Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: Pat Gillick (since 1978)

1990 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+2.3
WAB — wins above budget
+8.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
86–76 (0.531)
record
-0M
surplus $M (value/$)
43.9
roster fWAR
$19.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Fred McGriff 26 arb 153 5.5 1.4 +1.0
Tony Fernandez 28 FA-elig 161 4.9 1.5 +0.7
Kelly Gruber 28 FA-elig 150 4.3 1.1 +0.8
Dave Stieb 32 FA-elig 33 4.3 2.8 -0.9
David Wells 27 arb 43 3.8 0.3 +1.4
Pat Borders 27 pre-arb 125 3.5 0.2 +1.4
Todd Stottlemyre 25 pre-arb 33 2.7 0.2 +1.0
Jimmy Key 29 FA-elig 27 2.4 1.5 -0.4
Duane Ward 26 arb 73 2.1 0.3 +0.6
Mookie Wilson 34 FA-elig 147 1.9 1.1 -0.3
Junior Felix 22 pre-arb 127 1.6 0.2 +0.6
Tom Henke 32 FA-elig 61 1.5 1.2 -0.5
John Olerud 21 pre-arb 111 1.4 0.1 +0.5
George Bell 30 FA-elig 142 1.1 2.0 -1.5
Rance Mulliniks 34 FA-elig 57 0.8 0.5 -0.1
Willie Blair 24 pre-arb 27 0.8 0.1 +0.2
Manuel Lee 25 arb 117 0.8 0.4 -0.0
Greg Myers 24 arb 87 0.7 0.1 +0.2
Mark Whiten 23 pre-arb 33 0.6 0.1 +0.1
Rob Ducey 25 19 0.5
Jim Acker 31 FA-elig 59 0.3 0.7 -0.6
John Candelaria↔ MIN 36 FA-elig 13 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Frank Wills 31 FA-elig 44 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Kenny Williams↔ DET 26 arb 49 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Al Leiter 24 4 0.1
Tom Quinlan 22 pre-arb 1 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Tom Gilles 27 2 0.0
Carlos Diaz 25 9 0.0
Jim Eppard 30 6 -0.0
Bob MacDonald 25 pre-arb 4 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Bud Black↔ CLE 33 FA-elig 3 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Glenallen Hill 25 pre-arb 84 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Mike Flanagan 38 FA-elig 5 -0.1 1.0 -1.1
Rick Luecken↔ ATL 29 pre-arb 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.0
Ozzie Virgil Jr. 33 FA-elig 3 -0.1 0.3 -0.3
Paul Kilgus 28 arb 11 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
Luis Sojo 25 pre-arb 33 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
Tom Lawless 33 FA-elig 15 -0.2 0.2 -0.4
Steve Cummings 25 pre-arb 6 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
John Cerutti 30 arb 30 -0.3 0.8 -0.9
Nelson Liriano↔ MIN 26 arb 50 -0.5 0.1 -0.4

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 36 of them (88%). 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