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GM: Michael Rizzo (since 2010)

2013 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+2.4
WAB — wins above budget
-0.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
86–76 (0.531)
record
-24M
surplus $M (value/$)
34.9
roster fWAR
$117.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jayson Werth 34 FA-elig 129 4.4 16.0 -4.2
Ian Desmond 27 arb 158 4.3 3.8 +7.7
Bryce Harper 20 pre-arb 118 4.1 2.0 +8.9
Jordan Zimmermann 27 arb 32 3.6 5.3 +4.3
Stephen Strasburg 24 arb 30 3.3 3.9 +5.0
Denard Span 29 arb 153 3.2 4.8 +3.8
Gio Gonzalez 27 arb 32 3.1 6.2 +2.1
Ryan Zimmerman 28 FA-elig 147 2.8 14.0 -6.5
Wilson Ramos 25 arb 78 2.2 0.5 +5.3
Dan Haren 32 FA-elig 31 1.8 13.0 -8.3
Tanner Roark 26 – 14 1.5 0.1 +3.9
Craig Stammen 29 arb 55 1.1 0.9 +2.0
Anthony Rendon 23 pre-arb 98 1.0 1.8 +1.0
Ross Detwiler 27 FA-elig 13 0.9 2.3 +0.1
Taylor Jordan 24 pre-arb 9 0.7 0.3 +1.6
Rafael Soriano 33 FA-elig 68 0.6 11.0 -9.5
Adam LaRoche 33 FA-elig 152 0.5 10.0 -8.7
Tyler Clippard 28 FA-elig 72 0.4 4.0 -2.8
Fernando Abad 27 pre-arb 39 0.4 0.4 +0.6
Erik Davis 26 pre-arb 10 0.3 0.1 +0.6
Drew Storen 25 arb 68 0.2 2.5 -1.9
Zach Walters 23 – 8 0.2 0.1 +0.4
Ross Ohlendorf 30 arb 16 0.2 0.3 +0.2
Xavier Cedeño↔ HOU 26 pre-arb 11 0.1 0.3 +0.0
Ryan Mattheus 29 pre-arb 37 0.1 0.5 -0.2
Corey Brown 27 pre-arb 14 0.1 0.1 +0.2
Sandy León 24 pre-arb 2 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Zach Duke↔ CIN 30 FA-elig 12 -0.0 0.3 -0.4
Eury Pérez 23 pre-arb 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
David DeJesus↔ CHC 33 FA-elig 3 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Jeff Kobernus 25 pre-arb 24 -0.1 0.2 -0.5
Chris Marrero 24 pre-arb 8 -0.2 0.1 -0.6
Yunesky Maya 31 arb 1 -0.2 2.0 -2.6
Scott Hairston↔ CHC 33 FA-elig 33 -0.2 1.0 -1.6
Henry Alberto Rodriguez↔ CHC 26 arb 17 -0.3 0.4 -1.1
Ian Krol 22 – 32 -0.3 0.3 -1.1
Steve Lombardozzi Jr. 24 pre-arb 118 -0.4 0.5 -1.5
Jhonatan Solano 27 pre-arb 24 -0.4 0.3 -1.4
Kurt Suzuki↔ OAK 29 FA-elig 79 -0.5 5.4 -6.6
Nate Karns 25 – 3 -0.5 0.0 -1.4
Roger Bernadina↔ PHI 29 arb 85 -0.5 0.9 -2.3
Chad Tracy 33 FA-elig 92 -0.6 1.0 -2.6
Danny Espinosa 26 arb 44 -0.6 0.5 -2.2
Tyler Moore 26 pre-arb 63 -1.1 0.5 -3.4

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.