Cubs — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Javier Báez	26	arb	138	5.6	5.2	+13.1
Kris Bryant	27	arb	147	4.4	12.9	+1.4
Kyle Hendricks	29	arb	31	4.2	7.4	+6.2
Anthony Rizzo	29	FA-elig	146	3.6	12.3	-0.4
Jose Quintana	30	FA-elig	32	3.2	10.5	-0.2
Jon Lester	35	FA-elig	32	3.1	27.5	-17.2
Cole Hamels	35	FA-elig	27	2.5	20.0	-11.8
Willson Contreras	27	arb	105	2.4	0.7	+7.3
Jason Heyward	29	FA-elig	147	2.4	20.0	-12.1
Yu Darvish	32	FA-elig	31	2.3	20.0	-12.4
Kyle Schwarber	26	arb	155	2.1	3.4	+3.6
Nick Castellanos↔ DET	27	FA-elig	51	1.8	3.4	+2.5
David Bote	26	pre-arb	127	1.7	0.6	+5.0
Victor Caratini	25	pre-arb	95	1.1	0.6	+3.1
Ian Happ	24	pre-arb	58	1.0	0.6	+2.8
Addison Russell	25	arb	82	1.0	3.4	-0.3
Brandon Kintzler	34	FA-elig	62	0.9	5.0	-2.2
Rowan Wick	26	pre-arb	31	0.8	0.3	+2.2
Tyler Chatwood	29	FA-elig	41	0.7	12.5	-10.1
Kyle Ryan	27	arb	73	0.7	0.6	+1.6
Nico Hoerner	22	–	20	0.4	0.1	+1.3
Alec Mills	27	pre-arb	9	0.4	0.1	+1.0
Brad Brach↔ NYM	33	FA-elig	43	0.3	1.3	-0.3
Brad Wieck↔ SDP	27	pre-arb	14	0.2	0.1	+0.7
Steve Cishek	33	FA-elig	70	0.2	6.5	-5.9
Robel García	26	–	31	0.1	0.2	+0.2
David Phelps↔ TOR	32	FA-elig	24	0.1	1.5	-1.2
Danny Hultzen	29	–	6	0.1	0.1	+0.1
Pedro Strop	34	FA-elig	50	0.0	6.2	-6.1
Duane Underwood Jr.	24	–	12	0.0	–	–
Tim Collins	29	FA-elig	9	-0.0	0.8	-0.9
James Norwood	25	pre-arb	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.2
Ben Zobrist	38	FA-elig	47	-0.0	12.5	-12.6
Xavier Cedeño	32	FA-elig	5	-0.0	0.9	-1.0
Mark Zagunis	26	pre-arb	30	-0.1	0.6	-0.7
Carl Edwards Jr.↔ SDP	27	arb	20	-0.1	1.4	-1.6
Randy Rosario↔ KCR	25	pre-arb	13	-0.1	0.4	-0.6
James Adduci	34	–	2	-0.1	–	–
Tony Barnette	35	arb	2	-0.1	0.8	-1.1
Allen Webster	29	pre-arb	12	-0.1	0.6	-1.0
Taylor Davis	29	pre-arb	7	-0.1	0.2	-0.6
Dillon Maples	27	pre-arb	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.5
Carlos González↔ CLE	33	FA-elig	15	-0.1	0.0	-0.5
Derek Holland↔ SFG	32	FA-elig	20	-0.2	2.5	-3.1
Martín Maldonado↔ HOU	32	FA-elig	4	-0.2	0.1	-0.8
Tony Kemp↔ HOU	27	arb	44	-0.2	0.2	-1.0
Jonathan Lucroy↔ ANA	33	FA-elig	27	-0.2	0.9	-1.7
Adbert Alzolay	24	–	4	-0.3	0.1	-1.0
Mike Montgomery↔ KCR	29	arb	20	-0.5	1.5	-3.2
Albert Almora Jr.	25	arb	130	-0.6	0.6	-2.5
Craig Kimbrel	31	FA-elig	23	-1.1	10.0	-13.5
Daniel Descalso	32	FA-elig	82	-1.3	1.5	-5.6

52 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 50 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.

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions

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

Ones that got away

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

2019 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)