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GM: Brian Cashman (since 1999)

2026 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+7.7 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
+16.7 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
36–24 (0.600)
record
+249M
surplus $M (value/$)
58.1
roster fWAR
$259.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Cam Schlittler 25 pre-arb 13 7.7 0.8 +70.1
Ben Rice 27 pre-arb 55 7.3 0.8 +67.2
Cody Bellinger 30 FA-elig 59 6.4 36.5 +22.4
Aaron Judge 34 FA-elig 59 5.9 40.0 +14.5
Max Fried 32 FA-elig 10 5.1 14.5 +32.7
Will Warren 27 pre-arb 12 3.8 0.8 +34.8
Paul Goldschmidt 38 FA-elig 35 3.5 4.0 +28.2
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 28 57 3.3
Ryan Weathers 26 arb 11 2.8 1.4 +24.5
José Caballero 29 pre-arb 50 2.5 2.0 +21.0
Brent Headrick 28 pre-arb 29 1.7 0.8 +14.9
Gerrit Cole 35 FA-elig 2 1.6 36.0 -20.9
Anthony Volpe 25 arb 14 1.5 3.5 +10.5
Austin Wells 26 pre-arb 45 1.0 0.9 +8.9
David Bednar 31 arb 24 1.0 9.0 +0.4
Trent Grisham 29 FA-elig 58 1.0 22.0 -12.9
Fernando Cruz 36 arb 28 0.9 1.4 +6.8
Max Schuemann 29 pre-arb 13 0.7 0.7 +6.1
Carlos Rodón 33 FA-elig 4 0.7 27.8 -21.2
Ryan McMahon 31 FA-elig 54 0.7 16.0 -9.4
Amed Rosario 30 FA-elig 32 0.6 2.5 +3.0
Jake Bird 30 arb 22 0.5 1.0 +4.1
Ryan Yarbrough 34 FA-elig 12 0.4 2.5 +1.4
Paul Blackburn 32 FA-elig 16 0.3 2.0 +0.6
Giancarlo Stanton 36 FA-elig 24 0.2 19.0 -17.1
J.C. Escarra 31 pre-arb 21 0.2 0.8 +0.8
Yovanny Cruz 26 2 0.1 0.0 +1.4
Kervin Castro 27 pre-arb 1 0.1 0.0 +1.0
Camilo Doval 28 arb 26 0.1 6.1 -5.3
Elmer Rodríguez 22 3 0.1 0.0 +0.7
Yerry De los Santos 28 2 -0.1
Jasson Domínguez 23 pre-arb 9 -0.1 0.6 -2.0
Angel Chivilli 23 pre-arb 2 -0.3 0.7 -3.2
Spencer Jones 25 10 -0.4 0.1 -3.7
Brendan Beck 27 1 -0.4 0.0 -4.0
Tim Hill 36 FA-elig 28 -0.4 3.0 -7.1
Randal Grichuk↔ CHW 34 16 -0.6 0.3 -5.4
Luis Gil 28 arb 4 -1.3 2.2 -14.6

38 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 36 of them (95%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR), annualized to full-season pace. 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
PlayerYearWAR for NYY
Rickey Henderson198426.6
David Cone199516.6
Tino Martinez199516.0
Gleyber Torres201615.9
Willie Randolph197514.7
Nick Swisher200814.4
Giancarlo Stanton201711.1
Randy Velarde198710.1
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Rickey Henderson198926.8
Doug Drabek198621.4
Fred McGriff198219.7
Greg Gagne198215.6
Austin Jackson200914.8
Jake Westbrook200013.5
Eric Milton199813.4
Nick Johnson200310.5