GM: Josh Byrnes (since 2012)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Headley | 28 | arb | 161 | 7.2 | 3.5 | +15.0 |
| Yasmani Grandal | 23 | pre-arb | 60 | 3.5 | 0.8 | +8.3 |
| Will Venable | 29 | arb | 148 | 2.3 | 1.5 | +4.5 |
| Carlos Quentin | 29 | FA-elig | 86 | 2.2 | 7.0 | -1.3 |
| Chris Denorfia | 31 | FA-elig | 130 | 1.9 | 1.2 | +3.9 |
| Cameron Maybin | 25 | arb | 147 | 1.8 | 0.5 | +4.3 |
| Everth Cabrera | 25 | pre-arb | 115 | 1.6 | 0.5 | +3.7 |
| Logan Forsythe | 25 | pre-arb | 91 | 1.4 | 0.5 | +3.2 |
| Eric Stults↔ CHW | 32 | pre-arb | 18 | 1.4 | 0.3 | +3.3 |
| Edinson Volquez | 28 | FA-elig | 32 | 1.1 | 2.2 | +0.7 |
| Yonder Alonso | 25 | pre-arb | 155 | 1.1 | 1.0 | +1.9 |
| Huston Street | 28 | FA-elig | 40 | 1.1 | 7.5 | -4.6 |
| Anthony Bass | 24 | pre-arb | 25 | 1.0 | 0.5 | +2.1 |
| Jason Marquis↔ MIN | 33 | FA-elig | 17 | 1.0 | 2.1 | +0.4 |
| Jesus Guzman | 28 | arb | 120 | 0.9 | 0.5 | +1.7 |
| Cory Luebke | 27 | pre-arb | 5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +1.3 |
| Dale Thayer | 31 | pre-arb | 64 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +1.3 |
| Tommy Layne | 27 | – | 26 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Luke Gregerson | 28 | arb | 77 | 0.6 | 1.6 | +0.1 |
| Andrew Cashner | 25 | pre-arb | 33 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +0.8 |
| Joe Thatcher | 30 | arb | 55 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +0.3 |
| Nick Vincent | 25 | – | 27 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Andrew Werner | 25 | pre-arb | 8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +0.3 |
| Alexi Amarista↔ ANA | 23 | pre-arb | 105 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +0.2 |
| Clayton Richard | 28 | arb | 37 | 0.2 | 2.7 | -2.2 |
| Eddy Rodriguez | 26 | – | 2 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Jeremy Hermida | 28 | FA-elig | 13 | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| Joe Wieland | 22 | – | 5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| Ernesto Frieri↔ ANA | 26 | arb | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| John Baker | 31 | arb | 63 | 0.0 | 0.8 | -0.7 |
| Josh Spence | 24 | pre-arb | 11 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Cory Burns | 24 | pre-arb | 17 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Kyle Blanks | 25 | arb | 4 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Mark Kotsay | 36 | FA-elig | 82 | -0.0 | 1.2 | -1.3 |
| Casey Kelly | 22 | – | 7 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Tim Stauffer | 30 | FA-elig | 1 | -0.0 | 3.2 | -3.3 |
| Dustin Moseley | 30 | FA-elig | 1 | -0.0 | 2.0 | -2.1 |
| James Darnell | 25 | – | 7 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Orlando Hudson↔ CHW | 34 | FA-elig | 35 | -0.1 | 2.2 | -2.4 |
| Ali Solis | 24 | – | 5 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Matt Palmer | 33 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Micah Owings | 29 | arb | 6 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Brad Boxberger | 24 | – | 24 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Ross Ohlendorf | 29 | arb | 13 | -0.2 | 0.9 | -1.4 |
| Andy Parrino | 26 | pre-arb | 55 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| Jeff Suppan | 37 | – | 8 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Blake Tekotte | 25 | – | 11 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Alex Hinshaw↔ CHC | 29 | – | 31 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Miles Mikolas | 23 | – | 25 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -1.3 |
| Kip Wells | 35 | – | 8 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Brad Brach | 26 | pre-arb | 67 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -1.8 |
| Jason Bartlett | 32 | FA-elig | 29 | -0.7 | 5.5 | -7.3 |
| Nick Hundley | 28 | arb | 58 | -1.9 | 2.0 | -6.8 |
53 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 43 of them (81%). 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.
| Player | Year | WAR for SDP |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando Tatís | 2016 | 27.7 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 1993 | 24.3 |
| Andy Ashby | 1993 | 17.7 |
| Ken Caminiti | 1994 | 17.4 |
| Phil Nevin | 1999 | 17.3 |
| Brian Giles | 2003 | 17.1 |
| Ryan Klesko | 1999 | 16.6 |
| Jake Cronenworth | 2019 | 14.8 |
| Player | Year traded | WAR elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Ozzie Smith | 1981 | 48.0 |
| Corey Kluber | 2010 | 34.6 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 2012 | 31.1 |
| Yasmani Grandal | 2014 | 20.6 |
| Roberto Alomar | 1990 | 20.4 |
| Max Fried | 2014 | 20.1 |
| Trea Turner | 2015 | 19.4 |
| John Kruk | 1989 | 18.4 |