Cubs — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Travis Wood	26	arb	37	3.7	0.5	+9.5
Jeff Samardzija	28	arb	33	2.9	2.6	+5.2
Dioner Navarro	29	FA-elig	89	2.2	1.8	+4.1
Edwin Jackson	29	FA-elig	31	2.1	13.0	-7.5
David DeJesus↔ TBR	33	FA-elig	84	1.8	2.9	+2.0
Anthony Rizzo	23	pre-arb	160	1.8	0.8	+4.1
Luis Valbuena	27	arb	108	1.7	0.9	+3.7
Nate Schierholtz	29	FA-elig	137	1.5	2.2	+1.9
Scott Feldman↔ BAL	30	FA-elig	15	1.3	2.9	+0.7
Carlos Villanueva	29	FA-elig	47	1.2	5.0	-1.9
Donnie Murphy	30	arb	46	1.1	0.2	+2.9
Junior Lake	23	–	64	1.1	0.2	+2.8
Matt Garza↔ TEX	29	FA-elig	11	1.1	4.7	-1.7
Ryan Sweeney	28	arb	70	0.9	0.4	+2.1
Pedro Strop↔ BAL	28	arb	37	0.9	0.3	+2.1
Brian Bogusevic	29	pre-arb	47	0.9	0.3	+2.1
Alfonso Soriano↔ NYY	37	FA-elig	93	0.8	11.1	-8.8
Welington Castillo	26	arb	113	0.7	0.5	+1.3
Blake Parker	28	pre-arb	49	0.6	0.3	+1.4
Cody Ransom↔ SDP	37	FA-elig	57	0.5	0.5	+0.8
Matt Guerrier↔ LAD	34	FA-elig	15	0.3	1.5	-0.7
Justin Grimm↔ TEX	24	pre-arb	10	0.2	0.1	+0.5
Kyuji Fujikawa	32	pre-arb	12	0.2	4.5	-3.9
Cole Gillespie↔ SFG	29	pre-arb	25	0.1	0.1	+0.3
Darnell McDonald	34	pre-arb	25	0.1	0.1	+0.2
James Russell	27	arb	74	0.1	1.1	-0.9
Chris Rusin	26	pre-arb	13	0.0	0.5	-0.4
J.C. Boscan	33	pre-arb	6	0.0	0.1	+0.0
Kevin Gregg	35	FA-elig	62	0.0	0.4	-0.4
Alex Burnett↔ BAL	25	pre-arb	1	0.0	0.0	+0.0
Starlin Castro	23	arb	161	0.0	5.0	-5.0
Jake Arrieta↔ BAL	27	arb	9	-0.0	0.3	-0.4
Zach Putnam	25	pre-arb	5	-0.0	0.2	-0.3
Rafael Dolis	25	pre-arb	5	-0.0	0.5	-0.5
Alberto Cabrera	24	pre-arb	7	-0.0	0.5	-0.6
Alberto Gonzalez↔ NYY	30	–	11	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Michael Bowden	26	arb	34	-0.0	0.5	-0.6
Steve Clevenger↔ BAL	27	pre-arb	8	-0.1	0.3	-0.5
Zac Rosscup	25	–	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Thomas Neal↔ NYY	25	–	2	-0.1	–	–
Chang-Yong Lim	37	–	6	-0.1	–	–
Logan Watkins	23	–	27	-0.1	0.2	-0.4
Eduardo Sanchez	24	pre-arb	4	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Julio Borbon↔ TEX	27	arb	72	-0.1	0.5	-0.8
Hisanori Takahashi	38	arb	3	-0.1	1.0	-1.3
Henry Alberto Rodriguez↔ WSN	26	arb	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.5
Scott Baker	31	FA-elig	3	-0.2	5.5	-5.9
Héctor Rondón	25	pre-arb	45	-0.2	0.5	-0.9
Brooks Raley	25	pre-arb	9	-0.2	0.5	-1.0
Scott Hairston↔ WSN	33	FA-elig	52	-0.2	1.5	-2.1
Kameron Loe↔ ATL	31	FA-elig	7	-0.3	0.4	-1.2
Darwin Barney	27	arb	141	-0.3	0.6	-1.4
Dave Sappelt	26	pre-arb	31	-0.4	0.5	-1.5
Brent Lillibridge↔ NYY	29	arb	9	-0.6	0.3	-1.9
Carlos Marmol↔ LAD	30	FA-elig	31	-0.6	5.8	-7.6
Shawn Camp	37	FA-elig	26	-0.8	1.4	-3.6

56 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 54 of them (96%). 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 CHC
Sammy Sosa	1992	60.7
Ryne Sandberg	1982	48.2
Anthony Rizzo	2012	31.1
Aramis Ramírez	2003	25.0
Kyle Hendricks	2012	24.4
Derrek Lee	2003	21.4
Jake Arrieta	2013	19.6
Rick Sutcliffe	1984	17.2

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Rafael Palmeiro	1988	42.3
Dontrelle Willis	2002	20.7
Dennis Eckersley	1987	19.3
Ricky Nolasco	2005	17.5
Jon Garland	1998	17.2
Chris Archer	2011	16.9
Gleyber Torres	2016	15.9
Josh Donaldson	2008	13.8

Cubs CHC

2013 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)