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Nationals WSN

201496–66 (0.593)Made Playoffs
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GM: Michael Rizzo

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2014, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$139M
Surplus $M
+7
Win %
0.593
TAB
+13.5
WAB
+11.4
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
50.2
Dead money %
13%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-2.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2014 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RWilson Ramos87
BJose Lobatón64
BSandy León20

1B

LAdam LaRoche136
RTyler Moore24
RKevin Frandsen9
RRyan Zimmerman5
LGreg Dobbs⇄3

2B

BDanny Espinosa89
RAnthony Rendon28
BAsdrúbal Cabrera⇄17
RKevin Frandsen13
RJeff Kobernus3

3B

RAnthony Rendon134
RRyan Zimmerman23
RKevin Frandsen16
BZach Walters⇄3

SS

RIan Desmond154
BAsdrúbal Cabrera⇄32
BDanny Espinosa12
BZach Walters⇄3

LF

LBryce Harper90
RRyan Zimmerman30
LNate McLouth28
RKevin Frandsen21
RScott Hairston15
RSteven Souza Jr.4
RTyler Moore4
LNate Schierholtz⇄1

CF

LDenard Span147
RMichael A. Taylor10
LNate McLouth9
LBryce Harper7
LNate Schierholtz⇄1
RSteven Souza Jr.1

RF

RJayson Werth139
LNate Schierholtz⇄22
LNate McLouth16
LBryce Harper10
RSteven Souza Jr.8
RMichael A. Taylor5
RScott Hairston1

DH

RJayson Werth5
RRyan Zimmerman2
LAdam LaRoche1
LNate McLouth1
RScott Hairston1
RWilson Ramos1

Starters

RJordan Zimmermann5.7 WAR
RStephen Strasburg4.6 WAR
RTanner Roark3.1 WAR
LGio Gonzalez3.1 WAR
RDoug Fister1.2 WAR
RBlake Treinen0.6 WAR
RTaylor Jordan0.1 WAR
RTaylor Hill0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RRafael Soriano32 sv
RTyler Clippard40 h
RDrew Storen20 h
LMatt Thornton⇄18 h
LJerry Blevins9 h
RAaron Barrett8 h
RCraig Stammen7 h
LRoss Detwiler3 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2013)

PlayerfWAR
Doug Fister1.2
Asdrúbal Cabrera1.0
Jerry Blevins0.8
Aaron Barrett0.7
Blake Treinen0.6
Jose Lobatón0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Dan Haren1.8
Fernando Abad0.4
Corey Brown0.1
Zach Duke-0.0
Eury Pérez-0.0
David DeJesus-0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Nationals. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2014; everyone else is shown as a 2014 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jordan Zimmermann 2014 +5.7 +113.4 7.5 +105.9 $1.3M 2.50× –
Stephen Strasburg 2014 +4.6 +81.1 4.0 +77.1 $0.9M 2.19× –
Anthony Rendon 2014 +6.4 +73.2 1.8 +71.4 $0.3M 1.43× Free Agent · 2020–2025 · $35.0M AAV
Jayson Werth 2014 +5.3 +86.3 20.0 +66.3 $3.8M 2.05× –
Denard Span 2014 +4.3 +61.0 6.5 +54.5 $1.5M 1.79× –
Tanner Roark 2014 +3.1 +48.9 0.5 +48.4 $0.2M 1.96× –
Gio Gonzalez 2014 +3.1 +48.8 8.5 +40.3 $2.7M 1.96× –
Ian Desmond 2014 +4.1 +43.5 6.5 +37.0 $1.6M 1.32× –
Tyler Clippard 2014 +1.5 +24.0 5.9 +18.1 $3.8M 1.95× –
Bryce Harper 2014 +1.6 +15.7 2.1 +13.6 $1.3M 1.22× Free Agent · 2019–2031 · $25.4M AAV
Drew Storen 2014 +1.0 +10.6 3.5 +7.1 $3.5M 1.34× –
Aaron Barrett 2014 +0.7 +3.5 0.4 +3.2 $0.5M 0.67× –
Blake Treinen 2014 +0.6 +3.4 0.2 +3.2 $0.3M 0.67× Free Agent · 2025–2026 · $11.0M AAV
Craig Stammen 2014 +0.7 +4.0 1.4 +2.6 $1.8M 0.67× –
Doug Fister 2014 +1.2 +9.8 7.2 +2.6 $5.9M 1.02× –
Jerry Blevins 2014 +0.8 +4.3 1.7 +2.6 $2.1M 0.67× –
Danny Espinosa 2014 +0.6 +2.7 0.5 +2.1 $0.9M 0.56× –
Wilson Ramos 2014 +1.0 +4.1 2.1 +2.0 $2.1M 0.52× –
Asdrúbal Cabrera↔ 2014 +1.0 +4.9 3.4 +1.5 $3.4M 0.61× –
Adam LaRoche 2014 +2.0 +13.1 12.0 +1.1 $6.0M 0.81× –
Jose Lobatón 2014 +0.5 +2.0 0.9 +1.1 $1.8M 0.52× –
Zach Walters↔ 2014 +0.2 +0.8 0.1 +0.8 $0.4M 0.58× –
Taylor Jordan 2014 +0.1 +0.8 0.5 +0.3 $5.3M 1.02× –
Tyler Moore 2014 +0.1 +0.3 0.5 -0.2 $7.5M 0.56× –
Jeff Kobernus 2014 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $29.3M 0.56× –
Xavier Cedeño 2014 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $38.7M 0.67× –
Michael A. Taylor 2014 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 – 0.83× –
Ryan Mattheus 2014 -0.0 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Steven Souza Jr. 2014 -0.1 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 – 0.83× –
Sandy León 2014 -0.2 -0.8 0.5 -1.4 – 0.52× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $1.0M AAV
Nate Schierholtz↔ 2014 -0.2 -1.1 0.9 -2.1 – 0.83× –
Greg Dobbs↔ 2014 -0.3 -1.5 1.0 -2.5 – 0.56× –
Rafael Soriano 2014 +0.8 +8.0 11.0 -3.0 $14.6M 1.34× –
Ross Detwiler 2014 -0.1 -0.6 3.0 -3.6 – 0.67× –
Kevin Frandsen 2014 -0.5 -3.1 0.9 -4.0 – 0.83× –
Nate McLouth 2014 -0.1 -0.8 5.0 -5.8 – 0.83× –
Ryan Zimmerman 2014 +1.2 +7.7 14.0 -6.3 $12.2M 0.83× –
Scott Hairston 2014 -0.6 -4.0 2.5 -6.5 – 0.83× –
Matt Thornton↔ 2014 +0.2 +1.0 1.0 -0.0 $5.5M 0.67× –
Taylor Hill 2014 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+50.3+664.6139.3+524.5—

