Mariners — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Robinson Canó	33	FA-elig	161	6.4	24.0	-3.3
Kyle Seager	28	arb	158	5.9	8.0	+11.3
Nelson Cruz	35	FA-elig	155	4.7	14.2	+0.9
James Paxton	27	pre-arb	20	3.6	0.3	+11.2
Leonys Martin	28	arb	143	2.8	4.2	+4.8
Hisashi Iwakuma	35	arb	33	2.6	11.0	-2.4
Edwin Díaz	22	–	49	1.9	0.3	+5.9
Mike Zunino	25	pre-arb	55	1.5	0.2	+4.7
Nate Karns	28	arb	22	1.4	0.5	+4.1
Norichika Aoki	34	arb	118	1.3	5.5	-1.3
Steve Cishek	30	FA-elig	62	1.0	4.0	-0.7
Félix Hernández	30	FA-elig	25	1.0	25.9	-22.6
Mike Montgomery↔ CHC	26	pre-arb	32	1.0	0.3	+2.8
Franklin Gutierrez	33	FA-elig	98	0.9	1.5	+1.5
Seth Smith	33	FA-elig	137	0.8	6.8	-4.0
Wade Miley↔ BAL	29	arb	19	0.8	3.9	-1.4
Taijuan Walker	23	arb	25	0.7	0.5	+1.9
Jesús Sucre	28	arb	9	0.6	0.5	+1.6
Evan Scribner	30	arb	12	0.4	0.8	+0.6
Nick Vincent	29	arb	60	0.4	0.5	+0.6
Ketel Marte	22	pre-arb	119	0.3	0.5	+0.6
Drew Storen↔ TOR	28	FA-elig	19	0.3	2.8	-1.8
Dan Altavilla	23	–	15	0.3	0.1	+0.8
Guillermo Heredia	25	–	45	0.3	0.5	+0.4
Tony Zych	25	pre-arb	12	0.2	0.5	+0.2
Mike Freeman↔ ARI	28	–	13	0.1	0.1	+0.3
Shawn O'Malley	28	pre-arb	89	0.1	0.4	-0.1
Vidal Nuño	28	arb	55	0.1	0.5	-0.3
Mayckol Guaipe	25	–	5	0.1	0.1	+0.1
Joe Wieland	26	arb	1	0.0	0.6	-0.5
Aríel Miranda↔ BAL	27	pre-arb	11	-0.0	0.2	-0.2
Jonathan Aro	25	pre-arb	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Blake Parker↔ NYY	31	–	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Steve Johnson	28	pre-arb	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Stefen Romero	27	pre-arb	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
Daniel Robertson	30	pre-arb	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.3
Dae-Ho Lee	34	pre-arb	104	-0.1	1.0	-1.3
Joaquín Benoit↔ TOR	38	FA-elig	26	-0.1	4.1	-4.3
Adam Lind	32	FA-elig	126	-0.1	8.0	-8.3
Ben Gamel↔ NYY	24	–	27	-0.1	0.1	-0.4
Joel Peralta↔ CHC	40	FA-elig	26	-0.1	1.0	-1.4
Chris Taylor↔ LAD	25	–	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
Adrian Sampson	24	–	2	-0.1	0.3	-0.7
Arquimedes Caminero↔ PIT	29	arb	18	-0.1	0.2	-0.6
Donn Roach	26	–	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.5
David Rollins	26	pre-arb	11	-0.1	0.2	-0.6
Cody Martin	26	pre-arb	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.6
Steve Clevenger	30	arb	22	-0.2	0.5	-1.1
Wade LeBlanc↔ PIT	31	–	11	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
Tom Wilhelmsen↔ TEX	32	arb	29	-0.2	1.8	-2.4
Pat Venditte↔ TOR	31	pre-arb	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.8
Daniel Vogelbach	23	–	8	-0.3	–	–
Chris Iannetta	33	FA-elig	94	-0.7	4.2	-6.4
Luis Sardinas↔ SDP	23	pre-arb	32	-0.7	0.2	-2.4

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 SEA
Jamie Moyer	1996	28.0
Mike Cameron	2000	19.8
J. P. Crawford	2018	17.8
Freddy García	1998	15.6
Franklin Gutiérrez	2008	13.4
Mitch Haniger	2016	11.1
Marco Gonzales	2017	10.1
Luis Castillo	2022	8.7

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Adam Jones	2008	29.6
Jason Varitek	1997	21.2
Shin-Soo Choo	2006	19.2
Mike Hampton	1993	19.2
Carlos Guillén	2004	18.3
Derek Lowe	1997	18.0
Freddy Peralta	2015	17.3
Chris Taylor	2016	16.9

Mariners SEA

2016 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)