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201197–65 (0.599)Made Playoffs
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GM: Brian Cashman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2011, 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
$198M
Surplus $M
-66
Win %
0.599
TAB
+11.2
WAB
+5.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
54.3
Dead money %
16%
Depth Players
12.0
Dead WAR
-4.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2011 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRussell Martin125
RFrancisco Cervelli41
RAustin Romine8
RGustavo Molina3
RJesus Montero3
BJorge Posada1

1B

BMark Teixeira147
BJorge Posada14
BNick Swisher11
RBrandon Laird3
LEric Chavez3

2B

LRobinson Canó157
REduardo Núñez16
BRamiro Pena7
RFrancisco Cervelli1
BJorge Posada1
RRussell Martin1

3B

RAlex Rodriguez89
LEric Chavez42
REduardo Núñez40
BRamiro Pena13
RBrandon Laird9
RRussell Martin3
RFrancisco Cervelli2

SS

RDerek Jeter122
REduardo Núñez50
BRamiro Pena4

LF

LBrett Gardner149
RAndruw Jones39
LChris Dickerson14
RGreg Golson4
REduardo Núñez1

CF

LCurtis Granderson155
LBrett Gardner18
RGreg Golson3

RF

BNick Swisher141
LChris Dickerson42
RAndruw Jones19
REduardo Núñez3
RGreg Golson3

DH

BJorge Posada90
RAndruw Jones16
RJesus Montero14
RAlex Rodriguez10
RDerek Jeter10
BMark Teixeira9
REduardo Núñez8
LRobinson Canó7
LEric Chavez7
BNick Swisher5
LCurtis Granderson1
RAustin Romine1
LChris Dickerson1

Starters

LCC Sabathia5.7 WAR
RBartolo Colon2.3 WAR
RIvan Nova1.8 WAR
RFreddy Garcia1.6 WAR
RA.J. Burnett0.5 WAR
RPhil Hughes0.5 WAR
RHector Noesi0.2 WAR
RDellin Betances-0.0 WAR
RBrian Gordon-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMariano Rivera44 sv
RDavid Robertson34 h
RRafael Soriano23 h
RJoba Chamberlain12 h
LBoone Logan10 h
RCory Wade9 h
RLuis Ayala4 h
RHector Noesi4 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 2010)

PlayerfWAR
Russell Martin5.4
Bartolo Colon2.3
Freddy Garcia1.6
Andruw Jones1.5
Jesus Montero0.5
Cory Wade0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2010)

Player2010 fWAR
Andy Pettitte2.7
Marcus Thames0.7
Kerry Wood0.4
Austin Kearns0.2
Javier Vazquez0.2
Chad Moeller0.1

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 2011; everyone else is shown as a 2011 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Curtis Granderson 2011 +6.9 +112.6 8.2 +104.4 $1.2M 2.05× –
CC Sabathia 2011 +5.7 +114.4 24.3 +90.1 $4.2M 2.50× –
Brett Gardner 2011 +5.0 +82.7 0.5 +82.2 $0.1M 2.05× –
Russell Martin 2011 +5.4 +55.2 4.0 +51.2 $0.7M 1.28× –
Robinson Canó 2011 +5.1 +56.6 10.0 +46.6 $1.9M 1.38× –
Nick Swisher 2011 +3.4 +43.5 9.1 +34.4 $2.7M 1.60× –
Bartolo Colon 2011 +2.3 +27.0 0.9 +26.1 $0.4M 1.49× –
Iván Nova 2011 +1.8 +21.5 0.4 +21.0 $0.2M 1.49× –
Mariano Rivera 2011 +2.2 +33.9 14.9 +19.0 $6.9M 1.95× –
Mark Teixeira 2011 +4.3 +41.3 23.1 +18.2 $5.4M 1.20× –
Freddy Garcia 2011 +1.6 +19.3 1.5 +17.8 $0.9M 1.49× –
David Robertson 2011 +2.3 +17.9 0.5 +17.4 $0.2M 0.98× –
Andruw Jones 2011 +1.5 +9.9 1.5 +8.4 $1.0M 0.83× –
Alex Rodriguez 2011 +4.0 +40.3 32.0 +8.3 $7.9M 1.25× –
Francisco Cervelli 2011 +1.1 +4.7 0.5 +4.3 $0.4M 0.52× –
Jesus Montero 2011 +0.5 +2.9 0.4 +2.5 $0.8M 0.69× –
Phil Hughes 2011 +0.5 +4.3 2.7 +1.6 $5.2M 1.02× –
Boone Logan 2011 +0.5 +2.4 1.2 +1.2 $2.6M 0.67× –
Chris Dickerson 2011 +0.2 +1.6 0.4 +1.1 $1.8M 0.83× –
Derek Jeter 2011 +2.2 +15.8 14.7 +1.1 $6.7M 0.89× –
Hector Noesí 2011 +0.2 +0.9 0.4 +0.5 $2.5M 0.67× –
Aaron Laffey↔ 2011 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $3.5M 0.67× –
Eric Chavez 2011 +0.4 +1.6 1.5 +0.1 $4.2M 0.58× –
George Kontos 2011 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $19.3M 0.67× –
Sergio Mitre↔ 2011 -0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.67× –
Gustavo Molina 2011 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $19.4M 0.52× –
Joba Chamberlain 2011 +0.2 +1.0 1.4 -0.4 $7.4M 0.67× –
Andrew Brackman 2011 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Austin Romine 2011 -0.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 – 0.52× –
Dellin Betances 2011 -0.0 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 – 1.02× –
Brandon Laird 2011 -0.1 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 – 0.58× –
Luis Ayala 2011 -0.1 -0.5 0.7 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Greg Golson 2011 -0.1 -0.9 0.4 -1.4 – 0.83× –
Eduardo Núñez 2011 -0.8 -3.7 0.4 -4.1 – 0.61× –
Scott Proctor↔ 2011 -0.7 -3.9 0.2 -4.1 – 0.67× –
Ramiro Pena 2011 -0.9 -4.2 0.4 -4.6 – 0.58× –
Rafael Soriano 2011 +0.2 +1.8 10.0 -8.2 $60.0M 1.34× –
A.J. Burnett 2011 +0.5 +4.1 16.5 -12.4 $32.7M 1.02× –
Jorge Posada 2011 -0.9 -5.0 13.1 -18.1 – 0.69× –
Amauri Sanit 2011 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Brian Gordon 2011 -0.2 -1.5 – – – 1.02× –
Buddy Carlyle 2011 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Cory Wade 2011 +0.4 +2.1 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Marquez 2011 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Kevin Whelan 2011 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Lance Pendleton↔ 2011 -0.1 -0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Raul Valdes↔ 2011 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Steve Garrison 2011 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+54.3+697.2198.1+499.1—

