Rangers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Adrian Beltré	37	FA-elig	153	5.2	18.0	-1.3
Elvis Andrus	27	FA-elig	147	3.6	15.0	-3.3
Ian Desmond	30	FA-elig	156	3.4	8.0	+3.0
Cole Hamels	32	FA-elig	32	3.3	23.5	-12.9
Yu Darvish	29	arb	17	2.9	10.0	-0.5
Rougned Odor	22	pre-arb	150	2.9	0.5	+8.8
Martín Pérez	25	arb	33	2.3	2.9	+4.7
Matt Bush	30	–	58	1.6	0.4	+4.9
Jonathan Lucroy↔ MIL	30	FA-elig	47	1.5	1.3	+3.4
Sam Dyson	28	arb	73	1.1	0.5	+3.2
Derek Holland	29	FA-elig	22	1.1	10.0	-6.3
Colby Lewis	36	FA-elig	19	1.1	6.0	-2.5
Carlos Gómez↔ HOU	30	FA-elig	33	1.0	2.5	+0.6
Tony Barnette	32	pre-arb	53	0.9	1.5	+1.5
Alex Claudio	24	pre-arb	39	0.9	0.5	+2.3
Jake Diekman	29	arb	66	0.8	1.3	+1.4
Ryan Rua	26	pre-arb	99	0.7	0.5	+1.7
Jurickson Profar	23	arb	90	0.6	0.6	+1.4
Nomar Mazara	21	–	145	0.6	0.5	+1.4
Brett Nicholas	27	pre-arb	15	0.5	0.2	+1.4
Shin-Soo Choo	33	FA-elig	48	0.4	20.0	-18.6
Tanner Scheppers	29	arb	10	0.2	0.9	-0.2
Robinson Chirinos	32	arb	57	0.2	1.6	-0.9
Carlos Beltrán↔ NYY	39	FA-elig	52	0.2	5.2	-4.5
A.J. Griffin	28	arb	23	0.2	0.5	+0.0
Jeremy Jeffress↔ MIL	28	FA-elig	12	0.1	0.1	+0.3
José Leclerc	22	–	12	0.1	0.1	+0.2
Justin Ruggiano↔ NYM	34	FA-elig	1	0.1	0.2	-0.0
Chi Chi González	24	–	3	0.0	–	–
Phil Klein↔ PHI	27	pre-arb	8	0.0	0.3	-0.2
Keone Kela	23	pre-arb	35	0.0	0.5	-0.4
Drew Stubbs↔ ATL	31	FA-elig	19	0.0	0.2	-0.1
Yohander Méndez	21	–	2	-0.0	0.1	-0.1
Dario Alvarez↔ ATL	27	pre-arb	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Lucas Harrell↔ ATL	31	pre-arb	4	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Bobby Wilson↔ DET	33	–	42	-0.1	0.2	-0.5
Bryan Holaday↔ BOS	28	arb	30	-0.2	0.4	-0.9
Shawn Tolleson	28	arb	37	-0.3	3.3	-4.1
Michael Roth	26	pre-arb	1	-0.3	0.0	-0.9
Mitch Moreland	30	FA-elig	147	-0.3	5.7	-6.6
Anthony Ranaudo↔ CHW	26	–	2	-0.3	0.0	-1.0
Kyle Lohse	37	FA-elig	2	-0.3	0.0	-1.1
Andrew Faulkner	23	pre-arb	9	-0.4	0.5	-1.7
Joey Gallo	22	pre-arb	17	-0.4	0.1	-1.4
Delino DeShields	23	pre-arb	74	-0.5	0.5	-2.1
Luke Jackson	24	pre-arb	8	-0.5	0.1	-1.7
Jared Hoying	27	–	39	-0.5	0.2	-1.8
Nick Martinez	25	pre-arb	12	-0.6	0.5	-2.4
Hanser Alberto	23	pre-arb	35	-0.6	0.5	-2.6
Cesár Ramos	32	–	16	-0.6	0.2	-2.3
Tom Wilhelmsen↔ SEA	32	arb	21	-0.7	1.3	-3.6
Prince Fielder	32	FA-elig	89	-1.9	24.0	-30.2

52 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 51 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 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

Ones that got away

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

Rangers TEX

2016 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)