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199998–64 (0.605)★ 1999 World Series Champions
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GM: Brian Cashman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1999, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$88M
Surplus $M
-29
Win %
0.605
TAB
+5.8
WAB
+8.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
47.1
Dead money %
10%
Depth Players
11.0
Dead WAR
-1.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1999 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BJorge Posada109
RJoe Girardi65
RJim Leyritz⇄12

1B

LTino Martinez158
RJim Leyritz⇄14
RClay Bellinger8
RLuis Sojo4
RJeff Manto⇄2
BJorge Posada1

2B

RChuck Knoblauch150
RLuis Sojo16
RClay Bellinger1
BD'Angelo Jimenez1

3B

RScott Brosius132
RLuis Sojo20
RClay Bellinger16
BD'Angelo Jimenez6
RJeff Manto⇄4
RJim Leyritz⇄1

SS

RDerek Jeter158
RLuis Sojo6
RClay Bellinger1
RAlfonso Soriano1

LF

RChad Curtis72
LRicky Ledee69
RShane Spencer46
LTony Tarasco9
RClay Bellinger2

CF

BBernie Williams155
RChad Curtis6
LRicky Ledee6

RF

LPaul O'Neill151
RShane Spencer22
LTony Tarasco5
RChad Curtis3
LRicky Ledee3

DH

BChili Davis127
LDarryl Strawberry15
RJim Leyritz⇄4
RShane Spencer2
BBernie Williams1
BJorge Posada1

Starters

RDavid Cone3.5 WAR
ROrlando Hernandez3.4 WAR
RRoger Clemens3.1 WAR
LAndy Pettitte2.7 WAR
RHideki Irabu2.4 WAR
RRamiro Mendoza1.9 WAR
LMike Stanton1.5 WAR
LEd Yarnall0.2 WAR
RJeff Juden0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMariano Rivera45 sv
LMike Stanton22 h
RJeff Nelson10 h
RJason Grimsley8 h
LAllen Watson⇄2 h
RDan Naulty1 h
RJay Tessmer0 h
LEd Yarnall0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Roger Clemens3.1
Allen Watson0.6
D'Angelo Jimenez0.3
Ed Yarnall0.2
Jason Grimsley0.2
Jeff Juden0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
David Wells4.4
Tim Raines Sr.0.6
Homer Bush0.5
Darren Holmes0.4
Graeme Lloyd0.4
Joe Borowski0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Yankees. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1999; everyone else is shown as a 1999 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Derek Jeter 1999 +7.4 +88.9 5.0 +83.9 $0.7M 1.51× –
Bernie Williams 1999 +4.9 +70.2 9.9 +60.3 $2.0M 1.79× –
Orlando Hernandez 1999 +3.4 +53.8 1.9 +52.0 $0.5M 1.96× –
David Cone 1999 +3.5 +54.6 9.5 +45.1 $2.7M 1.96× –
Roger Clemens 1999 +3.1 +48.4 8.2 +40.2 $2.7M 1.96× –
Andy Pettitte 1999 +2.7 +41.7 6.0 +35.8 $2.2M 1.96× –
Ramiro Mendoza 1999 +1.9 +29.7 0.4 +29.3 $0.2M 1.95× –
Mariano Rivera 1999 +2.1 +32.7 4.2 +28.5 $2.0M 1.95× –
Paul O'Neill 1999 +2.6 +33.4 6.2 +27.2 $2.4M 1.60× –
Hideki Irabu 1999 +2.4 +28.6 3.1 +25.4 $1.3M 1.49× –
Chuck Knoblauch 1999 +3.3 +28.3 6.0 +22.3 $1.8M 1.07× –
Mike Stanton 1999 +1.5 +15.5 2.0 +13.5 $1.4M 1.34× –
Tino Martinez 1999 +2.4 +15.4 4.3 +11.1 $1.8M 0.81× –
Jorge Posada 1999 +1.2 +5.2 0.3 +4.8 $0.3M 0.52× –
Ricky Ledee 1999 +0.6 +3.8 0.2 +3.6 $0.4M 0.83× –
Shane Spencer 1999 +0.5 +3.2 0.2 +3.0 $0.4M 0.83× –
Allen Watson↔ 1999 +0.6 +3.2 0.4 +2.7 $0.7M 0.67× –
Chad Curtis 1999 +0.6 +4.1 2.0 +2.1 $3.2M 0.83× –
Chili Davis 1999 +1.1 +6.0 4.3 +1.6 $4.0M 0.69× –
Scott Brosius 1999 +1.4 +6.6 5.2 +1.3 $3.7M 0.58× –
Jason Grimsley 1999 +0.2 +0.9 0.3 +0.6 $2.0M 0.67× –
Clay Bellinger 1999 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.1 $11.2M 0.58× –
Jeff Nelson 1999 +0.3 +1.6 1.8 -0.2 $6.2M 0.67× –
Jim Leyritz↔ 1999 -0.0 -0.0 0.7 -0.8 – 0.56× –
Luis Sojo 1999 -0.1 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 – 0.58× –
Alfonso Soriano 1999 -0.2 -1.1 0.6 -1.8 – 0.61× –
Dan Naulty 1999 -0.3 -1.5 0.3 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Joe Girardi 1999 -0.3 -1.3 3.4 -4.7 – 0.52× –
D'Angelo Jimenez 1999 +0.3 +1.2 – – – 0.58× –
Darryl Strawberry 1999 +0.8 +4.6 – – – 0.69× –
Ed Yarnall 1999 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Jay Tessmer 1999 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Juden 1999 +0.0 +0.4 – – – 1.02× –
Jeff Manto↔ 1999 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.58× –
Mike Buddie 1999 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Todd Erdos 1999 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Tony Fossas 1999 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Tony Tarasco 1999 -0.5 -3.1 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+47.2+573.787.4+483.5—

