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GM: Brian Cashman

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.89× league · TAB -3.7
-3.7TAB — talent above budget22nd/30
-2.7WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)20th/30
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars10th/30
-3.1dead WAR — sub-replacement drag7th/30
25%dead money %14th/30
0.540win %9th/30
38.1roster fWAR11th/30
-48surplus $M (value vs cost)30th/30
$103Mpayroll $M1st/30

2000: World Series champions · 87–74. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFBernie Williams 137GClay Bellinger 26GRyan Thompson 9G
LFDavid Justice 68GGlenallen Hill 41GShane Spencer 33G
RFPaul O'Neill 140GDavid Justice 48GLuis Polonia 32G
SSDerek Jeter 148GJose Vizcaino 21GAlfonso Soriano 9G
2BChuck Knoblauch 82GJose Vizcaino 65GLuis Sojo 26G
3BScott Brosius 134GLuis Sojo 60GJose Vizcaino 18G
1BTino Martinez 154GJorge Posada 12GClay Bellinger 10G
STARTERSAndy Pettitte 3.8WARRoger Clemens 3.6WAROrlando Hernandez 2.3WARDavid Cone 1.0WARDenny Neagle 0.8WAR
CJorge Posada 142GChris Turner 36G
DHJosé Canseco 85GLuis Polonia 45GDavid Justice 38G
BULLPEN★ Mariano Rivera 36svJeff Nelson 15hMike Stanton 14hJason Grimsley 4hRandy Choate 2hDarrell Einertson 1hAllen Watson 0hCraig Dingman 0h
CJorge Posada 142 · Chris Turner 36
1BTino Martinez 154 · Jorge Posada 12 · Clay Bellinger 10
2BChuck Knoblauch 82 · Jose Vizcaino 65 · Luis Sojo 26
3BScott Brosius 134 · Luis Sojo 60 · Jose Vizcaino 18
SSDerek Jeter 148 · Jose Vizcaino 21 · Alfonso Soriano 9
LFDavid Justice 68 · Glenallen Hill 41 · Shane Spencer 33
CFBernie Williams 137 · Clay Bellinger 26 · Ryan Thompson 9
RFPaul O'Neill 140 · David Justice 48 · Luis Polonia 32
DHJosé Canseco 85 · Luis Polonia 45 · David Justice 38
SPAndy Pettitte 3.8 · Roger Clemens 3.6 · Orlando Hernandez 2.3 · David Cone 1.0 · Denny Neagle 0.8
BP★ Mariano Rivera 36 · Jeff Nelson 15 · Mike Stanton 14 · Jason Grimsley 4 · Randy Choate 2 · Darrell Einertson 1 · Allen Watson 0 · Craig Dingman 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2000 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jorge Posada 29 arb 1516.1 1.2 +7.4
Bernie Williams 31 FA-elig 1414.9 12.4 -5.4
Andy Pettitte 28 arb 323.8 7.0 -1.6
Derek Jeter 26 arb 1483.7 10.0 -4.8
Roger Clemens 37 FA-elig 323.6 6.3 -1.3
David Justice↔ CLE 34 FA-elig 783.2 3.7 +0.8
Orlando Hernandez 34 pre-arb 292.3 1.9 +1.3
Mariano Rivera 30 arb 661.9 7.2 -4.5
Mike Stanton 33 FA-elig 691.7 2.4 +0.0
Paul O'Neill 37 FA-elig 1421.5 6.5 -4.4
Glenallen Hill↔ CHC 35 FA-elig 401.4 0.6 +1.4
Jeff Nelson 33 FA-elig 731.3 1.9 -0.1
David Cone 37 FA-elig 301.0 12.0 -10.6
Denny Neagle↔ CIN 31 FA-elig 160.8 2.2 -1.0
Shane Spencer 28 pre-arb 730.6 0.2 +0.6
Ramiro Mendoza 28 arb 140.5 1.4 -0.7
Dwight Gooden↔ HOU 35 FA-elig 180.4 0.3 +0.3
Jason Grimsley 32 FA-elig 630.4 0.8 -0.2
Ricky Ledee↔ CLE 26 pre-arb 620.4 0.1 +0.4
Luis Sojo↔ PIT 34 FA-elig 340.3 0.2 +0.3
Chuck Knoblauch 31 FA-elig 1020.3 6.0 -5.6
Tino Martinez 32 FA-elig 1550.2 4.8 -4.5
Todd Erdos↔ SDP 26 arb 140.2 0.1 +0.1
Jose Canseco↔ TBR 35 FA-elig 370.2 1.1 -0.9
Clay Bellinger 31 pre-arb 980.1 0.2 -0.0
Craig Dingman 26 – 100.1 – –
Ryan Thompson 32 – 330.1 – –
Scott Brosius 33 FA-elig 1350.1 5.2 -5.1
Ted Lilly 24 pre-arb 70.1 0.2 -0.1
Randy Keisler 24 – 40.0 – –
Darrell Einertson 27 – 110.0 – –
Luis Polonia↔ DET 36 FA-elig 37-0.0 0.3 -0.4
Ben Ford 24 – 4-0.0 – –
Lance Johnson 36 FA-elig 18-0.0 0.3 -0.4
Randy Choate 24 pre-arb 22-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Jake Westbrook 22 – 3-0.1 – –
Jay Tessmer 28 – 7-0.1 – –
Ed Yarnall 24 – 2-0.2 – –
Chris Turner 31 FA-elig 37-0.2 0.4 -0.6
Wilson Delgado↔ KCR 27 arb 31-0.2 0.1 -0.4
Jose Vizcaino↔ LAD 32 FA-elig 73-0.2 2.3 -2.5
Felix Jose 35 – 20-0.3 – –
Jim Leyritz↔ LAD 36 FA-elig 24-0.3 0.4 -0.9
Allen Watson 29 FA-elig 17-0.4 1.3 -1.9
Alfonso Soriano 24 – 22-0.5 0.6 -1.4
Roberto Kelly 35 FA-elig 10-0.5 0.8 -1.6

