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201295–67 (0.586)Made Playoffs
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GM: Brian Cashman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2012, 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
$212M
Surplus $M
-81
Win %
0.586
TAB
+7.3
WAB
+3.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
50.6
Dead money %
18%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-1.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2012 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRussell Martin128
RChris Stewart54
RFrancisco Cervelli3

1B

BMark Teixeira119
BNick Swisher41
RCasey McGehee⇄17
RSteve Pearce⇄11
LEric Chavez10

2B

LRobinson Canó154
RJayson Nix13
REduardo Núñez1
RCasey McGehee⇄1

3B

RAlex Rodriguez81
LEric Chavez64
RJayson Nix29
REduardo Núñez9
RCasey McGehee⇄4

SS

RDerek Jeter135
RJayson Nix18
REduardo Núñez16
BRamiro Pena1

LF

LRaul Ibanez80
RAndruw Jones47
LChris Dickerson18
LBrett Gardner15
LIchiro Suzuki⇄13
RJayson Nix11
REduardo Núñez3
RDarnell McDonald⇄2

CF

LCurtis Granderson157
LIchiro Suzuki⇄3
LChris Dickerson2
RDarnell McDonald⇄1
RMelky Mesa1

RF

BNick Swisher109
LIchiro Suzuki⇄50
RAndruw Jones23
LRaul Ibanez13
LChris Dickerson5
RDarnell McDonald⇄1
REduardo Núñez1

DH

RAlex Rodriguez38
LRaul Ibanez27
RDerek Jeter25
LEric Chavez18
RAndruw Jones17
BNick Swisher12
LRobinson Canó9
REduardo Núñez4
RRussell Martin4
BMark Teixeira4
RJayson Nix3
RCasey McGehee⇄1
LIchiro Suzuki⇄1
LCurtis Granderson1
RMelky Mesa1
RSteve Pearce⇄1

Starters

LCC Sabathia4.1 WAR
RHiroki Kuroda3.4 WAR
RPhil Hughes2.0 WAR
LAndy Pettitte1.5 WAR
RIvan Nova1.1 WAR
RFreddy Garcia0.6 WAR
RDavid Phelps0.5 WAR
RAdam Warren-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RRafael Soriano42 sv
RDavid Robertson30 h
LBoone Logan23 h
RCody Eppley9 h
RCory Wade8 h
LClay Rapada6 h
RJoba Chamberlain4 h
RDerek Lowe⇄1 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 2011)

PlayerfWAR
Hiroki Kuroda3.4
Chris Stewart1.7
Andy Pettitte1.5
Ichiro Suzuki0.8
Raul Ibanez0.5
Dewayne Wise0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2011)

Player2011 fWAR
Bartolo Colon2.3
Jesus Montero0.5
Hector Noesí0.2
Raul Valdes0.1
Jeff Marquez0.0
Aaron Laffey0.0

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 2012; everyone else is shown as a 2012 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Robinson Canó 2012 +7.3 +80.7 14.0 +66.7 $1.9M 1.38× –
CC Sabathia 2012 +4.1 +71.0 23.0 +48.0 $5.7M 2.19× –
Curtis Granderson 2012 +4.0 +57.5 10.0 +47.5 $2.5M 1.79× –
Hiroki Kuroda 2012 +3.4 +52.5 10.0 +42.5 $3.0M 1.96× –
Nick Swisher 2012 +3.6 +52.0 10.2 +41.8 $2.8M 1.79× –
Russell Martin 2012 +4.0 +35.7 7.5 +28.2 $1.9M 1.12× –
David Robertson 2012 +1.5 +23.9 1.6 +22.3 $1.0M 1.95× –
Phil Hughes 2012 +2.0 +23.6 3.2 +20.4 $1.6M 1.49× –
Derek Jeter 2012 +3.3 +30.9 16.0 +14.9 $4.9M 1.18× –
Chris Stewart 2012 +1.7 +10.6 0.5 +10.1 $0.3M 0.76× –
Eric Chavez 2012 +1.6 +10.7 0.9 +9.8 $0.6M 0.85× –
Andy Pettitte 2012 +1.5 +12.0 2.5 +9.5 $1.7M 1.02× –
Iván Nova 2012 +1.1 +9.1 0.5 +8.6 $0.5M 1.02× –
Dewayne Wise↔ 2012 +0.5 +3.2 0.1 +3.1 $0.2M 0.83× –
Raul Ibanez 2012 +0.5 +3.5 1.1 +2.4 $2.1M 0.83× –
David Phelps 2012 +0.5 +2.5 0.5 +2.0 $1.0M 0.67× –
Clay Rapada 2012 +0.4 +2.1 0.5 +1.6 $1.3M 0.67× –
Eduardo Núñez 2012 +0.4 +2.1 0.5 +1.6 $1.2M 0.61× –
Jayson Nix 2012 +0.4 +2.1 0.9 +1.2 $2.0M 0.58× –
Cody Eppley 2012 +0.3 +1.4 0.5 +0.9 $1.8M 0.67× –
Boone Logan 2012 +0.4 +2.4 1.9 +0.5 $4.2M 0.67× –
Freddy Garcia 2012 +0.6 +4.5 4.0 +0.5 $7.3M 1.02× –
Rafael Soriano 2012 +1.1 +11.5 11.0 +0.5 $10.3M 1.34× –
Mark Teixeira 2012 +2.6 +22.7 22.5 +0.2 $8.5M 1.07× –
Andruw Jones 2012 +0.3 +1.9 2.0 -0.1 $7.1M 0.83× –
Francisco Cervelli 2012 +0.0 +0.2 0.5 -0.3 $12.5M 0.52× –
Justin Thomas↔ 2012 -0.0 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Melky Mesa 2012 -0.0 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 – 0.83× –
Ramiro Pena 2012 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.5 $48.3M 0.61× –
Darnell McDonald↔ 2012 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 -0.7 – 0.83× –
Cory Wade 2012 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.8 – 0.67× –
David Aardsma 2012 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Joba Chamberlain 2012 +0.1 +0.5 1.7 -1.2 $19.3M 0.67× –
Ichiro Suzuki↔ 2012 +0.8 +5.1 7.0 -1.9 $9.2M 0.83× –
Adam Warren 2012 -0.2 -1.6 0.5 -2.1 – 1.02× –
Casey McGehee↔ 2012 -0.5 -2.1 0.5 -2.5 – 0.56× –
Derek Lowe↔ 2012 +0.1 +0.7 6.7 -6.0 $53.2M 0.67× –
Mariano Rivera 2012 +0.4 +3.9 15.0 -11.1 $41.4M 1.34× –
Alex Rodriguez 2012 +2.5 +16.8 29.0 -12.2 $11.7M 0.85× –
Brett Gardner 2012 +0.4 +2.8 2.8 +0.0 $6.6M 0.83× –
Chad Qualls↔ 2012 +0.0 +0.2 0.2 +0.0 $4.4M 0.67× –
Chris Dickerson 2012 +0.3 +2.0 – – – 0.83× –
D.J. Mitchell 2012 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Ryota Igarashi↔ 2012 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Steve Pearce↔ 2012 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+50.6+556.5211.5+343.5—

