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GM: Brian Cashman (since 1999)

2009 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+10.3
WAB — wins above budget
+8.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
103–59 (0.636)
record · World Series champions
-79M
surplus $M (value/$)
53.4
roster fWAR
$208.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Derek Jeter 35 FA-elig 153 6.7 21.6 -5.7
CC Sabathia 28 FA-elig 34 5.8 15.3 -1.4
Mark Teixeira 29 FA-elig 156 5.2 20.6 -8.4
Alex Rodriguez 33 FA-elig 124 4.1 33.0 -23.3
Robinson Canó 26 arb 161 3.7 6.0 +2.7
Johnny Damon 35 FA-elig 143 3.6 13.0 -4.4
Andy Pettitte 37 FA-elig 32 3.5 5.5 +2.8
Nick Swisher 28 arb 150 3.0 5.4 +1.6
A.J. Burnett 32 FA-elig 33 2.9 16.5 -9.7
Hideki Matsui 35 FA-elig 142 2.4 13.0 -7.3
Phil Hughes 23 pre-arb 51 2.3 0.4 +5.1
Brett Gardner 25 pre-arb 108 2.3 0.4 +5.0
Mariano Rivera 39 FA-elig 66 2.0 15.0 -10.2
Joba Chamberlain 23 pre-arb 32 1.7 0.4 +3.5
Melky Cabrera 24 arb 154 1.5 1.4 +2.2
Alfredo Aceves 26 pre-arb 43 1.4 0.4 +2.9
Jorge Posada 38 FA-elig 111 1.2 13.1 -10.3
José Molina 34 FA-elig 52 1.0 2.1 +0.3
David Robertson 24 pre-arb 45 0.8 0.4 +1.4
Jerry Hairston Jr.↔ CIN 33 FA-elig 45 0.5 0.7 +0.6
Francisco Cervelli 23 pre-arb 42 0.3 0.4 +0.4
Ramiro Pena 23 pre-arb 69 0.3 0.4 +0.3
Eric Hinske↔ PIT 31 FA-elig 39 0.3 0.6 +0.0
Phil Coke 26 pre-arb 72 0.2 0.4 +0.1
Chad Gaudin↔ SDP 26 FA-elig 11 0.1 0.7 -0.5
Chien-Ming Wang 29 arb 12 0.1 5.0 -4.8
Juan Miranda 26 pre-arb 8 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Sergio Mitre 28 FA-elig 12 0.0 1.2 -1.2
Josh Towers 32 – 2 0.0 – –
Mark Melancon 24 pre-arb 13 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Brian Bruney 27 arb 44 -0.0 1.2 -1.3
Freddy Guzman 28 – 10 -0.0 – –
Mike Dunn 24 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.4 -0.5
Damaso Marte 34 FA-elig 21 -0.1 3.8 -4.0
Kevin Cash 31 – 10 -0.1 – –
Ian Kennedy 24 pre-arb 1 -0.1 0.4 -0.7
Xavier Nady 30 FA-elig 7 -0.1 6.5 -6.9
Anthony Claggett↔ PIT 24 pre-arb 2 -0.2 0.3 -0.6
Brett Tomko↔ OAK 36 – 15 -0.2 – –
Shelley Duncan 29 – 11 -0.2 – –
Jonathan Albaladejo 26 pre-arb 32 -0.3 0.4 -1.0
Jose Veras↔ CLE 28 arb 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.9
Edwar Ramirez 28 pre-arb 20 -0.4 0.4 -1.3
Angel Berroa↔ NYM 31 – 21 -0.6 – –
Cody Ransom 33 FA-elig 31 -0.7 0.5 -2.1

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 39 of them (87%). 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
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.