Trades

Every graded 1999 deal involving the Yankees — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

1999 · NYY / TOR
NYY · Brian Cashman +$84.8M
Roger Clemens
TOR · Gord Ash −$84.8M
Homer Bush, Graeme Lloyd, David Wells
NYY came out ahead by $84.8M
1999 · MIA / NYY
MIA · Dave Dombrowski +$123.2M
Mike Lowell
NYY · Brian Cashman −$123.2M
Mark Johnson, Todd Noel, Ed Yarnall
MIA came out ahead by $123.2M
1999 · NYY / TEX
NYY · Brian Cashman +$7.2M
Brandon Knight, Sam Marsonek
TEX · Douglas Melvin −$7.2M
Chad Curtis
NYY came out ahead by $7.2M
1999 · LAD / NYY
LAD · Kevin Malone +$0.0M
Dan Naulty
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.0M
Nick Leach
Even trade
1999 · NYY / ARI
NYY · Brian Cashman +$8.0M
Ben Ford, Izzy Molina
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$8.0M
Darren Holmes
NYY came out ahead by $8.0M
1999 · SDP / NYY
SDP · Kevin Towers +$12.0M
Geraldo Padua
NYY · Brian Cashman −$12.0M
Jim Leyritz
SDP came out ahead by $12.0M
1999 · NYY / WSN
NYY · Brian Cashman +$16.0M
Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Christian Parker
WSN · Jim Beattie −$16.0M
Hideki Irabu
NYY came out ahead by $16.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$87.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (21)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Bernie Williams308.000$9.9M$12.4M$12.4M$12.4M$12.4M$12.4M$12.4M
David Cone3613.000$9.5M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Roger Clemens3615.000$8.2M$6.3M$10.3M$10.3M$10.1MFREE AGENT
Paul O'Neill3614.000$6.2M$6.5M$7.2MFREE AGENT
Chuck Knoblauch308.000$6.0M$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Brosius328.000$5.2M$5.2M$5.2MFREE AGENT
Chili Davis3918.000$4.3MFREE AGENT
Tino Martinez319.000$4.3M$4.8M$6.3MFREE AGENT$2.8M
Joe Girardi3410.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Mike Stanton3210.000$2.0M$2.4M$2.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT$2.0M
Chad Curtis307.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Jeff Nelson327.000$1.8M$1.9MFREE AGENT$2.6M
Luis Sojo349.000$800k$289k$500kFREE AGENT
Jim Leyritz359.000$727k$631kFREE AGENT
Allen Watson286.000$414k$1.3MFREE AGENT
Jason Grimsley3110.000$350k$750kFREE AGENT
Tony Fossas4111.000—FREE AGENT
Jeff Juden288.000—FREE AGENT
Jeff Manto349.000—FREE AGENT
Darryl Strawberry3716.000—FREE AGENT
Tony Tarasco286.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Andy Pettitte274.000$6.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Derek Jeter254.000$5.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Mariano Rivera294.000$4.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramiro Mendoza273.000$375kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Posada284.000$350kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Naulty293.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Hideki Irabu302.000$3.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Orlando Hernandez331.000$1.9MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alfonso Soriano230.000$630kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Spencer271.000$204kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Ledee251.000$203kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Bellinger300.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Erdos252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Buddie281.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jay Tessmer271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
D'Angelo Jimenez210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ed Yarnall23–—

Graphs

How each 1999 acquisition stacked onto Yankees's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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