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GM: Brian Cashman

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 2.38× league · TAB +2.9
+2.9TAB — talent above budget13th/30
+1.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)15th/30
10.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars2nd/30
-3.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag8th/30
23%dead money %4th/30
0.586win %3rd/30
47.9roster fWAR2nd/30
-103surplus $M (value vs cost)30th/30
$217Mpayroll $M1st/30

2010: made playoffs · 95–67. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFCurtis Granderson 134GBrett Gardner 44GGreg Golson 6G
LFBrett Gardner 123GAustin Kearns 91GMarcus Thames 25G
RFNick Swisher 134GAustin Kearns 32GColin Curtis 17G
SSDerek Jeter 151GRamiro Pena 23GEduardo Núñez 11G
2BRobinson Canó 158GRamiro Pena 8GKevin Russo 2G
3BAlex Rodriguez 124GRamiro Pena 48GKevin Russo 16G
1BMark Teixeira 149GLance Berkman 93GJuan Miranda 13G
STARTERSCC Sabathia 5.5WARPhil Hughes 3.0WARAndy Pettitte 2.7WARA.J. Burnett 1.3WARIván Nova 0.4WAR
CFrancisco Cervelli 90GJorge Posada 83GChad Moeller 9G
DHMarcus Thames 38GJorge Posada 30GLance Berkman 23G
BULLPEN★ Mariano Rivera 33svJoba Chamberlain 25hDavid Robertson 14hBoone Logan 13hKerry Wood 10hDamaso Marte 9hChad Gaudin 3hSergio Mitre 1h
CFrancisco Cervelli 90 · Jorge Posada 83 · Chad Moeller 9
1BMark Teixeira 149 · Lance Berkman 93 · Juan Miranda 13
2BRobinson Canó 158 · Ramiro Pena 8 · Kevin Russo 2
3BAlex Rodriguez 124 · Ramiro Pena 48 · Kevin Russo 16
SSDerek Jeter 151 · Ramiro Pena 23 · Eduardo Núñez 11
LFBrett Gardner 123 · Austin Kearns 91 · Marcus Thames 25
CFCurtis Granderson 134 · Brett Gardner 44 · Greg Golson 6
RFNick Swisher 134 · Austin Kearns 32 · Colin Curtis 17
DHMarcus Thames 38 · Jorge Posada 30 · Lance Berkman 23
SPCC Sabathia 5.5 · Phil Hughes 3.0 · Andy Pettitte 2.7 · A.J. Burnett 1.3 · Iván Nova 0.4
BP★ Mariano Rivera 33 · Joba Chamberlain 25 · David Robertson 14 · Boone Logan 13 · Kerry Wood 10 · Damaso Marte 9 · Chad Gaudin 3 · Sergio Mitre 1

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.

