Royals — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Danny Duffy	27	arb	42	2.9	4.2	+5.2
Jarrod Dyson	31	FA-elig	107	2.2	1.7	+5.6
Paulo Orlando	30	pre-arb	128	2.2	0.5	+6.7
Lorenzo Cain	30	FA-elig	103	2.2	6.5	+0.5
Kelvin Herrera	26	arb	72	2.1	2.5	+4.3
Ian Kennedy	31	FA-elig	33	1.9	7.5	-1.3
Edinson Volquez	32	FA-elig	34	1.7	9.5	-4.1
Yordano Ventura	25	arb	32	1.6	1.2	+4.1
Alex Gordon	32	FA-elig	128	1.4	12.0	-7.5
Wade Davis	30	FA-elig	45	1.4	8.0	-3.5
Alcides Escobar	29	FA-elig	162	1.3	5.2	-1.1
Cheslor Cuthbert	23	pre-arb	128	1.1	0.4	+3.3
Drew Butera	32	FA-elig	56	1.0	1.2	+2.1
Whit Merrifield	27	–	81	0.9	0.3	+2.7
Kendrys Morales	33	FA-elig	154	0.9	9.0	-6.0
Matt Strahm	24	–	21	0.8	0.2	+2.6
Mike Moustakas	27	arb	27	0.6	5.6	-3.6
Salvador Perez	26	arb	139	0.5	2.0	-0.5
Jason Vargas	33	FA-elig	3	0.4	8.5	-7.4
Christian Colón	27	pre-arb	54	0.3	0.5	+0.6
Brian Flynn	26	pre-arb	36	0.3	0.4	+0.5
Luke Hochevar	32	FA-elig	40	0.2	5.5	-4.7
Eric Hosmer	26	arb	158	0.2	8.2	-7.5
Peter Moylan	37	FA-elig	50	0.2	0.4	+0.3
Scott Alexander	26	pre-arb	17	0.2	0.2	+0.4
Terrance Gore	25	pre-arb	17	0.2	0.2	+0.4
Joakim Soria	32	FA-elig	70	0.2	7.0	-6.5
Brett Eibner↔ OAK	27	–	26	0.1	0.1	+0.3
Kris Medlen	30	FA-elig	6	0.1	5.5	-5.3
Alec Mills	24	–	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Kevin McCarthy	24	–	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Hunter Dozier	24	–	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Chien-Ming Wang	36	–	38	-0.1	1.0	-1.3
Tony Cruz	29	arb	4	-0.1	1.0	-1.3
Billy Burns↔ OAK	26	pre-arb	24	-0.2	0.1	-0.8
Rey Fuentes	25	–	13	-0.2	–	–
Daniel Nava↔ ANA	33	FA-elig	9	-0.2	0.2	-1.0
Dillon Gee	30	FA-elig	33	-0.3	2.0	-2.9
Omar Infante	34	–	39	-0.3	7.8	-8.7
Brooks Pounders	25	–	13	-0.5	0.1	-1.7
Adalberto Mondesi	20	–	47	-0.5	0.2	-1.9
Chris Young	37	FA-elig	34	-1.2	4.2	-8.0

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 41 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 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

2016 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)