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Blue Jays TOR

199296–66 (0.593)★ 1992 World Series Champions
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GM: Pat Gillick

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1992, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$44M
Surplus $M
-6
Win %
0.593
TAB
+8.9
WAB
+9.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
47.7
Dead money %
30%
Depth Players
11.0
Dead WAR
-2.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1992 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RPat Borders137
LGreg Myers⇄22
REd Sprague Jr.15
RRandy Knorr8

1B

LJohn Olerud133
RPat Tabler34
RDomingo Martínez7
RJoe Carter4
REd Sprague Jr.4
RJeff Kent⇄3
LMike Maksudian1

2B

BRoberto Alomar150
BAlfredo Griffin16

3B

RKelly Gruber120
RTom Quinlan13
LRance Mulliniks3
REd Sprague Jr.1
RPat Tabler1

SS

BManuel Lee128
BAlfredo Griffin48
REddie Zosky8

LF

RCandy Maldonado129
RDerek Bell24
RJoe Carter6
RPat Tabler5
BTurner Ward2

CF

BDevon White152
RDerek Bell18
BTurner Ward4

RF

RJoe Carter123
RDave Winfield26
RDerek Bell15
BTurner Ward6
RCandy Maldonado4
RPat Tabler3

DH

RDave Winfield130
RJoe Carter24
RCandy Maldonado4
RDerek Bell1
BDevon White1
REd Sprague Jr.1
BRoberto Alomar1

Starters

RJuan Guzman5.5 WAR
RJack Morris3.7 WAR
LJimmy Key2.7 WAR
RTodd Stottlemyre1.4 WAR
RDavid Cone⇄0.9 WAR
RDave Stieb0.4 WAR
LDavid Wells0.4 WAR
RPat Hentgen-0.3 WAR
RDoug Linton-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RTom Henke34 sv
RDuane Ward0 h
RPat Hentgen0 h
LBob MacDonald0 h
RMike Timlin0 h
RMark Eichhorn⇄0 h
RDoug Linton0 h
RRicky Trlicek0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1991)

PlayerfWAR
Dave Winfield3.8
Jack Morris3.7
Jeff Kent1.1
David Cone0.9
Mark Eichhorn0.4
Domingo Martinez0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Tom Candiotti2.9
Dave Parker0.1
Kenny Williams0.0
Vince Horsman0.0
Mickey Weston0.0
Ray Giannelli-0.0

