Cubs — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Nico Hoerner	25	pre-arb	135	4.3	0.7	+14.9
Ian Happ	27	arb	158	3.7	6.8	+6.7
Willson Contreras	30	FA-elig	113	3.5	9.6	+3.1
Justin Steele	26	pre-arb	24	2.5	0.7	+8.5
Seiya Suzuki	27	pre-arb	111	2.0	8.0	-0.9
Marcus Stroman	31	FA-elig	25	2.0	25.0	-17.9
Christopher Morel	23	–	113	1.7	0.5	+5.6
Adrian Sampson	30	FA-elig	21	1.4	0.1	+5.0
Patrick Wisdom	30	pre-arb	134	1.2	0.7	+3.7
Drew Smyly	33	FA-elig	22	1.2	4.2	+0.2
Scott Effross↔ NYY	28	–	47	1.2	0.4	+4.0
Yan Gomes	34	FA-elig	86	0.9	6.0	-2.9
Zach McKinstry↔ LAD	27	pre-arb	47	0.8	0.2	+2.6
Keegan Thompson	27	pre-arb	29	0.8	0.7	+2.1
Rafael Ortega	31	pre-arb	118	0.7	0.7	+1.9
Hayden Wesneski	24	–	6	0.7	0.1	+2.4
David Bote	29	arb	41	0.5	2.5	-0.6
Wade Miley	35	FA-elig	9	0.5	10.0	-8.1
Adbert Alzolay	27	pre-arb	6	0.5	0.7	+1.1
David Robertson↔ PHI	37	FA-elig	36	0.4	2.2	-0.5
Chris Martin↔ LAD	36	FA-elig	34	0.4	1.4	+0.1
Javier Assad	24	–	9	0.4	0.7	+0.7
P.J. Higgins	29	pre-arb	74	0.3	0.5	+0.7
Nick Madrigal	25	pre-arb	59	0.3	0.7	+0.4
Kyle Hendricks	32	FA-elig	16	0.3	14.0	-12.9
Mark Leiter Jr.	31	–	35	0.2	–	–
Mychal Givens↔ NYM	32	FA-elig	40	0.2	2.4	-1.6
Nelson Velázquez	23	–	77	0.2	0.4	+0.3
Esteban Quiroz	30	–	14	0.2	0.1	+0.5
Steven Brault	30	arb	9	0.1	0.7	-0.3
Jared Young	26	–	6	0.1	0.0	+0.2
Ildemaro Vargas↔ WSN	30	arb	10	0.0	0.0	+0.1
Michael Rucker	28	pre-arb	41	0.0	0.5	-0.5
Luke Farrell↔ CIN	31	–	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Rowan Wick	29	pre-arb	64	0.0	0.7	-0.7
Eric Stout↔ PIT	29	–	2	0.0	0.0	+0.0
Conner Menez	27	–	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0
Caleb Kilian	25	–	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Jeremiah Estrada	23	–	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1
Robert Gsellman	28	FA-elig	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.2
Matt Dermody	31	–	1	-0.0	–	–
Nicholas Padilla	25	–	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Narciso Crook	26	–	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.2
Franmil Reyes↔ CLE	26	arb	48	-0.1	1.9	-2.1
Jesse Chavez↔ ANA	38	FA-elig	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.3
Locke St. John	29	–	1	-0.1	–	–
Clint Frazier	27	arb	19	-0.1	1.5	-1.9
Alfonso Rivas III	25	–	101	-0.1	–	–
Andrelton Simmons	32	FA-elig	35	-0.2	4.0	-4.7
Manuel Rodríguez	25	pre-arb	14	-0.2	0.5	-1.2
Michael Hermosillo	27	arb	31	-0.2	0.6	-1.5
Brendon Little	25	–	1	-0.2	0.0	-0.9
Erich Uelmen	26	–	25	-0.2	0.3	-1.2
Kervin Castro↔ SFG	23	pre-arb	8	-0.3	0.1	-1.0
Jason Heyward	32	FA-elig	48	-0.3	22.0	-23.0
Brandon Hughes	26	–	57	-0.3	0.5	-1.7
Ethan Roberts	24	–	9	-0.3	0.7	-2.0
Daniel Norris↔ DET	29	FA-elig	27	-0.4	1.2	-2.5
Anderson Espinoza	24	pre-arb	7	-0.5	0.1	-1.9
Alec Mills	30	pre-arb	7	-0.6	0.7	-2.8
Jonathan Villar↔ ANA	31	FA-elig	46	-0.6	4.7	-6.9
Frank Schwindel	30	–	75	-0.7	0.5	-2.9
Sean Newcomb↔ ATL	29	arb	17	-0.7	0.8	-3.2
Matt Swarmer	28	–	11	-0.8	0.2	-3.1

64 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 60 of them (94%). 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

2022 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)