GM: Ben Cherington (since 2020)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Skenes | 23 | – | 32 | 6.5 | – | – |
| Mitch Keller | 29 | – | 32 | 2.5 | – | – |
| Spencer Horwitz | 27 | – | 108 | 1.7 | – | – |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 26 | – | 34 | 1.6 | – | – |
| Braxton Ashcraft | 25 | – | 26 | 1.6 | – | – |
| Oneil Cruz | 26 | – | 135 | 1.6 | – | – |
| Jared Triolo | 27 | – | 107 | 1.4 | – | – |
| Mike Burrows | 25 | – | 23 | 1.3 | – | – |
| Joey Bart | 28 | – | 93 | 1.3 | – | – |
| David Bednar↔ NYY | 30 | – | 42 | 1.3 | 1.2 | +3.5 |
| Dennis Santana | 29 | – | 70 | 1.2 | – | – |
| Bryan Reynolds | 30 | – | 154 | 1.1 | – | – |
| Bubba Chandler | 22 | – | 7 | 0.9 | – | – |
| Nick Gonzales | 26 | – | 96 | 0.9 | – | – |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes↔ CIN | 28 | – | 100 | 0.8 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa↔ TOR | 30 | – | 119 | 0.8 | 1.0 | +1.8 |
| Caleb Ferguson↔ SEA | 28 | – | 45 | 0.7 | 0.6 | +1.9 |
| Isaac Mattson | 29 | – | 44 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Bailey Falter↔ KCR | 28 | – | 22 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +1.4 |
| Justin Lawrence | 30 | – | 17 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Johan Oviedo | 27 | – | 9 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Tommy Pham | 37 | – | 120 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Kyle Nicolas | 26 | – | 31 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Yohan Ramírez | 30 | – | 24 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Dauri Moreta | 29 | – | 18 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Joey Wentz↔ ATL | 27 | – | 19 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.3 |
| Hunter Barco | 24 | – | 2 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Adam Frazier↔ KCR | 33 | – | 78 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +0.1 |
| Evan Sisk↔ KCR | 28 | – | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Liover Peguero | 24 | – | 33 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Enmanuel Valdez | 26 | – | 31 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Tim Mayza↔ PHI | 33 | – | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Brett Sullivan | 31 | – | 3 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Tanner Rainey↔ DET | 32 | – | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +0.2 |
| Michael Darrell-Hicks↔ ANA | 27 | – | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 24 | – | 7 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Billy Cook | 26 | – | 3 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Ryan Borucki↔ TOR | 31 | – | 35 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Génesis Cabrera↔ CHC | 28 | – | 9 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Nick Yorke | 23 | – | 22 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Chase Shugart | 28 | – | 35 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Henry Davis | 25 | – | 87 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Andrew McCutchen | 38 | – | 135 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Hunter Stratton↔ ATL | 28 | – | 3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.6 |
| Tsung-Che Cheng | 23 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Cam Sanders | 28 | – | 6 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Andrew Heaney↔ LAD | 34 | – | 26 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
| Ronny Simon↔ MIA | 25 | – | 8 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.9 |
| Ji Hwan Bae | 25 | – | 13 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Matt Gorski | 27 | – | 15 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Thomas Harrington | 23 | – | 3 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Nick Solak | 30 | – | 4 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Cam Devanney | 28 | – | 14 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Colin Holderman | 29 | – | 24 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Alexander Canario | 25 | – | 87 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Jack Suwinski | 26 | – | 59 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Endy Rodríguez | 25 | – | 18 | -0.6 | – | – |
57 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 16 of them (28%). 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.
| Player | Year | WAR for PIT |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Van Slyke | 1987 | 31.1 |
| Brian Giles | 1998 | 25.4 |
| Doug Drabek | 1986 | 21.4 |
| Bobby Bonilla | 1986 | 20.6 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 2018 | 20.0 |
| Mike LaValliere | 1987 | 12.9 |
| Josh Harrison | 2009 | 11.9 |
| Jack Wilson | 2000 | 11.0 |
| Player | Year traded | WAR elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Aramis Ramírez | 2003 | 25.0 |
| Jason Schmidt | 2001 | 23.6 |
| Brian Giles | 2003 | 17.1 |
| Willie Randolph | 1975 | 14.7 |
| Moisés Alou | 1990 | 13.8 |
| John Tudor | 1984 | 12.0 |
| Randy Milligan | 1988 | 11.9 |
| Bip Roberts | 1985 | 11.1 |