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GM: Michael Rizzo (since 2010)

2010 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-8.1
WAB — wins above budget
-3.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
69–93 (0.426)
record
-8M
surplus $M (value/$)
26.3
roster fWAR
$61.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ryan Zimmerman 25 arb 142 6.6 6.3 +8.9
Adam Dunn 30 FA-elig 158 3.0 12.0 -5.1
Livan Hernandez 35 FA-elig 35 2.7 0.9 +5.2
Josh Willingham 31 FA-elig 114 2.5 4.6 +1.2
Stephen Strasburg 21 pre-arb 12 2.1 2.0 +2.9
Tyler Clippard 25 arb 78 1.4 0.4 +2.8
Craig Stammen 26 pre-arb 36 1.3 0.4 +2.6
Sean Burnett 27 FA-elig 73 1.2 0.8 +1.9
Michael Morse 28 arb 98 0.9 0.4 +1.8
Ivan Rodriguez 38 FA-elig 111 0.9 3.0 -1.0
Ian Desmond 24 pre-arb 154 0.8 0.4 +1.4
Joel Peralta 34 – 39 0.7 – –
John Lannan 25 arb 25 0.7 0.5 +1.1
Drew Storen 22 – 54 0.7 – –
Nyjer Morgan 29 arb 136 0.7 0.4 +1.1
Matt Capps↔ MIN 26 arb 47 0.5 2.2 -1.0
Danny Espinosa 23 – 28 0.5 – –
Doug Slaten 30 – 49 0.3 – –
Cristian Guzman↔ TEX 32 FA-elig 89 0.3 6.8 -6.1
Justin Maxwell 26 – 67 0.3 – –
Wilson Ramos↔ MIN 22 – 15 0.3 – –
Adam Kennedy 34 FA-elig 135 0.3 1.2 -0.7
Roger Bernadina 26 – 134 0.2 – –
Scott Olsen 26 arb 17 0.2 1.0 -0.6
Carlos Maldonado 31 – 4 0.2 – –
Tyler Walker 34 FA-elig 24 0.2 0.7 -0.3
J.D. Martin 27 – 10 0.1 – –
Matt Chico 27 – 1 0.1 – –
Collin Balester 24 – 17 0.1 – –
Alberto Gonzalez 27 arb 115 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Jesse English 25 pre-arb 7 0.1 0.4 -0.2
Jamie Burke 38 – 1 -0.0 – –
Luis Atilano 25 – 16 -0.0 – –
Yunesky Maya 28 pre-arb 5 -0.0 2.0 -2.1
Joe Bisenius 27 – 5 -0.1 – –
Wil Nieves 32 FA-elig 59 -0.1 0.7 -1.0
Willy Taveras 28 FA-elig 27 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Jason Bergmann 28 arb 4 -0.2 0.8 -1.2
Willie Harris 32 FA-elig 132 -0.2 1.5 -2.0
Brian Bruney 28 FA-elig 19 -0.2 1.5 -2.0
Garrett Mock 27 pre-arb 1 -0.3 0.4 -1.0
Jordan Zimmermann 24 pre-arb 7 -0.3 0.4 -1.1
Kevin Mench 32 – 27 -0.3 – –
Ross Detwiler 24 arb 8 -0.4 0.4 -1.2
Miguel Batista 39 FA-elig 58 -0.5 1.0 -2.1
Jason Marquis 31 FA-elig 17 -0.5 7.5 -8.6

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (67%). 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.