2010 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Robinson Canó 27 arb 1606.4 9.0 +6.0
Brett Gardner 26 pre-arb 1506.1 0.5 +14.0
CC Sabathia 29 FA-elig 345.5 24.3 -11.4
Nick Swisher 29 FA-elig 1504.4 6.8 +3.4
Alex Rodriguez 34 FA-elig 1374.0 33.0 -23.7
Curtis Granderson 29 FA-elig 1363.9 5.5 +3.8
Mark Teixeira 30 FA-elig 1583.5 20.6 -12.5
Phil Hughes 24 arb 313.0 0.4 +6.6
Andy Pettitte 38 FA-elig 212.7 11.8 -5.5
Derek Jeter 36 FA-elig 1572.3 22.6 -17.2
Mariano Rivera 40 FA-elig 611.8 15.0 -10.8
Francisco Cervelli 24 pre-arb 931.7 0.4 +3.5
A.J. Burnett 33 FA-elig 331.3 16.5 -13.3
Joba Chamberlain 24 arb 731.3 0.5 +2.6
David Robertson 25 pre-arb 640.7 0.4 +1.3
Marcus Thames 33 FA-elig 820.7 0.9 +0.8
Iván Nova 23 – 100.4 0.4 +0.6
Kerry Wood↔ CLE 33 FA-elig 240.4 5.4 -4.4
Boone Logan 25 – 510.3 0.6 +0.2
Austin Kearns↔ CLE 30 FA-elig 360.2 0.3 +0.2
Javier Vazquez 33 FA-elig 310.2 11.5 -11.1
Greg Golson 24 – 240.1 – –
Chad Moeller 35 – 90.1 – –
Juan Miranda 27 pre-arb 330.1 0.4 -0.3
Sergio Mitre 29 FA-elig 270.1 0.8 -0.7
Romulo Sanchez 26 – 20.0 – –
Nick Johnson 31 FA-elig 240.0 5.5 -5.4
Royce Ring 29 – 50.0 – –
Kevin Russo 25 – 310.0 – –
Mark Melancon↔ HOU 25 – 2-0.0 0.0 -0.1
Alfredo Aceves 27 pre-arb 10-0.0 0.4 -0.5
Lance Berkman↔ HOU 34 FA-elig 37-0.1 4.4 -4.5
Jonathan Albaladejo 27 – 10-0.1 – –
Damaso Marte 35 FA-elig 30-0.1 4.0 -4.2
Chad Huffman 25 – 9-0.1 – –
Chan Ho Park↔ PIT 37 FA-elig 27-0.1 0.6 -0.9
Eduardo Núñez 23 – 30-0.2 0.4 -0.9
Ramiro Pena 24 pre-arb 85-0.2 0.4 -0.9
Dustin Moseley 28 – 16-0.2 – –
Randy Winn↔ STL 36 FA-elig 29-0.4 0.3 -1.3
Colin Curtis 25 – 31-0.5 – –
Jorge Posada 39 FA-elig 120-0.5 13.1 -14.2
Chad Gaudin↔ OAK 27 FA-elig 30-0.7 0.5 -2.2

Key additions (new vs 2009)

PlayerfWAR
Curtis Granderson3.9
Marcus Thames0.7
Iván Nova0.4
Kerry Wood0.4
Boone Logan0.3
Austin Kearns0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2009)

Player2009 fWAR
Johnny Damon3.6
Hideki Matsui2.4
Melky Cabrera1.5
José Molina1.0
Jerry Hairston Jr.0.5
Eric Hinske0.3

Current & Historical Payroll

2010 payroll
$217.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2010, 2010–2016. 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 (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Alex Rodriguez3416.000$33.0M$32.0M$29.0M$28.0MFREE AGENT$22.0M$21.0M
CC Sabathia299.000$24.3M$24.3M$23.0M$23.0M$23.0M$23.0M$25.0M
Derek Jeter3615.000$22.6M$14.7M$16.0M$17.0M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Teixeira307.000$20.6M$23.1M$22.5M$22.5M$22.5M$23.1M$23.1M
A.J. Burnett3311.000$16.5M$16.5MFREE AGENT
Mariano Rivera4015.000$15.0M$14.9M$15.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Jorge Posada3915.000$13.1M$13.1MFREE AGENT
Andy Pettitte3815.000$11.8MFREE AGENT$2.5M$12.0M
Javier Vazquez3312.000$11.5MFREE AGENT
Nick Swisher296.000$6.8M$9.1M$10.2MFREE AGENT
Curtis Granderson296.000$5.5M$8.2M$10.0M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Nick Johnson319.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Kerry Wood3312.000$5.4MFREE AGENT
Lance Berkman3411.000$4.4MFREE AGENT
Damaso Marte3511.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Marcus Thames338.000$900kFREE AGENT
Sergio Mitre297.000$850k$762kFREE AGENT
Chan Ho Park3716.000$611kFREE AGENT
Chad Gaudin277.000$500kFREE AGENT
Austin Kearns308.000$300kFREE AGENT
Randy Winn3612.000$275kFREE AGENT
Chad Moeller3510.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Robinson Canó275.000$9.0MFREE AGENT
Boone Logan254.000$590kARB 3FREE AGENT
Joba Chamberlain243.000$488kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Hughes243.000$447kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Moseley284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Royce Ring295.000—FREE AGENT
Jonathan Albaladejo273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Brett Gardner262.000$452kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alfredo Aceves272.000$436kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Robertson252.000$427kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramiro Pena241.000$412kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Cervelli242.000$411kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Iván Nova230.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eduardo Núñez230.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Miranda272.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Melancon251.000$36kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Golson242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Colin Curtis250.069—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Romulo Sanchez26–—
Kevin Russo25–—
Chad Huffman25–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2010; 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.