Yankees — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Andy Pettitte	25	pre-arb	35	7.2	0.6	+6.8
Tino Martinez	29	FA-elig	158	5.3	4.4	+1.0
Bernie Williams	28	FA-elig	129	5.1	5.3	-0.1
David Cone	34	FA-elig	29	4.9	6.7	-1.7
David Wells	34	FA-elig	32	4.3	3.8	+0.6
Derek Jeter	23	pre-arb	159	4.0	0.6	+3.6
Paul O'Neill	34	FA-elig	149	2.8	5.5	-2.6
Mariano Rivera	27	pre-arb	66	2.0	0.6	+1.5
Wade Boggs	39	FA-elig	104	2.0	2.0	+0.0
Ramiro Mendoza	25	pre-arb	39	1.7	0.2	+1.6
Mike Stanton	30	FA-elig	64	1.4	1.6	-0.2
Charlie Hayes	32	FA-elig	100	1.1	1.7	-0.6
Chad Curtis↔ CLE	28	arb	93	1.0	0.7	+0.3
Jeff Nelson	30	arb	77	1.0	1.1	-0.1
Tim Raines Sr.	37	FA-elig	74	1.0	1.7	-0.7
Cecil Fielder	33	FA-elig	98	0.9	9.2	-8.4
Jorge Posada	26	pre-arb	60	0.6	0.2	+0.4
Kenny Rogers	32	FA-elig	31	0.6	5.0	-4.4
Joe Girardi	32	FA-elig	112	0.5	2.2	-1.7
Brian Boehringer	28	pre-arb	34	0.5	0.2	+0.3
Dwight Gooden	32	FA-elig	20	0.4	2.0	-1.6
Mike Stanley↔ BOS	34	FA-elig	28	0.3	0.5	-0.1
Willie Banks	28	–	5	0.3	–	–
Rey Sanchez↔ CHC	29	FA-elig	38	0.2	0.4	-0.1
Luis Sojo	32	FA-elig	77	0.2	0.4	-0.2
Andy Fox	26	–	22	0.1	–	–
Pat Kelly	29	FA-elig	67	0.0	1.1	-1.1
Jim Mecir	27	–	25	0.0	–	–
Mark Whiten	30	FA-elig	69	0.0	1.0	-1.0
Ivan Cruz	29	–	11	-0.1	–	–
Homer Bush	24	–	10	-0.1	–	–
Joe Borowski↔ ATL	26	pre-arb	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
Mike Figga	26	–	2	-0.1	–	–
Graeme Lloyd	30	arb	46	-0.1	0.8	-0.9
Pete Incaviglia↔ BAL	33	FA-elig	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
David Weathers↔ CLE	27	FA-elig	10	-0.1	0.2	-0.4
Hideki Irabu	28	pre-arb	13	-0.2	2.3	-2.5
Danny Rios	24	–	2	-0.3	–	–
Scott Pose	30	–	54	-0.3	–	–
Darryl Strawberry	35	FA-elig	11	-0.4	0.8	-1.2
Mariano Duncan↔ TOR	34	FA-elig	50	-1.1	0.5	-1.6

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

Player	Year	WAR for NYY
Rickey Henderson	1984	26.6
David Cone	1995	16.6
Tino Martinez	1995	16.0
Gleyber Torres	2016	15.9
Willie Randolph	1975	14.7
Nick Swisher	2008	14.4
Giancarlo Stanton	2017	11.1
Randy Velarde	1987	10.1

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Rickey Henderson	1989	26.8
Doug Drabek	1986	21.4
Fred McGriff	1982	19.7
Greg Gagne	1982	15.6
Austin Jackson	2009	14.8
Jake Westbrook	2000	13.5
Eric Milton	1998	13.4
Nick Johnson	2003	10.5

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1997 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)