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Zack Scott

General manager for the Mets (2021–2021).

1 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
Record77–85
Win %0.475
-0.8GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±7.895th/195 execs
7.0Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)54th/195 execs
-5.1Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)94th/195 execs
32%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)81st/195 execs
$12MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track109th/195 execs
$13MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)43rd/195 execs
$-2MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade177th/195 execs
$-0MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees159th/195 execs
-3.2TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total86th/195 execs
-11.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)114th/195 execs
1.66Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)99th/195 execs
-87Roster surplus $M127th/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Mets GM 2021–2021 1 -11.1 -11.09 -3.2 -26.8 +0.0 -18.9 +4.4 +0.0 1.66 0.475 ––– -87
Career total (1985+ data) 1 -11.1 -3.2 -26.8 +0.0 -18.9 +4.4 +0.0 1.66 0.475 –– – -87

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)+0.0
Trade-18.9
Free agency+4.4
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.0
Sourcing mix: 0% draft · 88% FA · 12% trade · 0% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across Zack Scott'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 — 30 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Francisco Lindor SS NYM Trade 2021 6 +30.6 +5.1 5.9
Starling Marte OF NYM Free agency 2021 3 +4.5 +1.5 15.7
Max Scherzer P NYM Free agency 2021 2 +4.5 +2.2 20.6
Taijuan Walker P NYM Free agency 2021 2 +4.1 +2.1 2.5
Mark Canha OF NYM Free agency 2021 2 +2.5 +1.3 10.6
Carlos Carrasco P NYM Trade 2021 1 +2.1 +2.1 10.7
Jonathan Villar 2B/SS NYM Free agency 2021 1 +2.0 +2.0 3.2
Javier Báez SS NYM Trade 2021 1 +2.0 +2.0 3.4
Eduardo Escobar 3B NYM Free agency 2021 2 +1.9 +0.9 8.0
Aaron Loup P NYM Free agency 2021 1 +1.6 +1.6 2.7
Joey Lucchesi P NYM Trade 2021 2 +1.3 +0.7 1.2
Trevor Williams P NYM Trade 2021 2 +1.3 +0.7 1.1
Rich Hill P NYM Trade 2021 1 +1.0 +1.0 1.7
Sean Reid-Foley P NYM Trade 2021 3 +0.8 +0.3 0.4
Kevin Pillar OF NYM Free agency 2021 1 +0.6 +0.6 1.1
Trevor May P NYM Trade 2021 2 +0.6 +0.3 0.9
José Peraza 2B/SS NYM Trade 2021 1 +0.6 +0.6 1.1
James McCann C NYM Trade 2021 2 +0.5 +0.2 0.6
Billy McKinney OF NYM Trade 2021 1 +0.4 +0.4 0.8
Brandon Drury 2B/3B NYM Free agency 2021 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.4
Brad Hand P NYM Trade 2021 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.3
Heath Hembree P NYM Trade 2021 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Jordan Yamamoto P NYM Trade 2021 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Akeem Bostick P NYM Trade 2021 – -0.0 – –
Mason Williams OF NYM Free agency 2021 – -0.0 – –
Johneshwy Fargas OF NYM Trade 2021 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Tommy Hunter P NYM Free agency 2021 1 -0.1 -0.1 0.3
Yennsy Díaz P NYM Trade 2021 – -0.2 – –
Khalil Lee OF NYM Trade 2021 1 -0.4 -0.4 –
Albert Almora OF NYM Free agency 2021 – -0.6 – –

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.