President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels (since 2006)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Beltré | 35 | FA-elig | 148 | 5.9 | 17.0 | +0.1 |
| Leonys Martin | 26 | arb | 155 | 3.6 | 3.8 | +6.7 |
| Yu Darvish | 27 | pre-arb | 22 | 3.6 | 10.0 | +0.4 |
| Elvis Andrus | 25 | arb | 157 | 1.8 | 6.5 | -1.2 |
| Joakim Soria↔ DET | 30 | FA-elig | 35 | 1.6 | 4.0 | +0.7 |
| Colby Lewis | 34 | FA-elig | 29 | 1.3 | 2.0 | +1.9 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 30 | arb | 93 | 1.3 | 0.5 | +3.4 |
| Derek Holland | 27 | arb | 6 | 1.3 | 5.4 | -1.7 |
| Rougned Odor | 20 | – | 114 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +2.5 |
| Adam Rosales | 31 | FA-elig | 56 | 0.9 | 0.8 | +2.0 |
| Jake Smolinski | 25 | – | 24 | 0.9 | 0.2 | +2.3 |
| Chris Gimenez↔ CLE | 31 | arb | 34 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +1.6 |
| Martín Pérez | 23 | pre-arb | 8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | +1.2 |
| Neal Cotts | 34 | FA-elig | 73 | 0.6 | 2.2 | -0.4 |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff | 32 | arb | 13 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +1.3 |
| Ryan Rua | 24 | – | 28 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +1.2 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 31 | FA-elig | 123 | 0.4 | 14.0 | -12.8 |
| Nick Martinez | 23 | – | 32 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Alex Rios | 33 | FA-elig | 131 | 0.3 | 12.5 | -11.7 |
| Alex Claudio | 22 | – | 15 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.6 |
| Jerome Williams↔ HOU | 32 | FA-elig | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.6 |
| Josh Wilson | 33 | arb | 24 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +0.5 |
| Spencer Patton | 26 | – | 9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.5 |
| Jason Frasor↔ KCR | 36 | FA-elig | 38 | 0.2 | 1.1 | -0.5 |
| Lisalverto Bonilla | 24 | pre-arb | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.4 |
| Daniel Robertson | 28 | – | 70 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Miles Mikolas | 25 | pre-arb | 10 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Nick Tepesch | 25 | pre-arb | 23 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Feierabend | 28 | – | 6 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Jon Edwards | 26 | pre-arb | 9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
| Aaron Poreda | 27 | – | 26 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Ben Rowen | 25 | – | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Hector Noesí↔ CHW | 27 | arb | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Scott Baker | 32 | FA-elig | 25 | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.9 |
| Alexi Ogando | 30 | arb | 27 | 0.0 | 2.6 | -2.5 |
| Matt West | 25 | pre-arb | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Seth Rosin | 25 | – | 3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Luis Sardinas | 21 | – | 43 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Michael Kirkman | 27 | arb | 12 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Matt Harrison | 28 | FA-elig | 4 | 0.0 | 8.2 | -8.1 |
| Roman Mendez | 23 | – | 30 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
| Robbie Ross Jr. | 25 | pre-arb | 27 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| Phil Klein | 25 | pre-arb | 17 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Shawn Tolleson | 26 | pre-arb | 65 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| Phil Irwin | 27 | – | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Brad Snyder | 32 | – | 10 | -0.1 | – | – |
| James Adduci | 29 | pre-arb | 44 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Justin Germano | 31 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Daniel McCutchen | 31 | – | 1 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Pedro Figueroa | 28 | pre-arb | 10 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.9 |
| Nate Adcock | 26 | – | 7 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Guilder Rodriguez | 30 | pre-arb | 7 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Donnie Murphy | 31 | FA-elig | 45 | -0.2 | 0.8 | -1.4 |
| Neftalí Feliz | 26 | arb | 30 | -0.2 | 3.0 | -3.6 |
| Prince Fielder | 30 | FA-elig | 42 | -0.4 | 24.0 | -25.2 |
| Geovany Soto↔ OAK | 31 | FA-elig | 10 | -0.4 | 1.3 | -2.5 |
| Tanner Scheppers | 27 | pre-arb | 8 | -0.4 | 0.5 | -1.8 |
| Mike Carp↔ BOS | 28 | arb | 17 | -0.5 | 0.4 | -1.7 |
| Mitch Moreland | 28 | arb | 52 | -0.5 | 2.6 | -4.1 |
| Joe Saunders↔ BAL | 33 | FA-elig | 8 | -0.5 | 0.9 | -2.4 |
| J.P. Arencibia | 28 | arb | 63 | -0.6 | 1.8 | -3.6 |
| Carlos Pena | 36 | – | 18 | -0.6 | – | – |
| Tomás Telis | 23 | – | 18 | -1.0 | 0.1 | -3.0 |
| Michael Choice | 24 | pre-arb | 86 | -2.0 | 0.5 | -6.4 |
64 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 55 of them (86%). 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 TEX |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Palmeiro | 1988 | 42.3 |
| Elvis Andrus | 2007 | 29.8 |
| Michael Young | 2000 | 25.0 |
| Charlie Hough | 1980 | 11.2 |
| John Burkett | 1994 | 11.0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 2020 | 10.8 |
| Scott Fletcher | 1985 | 10.3 |
| Aaron Sele | 1997 | 9.6 |
| Player | Year traded | WAR elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Hendricks | 2012 | 24.4 |
| Travis Hafner | 2002 | 22.3 |
| Rich Aurilia | 1994 | 19.8 |
| John Danks | 2006 | 17.4 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2013 | 16.3 |
| Tom Henke | 1985 | 16.2 |
| Ron Darling | 1982 | 14.0 |
| Odúbel Herrera | 2014 | 13.2 |