Reds — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Eugenio Suárez	26	arb	143	4.4	2.5	+12.5
Scooter Gennett	28	arb	154	3.5	5.7	+6.4
José Peraza	24	arb	157	3.1	0.6	+10.0
Joey Votto	34	FA-elig	145	3.1	25.0	-14.5
Luis Castillo	25	pre-arb	31	2.0	0.6	+6.3
Billy Hamilton	27	arb	153	1.8	4.6	+1.4
Matt Harvey↔ NYM	29	FA-elig	24	1.4	4.2	+0.7
Jared Hughes	32	FA-elig	72	1.3	2.1	+2.2
Jesse Winker	24	pre-arb	89	1.2	0.5	+3.5
David Hernandez	33	FA-elig	57	1.1	2.5	+1.2
Scott Schebler	27	arb	107	1.1	0.6	+3.1
Adam Duvall↔ ATL	29	arb	105	0.9	0.5	+2.7
Michael Lorenzen	26	arb	55	0.9	1.3	+1.7
Anthony DeSclafani	28	arb	21	0.8	0.9	+2.0
Sal Romano	24	pre-arb	39	0.6	0.5	+1.5
Cody Reed	25	pre-arb	17	0.5	0.5	+1.2
Amir Garrett	26	pre-arb	66	0.5	0.5	+1.2
Dylan Floro↔ LAD	27	–	25	0.4	0.1	+1.2
Tyler Mahle	23	pre-arb	24	0.3	0.5	+0.6
Raisel Iglesias	28	arb	66	0.3	5.2	-4.0
Kyle Crockett	26	pre-arb	15	0.2	0.1	+0.7
Phillip Ervin	25	pre-arb	78	0.2	0.5	+0.1
Mason Williams	26	pre-arb	51	0.2	0.2	+0.4
Matt Wisler↔ ATL	25	pre-arb	11	0.1	0.1	+0.4
Alex Blandino	25	–	69	0.1	0.5	-0.1
Tim Federowicz↔ HOU	30	–	5	0.1	0.1	+0.3
Kevin Shackelford	29	pre-arb	5	0.1	0.5	-0.3
Curt Casali	29	pre-arb	52	0.1	0.4	-0.2
Tucker Barnhart	27	arb	138	0.0	4.4	-4.4
Zack Weiss	26	pre-arb	1	0.0	0.5	-0.5
Wandy Peralta	26	pre-arb	59	-0.0	0.6	-0.7
Aristides Aquino	24	–	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.2
Dilson Herrera	24	pre-arb	53	-0.1	0.3	-0.5
Robert Stephenson	25	pre-arb	4	-0.1	0.2	-0.4
Jesús Reyes	25	pre-arb	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Gabriel Guerrero	24	–	14	-0.1	–	–
Homer Bailey	32	FA-elig	20	-0.1	21.0	-21.3
Blake Trahan	24	pre-arb	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.4
Phil Gosselin	29	arb	20	-0.1	1.2	-1.6
Yovani Gallardo↔ TEX	32	FA-elig	3	-0.1	0.2	-0.6
Lucas Sims↔ ATL	24	pre-arb	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.5
Devin Mesoraco↔ NYM	30	FA-elig	18	-0.2	2.8	-3.4
Preston Tucker↔ ATL	27	arb	17	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
Rosell Herrera↔ KCR	25	–	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.7
Jackson Stephens	24	pre-arb	29	-0.2	0.5	-1.3
Kevin Quackenbush	29	arb	10	-0.3	0.7	-1.7
Cliff Pennington	34	FA-elig	16	-0.3	1.5	-2.5
Tony Cruz	31	–	9	-0.3	0.1	-1.2
Brandon Dixon	26	–	74	-0.3	0.3	-1.5
Keury Mella	24	pre-arb	4	-0.4	0.1	-1.3
Brandon Finnegan	25	arb	5	-0.4	0.6	-2.0
Austin Brice	26	pre-arb	33	-0.5	0.5	-2.1
Tanner Rainey	25	–	8	-0.5	0.1	-1.8

53 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 52 of them (98%). 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 CIN
Brandon Phillips	2006	30.1
Aaron Harang	2003	19.3
Sean Casey	1998	15.9
Luis Castillo	2017	13.9
Ken Griffey	2000	10.6
Anthony DeSclafani	2014	8.2
Dmitri Young	1997	7.5
Norm Charlton	1986	7.3

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Paul Konerko	1998	24.5
Mike Cameron	2000	19.8
Charlie Leibrandt	1983	16.8
Jeff Montgomery	1988	12.0
Dave Burba	1998	11.7
Luis Castillo	2022	8.7
John Franco	1989	8.7
Brad Keller	2017	7.9

Reds CIN

2018 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)