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GM: Michael Rizzo (since 2010)

2019 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+5.2
WAB — wins above budget
+10.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
93–69 (0.574)
record · World Series champions
-39M
surplus $M (value/$)
50.1
roster fWAR
$203.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Anthony Rendon 29 FA-elig 146 6.8 18.8 +3.4
Max Scherzer 34 FA-elig 29 6.5 37.5 -16.1
Stephen Strasburg 30 FA-elig 34 5.8 38.3 -19.3
Juan Soto 20 pre-arb 150 5.4 0.6 +17.2
Patrick Corbin 29 FA-elig 33 4.4 12.9 +1.5
Trea Turner 26 arb 122 4.4 3.7 +10.6
Victor Robles 22 pre-arb 155 3.6 0.6 +11.3
Howie Kendrick 35 FA-elig 121 2.8 4.0 +5.0
Aníbal Sánchez 35 FA-elig 30 2.2 6.0 +1.1
Adam Eaton 30 FA-elig 151 2.0 8.4 -1.7
Asdrúbal Cabrera↔ TEX 33 FA-elig 38 1.5 1.0 +4.0
Brian Dozier 32 FA-elig 135 1.5 9.0 -4.0
Wander Suero 27 pre-arb 78 1.5 0.6 +4.2
Austin Voth 27 pre-arb 9 0.9 0.3 +2.8
Yan Gomes 31 FA-elig 97 0.9 7.1 -4.3
Sean Doolittle 32 FA-elig 63 0.7 6.0 -3.8
Joe Ross 26 arb 28 0.6 1.0 +1.1
Kurt Suzuki 35 FA-elig 85 0.5 4.0 -2.3
Daniel Hudson↔ TOR 32 FA-elig 24 0.5 0.5 +1.1
Fernando Rodney↔ OAK 42 FA-elig 38 0.5 3.6 -2.1
Andrew Stevenson 25 pre-arb 30 0.4 0.6 +0.6
Tony Sipp 35 FA-elig 36 0.3 1.0 +0.0
Gerardo Parra↔ SFG 32 FA-elig 89 0.3 0.3 +0.7
Michael A. Taylor 28 arb 53 0.2 3.2 -2.7
Tanner Rainey 26 pre-arb 52 0.2 0.4 +0.1
Javy Guerra↔ TOR 33 FA-elig 40 0.2 0.6 -0.1
Erick Fedde 26 pre-arb 21 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Jonny Venters↔ ATL 34 FA-elig 3 0.0 0.6 -0.4
Ryan Zimmerman 34 FA-elig 52 0.0 18.0 -18.0
Jeremy Hellickson 32 FA-elig 9 -0.0 1.3 -1.4
Austin Adams↔ SEA 28 – 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
James Bourque 25 – 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Wilmer Difo 27 arb 43 -0.0 0.6 -0.7
Tres Barrera 24 – 2 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Michael Blazek 30 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Dan Jennings 32 – 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.5
Aaron Barrett 31 arb 3 -0.1 0.1 -0.5
Jake Noll 25 pre-arb 8 -0.1 0.6 -1.0
Austen Williams 26 pre-arb 2 -0.2 0.5 -1.0
Matt Adams 30 FA-elig 111 -0.2 3.0 -3.6
Adrián Sanchez 28 pre-arb 28 -0.2 0.3 -0.9
Raudy Read 25 pre-arb 6 -0.2 0.1 -0.8
Roenis Elías↔ SEA 30 arb 4 -0.3 0.1 -0.9
Kyle McGowin 27 pre-arb 7 -0.3 0.1 -1.0
Hunter Strickland↔ SEA 30 arb 24 -0.3 1.1 -2.1
Justin Miller 32 arb 17 -0.3 0.6 -1.7
Trevor Rosenthal↔ DET 29 FA-elig 12 -0.3 3.8 -4.9
Matt Grace 30 arb 51 -0.4 0.6 -1.9
Kyle Barraclough↔ SFG 29 arb 33 -0.6 1.3 -3.2
Carter Kieboom 21 – 11 -0.6 0.0 -2.1

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.