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GM: Tony Reagins (since 2008)

2009 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+11.5
WAB — wins above budget
+5.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
97–65 (0.599)
record · made playoffs
-19M
surplus $M (value/$)
42.8
roster fWAR
$119.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Chone Figgins 31 FA-elig 158 6.6 5.8 +9.8
Torii Hunter 33 FA-elig 119 3.8 18.0 -8.9
Jered Weaver 26 arb 33 3.8 0.5 +8.6
Erick Aybar 25 arb 137 3.8 0.5 +8.5
Kendrys Morales 26 arb 152 3.7 1.1 +7.7
Maicer Izturis 28 arb 114 3.2 1.6 +6.1
John Lackey 30 FA-elig 27 3.2 10.0 -2.4
Bobby Abreu 35 FA-elig 152 2.7 5.0 +1.4
Juan Rivera 30 FA-elig 138 2.6 3.2 +2.9
Mike Napoli 27 arb 114 2.3 2.0 +3.3
Howie Kendrick 25 arb 105 2.1 0.5 +4.6
Scott Kazmir↔ TBR 25 arb 6 1.3 1.4 +1.6
Darren Oliver 38 FA-elig 63 1.2 3.7 -0.8
Kevin Jepsen 24 pre-arb 54 1.1 0.4 +2.3
Joe Saunders 28 arb 31 1.0 0.5 +1.8
Ervin Santana 26 arb 24 0.8 3.8 -1.8
Jeff Mathis 26 arb 84 0.6 0.5 +1.1
Matt Palmer 30 – 40 0.6 – –
Jason Bulger 30 arb 64 0.6 0.4 +1.0
Vladimir Guerrero 34 FA-elig 100 0.5 15.0 -13.8
Shane Loux 29 FA-elig 18 0.5 0.4 +0.7
Brian Fuentes 33 FA-elig 65 0.3 8.5 -7.8
Nick Adenhart 22 pre-arb 1 0.2 0.4 -0.0
Jose Arredondo 25 pre-arb 43 0.1 0.4 -0.2
Kelvim Escobar 33 FA-elig 1 0.1 10.0 -9.8
Dustin Moseley 27 arb 3 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Trevor Bell 22 – 8 0.1 – –
Sean Rodríguez 24 pre-arb 12 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Terry Evans 27 pre-arb 11 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Bobby Mosebach 24 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Chris Pettit 24 – 10 -0.0 – –
Scot Shields 33 FA-elig 20 -0.1 5.0 -5.2
Freddy Sandoval 26 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Daniel Davidson 28 – 4 -0.1 – –
Ryan Budde 29 pre-arb 3 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Fernando Rodriguez Jr. 25 – 1 -0.1 – –
Bobby Wilson 26 pre-arb 12 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Justin Speier 35 FA-elig 41 -0.1 4.8 -5.0
Rich Thompson 24 pre-arb 13 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Rafael Rodriguez 24 pre-arb 18 -0.2 0.4 -0.8
Anthony Ortega 23 pre-arb 3 -0.2 0.4 -0.9
Sean O'Sullivan 21 – 12 -0.2 – –
Brandon Wood 24 pre-arb 18 -0.3 0.4 -1.0
Robb Quinlan 32 FA-elig 54 -0.7 1.1 -2.7
Reggie Willits 28 arb 49 -0.7 0.5 -2.1
Gary Matthews Jr. 34 FA-elig 103 -1.0 10.4 -12.7

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 40 of them (87%). 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 ANA
Chone Figgins200122.2
Brian Downing197716.9
Andrelton Simmons201514.6
Maicer Izturis200412.2
David Eckstein20009.8
Patrick Sandoval20188.9
Bob Boone19818.8
Bert Blyleven19888.4
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Phil Nevin199917.3
Patrick Corbin201016.5
Damion Easley199615.4
Mike Clevinger201410.8
Brandon Marsh20229.7
Roberto Hernández19898.6
Bobby Jenks20047.8
Martín Maldonado20116.3
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.