Tigers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Matthew Boyd	28	arb	32	3.2	2.6	+8.0
Niko Goodrum	27	pre-arb	112	2.8	0.7	+8.4
Spencer Turnbull	26	pre-arb	30	2.7	0.6	+8.2
Daniel Norris	26	arb	33	1.8	1.3	+4.7
Victor Reyes	24	pre-arb	69	1.7	0.3	+5.2
Jordan Zimmermann	33	FA-elig	23	1.2	25.0	-20.9
JaCoby Jones	27	arb	88	1.0	0.6	+2.6
Jordy Mercer	32	FA-elig	74	1.0	5.2	-2.1
Tyler Alexander	24	–	13	0.9	0.2	+2.8
Buck Farmer	28	arb	73	0.9	0.6	+2.2
Shane Greene↔ ATL	30	arb	38	0.7	2.3	+0.1
Nick Castellanos↔ CHC	27	FA-elig	100	0.5	6.6	-5.0
Matt Moore	30	FA-elig	2	0.5	2.5	-1.0
Nick Ramirez	29	–	46	0.4	0.4	+0.8
David McKay↔ SEA	24	–	18	0.3	0.1	+1.0
Joe Jiménez	24	pre-arb	66	0.3	0.6	+0.3
Jeimer Candelario	25	pre-arb	94	0.2	0.5	+0.3
Brandon Dixon	27	pre-arb	118	0.2	0.5	+0.2
Drew VerHagen	28	arb	22	0.2	0.6	+0.1
José Cisnero	30	pre-arb	35	0.2	0.3	+0.3
Eduardo Jiménez	24	pre-arb	8	0.1	0.1	+0.1
Trevor Rosenthal↔ WSN	29	FA-elig	10	0.0	3.2	-3.0
John Schreiber	25	–	13	0.0	0.1	+0.0
Gregory Soto	24	–	33	0.0	0.3	-0.2
Ronny Rodríguez	27	pre-arb	84	0.0	0.4	-0.3
Sandy Báez	25	–	1	0.0	0.0	+0.0
Matt Hall	25	pre-arb	16	-0.0	0.2	-0.3
Carlos Torres	36	–	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.2
Bryan Garcia	24	–	7	-0.0	0.1	-0.2
Tyson Ross	32	FA-elig	7	-0.1	5.8	-5.9
Daniel Stumpf	28	arb	48	-0.1	0.6	-0.7
Austin Adams↔ MIN	32	pre-arb	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.4
Harold Castro	25	pre-arb	97	-0.1	0.4	-0.8
Dustin Peterson	24	pre-arb	17	-0.2	0.6	-1.1
José Manuel Fernández	26	–	4	-0.2	–	–
Willi Castro	22	–	30	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
Dawel Lugo	24	pre-arb	77	-0.2	0.3	-0.9
Reed Garrett	26	pre-arb	13	-0.3	0.6	-1.4
Miguel Cabrera	36	FA-elig	136	-0.3	30.0	-30.9
Edwin Jackson↔ TOR	35	FA-elig	10	-0.3	0.1	-1.1
Blaine Hardy	32	arb	39	-0.3	1.3	-2.4
Victor Alcántara	26	pre-arb	46	-0.4	0.6	-1.7
Mikie Mahtook	29	arb	9	-0.4	0.6	-2.0
Ryan Carpenter	28	–	9	-0.4	0.1	-1.6
Bobby Wilson	36	FA-elig	15	-0.5	0.1	-1.6
Gordon Beckham	32	FA-elig	83	-0.6	0.1	-2.0
Grayson Greiner	26	pre-arb	58	-0.7	0.6	-2.8
Jake Rogers	24	–	35	-0.7	0.2	-2.5
Travis Demeritte	24	–	48	-0.7	0.2	-2.5
Christin Stewart	25	pre-arb	104	-0.8	0.6	-3.1
Zac Reininger	26	pre-arb	25	-0.9	0.2	-3.1
Josh Harrison	31	FA-elig	36	-0.9	2.0	-4.9
John Hicks	29	arb	95	-1.2	0.6	-4.6

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 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

2019 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)