Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: Pat Gillick (since 1978)

1987 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+14.2
WAB — wins above budget
+14.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
96–66 (0.593)
record
+3M
surplus $M (value/$)
48.9
roster fWAR
$10.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jimmy Key 26 arb 36 5.6 0.6 +1.1
George Bell 27 FA-elig 156 5.3 1.2 +0.4
Jim Clancy 31 FA-elig 37 5.0 0.8 +0.6
Tony Fernandez 25 arb 146 4.8 0.4 +1.0
Jesse Barfield 27 FA-elig 159 4.3 1.5 -0.3
Lloyd Moseby 27 FA-elig 155 3.6 0.8 +0.2
Ernie Whitt 35 FA-elig 135 3.4 0.8 +0.2
Tom Henke 29 arb 72 3.3 0.3 +0.6
Rance Mulliniks 31 FA-elig 124 2.7 0.5 +0.3
Dave Stieb 29 FA-elig 34 2.5 1.0 -0.3
Mike Flanagan↔ BAL 35 FA-elig 7 1.5 0.2 +0.3
Willie Upshaw 30 FA-elig 150 1.4 0.9 -0.5
David Wells 24 18 1.4
Fred McGriff 23 pre-arb 107 1.3 0.1 +0.3
Jose Antonio Nunez 23 pre-arb 37 0.9 0.1 +0.2
Mark Eichhorn 26 arb 89 0.8 0.2 +0.1
Rick Leach 30 FA-elig 98 0.7 0.3 -0.1
Cecil Fielder 23 pre-arb 82 0.7 0.1 +0.1
Kelly Gruber 25 arb 138 0.6 0.1 +0.1
Nelson Liriano 23 pre-arb 37 0.5 0.1 +0.1
Joe Johnson 25 14 0.5
Manuel Lee 22 56 0.4
Jeff Musselman 24 pre-arb 68 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Rob Ducey 22 34 0.1
Duane Ward 23 12 0.1
Jeffrey DeWillis 22 13 0.1
Juan Beniquez↔ KCR 37 39 0.0
Alexis Infante 25 1 0.0
Gary Lavelle↔ OAK 38 FA-elig 23 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
Lou Thornton 24 12 -0.1
John Cerutti 27 pre-arb 44 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Don Gordon↔ CLE 27 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.0
Greg Myers 21 7 -0.1
Phil Niekro↔ ATL 48 FA-elig 3 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
Matt Stark 22 5 -0.3
Mike Sharperson↔ LAD 25 32 -0.3
Charlie Moore 34 FA-elig 51 -0.5 0.3 -0.4
Garth Iorg 32 FA-elig 122 -0.7 0.4 -0.6

38 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 26 of them (68%). 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