Key additions (new vs 1999)

PlayerfWAR
David Justice3.2
Glenallen Hill1.4
Denny Neagle0.8
Dwight Gooden0.4
Jose Canseco0.2
Craig Dingman0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1999)

Player1999 fWAR
Hideki Irabu2.4
Chili Davis1.1
Darryl Strawberry0.8
Chad Curtis0.6
D'Angelo Jimenez0.3
Jeff Juden0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

2000 payroll
$102.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2000, 2000–2006. 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 (25)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Bernie Williams319.000$12.4M$12.4M$12.4M$12.4M$12.4M$12.4M$1.5M
David Cone3714.000$12.0MFREE AGENT
Paul O'Neill3715.000$6.5M$7.2MFREE AGENT
Roger Clemens3716.000$6.3M$10.3M$10.3M$10.1MFREE AGENT
Chuck Knoblauch319.000$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Brosius339.000$5.2M$5.2MFREE AGENT
Tino Martinez3210.000$4.8M$6.3MFREE AGENT$2.8M
David Justice3411.000$3.7M$7.8MFREE AGENT
Mike Stanton3311.000$2.4M$2.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT$2.0M
Jose Vizcaino3211.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Denny Neagle319.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Jeff Nelson338.000$1.9MFREE AGENT$2.6M
Allen Watson297.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Jose Canseco3515.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Roberto Kelly3513.000$800kFREE AGENT
Jason Grimsley3211.000$750kFREE AGENT
Glenallen Hill3511.000$577kFREE AGENT
Chris Turner317.000$375kFREE AGENT
Jim Leyritz3610.000$369kFREE AGENT
Lance Johnson3613.000$350kFREE AGENT
Luis Polonia3613.000$348kFREE AGENT
Dwight Gooden3516.000$333kFREE AGENT
Luis Sojo3410.000$161k$500kFREE AGENT
Felix Jose3512.000—FREE AGENT
Ryan Thompson328.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Derek Jeter265.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Mariano Rivera305.000$7.2MFREE AGENT
Andy Pettitte285.000$7.0MFREE AGENT
Ramiro Mendoza284.000$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Posada295.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Wilson Delgado274.000$103kARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Erdos263.000$79kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2000200120022003200420052006
Orlando Hernandez342.000$1.9MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alfonso Soriano241.000$630kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Spencer282.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Bellinger311.000$207kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ted Lilly241.000$201kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Choate240.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Ledee262.000$109kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Ford242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jay Tessmer282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darrell Einertson27–—
Ed Yarnall24–—
Jake Westbrook220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Dingman26–—
Randy Keisler24–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2000; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.