Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: Pat Gillick (since 1978)

1988 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+4.4
WAB — wins above budget
+5.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
87–75 (0.537)
record
+0M
surplus $M (value/$)
39.9
roster fWAR
$12.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Fred McGriff 24 pre-arb 154 6.6 0.1 +1.9
Kelly Gruber 26 arb 158 5.3 0.1 +1.5
Tony Fernandez 26 arb 154 4.4 0.9 +0.5
Jesse Barfield 28 FA-elig 137 3.2 1.4 -0.4
Dave Stieb 30 FA-elig 32 3.1 1.0 -0.0
Ernie Whitt 36 FA-elig 127 2.8 0.8 +0.1
Rance Mulliniks 32 FA-elig 119 2.1 0.6 +0.0
Jim Clancy 32 FA-elig 36 1.8 0.9 -0.3
Lloyd Moseby 28 FA-elig 128 1.6 0.9 -0.4
Jimmy Key 27 arb 21 1.6 0.4 +0.1
Manuel Lee 23 arb 116 1.4 0.1 +0.3
Jeff Musselman 25 pre-arb 15 1.3 0.1 +0.3
Mike Flanagan 36 FA-elig 34 1.1 0.6 -0.2
Tom Henke 30 FA-elig 52 1.0 0.7 -0.4
Duane Ward 24 pre-arb 64 1.0 0.1 +0.2
Pat Borders 25 pre-arb 56 0.9 0.1 +0.2
George Bell 28 FA-elig 156 0.8 1.9 -1.6
John Cerutti 28 arb 46 0.7 0.2 -0.0
Rob Ducey 23 pre-arb 27 0.6 0.1 +0.1
Rick Leach 31 FA-elig 87 0.3 0.3 -0.2
Frank Wills 29 10 0.2
Tony Castillo 25 14 0.2
Juan Beniquez 38 FA-elig 27 0.1 0.4 -0.4
Mark Eichhorn 27 FA-elig 37 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Sal Butera 35 FA-elig 23 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Mark Ross 30 3 0.0
Doug Bair 38 10 -0.0
Lou Thornton 25 11 -0.1
Sil Campusano 22 pre-arb 73 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Jose Antonio Nunez 24 13 -0.1
Cecil Fielder 24 arb 74 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Todd Stottlemyre 23 28 -0.2
Alexis Infante 26 19 -0.2
Nelson Liriano 24 pre-arb 99 -0.6 0.1 -0.3
David Wells 25 pre-arb 41 -0.9 0.1 -0.4

35 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 27 of them (77%). 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