – 18 -0.3 – –
Josh Bard 31 FA-elig 90 -0.3 1.6 -2.4
Lastings Milledge↔ PIT 24 arb 7 -0.3 0.0 -0.8
Daniel Cabrera↔ ARI 28 arb 9 -0.3 1.6 -2.3
Jorge Padilla 29 – 29 -0.3 – –
Saul Rivera 31 arb 30 -0.4 0.5 -1.4
Mike Hinckley 26 pre-arb 14 -0.4 0.4 -1.4
Ron Villone 39 – 63 -0.5 – –
Alex Cintron 30 – 21 -0.5 – –
Collin Balester 23 pre-arb 7 -0.6 0.4 -1.7
Logan Kensing↔ MIA 26 arb 26 -0.6 0.5 -2.0
Alberto Gonzalez 26 pre-arb 105 -0.7 0.4 -1.9

55 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 40 of them (73%). 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.