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GM: Brian Cashman

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.73× league · TAB +14.0
+14.0TAB — talent above budget6th/30
+9.9WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)9th/30
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars7th/30
-1.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag1st/30
22%dead money %5th/30
0.611win %5th/30
54.9roster fWAR3rd/30
-46surplus $M (value vs cost)19th/30
$247Mpayroll $M3rd/30

2022: made playoffs · 99–63. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFHarrison Bader 85GAaron Hicks 81GAaron Judge 78G
LFAndrew Benintendi 124GAaron Hicks 55GMarwin Gonzalez 16G
RFAaron Judge 73GGiancarlo Stanton 34GOswaldo Cabrera 27G
SSIsiah Kiner-Falefa 138GMarwin Gonzalez 20GOswald Peraza 12G
2BGleyber Torres 124GDJ LeMahieu 41GOswald Peraza 4G
3BJosh Donaldson 104GDJ LeMahieu 47GMarwin Gonzalez 12G
1BAnthony Rizzo 120GDJ LeMahieu 35GMarwin Gonzalez 14G
STARTERSNestor Cortes 3.7WARGerrit Cole 3.4WARJameson Taillon 2.4WARLuis Severino 1.5WARDomingo Germán 0.7WAR
CJose Trevino 112GKyle Higashioka 82GRob Brantly 1G
DHGiancarlo Stanton 65GAaron Judge 25GJosh Donaldson 23G
BULLPEN★ Clay Holmes 20svScott Effross 16hJonathan Loáisiga 10hWandy Peralta 9hRon Marinaccio 6hLucas Luetge 6hLou Trivino 4hAroldis Chapman 1h
CJose Trevino 112 · Kyle Higashioka 82 · Rob Brantly 1
1BAnthony Rizzo 120 · DJ LeMahieu 35 · Marwin Gonzalez 14
2BGleyber Torres 124 · DJ LeMahieu 41 · Oswald Peraza 4
3BJosh Donaldson 104 · DJ LeMahieu 47 · Marwin Gonzalez 12
SSIsiah Kiner-Falefa 138 · Marwin Gonzalez 20 · Oswald Peraza 12
LFAndrew Benintendi 124 · Aaron Hicks 55 · Marwin Gonzalez 16
CFHarrison Bader 85 · Aaron Hicks 81 · Aaron Judge 78
RFAaron Judge 73 · Giancarlo Stanton 34 · Oswaldo Cabrera 27
DHGiancarlo Stanton 65 · Aaron Judge 25 · Josh Donaldson 23
SPNestor Cortes 3.7 · Gerrit Cole 3.4 · Jameson Taillon 2.4 · Luis Severino 1.5 · Domingo Germán 0.7
BP★ Clay Holmes 20 · Scott Effross 16 · Jonathan Loáisiga 10 · Wandy Peralta 9 · Ron Marinaccio 6 · Lucas Luetge 6 · Lou Trivino 4 · Aroldis Chapman 1

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.

2022 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Aaron Judge 30 FA-elig 15711.1 19.0 +21.5
Jose Trevino 29 pre-arb 1153.8 0.7 +13.3
Nestor Cortes 27 pre-arb 283.7 0.7 +13.0
Gerrit Cole 31 FA-elig 333.4 36.0 -23.5
DJ LeMahieu 33 FA-elig 1253.1 15.0 -3.8
Gleyber Torres 25 arb 1402.6 6.2 +3.3
Anthony Rizzo 32 FA-elig 1302.5 16.0 -6.9
Jameson Taillon 30 FA-elig 322.4 5.8 +3.0
Matt Carpenter 36 FA-elig 472.4 1.5 +7.2
Michael King 27 pre-arb 341.7 0.7 +5.5
Kyle Higashioka 32 arb 831.6 0.9 +4.9
Josh Donaldson 36 FA-elig 1321.6 21.8 -16.0
Luis Severino 28 FA-elig 191.5 11.5 -6.1
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 27 arb 1421.5 4.7 +0.6
Jordan Montgomery↔ STL 29 arb 211.4 3.9 +1.3
Oswaldo Cabrera 23 – 441.3 0.2 +4.5
Clay Holmes 29 arb 621.2 1.1 +3.1
Giancarlo Stanton 32 FA-elig 1101.1 29.0 -24.9
Wandy Peralta 30 FA-elig 561.0 2.1 +1.5
Lucas Luetge 35 FA-elig 500.9 0.9 +2.4
Aaron Hicks 32 FA-elig 1300.9 10.8 -7.6
Domingo Germán 29 arb 150.7 1.8 +0.9
Andrew Benintendi↔ KCR 27 FA-elig 330.6 2.2 -0.0
Oswald Peraza 22 – 180.6 0.1 +2.0
Clarke Schmidt 26 pre-arb 290.5 0.5 +1.4
Ron Marinaccio 26 – 400.5 0.6 +1.0
Jonathan Loáisiga 27 arb 500.4 1.6 -0.0
JP Sears↔ OAK 26 – 70.4 0.1 +1.4
Marwin Gonzalez 33 FA-elig 860.3 1.1 +0.1
Chad Green 31 FA-elig 140.3 4.0 -2.8
Albert Abreu↔ KCR 26 pre-arb 220.3 0.5 +0.7
Lou Trivino↔ OAK 30 arb 250.2 1.2 -0.3
Luis Gil 24 pre-arb 10.2 0.1 +0.4
Scott Effross↔ CHC 28 pre-arb 130.2 0.1 +0.5
Frankie Montas↔ OAK 29 FA-elig 80.1 1.5 -0.9
Chi Chi González↔ MIL 30 FA-elig 10.1 0.0 +0.4
Miguel Castro 27 arb 340.1 2.6 -2.3
Manny Banuelos↔ PIT 31 – 40.1 0.0 +0.3
Rob Brantly 32 pre-arb 10.0 0.0 +0.2
Jacob Barnes↔ DET 32 FA-elig 10.0 0.0 +0.1
Ryan Weber 31 pre-arb 50.0 0.1 -0.1
Harrison Bader↔ STL 28 arb 140.0 0.8 -0.8
Luke Bard↔ TBR 31 pre-arb 10.0 0.0 +0.0
David McKay↔ OAK 27 – 2-0.0 0.0 -0.1
Greg Weissert 27 – 12-0.0 0.1 -0.2
Tim Locastro 29 arb 38-0.0 0.9 -1.1
Shane Greene↔ LAD 33 – 1-0.1 0.0 -0.3
Anthony Banda↔ PIT 28 pre-arb 2-0.1 0.0 -0.4
Ronald Guzmán 27 arb 3-0.1 0.0 -0.4
Joey Gallo↔ LAD 28 FA-elig 82-0.1 6.7 -7.2
Aroldis Chapman 34 FA-elig 43-0.2 16.0 -16.7
Miguel Andujar↔ PIT 27 arb 27-0.2 1.0 -1.7
Zack Britton 34 FA-elig 3-0.2 14.0 -14.8
Estevan Florial 24 pre-arb 17-0.2 0.1 -1.0