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Blue Jays. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1992; everyone else is shown as a 1992 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Juan Guzman 1992 +5.5 +109.6 0.2 +109.4 $0.0M 2.50× –
Devon White 1992 +5.9 +96.6 2.4 +94.3 $0.4M 2.05× –
Roberto Alomar 1992 +6.1 +67.6 3.0 +64.6 $0.5M 1.38× –
Jack Morris 1992 +3.7 +65.0 4.5 +60.6 $1.2M 2.19× –
Dave Winfield 1992 +3.8 +45.5 2.3 +43.2 $0.6M 1.49× –
Jimmy Key 1992 +2.7 +43.0 2.3 +40.7 $0.8M 1.96× –
Duane Ward 1992 +2.4 +37.1 2.4 +34.7 $1.0M 1.95× –
Joe Carter 1992 +2.9 +36.7 3.7 +33.1 $1.3M 1.60× –
Manuel Lee 1992 +2.9 +27.2 1.0 +26.2 $0.3M 1.18× –
John Olerud 1992 +3.1 +26.5 0.4 +26.1 $0.1M 1.07× –
Candy Maldonado 1992 +2.3 +22.4 1.4 +21.0 $0.6M 1.22× –
Todd Stottlemyre 1992 +1.4 +11.6 1.2 +10.4 $0.8M 1.02× –
David Cone↔ 1992 +0.9 +7.6 1.0 +6.7 $1.0M 1.02× –
Derek Bell 1992 +0.7 +4.8 0.1 +4.7 $0.2M 0.83× –
Jeff Kent↔ 1992 +1.1 +4.7 0.1 +4.6 $0.1M 0.56× –
Turner Ward 1992 +0.6 +4.3 0.1 +4.2 $0.2M 0.83× –
Mike Timlin 1992 +0.7 +3.9 0.2 +3.7 $0.3M 0.67× –
Tom Henke 1992 +0.6 +6.9 3.4 +3.5 $5.3M 1.34× –
Pat Borders 1992 +1.1 +4.4 1.0 +3.4 $1.0M 0.52× –
Mark Eichhorn↔ 1992 +0.4 +2.0 0.6 +1.4 $1.7M 0.67× –
Bob MacDonald 1992 +0.1 +0.7 0.2 +0.5 $1.4M 0.67× –
Dave Stieb 1992 +0.4 +3.6 3.2 +0.4 $7.2M 1.02× –
Randy Knorr 1992 +0.1 +0.3 0.1 +0.2 $1.5M 0.52× –
Greg Myers↔ 1992 +0.0 +0.2 0.4 -0.2 $8.0M 0.52× –
Ricky Trlicek 1992 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Al Leiter 1992 -0.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Eddie Zosky 1992 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.61× –
David Weathers 1992 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Rance Mulliniks 1992 +0.0 +0.2 0.8 -0.6 $19.9M 0.58× –
Ed Sprague Jr. 1992 -0.2 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 – 0.52× –
Alfredo Griffin 1992 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 – 0.61× –
Pat Hentgen 1992 -0.3 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Pat Tabler 1992 -0.3 -1.5 0.9 -2.4 – 0.56× –
Rob Ducey↔ 1992 -0.6 -4.0 0.1 -4.0 – 0.83× –
Kelly Gruber 1992 -0.1 -0.4 3.6 -4.1 – 0.58× –
David Wells 1992 +0.4 +2.0 2.1 -0.0 $5.5M 0.67× –
Domingo Martinez 1992 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.56× –
Doug Linton 1992 -0.4 -1.9 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Maksudian 1992 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Tom Quinlan 1992 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.58× –
Total—+47.4+622.244.0+581.2—

Trades

Every graded 1992 deal involving the Blue Jays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

1992 · NYM / TOR
NYM · Al Harazin +$71.2M
Jeff Kent, Ryan Thompson
TOR · Pat Gillick −$71.2M
David Cone
NYM came out ahead by $71.2M
1992 · TOR / ANA
TOR · Pat Gillick +$18.4M
Luis Sojo
ANA · Dan O'Brien −$18.4M
Kelly Gruber
TOR came out ahead by $18.4M
1992 · TOR / ANA
TOR · Pat Gillick +$4.8M
Mark Eichhorn
ANA · Dan O'Brien −$4.8M
Rob Ducey, Greg Myers
TOR came out ahead by $4.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$44.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Jack Morris3715.000$4.5M$5.4MFREE AGENT
Joe Carter329.000$3.7M$5.5M$5.5M$7.5M$6.5M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Kelly Gruber308.000$3.6MFREE AGENT
Tom Henke3410.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Dave Stieb3413.000$3.2MFREE AGENT$450k
Duane Ward286.000$2.4M$3.4MFREE AGENT$4.8M
Devon White297.000$2.4M$3.7M$3.1M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Dave Winfield4019.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Jimmy Key318.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Candy Maldonado3111.000$1.4MFREE AGENT$165k
Manuel Lee277.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
David Cone296.000$971kFREE AGENT$4.5M
Pat Tabler3411.000$900kFREE AGENT
Rance Mulliniks3615.000$775kFREE AGENT
Mark Eichhorn3110.000$639k$850kFREE AGENT
Alfredo Griffin3416.000$638k$500kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Roberto Alomar244.000$3.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
David Wells295.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Todd Stottlemyre274.000$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Borders294.000$1.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
John Olerud233.000$388kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Myers265.000$385kFREE AGENT
Al Leiter265.000$180kFREE AGENT
Rob Ducey275.000$85kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Juan Guzman251.000$242kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Timlin261.000$222kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob MacDonald272.000$182kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Turner Ward272.000$128kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Weathers221.000$121kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ed Sprague Jr.241.000$118kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Derek Bell231.000$112kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Hentgen231.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Knorr231.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Trlicek230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eddie Zosky241.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Kent240.000$69kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Linton270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Maksudian260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Martinez260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Quinlan242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1992 acquisition stacked onto Blue Jays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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