Yankees — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Masahiro Tanaka	27	pre-arb	31	4.7	22.0	-6.9
Michael Pineda	27	arb	32	3.2	4.3	+6.0
Gary Sánchez	23	pre-arb	53	3.0	0.2	+9.6
Dellin Betances	28	arb	73	2.9	0.5	+8.9
Brett Gardner	32	FA-elig	148	2.6	13.5	-5.0
CC Sabathia	35	FA-elig	30	2.6	25.0	-16.5
Starlin Castro	26	FA-elig	151	2.5	7.9	+0.4
Didi Gregorius	26	arb	153	2.5	2.4	+5.6
Brian McCann	32	FA-elig	130	2.1	17.0	-10.0
Chase Headley	32	FA-elig	140	2.0	13.0	-6.6
Andrew Miller↔ CLE	31	FA-elig	44	1.9	5.7	+0.4
Carlos Beltrán↔ TEX	39	FA-elig	99	1.8	9.8	-4.0
Jacoby Ellsbury	32	FA-elig	148	1.8	21.1	-15.3
Aroldis Chapman↔ CHC	28	FA-elig	31	1.4	6.0	-1.5
Nathan Eovaldi	26	arb	24	0.7	5.6	-3.3
Luis Severino	22	pre-arb	22	0.6	0.5	+1.6
Tyler Clippard↔ ARI	31	FA-elig	29	0.5	2.6	-1.1
Bryan Mitchell	25	pre-arb	5	0.4	0.5	+0.7
Iván Nova↔ PIT	29	FA-elig	21	0.4	2.7	-1.5
Chris Parmelee	28	pre-arb	6	0.3	0.3	+0.8
Richard Bleier	29	–	23	0.3	0.3	+0.8
Ronald Torreyes	23	pre-arb	72	0.3	0.5	+0.5
Kirby Yates	29	pre-arb	41	0.3	0.5	+0.5
Blake Parker↔ SEA	31	pre-arb	16	0.2	0.1	+0.4
Adam Warren↔ CHC	28	arb	29	0.1	0.8	-0.4
Billy Butler↔ OAK	30	FA-elig	12	0.1	1.4	-1.2
Donovan Solano	28	arb	9	0.1	0.0	+0.2
Johnny Barbato	23	pre-arb	13	0.0	0.5	-0.4
Luis Cessa	24	pre-arb	17	0.0	0.5	-0.5
Branden Pinder	27	pre-arb	1	0.0	0.5	-0.5
Mason Williams	24	pre-arb	12	-0.0	0.5	-0.5
Eric Young Jr.	31	–	6	-0.0	–	–
Aaron Judge	24	–	27	-0.0	0.1	-0.2
Conor Mullee	28	–	3	-0.0	0.3	-0.3
Tyler Olson	26	–	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Tommy Layne↔ BOS	31	arb	29	-0.0	0.3	-0.4
Jonathan Holder	23	–	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.2
Chad Green	25	–	12	-0.0	0.2	-0.4
Ben Gamel↔ SEA	24	–	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.3
Nick Goody	24	pre-arb	27	-0.1	0.3	-0.7
Ike Davis	29	–	8	-0.1	–	–
James Pazos	25	pre-arb	7	-0.2	0.1	-0.6
Phil Coke↔ PIT	33	–	3	-0.2	0.0	-0.5
Tyler Austin	24	pre-arb	31	-0.2	0.1	-0.8
Austin Romine	27	arb	62	-0.3	0.6	-1.5
Chasen Shreve	25	pre-arb	37	-0.3	0.5	-1.6
Anthony Swarzak	30	arb	26	-0.3	0.5	-1.6
Ben Heller	24	–	10	-0.4	0.1	-1.4
Rob Refsnyder	25	pre-arb	58	-0.4	0.3	-1.6
Aaron Hicks	26	arb	123	-0.4	0.6	-2.0
Dustin Ackley	28	arb	28	-0.5	3.2	-4.9
Mark Teixeira	36	FA-elig	116	-0.7	23.1	-25.4
Alex Rodriguez	40	FA-elig	65	-1.2	21.0	-25.0

53 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 51 of them (96%). 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

Player	Year	WAR for NYY
Rickey Henderson	1984	26.6
David Cone	1995	16.6
Gleyber Torres	2016	15.9
Tino Martinez	1995	15.8
Willie Randolph	1975	14.7
Nick Swisher	2008	14.4
Giancarlo Stanton	2017	11.1
Randy Velarde	1987	10.1

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Rickey Henderson	1989	26.8
Doug Drabek	1986	21.4
Fred McGriff	1982	19.7
Greg Gagne	1982	15.6
Austin Jackson	2009	14.8
Jake Westbrook	2000	13.5
Eric Milton	1998	13.4
Nick Johnson	2003	10.5

Yankees NYY

2016 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)