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GM: Michael Rizzo (since 2010)

2024 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-3.9
WAB — wins above budget
-0.6
TAB — roster Talent above budget
71–91 (0.438)
record
+19M
surplus $M (value/$)
27.0
roster fWAR
$93.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
MacKenzie Gore 25 pre-arb 32 3.2 0.7 +12.7
Luis García Jr. 24 arb 140 3.0 1.9 +10.6
Jacob Young 24 pre-arb 150 2.7 0.7 +10.5
Mitchell Parker 24 pre-arb 29 2.4 0.7 +9.4
Trevor Williams 32 FA-elig 13 2.0 7.0 +1.2
CJ Abrams 23 pre-arb 138 1.8 0.8 +6.8
Jake Irvin 27 pre-arb 33 1.8 0.7 +6.8
Patrick Corbin 34 FA-elig 32 1.7 35.4 -28.2
DJ Herz 23 pre-arb 19 1.7 0.7 +6.2
Robert Garcia 28 pre-arb 72 1.5 0.7 +5.6
Jesse Winker↔ NYM 30 FA-elig 101 1.3 1.4 +4.1
James Wood 21 – 79 1.3 0.4 +5.1
Alex Call 29 pre-arb 30 1.2 0.7 +4.1
Derek Law 33 FA-elig 75 1.1 1.5 +3.2
Dylan Floro↔ ARI 33 FA-elig 51 1.0 1.7 +2.5
Lane Thomas↔ CLE 28 arb 77 1.0 1.3 +2.8
Hunter Harvey↔ KCR 29 arb 43 0.9 2.1 +1.6
Jose A. Ferrer 24 pre-arb 31 0.6 0.7 +1.9
Dylan Crews 22 – 31 0.5 0.1 +1.8
Juan Yepez 26 pre-arb 62 0.4 0.3 +1.3
Nasim Nuñez 23 pre-arb 51 0.4 0.7 +0.7
Stone Garrett 28 pre-arb 2 0.3 0.8 +0.3
Drew Millas 26 pre-arb 20 0.3 0.7 +0.3
José Tena↔ CLE 23 pre-arb 41 0.2 0.7 +0.0
Darren Baker 25 – 9 0.2 0.1 +0.6
Eduardo Salazar↔ LAD 26 pre-arb 25 0.2 0.3 +0.4
Jackson Rutledge 25 pre-arb 3 0.1 0.7 -0.2
Matt Barnes 34 FA-elig 14 0.1 2.0 -1.4
Andrés Chaparro 25 – 33 0.1 0.2 +0.1
Jacob Barnes 34 arb 63 0.0 0.7 -0.6
Orlando Ribalta 26 – 4 0.0 0.1 +0.0
Nick Senzel↔ CHW 29 arb 64 0.0 1.7 -1.7
Kyle Finnegan 32 arb 65 -0.0 5.1 -5.2
Josiah Gray 26 arb 2 -0.0 0.8 -1.0
Ildemaro Vargas 32 FA-elig 97 -0.1 1.1 -1.3
Amos Willingham 25 pre-arb 1 -0.1 0.7 -1.0
Victor Robles↔ SEA 27 FA-elig 14 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Joan Adon 25 arb 8 -0.1 0.7 -1.0
Zach Brzykcy 24 – 6 -0.1 0.1 -0.6
Joe La Sorsa 26 – 16 -0.1 – –
Joey Gallo 30 FA-elig 76 -0.2 2.5 -3.3
Tanner Rainey 31 FA-elig 50 -0.2 1.5 -2.3
Harold Ramírez↔ TBR 29 arb 25 -0.2 1.3 -2.2
Riley Adams 28 arb 41 -0.3 0.8 -1.9
Keibert Ruiz 25 arb 127 -0.3 6.4 -7.7
Jordan Weems 31 arb 41 -0.5 0.8 -2.8
Travis Blankenhorn 27 pre-arb 13 -0.5 0.1 -2.1
Trey Lipscomb 24 pre-arb 61 -0.9 0.7 -4.3
Joey Meneses 32 pre-arb 76 -1.0 0.8 -4.9
Eddie Rosario↔ ATL 32 FA-elig 67 -1.3 1.5 -7.0

50 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 49 of them (98%). 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.