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GM: Michael Rizzo (since 2010)

2011 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+2.7
WAB — wins above budget
-2.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
80–81 (0.497)
record
+2M
surplus $M (value/$)
28.1
roster fWAR
$69.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Wilson Ramos 23 pre-arb 113 4.3 0.4 +10.0
Jordan Zimmermann 25 pre-arb 29 3.4 0.4 +7.9
Danny Espinosa 24 pre-arb 158 3.2 0.4 +7.5
Michael Morse 29 FA-elig 146 2.9 1.1 +5.9
Jayson Werth 32 FA-elig 150 2.2 10.6 -5.1
Ryan Zimmerman 26 FA-elig 101 2.1 9.0 -4.0
Livan Hernandez 36 FA-elig 31 1.7 1.2 +3.0
Tyler Clippard 26 arb 72 1.5 0.4 +3.2
Jason Marquis↔ ARI 32 FA-elig 25 1.4 6.7 -3.3
Rick Ankiel 31 FA-elig 122 1.2 1.5 +1.4
Ian Desmond 25 pre-arb 154 1.0 0.4 +2.0
Stephen Strasburg 22 pre-arb 5 1.0 4.4 -2.0
John Lannan 26 arb 33 0.7 2.8 -0.9
Drew Storen 23 pre-arb 73 0.7 0.4 +1.4
Tom Gorzelanny 28 FA-elig 30 0.6 2.1 -0.6
Tommy Milone 24 – 5 0.6 0.4 +1.0
Laynce Nix 30 FA-elig 124 0.5 0.7 +0.5
Roger Bernadina 27 pre-arb 91 0.4 0.4 +0.6
Craig Stammen 27 pre-arb 7 0.4 0.4 +0.5
Todd Coffey 30 FA-elig 69 0.3 1.4 -0.5
Jonny Gomes↔ CIN 30 FA-elig 43 0.3 0.6 +0.2
Henry Alberto Rodriguez 24 pre-arb 59 0.3 0.4 +0.4
Jerry Hairston Jr.↔ MIL 35 FA-elig 75 0.3 1.2 -0.6
Ivan Rodriguez 39 FA-elig 44 0.3 3.0 -2.4
Ross Detwiler 25 pre-arb 15 0.2 0.4 +0.1
Cole Kimball 25 pre-arb 12 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Jesus Flores 26 arb 30 0.1 0.8 -0.4
Brad Peacock 23 – 3 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Atahualpa Severino 26 pre-arb 6 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Brian Broderick 24 pre-arb 11 0.0 0.4 -0.4
Alex Cora 35 FA-elig 91 0.0 0.9 -0.9
Chien-Ming Wang 31 FA-elig 11 -0.0 1.2 -1.2
Corey Brown 25 – 3 -0.1 – –
Chad Gaudin 28 FA-elig 10 -0.1 0.9 -1.1
Yunesky Maya 29 pre-arb 10 -0.1 2.0 -2.3
Steve Lombardozzi Jr. 22 – 13 -0.2 – –
Ryan Mattheus 27 arb 35 -0.2 0.4 -0.9
Brian Bixler 28 – 79 -0.2 – –
Adam LaRoche 31 FA-elig 43 -0.3 7.0 -7.7
Doug Slaten 31 arb 31 -0.4 0.7 -1.6
Sean Burnett 28 FA-elig 69 -0.5 1.4 -2.5
Collin Balester 25 – 23 -0.5 – –
Matt Stairs 43 FA-elig 56 -0.6 0.8 -2.4
Chris Marrero 22 – 31 -0.7 0.4 -2.0

44 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 40 of them (91%). 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.