Tigers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Magglio Ordonez	33	FA-elig	157	8.0	13.2	+3.9
Curtis Granderson	26	arb	158	7.9	0.4	+16.4
Placido Polanco	31	FA-elig	142	5.3	4.6	+6.7
Justin Verlander	24	pre-arb	32	3.6	1.0	+6.6
Carlos Guillén	31	FA-elig	151	3.3	5.0	+2.0
Gary Sheffield	38	FA-elig	133	3.0	10.9	-4.6
Jeremy Bonderman	24	arb	28	2.8	4.5	+1.4
Nate Robertson	29	arb	30	1.8	3.3	+0.6
Brandon Inge	30	FA-elig	151	1.7	4.9	-1.3
Ivan Rodriguez	35	FA-elig	129	1.5	10.6	-7.4
Bobby Seay	29	FA-elig	58	0.9	0.5	+1.5
Todd Jones	39	FA-elig	63	0.7	4.8	-3.2
Ramon Santiago	27	–	32	0.7	–	–
Jason Grilli	30	FA-elig	57	0.6	0.4	+0.9
Fernando Rodney	30	arb	48	0.6	1.0	+0.2
Tim Byrdak	33	–	39	0.5	–	–
Marcus Thames	30	arb	86	0.5	0.4	+0.7
Zach Miner	25	–	34	0.5	–	–
Timo Perez	32	–	29	0.5	–	–
Kenny Rogers	42	FA-elig	11	0.4	8.0	-7.2
Ryan Raburn	26	–	49	0.3	–	–
Yorman Bazardo	22	–	11	0.3	–	–
Joel Zumaya	22	pre-arb	28	0.2	0.4	+0.1
Andrew Miller	22	–	13	0.2	–	–
Jair Jurrjens	21	–	7	0.2	–	–
Mike Hessman	29	–	17	0.2	–	–
Jordan Tata	25	–	3	0.1	–	–
Sean Casey	32	FA-elig	143	0.1	4.0	-3.9
Frankie De La Cruz	23	–	6	-0.0	–	–
Mike Rabelo	27	pre-arb	51	-0.1	0.4	-0.5
Aquilino Lopez	32	–	10	-0.1	–	–
Jose Mesa↔ PHI	41	FA-elig	16	-0.1	0.7	-1.0
Clay Rapada↔ CHC	26	–	4	-0.2	–	–
Omar Infante	25	arb	66	-0.2	1.3	-1.6
Brent Clevlen	23	–	13	-0.2	–	–
Macay McBride↔ ATL	24	pre-arb	20	-0.2	0.2	-0.7
Chad Durbin	29	FA-elig	36	-0.3	0.4	-1.0
Neifi Perez	34	FA-elig	33	-0.3	2.5	-3.1
Jose Capellan↔ MIL	26	–	10	-0.3	–	–
Wilfredo Ledezma↔ ATL	26	arb	23	-0.4	0.2	-1.0
Cameron Maybin	20	–	24	-0.4	–	–
Mike Maroth↔ STL	29	arb	14	-0.4	1.4	-2.4
Virgil Vasquez	25	–	5	-0.5	–	–
Craig Monroe↔ CHC	30	FA-elig	99	-0.9	3.9	-5.7

44 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 27 of them (61%). 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 DET
Max Scherzer	2009	22.2
Carlos Guillén	2004	18.3
Ian Kinsler	2013	16.3
Jeremy Bonderman	2002	15.8
Damion Easley	1996	15.4
Austin Jackson	2009	14.8
Mickey Tettleton	1991	14.4
Chet Lemon	1981	14.2

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
John Smoltz	1987	81.6
Luis Gonzalez	1998	33.8
Chris Hoiles	1988	24.8
Howard Johnson	1984	22.8
Justin Verlander	2017	19.7
Rick Porcello	2014	13.1
Robbie Ray	2014	11.8
Matt Joyce	2008	10.7

Tigers DET

2007 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)