Cardinals — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Tyler O'Neill	26	pre-arb	138	5.3	0.6	+16.7
Paul Goldschmidt	33	FA-elig	158	4.8	26.0	-10.3
Nolan Arenado	30	FA-elig	157	4.3	35.0	-21.2
Adam Wainwright	39	FA-elig	34	4.0	8.0	+5.0
Tommy Edman	26	pre-arb	159	3.0	0.6	+9.1
Harrison Bader	27	arb	103	2.9	2.0	+7.5
Dylan Carlson	22	pre-arb	149	2.4	0.6	+7.2
Giovanny Gallegos	29	pre-arb	73	2.3	0.6	+6.8
Edmundo Sosa	25	pre-arb	113	2.0	0.6	+5.8
Yadier Molina	38	FA-elig	121	1.5	9.0	-4.1
Paul DeJong	27	arb	113	1.3	4.2	-0.1
Kwang Hyun Kim	32	pre-arb	27	1.3	4.0	+0.1
Jack Flaherty	25	arb	17	1.2	3.9	+0.1
Génesis Cabrera	24	pre-arb	71	1.2	0.6	+3.3
Luis García	34	arb	34	0.7	0.3	+2.0
Lars Nootbaar	23	–	58	0.6	0.3	+1.6
Carlos Martinez	29	FA-elig	16	0.5	11.7	-10.0
Miles Mikolas	32	FA-elig	9	0.5	17.0	-15.5
Kodi Whitley	26	pre-arb	25	0.4	0.3	+0.9
J.A. Happ↔ MIN	38	FA-elig	11	0.4	2.9	-1.7
Jake Woodford	24	pre-arb	26	0.3	0.4	+0.7
Dakota Hudson	26	pre-arb	2	0.3	0.6	+0.5
Ryan Helsley	26	pre-arb	51	0.3	0.6	+0.4
T.J. McFarland	32	FA-elig	38	0.3	0.4	+0.5
José Rondon	27	pre-arb	63	0.3	0.4	+0.5
Alex Reyes	26	arb	70	0.2	0.9	-0.2
Jon Lester↔ WSN	37	FA-elig	12	0.2	0.5	-0.0
Johan Oviedo	23	pre-arb	14	0.1	0.2	-0.0
Austin Dean	27	pre-arb	22	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Angel Rondón	23	–	2	0.0	0.0	+0.0
Ali Sánchez	24	pre-arb	2	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Jordan Hicks	24	arb	10	0.0	0.9	-0.8
Brandon Waddell↔ BAL	27	pre-arb	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Bernardo Flores Jr.	25	–	1	0.0	–	–
Seth Elledge	25	pre-arb	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.2
Roel Ramírez	26	–	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Andrew Miller	36	FA-elig	40	-0.0	12.0	-12.1
John Gant↔ MIN	28	arb	25	-0.0	1.3	-1.5
Brandon Dickson	36	–	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.2
Justin Miller↔ WSN	34	arb	18	-0.1	0.2	-0.4
Scott Hurst	25	–	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
Junior Fernández	24	pre-arb	18	-0.1	0.3	-0.7
Tyler Webb	30	pre-arb	22	-0.1	0.2	-0.6
Wade LeBlanc↔ BAL	36	FA-elig	12	-0.2	0.5	-1.0
John Nogowski↔ PIT	28	–	19	-0.3	0.1	-1.0
Matt Carpenter	35	FA-elig	130	-0.3	18.5	-19.5
Max Moroff	28	pre-arb	6	-0.3	0.4	-1.5
Daniel Ponce de Leon	29	–	24	-0.5	–	–
Lane Thomas↔ WSN	25	–	32	-0.5	0.2	-1.8
Justin Williams	25	pre-arb	51	-0.7	0.2	-2.4
Andrew Knizner	26	pre-arb	63	-1.0	0.6	-3.8

51 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 49 of them (96%). 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 STL
Adam Wainwright	2003	52.6
Ozzie Smith	1981	48.0
Paul Goldschmidt	2018	21.3
Mark McGwire	1997	19.7
Nolan Arenado	2021	18.3
Édgar Rentería	1998	17.4
Carlos Martínez	2013	16.0
José Oquendo	1985	15.3

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Andy Van Slyke	1987	31.1
Lance Johnson	1988	17.3
Keith Hernandez	1983	16.5
David Peralta	2014	14.5
Mike LaValliere	1987	12.9
Jack Wilson	2000	11.0
Marco Gonzales	2017	10.1
Coco Crisp	2002	9.9

Cardinals STL

2021 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)