Rosternomics

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GM: Brian Cashman (since 1999)

2005 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-0.8
WAB — wins above budget
-14.7
TAB — roster Talent above budget
95–67 (0.586)
record · made playoffs
-149M
surplus $M (value/$)
32.6
roster fWAR
$207.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Alex Rodriguez 29 FA-elig 162 9.1 26.0 -9.0
Derek Jeter 31 FA-elig 159 4.4 19.6 -11.4
Jason Giambi 34 FA-elig 139 4.2 13.4 -5.6
Randy Johnson 41 FA-elig 34 4.0 16.0 -8.6
Jorge Posada 34 FA-elig 142 3.3 11.0 -4.8
Mariano Rivera 35 FA-elig 71 2.9 10.5 -5.1
Mike Mussina 36 FA-elig 30 2.5 19.0 -14.2
Hideki Matsui 31 pre-arb 162 2.5 8.0 -3.4
Gary Sheffield 36 FA-elig 154 2.4 13.0 -8.5
Kevin Brown 40 FA-elig 13 1.5 15.7 -12.9
Chien-Ming Wang 25 18 1.4
Aaron Small 33 15 1.3
Shawn Chacon↔ COL 27 arb 14 1.0 1.2 +0.6
Tom Gordon 37 FA-elig 79 0.9 3.8 -2.1
Al Leiter↔ MIA 39 FA-elig 16 0.6 3.4 -2.2
Carl Pavano 29 FA-elig 17 0.5 9.0 -8.1
Felix Escalona 26 10 0.3
Tino Martinez 37 FA-elig 131 0.2 2.8 -2.4
Robinson Canó 22 132 0.2
Mike Stanton↔ BOS 38 FA-elig 28 0.1 1.9 -1.7
Jaret Wright 29 FA-elig 13 0.1 5.7 -5.5
Steve Karsay↔ TEX 33 FA-elig 6 0.1 1.8 -1.7
Alan Embree↔ BOS 35 FA-elig 24 0.0 1.1 -1.0
Wayne Franklin 31 13 0.0
Colter Bean 28 1 0.0
Mark Bellhorn↔ BOS 30 FA-elig 9 -0.0 0.3 -0.3
Felix Rodriguez 32 FA-elig 34 -0.0 3.1 -3.2
Tim Redding↔ SDP 27 arb 1 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Jason Anderson 26 3 -0.1
Kevin Reese 27 2 -0.1
Buddy Groom↔ ARI 39 24 -0.1
Mike Vento 27 2 -0.1
Bubba Crosby 28 pre-arb 76 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Wil Nieves 27 3 -0.1
Ramiro Mendoza 33 1 -0.1
Russ Johnson 32 22 -0.1
Jorge De Paula 26 3 -0.1
Alex Graman 27 2 -0.1
Tanyon Sturtze 34 FA-elig 64 -0.2 0.8 -1.2
Paul Quantrill↔ MIA 36 FA-elig 22 -0.2 1.3 -1.7
Rey Sanchez 37 FA-elig 23 -0.2 0.6 -1.0
Scott Proctor 28 29 -0.3
Andy Phillips 28 pre-arb 27 -0.3 0.3 -0.9
Darrell May↔ SDP 33 FA-elig 2 -0.4 0.3 -0.9
Sean Henn 24 3 -0.4
Melky Cabrera 20 6 -0.5
Matt Lawton III↔ CHC 33 FA-elig 21 -0.7 1.2 -2.6
Ruben Sierra 39 FA-elig 61 -0.9 1.5 -3.3
John Flaherty 37 FA-elig 47 -1.0 0.8 -2.8
Bernie Williams 36 FA-elig 141 -2.3 12.4 -16.7
Tony Womack 35 FA-elig 108 -2.3 2.0 -6.4

51 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (65%). 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