Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: Pat Gillick (since 1978)

1986 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+3.3
WAB — wins above budget
+7.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
86–76 (0.531)
record
+1M
surplus $M (value/$)
42.1
roster fWAR
$11.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jesse Barfield 26 arb 158 7.5 0.7 +1.5
Mark Eichhorn 25 arb 69 4.9 0.1 +1.4
Tony Fernandez 24 arb 163 4.5 0.3 +1.1
George Bell 26 arb 159 3.6 0.7 +0.3
Tom Henke 28 arb 63 3.5 0.2 +0.9
Jimmy Key 25 pre-arb 36 3.4 0.6 +0.5
Jim Clancy 30 FA-elig 34 3.1 0.7 +0.2
Ernie Whitt 34 FA-elig 131 2.9 0.3 +0.5
Lloyd Moseby 26 FA-elig 152 2.2 0.7 -0.1
Rance Mulliniks 30 FA-elig 117 2.0 0.3 +0.4
Joe Johnson↔ ATL 24 pre-arb 16 2.0 0.1 +0.6
Willie Upshaw 29 FA-elig 155 1.8 0.9 -0.4
Doyle Alexander↔ ATL 35 FA-elig 17 1.1 0.3 -0.0
Cliff Johnson 38 FA-elig 107 1.0 0.7 -0.4
Dave Stieb 28 FA-elig 38 0.8 1.0 -0.8
Dennis Lamp 33 FA-elig 40 0.5 0.6 -0.4
John Cerutti 26 pre-arb 34 0.4 0.1 +0.0
Jim Acker↔ ATL 27 arb 23 0.4 0.2 -0.1
Don Gordon 26 14 0.3
Rick Leach 29 arb 110 0.1 0.2 -0.1
Manuel Lee 21 pre-arb 35 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Jeff Hearron 24 12 0.0
Mickey Mahler↔ TEX 33 2 -0.0
Garth Iorg 31 FA-elig 137 -0.1 0.3 -0.3
Fred McGriff 22 3 -0.1
Luis Aquino 22 7 -0.1
Duane Ward↔ ATL 22 2 -0.1
Jeff Musselman 23 pre-arb 6 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Buck Martinez 37 FA-elig 81 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Damaso Garcia 29 FA-elig 122 -0.1 0.8 -0.8
Bill Caudill 29 FA-elig 40 -0.2 1.5 -1.6
Steve Davis 25 3 -0.2
Stan Clarke 25 10 -0.5
Cecil Fielder 22 34 -0.6
Kelly Gruber 24 pre-arb 87 -0.9 0.1 -0.4
Ron Shepherd 25 pre-arb 65 -1.0 0.1 -0.4

36 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 27 of them (75%). 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
PlayerYearWAR for TOR
Juan Guzmán198721.1
Roberto Alomar199020.4
Josh Donaldson201420.4
Fred McGriff198219.7
George Bell198016.7
Tom Henke198516.2
Duane Ward198614.9
Ernie Whitt198514.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Michael Young200025.0
Noah Syndergaard201220.1
John Olerud199618.3
David Cone199516.6
Yan Gomes201213.5
Matt Boyd201510.9
Travis d'Arnaud20129.8
Fred McGriff19909.1