Trades

Every graded 2011 deal involving the Yankees — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

2011 · NYY / MIL
NYY · Brian Cashman +$4.0M
Chris Dickerson
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$4.0M
Sergio Mitre
NYY came out ahead by $4.0M
2011 · WSN / NYY
WSN · Michael Rizzo +$0.0M
Adam Olbrychowski
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.0M
Justin Maxwell
Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

2011 payroll
$198.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2011, 2011–2017. 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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2011201220132014201520162017
Alex Rodriguez3516.011$32.0M$29.0M$28.0MFREE AGENT$22.0M$21.0M
CC Sabathia3010.000$24.3M$23.0M$23.0M$23.0M$23.0M$25.0M$25.0M
Mark Teixeira318.000$23.1M$22.5M$22.5M$22.5M$23.1M$23.1MFREE AGENT
A.J. Burnett3411.038$16.5MFREE AGENT
Mariano Rivera4115.105$14.9M$15.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Derek Jeter3715.042$14.7M$16.0M$17.0M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Jorge Posada4014.085$13.1MFREE AGENT
Rafael Soriano318.057$10.0M$11.0MFREE AGENT
Nick Swisher306.031$9.1M$10.2MFREE AGENT
Curtis Granderson3014.077$8.2M$10.0M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Andruw Jones3414.047$1.5M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Eric Chavez3312.020$1.5M$900kFREE AGENT
Freddy Garcia3410.060$1.5M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Bartolo Colon3812.061$900kFREE AGENT
Luis Ayala337.121$650kFREE AGENT
Scott Proctor347.000$154kFREE AGENT
Buddy Carlyle3312.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2011201220132014201520162017
Robinson Canó285.153$10.0MFREE AGENT
Russell Martin284.150$4.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Hughes253.113$2.7MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joba Chamberlain253.055$1.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Boone Logan263.140$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sergio Mitre305.132$138kFREE AGENT
Aaron Laffey264.101$101kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (24)

PlayerAgeSvc2011201220132014201520162017
Brett Gardner272.072$530kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Robertson262.070$460kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Cervelli251.113$456kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gustavo Molina290.162$455kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Iván Nova240.051$433kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eduardo Núñez240.046$419kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Laird230.037$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Golson250.104$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramiro Pena251.138$414kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hector Noesí240.000$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Dickerson292.048$414kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesus Montero211.167$414kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
George Kontos260.000$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dellin Betances230.000$414kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Brackman251.027$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Austin Romine220.000$41kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Gordon32–—
Raul Valdes331.085—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Marquez26–—
Lance Pendleton27–—
Kevin Whelan27–—
Cory Wade281.119—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Garrison24–—
Amauri Sanit31–—

Graphs

How each 2011 acquisition stacked onto Yankees's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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