Guardians — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Francisco Lindor	25	arb	143	6.1	10.8	+9.0
Shane Bieber	24	pre-arb	34	5.4	0.6	+17.3
Carlos Santana	33	FA-elig	158	4.7	20.3	-4.8
Mike Clevinger	28	arb	21	4.5	0.6	+14.0
Roberto Pérez	30	arb	119	4.0	2.6	+10.6
José Ramírez	26	FA-elig	129	3.5	4.2	+7.3
Trevor Bauer↔ CIN	28	FA-elig	24	2.6	9.2	-0.8
Jordan Luplow	25	pre-arb	85	2.4	0.6	+7.3
Óscar Mercado	24	–	115	2.2	0.4	+6.8
Brad Hand	29	FA-elig	60	1.5	7.1	-2.0
Aaron Civale	24	–	10	1.5	0.2	+4.6
Tyler Naquin	28	arb	89	1.4	0.6	+4.0
Yasiel Puig↔ CIN	28	FA-elig	49	1.2	3.2	+0.7
Mike Freeman	31	pre-arb	75	1.0	0.5	+2.6
Carlos Carrasco	32	FA-elig	23	0.9	9.8	-6.8
Zach Plesac	24	–	21	0.9	0.3	+2.6
Tyler Clippard	34	FA-elig	53	0.7	0.1	+2.2
Adam Plutko	27	pre-arb	21	0.6	0.4	+1.7
Kevin Plawecki	28	arb	60	0.6	1.1	+0.7
Oliver Pérez	37	FA-elig	67	0.6	2.5	-0.6
Corey Kluber	33	FA-elig	7	0.6	17.0	-15.2
Jefry Rodriguez	25	pre-arb	10	0.5	0.4	+1.1
Nick Wittgren	28	pre-arb	55	0.4	0.5	+0.8
Jason Kipnis	32	FA-elig	121	0.4	14.7	-13.5
Greg Allen	26	pre-arb	89	0.3	0.6	+0.4
A.J. Cole	27	pre-arb	25	0.2	0.4	+0.3
Adam Cimber	28	pre-arb	68	0.2	0.6	+0.2
Nick Goody	27	arb	39	0.2	0.7	+0.0
Brad Miller↔ PHI	29	–	13	0.2	0.1	+0.6
James Karinchak	23	–	5	0.1	0.1	+0.4
Cody Anderson	28	arb	5	0.1	0.6	-0.4
Tyler Olson	29	arb	39	0.1	0.6	-0.3
Logan Allen↔ SDP	22	–	1	0.1	0.0	+0.2
Josh D. Smith↔ MIA	29	–	8	0.1	–	–
Phil Maton↔ SDP	26	pre-arb	9	0.1	0.2	+0.0
Hunter Wood↔ TBR	25	pre-arb	17	0.0	0.1	-0.1
James Hoyt	32	pre-arb	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1
Yu Chang	23	–	28	-0.0	–	–
Andrew Velazquez↔ TBR	24	pre-arb	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.2
Franmil Reyes↔ SDP	23	pre-arb	51	-0.0	0.2	-0.4
Dan Otero	34	FA-elig	25	-0.1	1.3	-1.8
Hanley Ramirez	35	FA-elig	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.6
Danny Salazar	29	FA-elig	1	-0.2	4.5	-5.1
Max Moroff	26	arb	20	-0.2	0.6	-1.3
Neil Ramírez↔ TOR	30	arb	16	-0.2	0.7	-1.5
Eric Haase	26	pre-arb	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.8
Ryan Flaherty	32	FA-elig	14	-0.2	0.1	-0.9
Bobby Bradley	23	–	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.8
Jon Edwards	31	arb	9	-0.2	0.6	-1.3
Bradley Zimmer	26	pre-arb	9	-0.3	0.6	-1.5
Leonys Martin	31	FA-elig	65	-0.4	3.0	-4.3
Carlos González↔ CHC	33	FA-elig	30	-0.5	0.1	-1.6
Eric Stamets	27	pre-arb	15	-0.6	0.6	-2.4
Jake Bauers	23	pre-arb	117	-0.8	0.6	-3.1

54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 52 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 CLE
Kenny Lofton	1991	42.5
Corey Kluber	2010	34.6
Grady Sizemore	2002	30.3
Carlos Carrasco	2009	25.5
Travis Hafner	2002	22.3
Carlos Santana	2008	21.6
Michael Brantley	2008	20.0
Shin-Soo Choo	2006	19.2

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Jeff Kent	1996	30.9
Brandon Phillips	2006	30.1
Brian Giles	1998	25.4
Von Hayes	1982	22.3
Yandy Díaz	2018	19.5
Rick Sutcliffe	1984	17.2
Jeromy Burnitz	1996	17.1
Sean Casey	1998	15.9

Guardians CLE

2019 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)