Cubs — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Willson Contreras	29	arb	128	2.7	6.7	+2.1
Kris Bryant↔ SFG	29	FA-elig	93	2.6	12.6	-4.2
Patrick Wisdom	29	pre-arb	106	2.4	0.4	+7.2
Craig Kimbrel↔ CHW	33	FA-elig	39	2.1	9.9	-3.0
Frank Schwindel↔ OAK	29	pre-arb	56	2.1	0.2	+6.7
Javier Báez↔ NYM	28	FA-elig	91	2.1	7.6	-0.8
Anthony Rizzo↔ NYY	31	FA-elig	92	1.7	10.8	-5.2
Rafael Ortega	30	pre-arb	103	1.6	0.4	+4.7
Nico Hoerner	24	pre-arb	44	1.6	0.5	+4.5
Ian Happ	26	arb	148	1.5	4.1	+0.7
Matt Duffy	30	FA-elig	97	1.2	1.0	+2.9
Ryan Tepera↔ CHW	33	FA-elig	43	1.1	0.5	+2.9
Kyle Hendricks	31	FA-elig	32	1.1	14.0	-10.5
Sergio Alcántara	24	pre-arb	89	1.0	0.4	+2.7
Andrew Chafin↔ OAK	31	FA-elig	43	0.9	1.4	+1.7
Adbert Alzolay	26	pre-arb	30	0.8	0.5	+2.0
Alec Mills	29	pre-arb	33	0.7	0.6	+1.7
Robinson Chirinos	37	FA-elig	45	0.7	0.5	+1.7
Trevor Williams↔ NYM	29	arb	13	0.6	1.4	+0.7
Jake Marisnick↔ SDP	30	FA-elig	65	0.5	0.7	+1.1
Trayce Thompson	30	–	15	0.5	–	–
Rowan Wick	28	pre-arb	22	0.4	0.6	+0.7
Brad Wieck	29	pre-arb	15	0.4	0.4	+0.8
Alfonso Rivas III	24	–	18	0.2	–	–
Codi Heuer↔ CHW	24	–	25	0.2	0.1	+0.4
Michael Hermosillo	26	pre-arb	16	0.2	0.1	+0.4
Scott Effross	27	–	14	0.2	0.1	+0.4
Jason Adam	29	–	12	0.1	0.1	+0.3
Kohl Stewart	26	pre-arb	4	0.1	0.4	-0.1
Jason Heyward	31	FA-elig	104	0.1	21.0	-20.8
Joe Biagini	31	arb	1	0.0	0.1	+0.0
Pedro Strop	36	FA-elig	2	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Erick Castillo	28	–	4	0.0	0.0	+0.0
Zach Davies	28	FA-elig	33	-0.0	8.6	-8.6
Tyler Ladendorf	33	pre-arb	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Tyler Payne	28	–	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Joc Pederson↔ ATL	29	FA-elig	73	-0.1	2.4	-2.6
Dillon Maples	29	pre-arb	28	-0.1	0.5	-0.7
Shelby Miller↔ PIT	30	FA-elig	3	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Ildemaro Vargas↔ ARI	29	–	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.3
Taylor Gushue	27	–	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.3
Tony Wolters	29	arb	14	-0.1	0.8	-1.1
Ryan Meisinger	27	–	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
Michael Rucker	27	–	20	-0.1	0.2	-0.6
Nick Martini	31	pre-arb	25	-0.1	0.1	-0.6
Johneshwy Fargas↔ NYM	26	–	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.6
Robert Stock↔ NYM	31	–	1	-0.2	0.1	-0.6
Brandon Workman↔ BOS	32	FA-elig	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
Justin Steele	25	pre-arb	20	-0.2	0.4	-1.0
Austin Romine	32	FA-elig	28	-0.2	1.5	-2.1
Trent Giambrone	27	–	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.7
Tommy Nance	30	–	27	-0.2	0.2	-0.9
Keegan Thompson	26	–	32	-0.3	0.4	-1.2
Andrew Romine	35	FA-elig	26	-0.3	0.1	-1.0
Trevor Megill	27	–	28	-0.3	0.3	-1.2
Manuel Rodríguez	24	pre-arb	20	-0.3	0.2	-1.1
Rex Brothers	33	FA-elig	57	-0.3	0.8	-1.7
Kyle Ryan	29	FA-elig	13	-0.3	0.8	-1.7
P.J. Higgins	28	–	9	-0.3	0.4	-1.4
Greg Deichmann	26	–	14	-0.3	0.1	-1.1
David Bote	28	arb	97	-0.3	1.0	-2.1
Adam Morgan	31	FA-elig	34	-0.3	0.9	-2.0
Jose Lobatón	36	FA-elig	6	-0.3	0.6	-1.7
Adrian Sampson	29	pre-arb	11	-0.4	0.1	-1.3
Jake Jewell	28	–	10	-0.4	0.1	-1.5
Cory Abbott	25	–	8	-0.5	0.0	-1.6
Dan Winkler	31	FA-elig	47	-0.5	0.9	-2.6
Jake Arrieta↔ SDP	35	FA-elig	21	-0.6	5.0	-6.9
Eric Sogard	35	FA-elig	78	-0.7	1.0	-3.2

69 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 67 of them (97%). 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

2021 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)