Key additions (new vs 2021)

PlayerfWAR
Jose Trevino3.8
Matt Carpenter2.4
Josh Donaldson1.6
Isiah Kiner-Falefa1.5
Oswaldo Cabrera1.3
Andrew Benintendi0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2021)

Player2021 fWAR
Corey Kluber1.4
Rougned Odor1.3
Gio Urshela1.2
Gary Sánchez1.1
Brett Gardner1.0
Greg Allen0.6

Current & Historical Payroll

2022 payroll
$246.6M
2023 guaranteed
$68.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2022, 2022–2028. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2022; 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 (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2022202320242025202620272028
Gerrit Cole318.111$36.0M$36.0M$36.0M$36.0MOPT-OUT$36.0M$36.0M$36.0M
Giancarlo Stanton3211.118$29.0M$32.0M$32.0M$32.0M$19.0M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Josh Donaldson369.158$21.8MFREE AGENT
Aroldis Chapman3411.009$16.0MFREE AGENT
Anthony Rizzo329.168$16.0MFREE AGENT
DJ LeMahieu339.128$15.0MFREE AGENT
Zack Britton349.158$14.0MFREE AGENT
Aaron Hicks328.041$10.8MFREE AGENT
Matt Carpenter3610.012$1.5MFREE AGENT
Marwin Gonzalez339.133$1.1MFREE AGENT
Chi Chi González307.000$15kFREE AGENT
Shane Greene336.021$4kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2022202320242025202620272028
Aaron Judge305.051$19.0MFREE AGENT
Luis Severino285.170$11.5MFREE AGENT
Joey Gallo285.103$6.7MFREE AGENT
Gleyber Torres253.162$6.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jameson Taillon305.110$5.8MFREE AGENT
Isiah Kiner-Falefa274.000$4.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Green315.050$4.0MFREE AGENT
Jordan Montgomery294.153$3.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Castro275.079$2.6MFREE AGENT
Andrew Benintendi275.062$2.2MFREE AGENT
Wandy Peralta304.168$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Germán293.017$1.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Loáisiga273.022$1.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Frankie Montas294.015$1.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Lou Trivino303.163$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Holmes293.031$1.1MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Andujar273.117$975kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Higashioka323.005$935kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lucas Luetge353.015$905kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Locastro293.010$900kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Harrison Bader284.030$847kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob Barnes324.157$30kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ronald Guzmán273.083$12kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2022202320242025202620272028
Nestor Cortes272.094$728kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael King272.004$722kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Trevino292.063$720kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ron Marinaccio260.000$612kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clarke Schmidt261.010$482kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Albert Abreu260.114$472kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Oswaldo Cabrera230.000$188kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Gil240.033$150kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Oswald Peraza220.000$131kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Weissert270.000$112kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Estevan Florial240.042$108kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Weber312.153$108kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Effross280.037$98kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
JP Sears260.000$89kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Banuelos311.146$40kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Banda282.008$20kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David McKay272.071$19kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luke Bard312.028$13kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Brantly322.054$12kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2022; 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.