Marlins — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Mark Kotsay	22	pre-arb	154	3.4	0.2	+3.5
Cliff Floyd	25	arb	153	2.2	0.5	+1.9
Craig Counsell	27	arb	107	1.8	0.2	+1.7
Brian Meadows	22	pre-arb	31	1.6	0.2	+1.6
Todd Dunwoody	23	pre-arb	116	1.5	0.2	+1.5
Matt Mantei	24	arb	42	1.5	0.2	+1.3
Jesus Sanchez	23	pre-arb	37	1.3	0.2	+1.3
Mike Redmond	27	pre-arb	37	1.3	0.2	+1.3
Todd Zeile↔ LAD	32	FA-elig	66	1.2	1.3	-0.1
Vic Darensbourg	27	pre-arb	60	1.1	0.2	+1.0
Dave Berg	27	pre-arb	81	1.0	0.2	+1.0
Edgar Renteria	21	pre-arb	133	0.9	0.3	+0.8
Livan Hernandez	23	pre-arb	35	0.6	1.5	-0.8
Charles Johnson↔ LAD	26	arb	31	0.6	0.8	-0.1
Derrek Lee	22	pre-arb	141	0.5	0.2	+0.3
Bobby Bonilla↔ LAD	35	FA-elig	28	0.4	1.7	-1.2
Felix Heredia↔ CHC	23	pre-arb	41	0.3	0.1	+0.2
Kirt Ojala	29	pre-arb	41	0.2	0.2	-0.0
Kevin Millar	26	pre-arb	2	0.2	0.2	+0.0
Gary Sheffield↔ LAD	29	FA-elig	40	0.1	4.6	-4.5
Donn Pall	36	FA-elig	23	0.0	0.2	-0.2
Mike Piazza↔ LAD	29	FA-elig	5	-0.0	0.3	-0.3
Gabe Gonzalez	26	pre-arb	3	-0.0	0.2	-0.2
Brian Daubach	26	pre-arb	10	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Kevin Orie↔ CHC	25	pre-arb	48	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Josh Booty	23	pre-arb	7	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Joe Fontenot	21	pre-arb	8	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Jim Eisenreich↔ LAD	39	FA-elig	30	-0.1	0.4	-0.6
Manuel Barrios↔ LAD	23	–	2	-0.2	–	–
John Roskos	23	–	10	-0.2	–	–
Rob Stanifer	26	pre-arb	38	-0.2	0.2	-0.4
John Wehner	31	FA-elig	53	-0.2	0.3	-0.5
Chris Hammond	32	–	3	-0.2	–	–
John Cangelosi	35	FA-elig	104	-0.2	0.6	-0.8
Oscar Henriquez	24	pre-arb	15	-0.2	0.2	-0.4
Randy Knorr	29	FA-elig	15	-0.3	0.2	-0.6
Eric Ludwick	26	pre-arb	13	-0.3	0.2	-0.5
Luis Castillo	22	pre-arb	44	-0.4	0.2	-0.6
Rafael Medina	23	pre-arb	12	-0.4	0.2	-0.6
Álex González	21	pre-arb	25	-0.5	0.2	-0.7
Ryan Dempster	21	–	14	-0.5	–	–
Jay Powell↔ HOU	26	arb	33	-0.6	0.2	-0.8
Preston Wilson↔ NYM	23	–	14	-0.7	–	–
Andy Larkin	24	pre-arb	17	-0.7	0.2	-0.9
Ryan Jackson	26	pre-arb	111	-0.7	0.2	-1.0
Gregg Zaun	27	arb	106	-0.7	0.3	-1.1
Justin Speier↔ CHC	24	pre-arb	18	-0.8	0.2	-1.0
Antonio Alfonseca	26	pre-arb	58	-0.8	0.2	-1.1
Brian Edmondson↔ ATL	25	pre-arb	43	-0.9	0.1	-1.1

49 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 44 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 MIA
Hanley Ramírez	2005	29.1
Dontrelle Willis	2002	20.7
Ricky Nolasco	2005	17.5
A. J. Burnett	1998	16.1
Gary Sheffield	1993	13.6
Cliff Floyd	1997	13.2
Derrek Lee	1997	10.6
Aníbal Sánchez	2005	9.9

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Johan Santana	1999	32.0
Christian Yelich	2018	28.6
J. T. Realmuto	2019	25.7
Trevor Hoffman	1993	24.3
Derrek Lee	2003	21.4
Josh Beckett	2005	20.1
Édgar Rentería	1998	17.4
Gary Sheffield	1998	14.7

Marlins MIA

1998 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)