Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: Pat Gillick (since 1978)

1991 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+9.5
WAB — wins above budget
+8.7
TAB — roster Talent above budget
91–71 (0.562)
record · made playoffs
-4M
surplus $M (value/$)
42.5
roster fWAR
$22.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Devon White 28 156 6.4
Jimmy Key 30 33 5.3
Joe Carter 31 FA-elig 162 4.6 3.8 -1.1
Roberto Alomar 23 arb 161 4.3 1.3 +1.3
Duane Ward 27 arb 81 4.1 0.8 +1.6
Juan Guzman 24 pre-arb 23 3.4 0.1 +1.9
Tom Candiotti↔ CLE 34 FA-elig 19 2.9 1.4 +0.3
Todd Stottlemyre 26 arb 34 2.6 0.3 +1.2
John Olerud 22 pre-arb 139 2.5 0.3 +1.2
David Wells 28 arb 40 2.5 0.8 +0.7
Tom Henke 33 49 1.7
Kelly Gruber 29 FA-elig 113 1.6 3.0 -2.1
Candy Maldonado↔ MIL 30 FA-elig 52 1.6 0.5 +0.4
Mike Timlin 25 pre-arb 63 1.5 0.1 +0.8
Greg Myers 25 arb 107 1.0 0.2 +0.4
Dave Stieb 33 FA-elig 9 0.8 3.0 -2.5
Rob Ducey 26 arb 39 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Dave Parker↔ ANA 40 FA-elig 13 0.1 0.2 -0.1
Manuel Lee 26 FA-elig 138 0.1 0.7 -0.6
Kenny Williams↔ WSN 27 arb 13 0.0 0.1 -0.0
Pat Borders 28 arb 105 0.0 0.7 -0.7
Ed Sprague Jr. 23 pre-arb 61 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Randy Knorr 22 pre-arb 3 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Vince Horsman 24 4 0.0
Mickey Weston 30 2 0.0
Rance Mulliniks 35 FA-elig 97 -0.0 0.7 -0.7
Ray Giannelli 25 9 -0.0
Mark Whiten↔ CLE 24 pre-arb 46 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Pat Hentgen 22 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Glenallen Hill↔ CLE 26 pre-arb 35 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Al Leiter 25 arb 3 -0.1 0.2 -0.2
Ken Dayley 32 8 -0.1
Bob MacDonald 26 45 -0.1
Denis Boucher↔ CLE 23 7 -0.1
Derek Bell 22 18 -0.2
Rene Gonzales 30 FA-elig 71 -0.2 0.3 -0.4
Turner Ward↔ CLE 26 pre-arb 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
Willie Fraser↔ STL 27 13 -0.2
David Weathers 21 15 -0.3
Eddie Zosky 23 18 -0.3
Frank Wills 32 FA-elig 4 -0.3 0.4 -0.6
Mookie Wilson 35 FA-elig 86 -0.4 1.6 -1.9
Cory Snyder↔ CHW 28 arb 21 -0.6 0.2 -0.6
Jim Acker 32 54 -0.8
Pat Tabler 33 FA-elig 82 -0.9 0.7 -1.2

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (69%). 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