Twins — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Eddie Rosario	26	arb	138	3.3	0.6	+10.5
José Berríos	24	pre-arb	32	3.0	0.6	+9.8
Eduardo Escobar↔ ARI	29	FA-elig	97	3.0	3.1	+7.1
Kyle Gibson	30	arb	32	2.7	4.2	+4.9
Jake Odorizzi	28	FA-elig	33	2.5	6.3	+2.0
Max Kepler	25	arb	156	2.3	0.6	+7.1
Taylor Rogers	27	pre-arb	72	1.8	0.6	+5.7
Jorge Polanco	24	arb	77	1.4	0.6	+4.2
Robbie Grossman	28	arb	129	1.3	2.0	+2.6
Ehire Adrianza	28	arb	114	1.2	1.0	+3.1
Brian Dozier↔ LAD	31	FA-elig	104	1.1	6.2	-2.6
Jake Cave	25	pre-arb	91	1.1	0.5	+3.1
Joe Mauer	35	FA-elig	127	0.8	23.0	-20.1
Zach Duke↔ SEA	35	FA-elig	45	0.8	1.3	+1.4
Ryan Pressly↔ HOU	29	arb	51	0.8	1.1	+1.6
Willians Astudillo	26	–	30	0.7	0.2	+2.3
Lance Lynn↔ NYY	31	FA-elig	20	0.7	7.7	-5.3
Fernando Romero	23	–	11	0.6	0.2	+1.9
Fernando Rodney↔ OAK	41	FA-elig	46	0.5	2.9	-1.1
Trevor May	28	arb	24	0.5	0.7	+1.1
Kohl Stewart	23	–	8	0.4	0.1	+1.1
Mitch Garver	27	pre-arb	103	0.4	0.5	+0.7
Logan Forsythe↔ LAD	31	FA-elig	50	0.3	3.8	-2.7
Adalberto Mejía	25	pre-arb	5	0.3	0.2	+0.8
Tyler Austin↔ NYY	26	pre-arb	35	0.3	0.1	+0.7
Jason Castro	31	FA-elig	19	0.2	8.0	-7.3
Chris Gimenez↔ CHC	35	arb	13	0.2	0.1	+0.6
Oliver Drake↔ ANA	31	arb	19	0.2	0.2	+0.4
Bobby Wilson	35	–	47	0.1	0.4	+0.0
Gregorio Petit	33	pre-arb	26	0.1	0.2	+0.2
Miguel Sanó	25	arb	71	0.1	0.6	-0.3
Gabriel Moya	23	pre-arb	35	0.1	0.3	+0.0
John Curtiss	25	pre-arb	8	0.1	0.1	+0.2
Chase De Jong	24	–	4	0.1	–	–
Andrew Vasquez	24	–	9	0.0	0.1	+0.0
Johnny Field↔ TBR	26	–	21	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Juan Graterol↔ ANA	29	pre-arb	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.2
Ryan LaMarre↔ CHW	29	–	43	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Aaron Slegers	25	pre-arb	4	-0.1	0.3	-0.6
Trevor Hildenberger	27	pre-arb	73	-0.1	0.6	-0.9
Tyler Kinley↔ MIA	27	pre-arb	4	-0.1	0.2	-0.7
David Hale↔ NYY	30	–	1	-0.2	0.0	-0.6
Stephen Gonsalves	23	–	7	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
Matt Belisle↔ CLE	38	FA-elig	25	-0.2	1.1	-1.8
Zack Littell	22	–	8	-0.2	0.1	-0.9
Addison Reed	29	FA-elig	55	-0.3	8.2	-9.1
Tyler Duffey	27	pre-arb	19	-0.3	0.2	-1.0
Phil Hughes↔ SDP	32	FA-elig	7	-0.3	4.0	-5.0
Taylor Motter↔ SEA	28	pre-arb	9	-0.3	0.1	-1.1
Matt Magill	28	pre-arb	40	-0.3	0.5	-1.5
Ervin Santana	35	FA-elig	5	-0.5	13.5	-15.2
Byron Buxton	24	arb	28	-0.5	0.6	-2.4
Logan Morrison	30	FA-elig	95	-0.7	5.5	-7.8
Alan Busenitz	27	pre-arb	23	-0.8	0.2	-2.9

54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 53 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 MIN
Johan Santana	1999	32.0
Greg Gagne	1982	15.6
Joe Nathan	2003	14.1
Eric Milton	1998	13.4
Joe Ryan	2021	13.4
Francisco Liriano	2003	12.5
Pablo López	2023	9.6
Bert Blyleven	1985	8.3

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Scott Erickson	1995	16.4
J. J. Hardy	2010	14.3
Johan Santana	2008	14.3
Wilson Ramos	2010	11.5
Mark Portugal	1988	9.2
Denard Span	2012	9.0
Bert Blyleven	1988	8.4
Jason Bartlett	2007	8.4

Twins MIN

2018 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)