Royals — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Johnny Damon	26	arb	159	4.5	4.0	+2.3
Jermaine Dye	26	arb	157	4.2	2.3	+3.6
Mike Sweeney	26	arb	159	3.3	2.2	+2.5
Mac Suzuki	25	arb	32	2.3	0.2	+3.0
Joe Randa	30	arb	158	2.1	1.0	+1.9
Jeff Suppan	25	arb	35	1.9	1.4	+1.2
Rey Sanchez	32	FA-elig	143	1.7	2.3	+0.0
Mark Quinn	26	pre-arb	135	1.5	0.2	+1.9
Dave McCarty	30	FA-elig	103	1.5	0.3	+1.8
Dan Reichert	23	pre-arb	44	1.4	0.2	+1.7
Brian Meadows↔ SDP	24	pre-arb	11	1.3	0.1	+1.7
Héctor Ortiz	30	pre-arb	26	0.9	0.2	+1.0
Jay Witasick↔ SDP	27	arb	22	0.7	0.2	+0.8
Jose Santiago	25	arb	45	0.7	0.2	+0.8
Jerry Spradlin↔ CHC	33	FA-elig	50	0.7	0.8	+0.1
Gregg Zaun	29	arb	83	0.7	0.5	+0.4
Blake Stein	26	pre-arb	17	0.7	0.2	+0.7
Carlos Febles	24	pre-arb	100	0.6	0.2	+0.6
Wilson Delgado↔ NYY	27	arb	33	0.5	0.1	+0.6
Carlos Beltrán	23	pre-arb	98	0.4	0.3	+0.3
Kris Wilson	23	pre-arb	20	0.3	0.2	+0.3
Jorge Fabregas	30	FA-elig	43	0.3	0.5	-0.1
Brett Laxton	26	–	6	0.3	–	–
José Rosado	25	arb	5	0.3	2.2	-1.9
Scott Mullen	25	pre-arb	11	0.0	0.2	-0.2
Jeff Reboulet	36	FA-elig	66	-0.0	0.6	-0.6
Dee Brown	22	–	15	-0.0	–	–
Chad Durbin	22	pre-arb	16	-0.0	0.2	-0.3
Jason Rakers	27	–	11	-0.1	–	–
Ray Holbert	29	FA-elig	3	-0.1	0.2	-0.4
Jeff D'Amico	25	–	7	-0.2	–	–
Ricky Bottalico	30	FA-elig	62	-0.2	1.5	-1.8
Andy Larkin↔ CIN	26	–	18	-0.2	–	–
Paul Spoljaric	29	FA-elig	13	-0.3	0.3	-0.8
Tim Byrdak	26	–	12	-0.3	–	–
Doug Bochtler	29	–	6	-0.3	–	–
Dan Murray	26	–	10	-0.4	–	–
Brad Rigby↔ WSN	27	arb	4	-0.5	0.1	-0.7
Chris Fussell	24	pre-arb	20	-0.7	0.2	-1.2
Scott Pose	33	FA-elig	47	-0.8	0.2	-1.3
Miguel Batista↔ WSN	29	FA-elig	14	-0.8	0.3	-1.4
Brian Johnson	32	FA-elig	37	-0.9	0.6	-1.8
Luis Ordaz	24	–	65	-1.4	–	–
Todd Dunwoody	25	arb	61	-1.6	0.2	-2.5

44 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 35 of them (80%). 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 KCR
Charlie Leibrandt	1983	16.8
Danny Tartabull	1986	13.9
Joe Randa	1998	12.8
Jeff Montgomery	1988	12.0
Joakim Soria	2006	9.8
José Offerman	1995	8.1
Brad Keller	2017	7.9
Chris Haney	1992	6.9

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Mark Ellis	2001	22.1
David Cone	1987	21.2
Jorge De La Rosa	2008	13.1
Sean Manaea	2015	11.2
Rance Mulliniks	1982	11.1
Bret Saberhagen	1991	10.8
Charlie Leibrandt	1989	9.9
Jon Lieber	1993	9.8

Royals KCR

2000 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)