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GM: Brian Cashman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2014, 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
$227M
Surplus $M
-122
Win %
0.519
TAB
-7.5
WAB
-6.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
35.1
Dead money %
40%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-5.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2014 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LBrian McCann108
RFrancisco Cervelli42
RJohn Ryan Murphy30
RAustin Romine3

1B

BMark Teixeira117
LBrian McCann16
RFrancisco Cervelli5
RBrendan Ryan5
BChase Headley⇄3
RScott Sizemore2
BCarlos Beltrán1
RAustin Romine1

2B

BBrian Roberts91
BYangervis Solarte⇄75
RBrendan Ryan19
LStephen Drew⇄18
RMartín Prado⇄5
RJosé Pirela4
LDean Anna3

3B

BChase Headley⇄55
RMartín Prado⇄28
RZelous Wheeler18
RScott Sizemore5
RBrendan Ryan2

SS

RDerek Jeter130
LStephen Drew⇄27
RBrendan Ryan25
LDean Anna9

LF

LBrett Gardner126
RChris Young⇄20
RAlfonso Soriano11
LIchiro Suzuki9
BZoilo Almonte6
RZelous Wheeler2
RMartín Prado⇄1

CF

LJacoby Ellsbury141
LBrett Gardner25
LIchiro Suzuki5
REury Pérez2
BAntoan Richardson1

RF

LIchiro Suzuki119
BCarlos Beltrán32
RAlfonso Soriano26
RZelous Wheeler6
BAntoan Richardson5
BZoilo Almonte4
REury Pérez2
RMartín Prado⇄2
RChris Young⇄2
LBrett Gardner1
LKelly Johnson⇄1

DH

BCarlos Beltrán76
RAlfonso Soriano25
RDerek Jeter15
LBrian McCann14
LJacoby Ellsbury5
BMark Teixeira4
RJosé Pirela3
LIchiro Suzuki2
RJohn Ryan Murphy2
RZelous Wheeler2
RFrancisco Cervelli1
BChase Headley⇄1
RAustin Romine1
LBrett Gardner1
RChris Young⇄1
LStephen Drew⇄1
BZoilo Almonte1

Starters

RHiroki Kuroda3.1 WAR
RMasahiro Tanaka2.9 WAR
RMichael Pineda2.1 WAR
RBrandon McCarthy⇄1.7 WAR
RShane Greene1.0 WAR
LChris Capuano⇄0.7 WAR
RChase Whitley0.5 WAR
RDavid Phelps0.4 WAR
RBryan Mitchell0.1 WAR
LCC Sabathia0.0 WAR
REsmil Rogers⇄-0.0 WAR
LVidal Nuno⇄-0.1 WAR
RIvan Nova-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDavid Robertson39 sv
RAdam Warren23 h
RDellin Betances22 h
RShawn Kelley12 h
LDavid Huff⇄4 h
REsmil Rogers⇄4 h
LMatt Thornton⇄0 h
RPreston Claiborne0 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 2013)

PlayerfWAR
Jacoby Ellsbury3.5
Brian McCann3.2
Masahiro Tanaka2.9
Chase Headley2.3
Michael Pineda2.1
Brandon McCarthy1.7

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Robinson Canó5.9
Andy Pettitte2.7
Chris Stewart2.4
Mariano Rivera1.3
Curtis Granderson1.2
Phil Hughes1.0

