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Yankees NYY

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GM: Brian Cashman

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.74× league · TAB -1.1
-1.1TAB — talent above budget16th/30
+2.9WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)14th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars15th/30
-4.8dead WAR — sub-replacement drag12th/30
25%dead money %10th/30
0.568win %7th/30
39.9roster fWAR9th/30
-90surplus $M (value vs cost)28th/30
$220Mpayroll $M2nd/30

2021: made playoffs · 92–70. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFBrett Gardner 105GJonathan Davis 55GAaron Hicks 32G
LFJoey Gallo 51GClint Frazier 37GMiguel Andujar 37G
RFAaron Judge 114GJoey Gallo 92GClint Frazier 33G
SSGleyber Torres 108GTyler Wade 31GGio Urshela 28G
2BDJ LeMahieu 83GRougned Odor 74GGleyber Torres 19G
3BGio Urshela 96GDJ LeMahieu 39GRougned Odor 33G
1BAnthony Rizzo 139GDJ LeMahieu 55GLuke Voit 42G
STARTERSGerrit Cole 5.2WARJordan Montgomery 3.2WARJameson Taillon 2.0WARNestor Cortes 1.6WARCorey Kluber 1.4WAR
CGary Sánchez 110GKyle Higashioka 66GRob Brantly 5G
DHGiancarlo Stanton 108GAaron Judge 22GJoey Gallo 14G
BULLPEN★ Aroldis Chapman 30svChad Green 18hJonathan Loáisiga 18hJoely Rodríguez 14hClay Holmes 12hWandy Peralta 5hAlbert Abreu 4hLucas Luetge 3h
CGary Sánchez 110 · Kyle Higashioka 66 · Rob Brantly 5
1BAnthony Rizzo 139 · DJ LeMahieu 55 · Luke Voit 42
2BDJ LeMahieu 83 · Rougned Odor 74 · Gleyber Torres 19
3BGio Urshela 96 · DJ LeMahieu 39 · Rougned Odor 33
SSGleyber Torres 108 · Tyler Wade 31 · Gio Urshela 28
LFJoey Gallo 51 · Clint Frazier 37 · Miguel Andujar 37
CFBrett Gardner 105 · Jonathan Davis 55 · Aaron Hicks 32
RFAaron Judge 114 · Joey Gallo 92 · Clint Frazier 33
DHGiancarlo Stanton 108 · Aaron Judge 22 · Joey Gallo 14
SPGerrit Cole 5.2 · Jordan Montgomery 3.2 · Jameson Taillon 2.0 · Nestor Cortes 1.6 · Corey Kluber 1.4
BP★ Aroldis Chapman 30 · Chad Green 18 · Jonathan Loáisiga 18 · Joely Rodríguez 14 · Clay Holmes 12 · Wandy Peralta 5 · Albert Abreu 4 · Lucas Luetge 3

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.

2021 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Aaron Judge 29 arb 1485.5 10.2 +7.7
Gerrit Cole 30 FA-elig 305.2 36.0 -19.1
Jordan Montgomery 28 arb 303.2 2.1 +8.3
Giancarlo Stanton 31 FA-elig 1393.1 29.0 -19.1
Jonathan Loáisiga 26 pre-arb 572.4 0.6 +7.1
DJ LeMahieu 32 FA-elig 1502.1 15.0 -8.2
Jameson Taillon 29 arb 292.0 2.2 +4.2
Nestor Cortes 26 pre-arb 231.6 0.4 +4.9
Chad Green 30 arb 671.6 2.1 +2.9
Lucas Luetge 34 pre-arb 571.4 0.6 +4.1
Corey Kluber 35 FA-elig 161.4 11.0 -6.4
Gleyber Torres 24 arb 1271.4 4.0 +0.5
Rougned Odor 27 FA-elig 1021.3 12.3 -8.1
Gio Urshela 29 FA-elig 1161.2 4.7 -0.6
Domingo Germán 28 pre-arb 221.2 0.6 +3.4
Gary Sánchez 28 FA-elig 1171.1 6.3 -2.6
Brett Gardner 37 FA-elig 1401.0 2.9 +0.3
Clay Holmes↔ PIT 28 pre-arb 250.9 0.1 +2.8
Michael King 26 pre-arb 220.7 0.5 +1.7
Kyle Higashioka 31 pre-arb 670.7 0.6 +1.6
Tyler Wade 26 pre-arb 1030.6 0.5 +1.4
Greg Allen 28 pre-arb 150.6 0.1 +1.9
Joey Gallo↔ TEX 27 FA-elig 580.6 2.4 -0.5
Aroldis Chapman 33 FA-elig 610.6 16.0 -14.2
Luke Voit 30 arb 680.6 4.7 -2.9
Anthony Rizzo↔ CHC 31 FA-elig 490.5 5.7 -4.1
Luis Gil 23 – 60.4 0.0 +1.3
Estevan Florial 23 pre-arb 110.4 0.1 +1.2
Luis Cessa↔ CIN 29 arb 290.4 0.6 +0.6
Joely Rodríguez↔ TEX 29 arb 210.4 1.0 +0.1
Stephen Ridings 25 – 50.2 0.0 +0.5
Luis Severino 27 FA-elig 40.2 10.8 -10.2
Wandy Peralta↔ SFG 29 arb 460.1 0.8 -0.3
Nick Nelson 25 pre-arb 110.1 0.2 +0.2
Deivi García 22 pre-arb 20.1 0.0 +0.3
Ryan LaMarre 32 pre-arb 90.1 0.1 +0.1
Sal Romano↔ CIN 27 – 40.0 0.0 +0.1
Aaron Hicks 31 FA-elig 320.0 10.8 -10.7
Mike Tauchman↔ SFG 30 – 110.0 0.0 -0.0
Hoy Park↔ PIT 25 – 1-0.0 0.0 -0.0
Tim Locastro↔ ARI 28 pre-arb 9-0.0 0.0 -0.1
Brody Koerner 27 – 2-0.0 0.0 -0.1
Darren O'Day 38 FA-elig 12-0.0 1.8 -1.8
Miguel Andujar 26 pre-arb 45-0.0 0.6 -0.7
Clarke Schmidt 25 pre-arb 2-0.0 0.4 -0.6
Asher Wojciechowski 32 FA-elig 1-0.1 0.1 -0.3
Trey Amburgey 26 – 2-0.1 0.1 -0.4
Chris Gittens 27 – 16-0.2 0.1 -0.7
Mike Ford 28 – 22-0.2 0.0 -0.6
Jonathan Davis↔ TOR 29 pre-arb 12-0.2 0.1 -0.7
Zack Britton 33 FA-elig 22-0.2 13.0 -13.8
Rob Brantly 31 pre-arb 6-0.3 0.3 -1.1
Andrew Velazquez 26 pre-arb 28-0.3 0.1 -1.0
Jay Bruce 34 FA-elig 10-0.3 1.4 -2.3
Justin Wilson↔ CIN 33 FA-elig 21-0.4 1.4 -2.8
Andrew Heaney↔ ANA 30 FA-elig 12-0.5 2.7 -4.3
Brooks Kriske↔ BAL 27 – 8-0.6 0.1 -1.9
Albert Abreu 25 pre-arb 28-0.6 0.3 -2.1
Clint Frazier 26 arb 66-0.8 2.1 -4.7

