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GM: Michael Rizzo (since 2010)

2012 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+17.7
WAB — wins above budget
+10.5
TAB — roster Talent above budget
98–64 (0.605)
record · made playoffs
+21M
surplus $M (value/$)
43.2
roster fWAR
$87.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Stephen Strasburg 23 pre-arb 28 4.8 3.0 +9.3
Gio Gonzalez 26 arb 32 4.8 3.2 +9.0
Bryce Harper 19 pre-arb 139 4.4 0.5 +10.8
Ian Desmond 26 arb 130 4.2 0.5 +10.4
Ryan Zimmerman 27 FA-elig 145 4.0 12.0 -1.6
Jordan Zimmermann 26 arb 32 3.8 2.3 +7.5
Adam LaRoche 32 FA-elig 154 3.4 8.0 +0.7
Danny Espinosa 25 pre-arb 160 2.6 0.5 +6.3
Edwin Jackson 28 FA-elig 34 2.5 11.0 -4.5
Roger Bernadina 28 arb 129 1.5 0.5 +3.4
Jayson Werth 33 FA-elig 81 1.4 13.0 -9.5
Tyler Clippard 27 arb 74 1.2 1.6 +1.4
Ross Detwiler 26 arb 33 1.1 0.5 +2.5
Sean Burnett 29 FA-elig 70 1.0 2.3 +0.2
Drew Storen 24 pre-arb 37 0.7 0.5 +1.4
Craig Stammen 28 arb 59 0.7 0.5 +1.4
Tyler Moore 25 – 75 0.7 0.5 +1.2
Chad Tracy 32 FA-elig 73 0.6 0.8 +0.8
Michael Gonzalez 34 – 47 0.6 – –
Michael Morse 30 FA-elig 102 0.5 3.2 -1.9
Wilson Ramos 24 pre-arb 25 0.5 0.5 +0.8
John Lannan 27 arb 6 0.4 5.0 -3.9
Jhonatan Solano 26 – 12 0.4 – –
Sandy León 23 – 12 0.3 0.3 +0.5
Steve Lombardozzi Jr. 23 pre-arb 126 0.3 0.5 +0.2
Tom Gorzelanny 29 FA-elig 45 0.2 3.0 -2.4
Zach Duke 29 FA-elig 8 0.2 0.2 +0.3
Cesar Izturis↔ MIL 32 FA-elig 5 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Corey Brown 26 pre-arb 19 0.1 0.5 -0.3
Eury Pérez 22 – 13 0.1 0.5 -0.3
Christian Garcia 26 pre-arb 13 0.1 0.5 -0.3
Brett Carroll 29 arb 5 -0.0 0.6 -0.7
Kurt Suzuki↔ OAK 28 arb 43 -0.1 1.8 -2.0
Rick Ankiel 32 FA-elig 68 -0.1 1.2 -1.6
Carlos Maldonado 33 – 4 -0.2 – –
Ryan Perry 25 pre-arb 7 -0.2 0.5 -0.9
Brad Lidge 35 FA-elig 11 -0.2 1.0 -1.6
Jesus Flores 27 arb 83 -0.3 0.8 -1.6
Ryan Mattheus 28 pre-arb 66 -0.3 0.5 -1.3
Chien-Ming Wang 32 FA-elig 10 -0.4 4.0 -4.9
Henry Alberto Rodriguez 25 arb 35 -0.4 0.5 -1.5
Mark DeRosa 37 FA-elig 48 -0.5 0.8 -2.1
Xavier Nady↔ SFG 33 FA-elig 40 -1.2 0.5 -3.6

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 40 of them (93%). 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.