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 2014; everyone else is shown as a 2014 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Dellin Betances 2014 +3.0 +61.4 0.5 +60.9 $0.2M 2.57× –
Brett Gardner 2014 +3.3 +42.8 5.6 +37.2 $1.7M 1.60× –
Hiroki Kuroda 2014 +3.1 +48.0 16.0 +32.0 $5.2M 1.96× –
Jacoby Ellsbury 2014 +3.5 +50.9 21.1 +29.7 $6.0M 1.79× –
Michael Pineda 2014 +2.1 +24.6 0.5 +24.1 $0.3M 1.49× –
Masahiro Tanaka 2014 +2.9 +44.9 22.0 +22.9 $7.7M 1.96× –
Brandon McCarthy↔ 2014 +1.7 +19.8 4.5 +15.3 $2.7M 1.49× –
Adam Warren 2014 +1.2 +13.1 0.5 +12.5 $0.4M 1.34× –
Chase Headley↔ 2014 +2.3 +15.9 4.5 +11.4 $1.9M 0.85× –
Francisco Cervelli 2014 +1.9 +11.3 0.7 +10.6 $0.4M 0.76× –
David Robertson 2014 +1.4 +15.4 5.2 +10.2 $3.6M 1.34× –
Brian McCann 2014 +3.2 +25.8 17.0 +8.8 $5.3M 1.00× –
Shane Greene 2014 +1.0 +7.8 0.3 +7.6 $0.3M 1.02× –
Shawn Kelley 2014 +0.7 +7.8 1.8 +6.0 $2.4M 1.34× –
Chris Capuano↔ 2014 +0.7 +5.9 0.7 +5.3 $0.9M 1.02× –
Yangervis Solarte↔ 2014 +1.1 +4.8 0.2 +4.7 $0.2M 0.56× –
Chris Young↔ 2014 +0.9 +6.1 1.5 +4.6 $1.6M 0.83× –
Chase Whitley 2014 +0.5 +4.0 0.2 +3.9 $0.3M 1.02× –
Kelly Johnson↔ 2014 +0.8 +5.0 2.2 +2.9 $2.9M 0.83× –
David Phelps 2014 +0.4 +3.0 0.5 +2.5 $1.5M 1.02× –
Martín Prado↔ 2014 +1.2 +5.4 2.8 +2.5 $2.5M 0.58× –
John Ryan Murphy 2014 +0.5 +2.2 0.5 +1.7 $1.0M 0.52× –
Ichiro Suzuki 2014 +1.1 +7.3 6.5 +0.8 $5.9M 0.83× –
Bryan Mitchell 2014 +0.1 +0.5 0.1 +0.4 $0.9M 0.67× –
Josh Outman↔ 2014 +0.1 +0.4 0.3 +0.1 $3.5M 0.67× –
Rich Hill↔ 2014 +0.1 +0.5 0.3 +0.1 $3.9M 0.67× –
Matt Thornton↔ 2014 +0.5 +2.4 2.5 -0.1 $5.6M 0.67× –
Preston Claiborne 2014 +0.1 +0.4 0.5 -0.1 $7.2M 0.67× –
Wade LeBlanc↔ 2014 -0.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 – 0.67× –
David Huff↔ 2014 -0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Brian Roberts 2014 +0.3 +1.3 2.0 -0.7 $7.0M 0.56× –
Austin Romine 2014 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 – 0.52× –
Vidal Nuño↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 – 1.02× –
Cesar Cabral 2014 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Esmil Rogers↔ 2014 -0.0 -0.1 1.0 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Zelous Wheeler 2014 -0.2 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 – 0.58× –
Zoilo Almonte 2014 -0.2 -1.4 0.5 -1.9 – 0.83× –
Alfredo Aceves 2014 -0.4 -2.0 1.2 -3.2 – 0.67× –
Brendan Ryan 2014 -0.7 -3.2 2.0 -5.2 – 0.61× –
Iván Nova 2014 -0.4 -3.5 3.3 -6.8 – 1.02× –
Stephen Drew↔ 2014 -1.0 -5.1 5.5 -10.5 – 0.61× –
Derek Jeter 2014 +0.2 +0.8 12.0 -11.2 $69.9M 0.61× –
Carlos Beltrán 2014 -0.5 -2.9 15.0 -17.9 – 0.69× –
Mark Teixeira 2014 +0.7 +3.1 22.5 -19.4 $32.1M 0.56× –
CC Sabathia 2014 +0.0 +0.1 23.0 -22.9 $1345.2M 1.02× –
Alfonso Soriano 2014 -0.9 -6.2 18.0 -24.2 – 0.83× –
Antoan Richardson 2014 +0.2 +1.2 – – – 0.83× –
Bruce Billings 2014 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Chaz Roe 2014 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Leroux 2014 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Dean Anna 2014 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.61× –
Eury Pérez 2014 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.83× –
Jeff Francis↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Jim Miller 2014 -0.3 -1.6 – – – 0.67× –
José Pirela 2014 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.56× –
José Ramírez 2014 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Daley 2014 -0.4 -2.0 – – – 0.67× –
Scott Sizemore 2014 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.58× –
Total—+35.2+412.1226.8+189.3—

Trades

Every graded 2014 deal involving the Yankees — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 11 total.

