President of baseball ops: Chris Young (since 2023) · GM: Ross Fenstermaker (since 2025)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Langford | 23 | pre-arb | 134 | 4.1 | 0.8 | +14.8 |
| Corey Seager | 31 | FA-elig | 102 | 4.0 | 32.5 | -17.1 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | 35 | FA-elig | 22 | 3.7 | 22.1 | -7.8 |
| Jacob deGrom | 37 | FA-elig | 30 | 3.4 | 40.1 | -27.1 |
| Jack Leiter | 25 | pre-arb | 30 | 2.2 | 0.8 | +7.8 |
| Marcus Semien | 34 | FA-elig | 127 | 2.1 | 26.0 | -17.9 |
| Tyler Mahle | 30 | FA-elig | 16 | 1.9 | 16.5 | -9.1 |
| Patrick Corbin | 35 | FA-elig | 31 | 1.9 | 2.5 | +4.7 |
| Josh Smith | 27 | – | 144 | 1.8 | – | – |
| Josh Jung | 27 | pre-arb | 131 | 1.7 | 0.7 | +5.7 |
| Evan Carter | 22 | pre-arb | 63 | 1.4 | 0.6 | +4.8 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 34 | FA-elig | 71 | 1.4 | 1.2 | +3.9 |
| Jacob Latz | 29 | pre-arb | 33 | 1.3 | 0.6 | +4.2 |
| Kyle Higashioka | 35 | FA-elig | 94 | 1.0 | 5.8 | -2.0 |
| Hoby Milner | 34 | arb | 73 | 1.0 | 3.0 | +0.7 |
| Merrill Kelly↔ ARI | 36 | FA-elig | 10 | 0.8 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Adolis García | 32 | arb | 135 | 0.7 | 10.5 | -7.6 |
| Michael Helman | 29 | pre-arb | 38 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +1.9 |
| Phil Maton↔ STL | 32 | FA-elig | 23 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +1.7 |
| Chris Martin | 39 | FA-elig | 49 | 0.6 | 5.5 | -3.4 |
| Robert Garcia | 29 | pre-arb | 71 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +1.3 |
| Rowdy Tellez↔ SEA | 30 | FA-elig | 50 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.9 |
| Kumar Rocker | 25 | pre-arb | 14 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Leody Taveras↔ SEA | 26 | – | 30 | 0.2 | 1.9 | -1.1 |
| Jacob Webb | 31 | arb | 55 | 0.2 | 1.2 | -0.4 |
| Caleb Boushley | 31 | – | 25 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +0.3 |
| Cole Winn | 25 | pre-arb | 33 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +0.3 |
| Sam Haggerty | 31 | arb | 64 | 0.2 | 0.7 | +0.1 |
| Dylan Moore↔ SEA | 32 | FA-elig | 18 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| Carl Edwards Jr.↔ ANA | 33 | – | 2 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Luis Curvelo | 24 | – | 17 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 26 | pre-arb | 90 | 0.0 | 0.7 | -0.6 |
| Gerson Garabito | 29 | – | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Marc Church | 24 | pre-arb | 5 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 34 | – | 8 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 22 | – | 63 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| Dane Dunning↔ ATL | 30 | – | 5 | -0.0 | 0.7 | -0.9 |
| Dustin Harris | 25 | pre-arb | 19 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Jake Burger | 29 | pre-arb | 103 | -0.1 | 0.8 | -1.0 |
| Codi Heuer↔ DET | 28 | – | 1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Donovan Solano↔ SEA | 37 | FA-elig | 2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Nick Ahmed | 35 | – | 5 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Justin Foscue | 26 | pre-arb | 4 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Jonathan Ornelas↔ ATL | 25 | – | 4 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Billy McKinney | 30 | – | 6 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.7 |
| Blaine Crim↔ COL | 28 | – | 5 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
| Jose Corniell | 22 | – | 1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Cody Freeman | 24 | – | 36 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -1.3 |
| Kevin Pillar | 36 | – | 20 | -0.3 | 1.0 | -2.2 |
| Danny Coulombe↔ MIN | 35 | FA-elig | 15 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -1.8 |
| Luke Jackson↔ DET | 33 | – | 39 | -0.3 | 0.9 | -2.2 |
| Jon Gray | 33 | FA-elig | 6 | -0.4 | 13.0 | -14.7 |
| Jonah Heim | 30 | arb | 124 | -0.5 | 4.6 | -6.5 |
| Joc Pederson | 33 | FA-elig | 96 | -0.8 | 18.5 | -21.5 |
54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 52 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.
| 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 |