Trades

Every graded 2014 deal involving the Nationals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2014 · TBR / WSN
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$4.0M
Nate Karns
WSN · Michael Rizzo −$4.0M
José Lobatón, Felipe Vázquez, Drew Vettleson
TBR came out ahead by $4.0M
2014 · WSN / TEX
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$1.6M
Abel De Los Santos, Christopher Bostick
TEX · Jon Daniels −$1.6M
Ross Detwiler
WSN came out ahead by $1.6M
2014 · WSN / PHI
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$1.6M
cash / PTBNL
PHI · Ruben Amaro −$1.6M
Koyie Hill
WSN came out ahead by $1.6M
2014 · WSN / KCR
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$0.0M
Brandon Laird
KCR · Dayton Moore +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Even trade
2014 · WSN / CLE
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$2.4M
Asdrúbal Cabrera
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$2.4M
Zach Walters
WSN came out ahead by $2.4M
2014 · WSN / TBR / SDP
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$179.2M
Joe Ross, Trea Turner
TBR · Andrew Friedman −$20.0M
René Rivera, Burch Smith, Jake Bauers, Steven Souza, Travis Ott
SDP · Josh Byrnes −$159.2M
Wil Myers, Ryan Hanigan, Gerardo Reyes, José Castillo
WSN came out ahead by $179.2M 3-team

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$139.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2014, 2014–2020. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Jayson Werth3510.102$20.0M$21.0M$21.0M$21.0MFREE AGENT
Ryan Zimmerman298.032$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$18.0MFREE AGENT
Adam LaRoche3410.000$12.0MFREE AGENT
Rafael Soriano3411.057$11.0MFREE AGENT
Nate McLouth327.152$5.0MFREE AGENT
Asdrúbal Cabrera286.027$3.4MFREE AGENT$2.5M$2.5M
Scott Hairston348.102$2.5MFREE AGENT
Greg Dobbs3510.000$992kFREE AGENT
Matt Thornton379.129$984k$3.5MFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Gio Gonzalez284.162$8.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordan Zimmermann284.154$7.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Fister304.058$7.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Denard Span305.111$6.5MFREE AGENT
Ian Desmond284.027$6.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Clippard294.148$5.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Stephen Strasburg253.118$4.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Drew Storen263.140$3.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ross Detwiler284.002$3.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilson Ramos263.047$2.1MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Blevins304.081$1.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Stammen303.160$1.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nate Schierholtz305.078$943kFREE AGENT
Kevin Frandsen324.151$900kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Mattheus303.123$520kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Bryce Harper211.159$2.1MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Rendon240.130$1.8MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Lobatón292.138$900kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Espinosa272.113$541kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Moore271.106$508kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Xavier Cedeño271.019$508kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tanner Roark270.055$506kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Jordan251.047$504kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Kobernus260.162$501kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sandy León250.131$501kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Barrett260.000$352kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steven Souza Jr.250.000$197kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blake Treinen260.000$178kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael A. Taylor230.000$101kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zach Walters240.027$71kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Hill250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 acquisition stacked onto Nationals's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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