Royals — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Alex Gordon	27	arb	151	6.6	1.4	+14.7
Melky Cabrera	26	FA-elig	155	3.8	1.2	+8.1
Jeff Francoeur	27	FA-elig	153	2.7	2.5	+4.1
Felipe Paulino↔ COL	27	arb	21	2.4	0.4	+5.5
Luke Hochevar	27	arb	31	2.1	1.8	+3.5
Alcides Escobar	24	arb	158	1.9	0.4	+4.2
Greg Holland	25	pre-arb	46	1.8	0.4	+3.9
Jeff Francis	30	FA-elig	31	1.6	2.0	+2.0
Bruce Chen	34	FA-elig	25	1.4	2.0	+1.3
Brayan Peña	29	FA-elig	72	1.2	0.7	+2.4
Billy Butler	25	arb	159	1.2	3.5	-0.6
Eric Hosmer	21	–	128	1.0	0.4	+2.1
Joakim Soria	27	arb	60	0.9	4.0	-1.8
Mitch Maier	29	arb	45	0.6	0.5	+1.0
Chris Getz	27	arb	118	0.6	0.4	+1.0
Kyle Davies	27	FA-elig	13	0.6	3.2	-1.8
Danny Duffy	22	–	20	0.5	0.3	+1.0
Salvador Perez	21	–	39	0.5	0.1	+1.2
Wilson Betemit↔ DET	29	FA-elig	57	0.4	0.6	+0.5
Blake Wood	25	–	55	0.4	–	–
Mike Moustakas	22	–	89	0.3	0.3	+0.4
Luis Mendoza	27	pre-arb	2	0.2	0.4	+0.2
Jarrod Dyson	26	pre-arb	26	0.2	0.4	+0.2
Louis Coleman	25	–	48	0.2	0.4	+0.2
Aaron Crow	24	pre-arb	57	0.1	1.4	-1.1
Manny Piña	24	–	4	0.1	–	–
Lorenzo Cain	25	pre-arb	6	0.1	0.4	-0.3
Yamaico Navarro↔ BOS	23	–	6	0.0	0.1	-0.1
Kanekoa Texeira	25	pre-arb	6	0.0	0.4	-0.4
Nate Adcock	23	pre-arb	24	-0.0	0.4	-0.5
Jeremy Jeffress	23	pre-arb	14	-0.1	0.4	-0.6
Tim Collins	21	pre-arb	68	-0.1	0.4	-0.8
Kelvin Herrera	21	–	2	-0.2	0.4	-0.9
Johnny Giavotella	23	pre-arb	46	-0.2	0.4	-0.9
Vin Mazzaro	24	–	7	-0.2	–	–
Everett Teaford	27	–	26	-0.2	–	–
Jesse Chavez	27	pre-arb	4	-0.2	0.4	-1.0
Mike Aviles↔ BOS	30	arb	53	-0.2	0.4	-1.0
Kila Ka'aihue	27	arb	23	-0.3	0.4	-1.1
Robinson Tejeda	29	FA-elig	9	-0.3	1.6	-2.3
Sean O'Sullivan	23	pre-arb	12	-0.6	0.4	-1.8
Matt Treanor↔ TEX	35	FA-elig	65	-0.7	0.8	-2.6

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 38 of them (90%). 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

2011 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)