Key additions (new vs 2020)

PlayerfWAR
Jameson Taillon2.0
Nestor Cortes1.6
Lucas Luetge1.4
Corey Kluber1.4
Rougned Odor1.3
Domingo Germán1.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2020)

Player2020 fWAR
Masahiro Tanaka0.8
J.A. Happ0.6
James Paxton0.3
Erik Kratz0.2
David Hale0.1
Tommy Kahnle0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2021 payroll
$219.8M
2022 guaranteed
$65.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2021, 2021–2027. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2021; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2021202220232024202520262027
Gerrit Cole307.111$36.0M$36.0M$36.0M$36.0M$36.0MOPT-OUT$36.0M$36.0M
Giancarlo Stanton3110.118$29.0MOPT-OUT$29.0M$32.0M$32.0M$32.0M$19.0M$15.0M
Aroldis Chapman3310.009$16.0MFREE AGENT
DJ LeMahieu328.128$15.0MFREE AGENT
Zack Britton338.158$13.0MFREE AGENT
Rougned Odor276.121$12.3MFREE AGENT
Corey Kluber358.074$11.0MFREE AGENT
Aaron Hicks317.041$10.8MFREE AGENT
Anthony Rizzo318.168$5.7MFREE AGENT
Gio Urshela296.000$4.7MFREE AGENT
Brett Gardner3712.072$2.9MFREE AGENT
Darren O'Day3812.103$1.8MFREE AGENT
Justin Wilson338.035$1.4MFREE AGENT
Jay Bruce3413.000$1.4MFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2021202220232024202520262027
Luis Severino274.170$10.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Judge294.051$10.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Sánchez284.086$6.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Heaney305.150$2.7MFREE AGENT
Joey Gallo274.103$2.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jameson Taillon294.110$2.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Green304.050$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordan Montgomery283.153$2.1MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wandy Peralta293.168$760kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Cessa293.131$575kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Gil234.073$43kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (34)

PlayerAgeSvc2021202220232024202520262027
Luke Voit302.169$4.7MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gleyber Torres242.162$4.0MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clint Frazier262.133$2.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joely Rodríguez291.096$1.0MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lucas Luetge342.015$600kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Loáisiga262.022$596kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Higashioka312.005$594kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Andujar262.117$584kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Germán282.017$583kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Wade262.093$535kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael King261.008$517kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clarke Schmidt250.031$421kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nestor Cortes261.139$386kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Brantly312.031$310kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Albert Abreu250.025$267kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Nelson250.144$216kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Holmes282.031$148kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan LaMarre321.062$132kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Velazquez261.062$113kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trey Amburgey26–$107k
Asher Wojciechowski322.151$100kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Gittens27–$98k
Brooks Kriske270.044$92kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Davis291.029$67kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Allen282.010$61kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Estevan Florial230.011$52kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brody Koerner27–$49k
Mike Tauchman302.055$46kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stephen Ridings250.000$43kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Locastro282.010$42kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Ford281.061$35kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sal Romano272.125$29kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Deivi García220.058$6kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hoy Park250.000$4kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2021; 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.