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Jeremy Zoll

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General manager for the Twins (2025–present).

2 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.

Overview

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs0
Record121–146
Win %0.453
+0.6GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±7.863rd/195 execs
3.0Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)180th/195 execs
-5.5Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)118th/195 execs
29%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)52nd/195 execs
$38MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track28th/195 execs
$9MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)71st/195 execs
$18MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade17th/195 execs
$0MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees139th/195 execs
+7.2TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total61st/195 execs
-2.2WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)76th/195 execs
1.50Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)105th/195 execs
+74Roster surplus $M17th/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Twins GM 2025–present 2 -2.2 -1.09 +7.2 +14.2 +4.8 -3.6 +0.8 +0.0 1.50 0.453 ––– +74
Career total (1985+ data) 2 -2.2 +7.2 +14.2 +4.8 -3.6 +0.8 +0.0 1.50 0.453 –– – +74

Roster Construction

How the roster was sourced

by valueby volume

Share of acquired fWAR by channel vs. league average.

Build channels — net fWAR

Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.

Home-grown (draft/intl)+4.8
Trade-3.6
Free agency+0.8
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.0
Sourcing mix: 63% draft · 8% FA · 29% trade · 0% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across Jeremy Zoll's seasons. Bars = his rosters; the black line = the league-average player at each slot. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge.

Players acquired — 35 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Kody Clemens 1B MIN Trade 2025 2 +2.9 +1.5 2.7
Luke Keaschall 2B MIN Draft 2025 2 +2.8 +1.4 –
Harrison Bader OF MIN Trade 2025 1 +2.0 +2.0 3.8
Taj Bradley P MIN Trade 2025 2 +1.6 +0.8 0.5
Connor Prielipp P MIN Draft 2026 1 +1.1 +1.1 –
Andrew Morris P MIN Draft 2026 1 +0.9 +0.9 –
Víctor Caratini C MIN Free agency 2026 1 +0.8 +0.8 1.2
Ty France 1B MIN Trade 2025 1 +0.7 +0.7 1.3
Mick Abel P MIN Trade 2025 2 +0.6 +0.3 –
Yoendrys Gómez P MIN Trade 2026 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.9
Eric Orze P MIN Trade 2026 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.9
Ryan Fitzgerald 2B/SS MIN Draft 2025 1 +0.3 +0.3 –
Jhonny Pereda C MIN Trade 2025 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.6
Ryan Kreidler 3B/SS MIN Trade 2026 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.5
Cody Laweryson P MIN Draft 2025 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Kendry Rojas P MIN Trade 2025 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Garrett Acton P MIN Trade 2026 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Josh Bell 1B/DH MIN Free agency 2025 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Alex Jackson C MIN Trade 2025 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.1
Pierson Ohl P MIN Draft 2025 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
José Ureña P MIN Trade 2025 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Austin Voth P MIN Trade 2026 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.1
Tommy Nance P MIN Trade 2026 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Darren McCaughan P MIN Trade 2025 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.3
Jack Anderson P MIN Trade 2026 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Orlando Arcia SS MIN Free agency 2026 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Anthony Banda P MIN Trade 2026 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Brooks Kriske P MIN Trade 2025 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Jonah Bride 1B/3B MIN Trade 2025 – -0.1 – –
Erasmo Ramírez P MIN Free agency 2025 – -0.1 – –
Alan Roden OF MIN Trade 2025 – -0.1 – –
Tristan Gray 3B MIN Trade 2026 – -0.2 – –
Anthony Misiewicz P MIN Free agency 2025 – -0.2 – –
Travis Adams P MIN Draft 2025 1 -0.3 -0.3 –
Carson McCusker OF MIN Draft 2025 – -0.4 – –

WAB = wins above what the team's payroll predicted (resource-controlled). WAR surplus = era-neutral value (WAR minus payroll in win-equivalents). Roster surplus $M = dollar value of WAR over cost. Build channels (realized fWAR): HG = home-grown via amateur draft / international signing; Trade = acquired minus surrendered (incl. purchases/waivers); FA = signed minus walked; R5 = Rule-5 / minor-league-draft pickups. Credit follows the acquisition year — home-grown to the regime at the player's draft/signing (not whoever was in the chair when he peaked), trade/FA/R5 to the GM who made the move. Players acquired as prospects before debuting (e.g. Smoltz, Bagwell; Rule-5 picks like Uggla) are counted as trade/R5, not home-grown. All are franchise-level outcomes during the stint, not solely attributable to one executive.

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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.