Rosternomics

Nationals WSN

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President of baseball ops: Paul Toboni (since 2026) · GM: Anirudh Kilambi (since 2026)

2026 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+16.8 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
+8.7 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
33–32 (0.508)
record
+196M
surplus $M (value/$)
27.2
roster fWAR
$40.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
James Wood 23 pre-arb 65 7.0 0.8 +61.2
CJ Abrams 25 arb 64 6.1 4.2 +50.3
Cade Cavalli 27 pre-arb 13 3.9 0.9 +34.0
Jacob Young 26 pre-arb 63 3.3 0.8 +28.9
Keibert Ruiz 27 arb 40 2.8 5.4 +19.4
Curtis Mead 25 pre-arb 50 2.4 0.8 +20.4
Daylen Lile 23 pre-arb 64 2.4 0.8 +20.3
Joey Wiemer 27 pre-arb 32 2.0 0.2 +17.2
Jake Irvin 29 pre-arb 11 1.5 2.8 +10.5
Orlando Ribalta 28 pre-arb 17 1.2 0.7 +9.9
Andrew Alvarez 27 pre-arb 6 0.9 0.6 +7.7
Gus Varland 29 pre-arb 24 0.9 0.8 +7.3
Paxton Schultz 28 pre-arb 19 0.9 0.8 +7.1
Foster Griffin 30 pre-arb 13 0.8 5.5 +1.8
Jorbit Vivas 25 pre-arb 48 0.7 0.8 +5.7
Luis García Jr. 26 59 0.7
Brad Lord 26 pre-arb 19 0.6 0.8 +4.9
Drew Millas 28 pre-arb 39 0.4 0.8 +2.6
Andrés Chaparro 27 pre-arb 14 0.1 0.6 +0.2
Zak Kent↔ MIN 28 pre-arb 4 0.0 0.0 +0.3
Jackson Rutledge 27 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Brady House 23 pre-arb 44 -0.1 0.2 -0.7
Julian Fernández 30 pre-arb 3 -0.1 0.0 -1.0
Dylan Crews 24 pre-arb 15 -0.3 0.6 -3.0
Nasim Nuñez 25 pre-arb 61 -0.3 0.8 -3.4
Riley Cornelio 26 1 -0.3 0.0 -2.8
Clayton Beeter 27 pre-arb 16 -0.6 0.8 -6.1
Richard Lovelady↔ NYM 30 arb 19 -0.6 0.7 -6.1
Andre Granillo 26 pre-arb 8 -0.6 0.1 -5.7
Cole Henry 26 pre-arb 10 -0.7 0.8 -6.6
José Tena 25 pre-arb 49 -0.7 0.8 -7.4
Cionel Pérez↔ NYM 30 arb 16 -0.7 0.4 -7.0
Mitchell Parker 26 pre-arb 15 -1.0 0.7 -10.0
Ken Waldichuk 28 pre-arb 5 -1.0 0.8 -10.1
PJ Poulin 29 pre-arb 25 -1.1 0.8 -10.3
Zack Littell 30 FA-elig 13 -1.3 3.0 -14.6
Miles Mikolas 37 FA-elig 13 -1.8 2.2 -18.7

37 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 36 of them (97%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR), annualized to full-season pace. 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