2014 · NYY / MIA
NYY · Brian Cashman +$67.2M
Garrett Jones, Nathan Eovaldi, Domingo Germán
MIA · Dan Jennings −$67.2M
Martín Prado, David Phelps
NYY came out ahead by $67.2M
2014 · SDP / NYY
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$50.4M
Yangervis Solarte, Jose Rafael De Paula
NYY · Brian Cashman −$50.4M
Chase Headley
SDP came out ahead by $50.4M
2014 · OAK / NYY
OAK · Billy Beane +$1.6M
cash / PTBNL
NYY · Brian Cashman −$1.6M
Jeff Francis
OAK came out ahead by $1.6M
2014 · NYY / ARI
NYY · Brian Cashman +$3.2M
Martín Prado
ARI · Kevin Towers −$3.2M
Peter O'Brien
NYY came out ahead by $3.2M
2014 · NYY / ARI
NYY · Brian Cashman +$8.0M
Brandon McCarthy
ARI · Kevin Towers −$8.0M
Vidal Nuño
NYY came out ahead by $8.0M
2014 · BOS / NYY
BOS · Ben Cherington +$10.4M
Kelly Johnson
NYY · Brian Cashman −$10.4M
Stephen Drew
BOS came out ahead by $10.4M
2014 · MIN / NYY
MIN · Terry Ryan +$8.8M
Eduardo Núñez
NYY · Brian Cashman −$8.8M
Miguel Sulbaran
MIN came out ahead by $8.8M
2014 · NYY / CLE
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.0M
Josh Outman
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Even trade
2014 · SDP / NYY
SDP · Josh Byrnes +$0.8M
Shawn Kelley
NYY · Brian Cashman −$0.8M
Johnny Barbato
SDP came out ahead by $0.8M
2014 · NYY / ARI / DET
NYY · Brian Cashman +$80.0M
Didi Gregorius
ARI · Kevin Towers +$32.0M
Robbie Ray, Domingo Leyba
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$112.0M
Shane Greene
NYY came out ahead by $80.0M 3-team
2014 · PIT / NYY
PIT · Neal Huntington +$48.0M
Francisco Cervelli
NYY · Brian Cashman −$48.0M
Justin Wilson
PIT came out ahead by $48.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$226.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2014, 2014–2020. 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 (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
CC Sabathia3313.000$23.0M$23.0M$25.0M$25.0M$10.0M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Teixeira3411.000$22.5M$23.1M$23.1MFREE AGENT
Jacoby Ellsbury306.037$21.1M$21.1M$21.1M$21.1MFREE AGENT
Alfonso Soriano3815.000$18.0MFREE AGENT
Brian McCann308.117$17.0M$17.0M$17.0MFREE AGENT
Hiroki Kuroda396.000$16.0MFREE AGENT
Carlos Beltrán3715.014$15.0M$15.0M$9.8MFREE AGENT
Derek Jeter4018.042$12.0MFREE AGENT
Ichiro Suzuki4013.000$6.5MFREE AGENT
Stephen Drew317.079$5.5M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Brandon McCarthy307.122$4.5MFREE AGENT
Martín Prado306.105$2.8MFREE AGENT
Matt Thornton379.129$2.5MFREE AGENT
Kelly Johnson328.127$2.2MFREE AGENT
Brendan Ryan326.082$2.0M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Brian Roberts3613.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Chris Young307.045$1.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Chris Capuano359.001$675k$5.0MFREE AGENT
Rich Hill346.037$339kFREE AGENT
Jeff Francis338.157—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Brett Gardner305.072$5.6MFREE AGENT
David Robertson295.070$5.2MFREE AGENT
Chase Headley305.123$4.5MFREE AGENT
Iván Nova273.024$3.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Kelley304.128$1.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Alfredo Aceves315.001$1.2MFREE AGENT
Esmil Rogers283.135$979kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Cervelli283.146$700kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Outman294.036$281kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Daley325.000—FREE AGENT
Chris Leroux305.000—FREE AGENT
Scott Sizemore294.055—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (26)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Masahiro Tanaka250.000$22.0MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Phelps271.156$541kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Pineda252.099$538kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Warren261.036$527kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Austin Romine251.143$525kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Preston Claiborne260.150$511kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zoilo Almonte250.104$511kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cesar Cabral251.105$511kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Ryan Murphy231.000$503kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dellin Betances260.078$502kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Huff292.062$329kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vidal Nuño260.055$277kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Greene250.000$251kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zelous Wheeler27–$240k
Chase Whitley250.000$172kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yangervis Solarte260.000$166kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Mitchell230.000$85kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wade LeBlanc292.154$8kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Antoan Richardson300.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Miller322.010—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chaz Roe270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bruce Billings28–—
Eury Pérez24–—
José Pirela242.002—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Ramírez240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dean Anna270.031—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 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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