GM: Michael Rizzo
2019: World Series champions · 93–69. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Rendon | 29 | FA-elig | 146 | 6.8 | 18.8 | +3.4 |
| Max Scherzer | 34 | FA-elig | 29 | 6.5 | 37.5 | -16.1 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 30 | FA-elig | 34 | 5.8 | 38.3 | -19.3 |
| Juan Soto | 20 | pre-arb | 150 | 5.4 | 0.6 | +17.2 |
| Patrick Corbin | 29 | FA-elig | 33 | 4.4 | 12.9 | +1.5 |
| Trea Turner | 26 | arb | 122 | 4.4 | 3.7 | +10.6 |
| Victor Robles | 22 | pre-arb | 155 | 3.6 | 0.6 | +11.3 |
| Howie Kendrick | 35 | FA-elig | 121 | 2.8 | 4.0 | +5.0 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 35 | FA-elig | 30 | 2.2 | 6.0 | +1.1 |
| Adam Eaton | 30 | FA-elig | 151 | 2.0 | 8.4 | -1.7 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera↔ TEX | 33 | FA-elig | 38 | 1.5 | 1.0 | +4.0 |
| Brian Dozier | 32 | FA-elig | 135 | 1.5 | 9.0 | -4.0 |
| Wander Suero | 27 | pre-arb | 78 | 1.5 | 0.6 | +4.2 |
| Austin Voth | 27 | pre-arb | 9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | +2.8 |
| Yan Gomes | 31 | FA-elig | 97 | 0.9 | 7.1 | -4.3 |
| Sean Doolittle | 32 | FA-elig | 63 | 0.7 | 6.0 | -3.8 |
| Joe Ross | 26 | arb | 28 | 0.6 | 1.0 | +1.1 |
| Kurt Suzuki | 35 | FA-elig | 85 | 0.5 | 4.0 | -2.3 |
| Daniel Hudson↔ TOR | 32 | FA-elig | 24 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +1.1 |
| Fernando Rodney↔ OAK | 42 | FA-elig | 38 | 0.5 | 3.6 | -2.1 |
| Andrew Stevenson | 25 | pre-arb | 30 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| Tony Sipp | 35 | FA-elig | 36 | 0.3 | 1.0 | +0.0 |
| Gerardo Parra↔ SFG | 32 | FA-elig | 89 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +0.7 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 28 | arb | 53 | 0.2 | 3.2 | -2.7 |
| Tanner Rainey | 26 | pre-arb | 52 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +0.1 |
| Javy Guerra↔ TOR | 33 | FA-elig | 40 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.1 |
| Erick Fedde | 26 | pre-arb | 21 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
| Jonny Venters↔ ATL | 34 | FA-elig | 3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 34 | FA-elig | 52 | 0.0 | 18.0 | -18.0 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 32 | FA-elig | 9 | -0.0 | 1.3 | -1.4 |
| Austin Adams↔ SEA | 28 | – | 1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| James Bourque | 25 | – | 1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Wilmer Difo | 27 | arb | 43 | -0.0 | 0.6 | -0.7 |
| Tres Barrera | 24 | – | 2 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Michael Blazek | 30 | pre-arb | 4 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Dan Jennings | 32 | – | 8 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Aaron Barrett | 31 | arb | 3 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Jake Noll | 25 | pre-arb | 8 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -1.0 |
| Austen Williams | 26 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| Matt Adams | 30 | FA-elig | 111 | -0.2 | 3.0 | -3.6 |
| Adrián Sanchez | 28 | pre-arb | 28 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| Raudy Read | 25 | pre-arb | 6 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.8 |
| Roenis Elías↔ SEA | 30 | arb | 4 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.9 |
| Kyle McGowin | 27 | pre-arb | 7 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Hunter Strickland↔ SEA | 30 | arb | 24 | -0.3 | 1.1 | -2.1 |
| Justin Miller | 32 | arb | 17 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -1.7 |
| Trevor Rosenthal↔ DET | 29 | FA-elig | 12 | -0.3 | 3.8 | -4.9 |
| Matt Grace | 30 | arb | 51 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -1.9 |
| Kyle Barraclough↔ SFG | 29 | arb | 33 | -0.6 | 1.3 | -3.2 |
| Carter Kieboom | 21 | – | 11 | -0.6 | 0.0 | -2.1 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Patrick Corbin | 4.4 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 2.2 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | 1.5 |
| Brian Dozier | 1.5 |
| Yan Gomes | 0.9 |
| Kurt Suzuki | 0.5 |
| Player | 2018 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Bryce Harper | 3.2 |
| Tanner Roark | 2.5 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 1.4 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 0.5 |
| Matt Wieters | 0.5 |
| Greg Holland | 0.4 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2019, 2019–2025. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2019; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Strasburg | 30 | 8.118 | $38.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Max Scherzer | 34 | 10.079 | $37.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ryan Zimmerman | 34 | 13.032 | $18.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Patrick Corbin | 29 | 6.105 | $12.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian Dozier | 32 | 6.100 | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Adam Eaton | 30 | 6.030 | $8.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Yan Gomes | 31 | 6.083 | $7.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Sean Doolittle | 32 | 6.122 | $6.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aníbal Sánchez | 35 | 12.099 | $6.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Howie Kendrick | 35 | 12.091 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kurt Suzuki | 35 | 11.112 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Trevor Rosenthal | 29 | 7.000 | $3.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Fernando Rodney | 42 | 15.137 | $3.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Adams | 30 | 6.033 | $3.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeremy Hellickson | 32 | 8.041 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | 33 | 11.027 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tony Sipp | 35 | 10.000 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Javy Guerra | 33 | 8.000 | $627k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Daniel Hudson | 32 | 8.106 | $522k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Gerardo Parra | 32 | 9.145 | $253k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Rendon | 29 | 5.130 | $18.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Michael A. Taylor | 28 | 5.000 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kyle Barraclough | 29 | 3.059 | $1.3M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Hunter Strickland | 30 | 3.163 | $1.1M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Joe Ross | 26 | 3.067 | $1.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jonny Venters | 34 | 5.159 | $562k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dan Jennings | 32 | 5.171 | $124k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aaron Barrett | 31 | 3.034 | $78k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Roenis Elías | 30 | 3.069 | $76k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trea Turner | 26 | 2.135 | $3.7M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Justin Miller | 32 | 2.128 | $593k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Wilmer Difo | 27 | 2.110 | $581k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Juan Soto | 20 | 0.134 | $578k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Grace | 30 | 2.065 | $576k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Wander Suero | 27 | 0.123 | $562k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andrew Stevenson | 25 | 0.158 | $559k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Victor Robles | 22 | 0.052 | $558k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jake Noll | 25 | 0.000 | $555k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Austen Williams | 26 | 0.030 | $516k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tanner Rainey | 26 | 0.023 | $403k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Erick Fedde | 26 | 0.150 | $355k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Austin Voth | 27 | 0.036 | $338k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Adrián Sanchez | 28 | 0.160 | $256k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Kyle McGowin | 27 | 0.027 | $116k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Raudy Read | 25 | 0.032 | $90k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tres Barrera | 24 | 0.000 | $66k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Michael Blazek | 30 | 2.089 | $45k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Carter Kieboom | 21 | 0.000 | $30k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Austin Adams | 28 | 0.043 | $14k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| James Bourque | 25 | 0.000 | $12k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Nationals 2019; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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