Trades

Every graded 2012 deal involving the Yankees — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2012 · NYY / SEA
NYY · Brian Cashman +$148.0M
Michael Pineda, Jose Campos
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$148.0M
Jesús Montero, Héctor Noesí
NYY came out ahead by $148.0M
2012 · NYY / SFG
NYY · Brian Cashman +$27.2M
Chris Stewart
SFG · Brian Sabean −$27.2M
George Kontos
NYY came out ahead by $27.2M
2012 · PIT / NYY
PIT · Neal Huntington +$4.8M
Chad Qualls
NYY · Brian Cashman −$4.8M
Casey McGehee
PIT came out ahead by $4.8M
2012 · PIT / NYY
PIT · Neal Huntington +$110.4M
A. J. Burnett
NYY · Brian Cashman −$110.4M
Diego Moreno, Exicardo Cayones
PIT came out ahead by $110.4M
2012 · SEA / NYY
SEA · Jack Zduriencik +$28.8M
Danny Farquhar, D. J. Mitchell
NYY · Brian Cashman −$28.8M
Ichiro Suzuki
SEA came out ahead by $28.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2012 payroll
$211.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 2012, 2012–2018. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Alex Rodriguez3617.011$29.0M$28.0MFREE AGENT$22.0M$21.0M
CC Sabathia3111.000$23.0M$23.0M$23.0M$23.0M$25.0M$25.0M$10.0M
Mark Teixeira329.000$22.5M$22.5M$22.5M$23.1M$23.1MFREE AGENT
Derek Jeter3816.042$16.0M$17.0M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Mariano Rivera4216.105$15.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Robinson Canó296.153$14.0M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Rafael Soriano329.057$11.0MFREE AGENT
Nick Swisher317.031$10.2MFREE AGENT
Curtis Granderson3114.077$10.0M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Ichiro Suzuki3811.000$7.0M$6.5M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Derek Lowe3914.100$6.7MFREE AGENT
Freddy Garcia3511.060$4.0MFREE AGENT
Andy Pettitte4016.144$2.5M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Andruw Jones3515.047$2.0MFREE AGENT
Raul Ibanez4014.020$1.1MFREE AGENT
Eric Chavez3413.020$900kFREE AGENT
Chad Qualls337.058$153kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Hiroki Kuroda374.000$10.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Russell Martin295.150$7.5MFREE AGENT
Phil Hughes264.113$3.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Gardner283.072$2.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Boone Logan274.140$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Joba Chamberlain264.055$1.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
David Robertson273.070$1.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Aardsma305.082$500kFREE AGENT
Casey McGehee293.028$490kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Thomas284.000$188kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dewayne Wise345.094$79kFREE AGENT
Chris Dickerson303.048—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Pearce295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Jayson Nix292.145$900kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Iván Nova251.035$527kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Rapada312.127$525kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eduardo Núñez251.046$524kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Cervelli262.113$514kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Wade292.119$509kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramiro Pena262.079$505kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Stewart301.091$482kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Eppley261.022$481kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Warren240.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Melky Mesa250.037$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Phelps250.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darnell McDonald332.143$48kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
D.J. Mitchell250.025—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryota Igarashi332.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2012 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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