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GM: Lou Piniella (since 1988)

1988 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-2.9
WAB — wins above budget
-8.7
TAB — roster Talent above budget
85–76 (0.528)
record
-9M
surplus $M (value/$)
31.5
roster fWAR
$19.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Rickey Henderson 29 FA-elig 140 5.5 1.8 -0.1
Dave Winfield 36 FA-elig 149 5.0 2.0 -0.4
John Candelaria 34 FA-elig 25 3.4 0.7 +0.4
Don Mattingly 27 FA-elig 144 3.3 2.0 -1.0
Tommy John 45 FA-elig 35 2.9 0.4 +0.5
Claudell Washington 33 FA-elig 126 2.9 0.5 +0.4
Jack Clark 32 FA-elig 150 2.8 1.5 -0.6
Don Slaught 29 FA-elig 97 2.1 0.5 +0.1
Rick Rhoden 35 FA-elig 31 1.9 0.9 -0.3
Willie Randolph 33 FA-elig 110 1.8 0.9 -0.3
Dave Righetti 29 FA-elig 60 1.4 1.3 -0.9
Charles Hudson 29 arb 28 1.0 0.5 -0.1
Ken Phelps↔ SEA 33 FA-elig 45 0.8 0.3 -0.0
Joel Skinner 27 arb 88 0.7 0.1 +0.1
Al Leiter 22 pre-arb 14 0.5 0.1 +0.1
Ron Guidry 37 FA-elig 12 0.5 0.8 -0.7
Dale Mohorcic↔ TEX 32 pre-arb 13 0.4 0.0 +0.1
Steve Shields 29 arb 39 0.3 0.1 -0.0
Cecilio Guante↔ TEX 28 FA-elig 56 0.2 0.3 -0.3
Lee Guetterman 29 arb 20 0.2 0.1 -0.1
Wayne Tolleson 32 FA-elig 21 0.1 0.4 -0.4
Roberto Kelly 23 pre-arb 38 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Jay Buhner↔ SEA 23 pre-arb 25 0.1 0.0 +0.0
Hipolito Pena 24 16 -0.0
Bobby Meacham 27 arb 47 -0.0 0.2 -0.2
Pat Clements 26 6 -0.0
Chris Chambliss 39 FA-elig 1 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Neil Allen 30 FA-elig 41 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
Tim Stoddard 35 FA-elig 28 -0.1 0.7 -0.7
Bob Geren 26 10 -0.2
Alvaro Espinoza 26 3 -0.2
Hal Morris 23 15 -0.3
Richard Dotson 29 FA-elig 32 -0.4 0.9 -1.0
Gary Ward 34 FA-elig 91 -0.5 0.6 -0.8
Dave Eiland 21 3 -0.5
Rafael Santana 30 arb 148 -0.6 0.4 -0.6
Randy Velarde 25 48 -0.6
Jose Cruz 40 FA-elig 38 -0.6 0.3 -0.5
Mike Pagliarulo 28 arb 125 -0.6 0.5 -0.7
Scott Nielsen 29 7 -0.7
Luis Aguayo↔ PHI 29 FA-elig 50 -0.8 0.2 -0.4

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (80%). 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
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