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Blue Jays TOR

199395–67 (0.586)★ 1993 World Series Champions
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GM: Pat Gillick

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1993, 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
$49M
Surplus $M
-10
Win %
0.586
TAB
+7.9
WAB
+7.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
47.4
Dead money %
21%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-3.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1993 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RPat Borders138
RRandy Knorr39
LCarlos Delgado1

1B

LJohn Olerud137
RPaul Molitor23
RDomingo Martínez7
RDarnell Coles1
BTurner Ward1

2B

BRoberto Alomar150
BAlfredo Griffin11
RLuis Sojo8
BDomingo Cedeño5

3B

REd Sprague Jr.150
RDarnell Coles16
BAlfredo Griffin6
RLuis Sojo3
RDomingo Martínez1
RPaul Molitor1

SS

BTony Fernández⇄94
RDick Schofield36
BAlfredo Griffin20
BDomingo Cedeño10
RLuis Sojo8

LF

RJoe Carter55
RRickey Henderson⇄44
BTurner Ward33
RDarnell Coles31
RWillie Cañate17
LRob Butler15

CF

BDevon White145
BTurner Ward10
RWillie Cañate6
LRob Butler1

RF

RJoe Carter96
RDarrin Jackson⇄37
BTurner Ward22
RDarnell Coles13
RWillie Cañate9
LShawn Green2

DH

RPaul Molitor137
LJohn Olerud20
RJoe Carter3
RDarnell Coles1
LShawn Green1

Starters

RJuan Guzman4.3 WAR
RTodd Stottlemyre3.0 WAR
RPat Hentgen2.2 WAR
RJack Morris1.7 WAR
LAl Leiter0.9 WAR
RDave Stewart0.9 WAR
RDoug Linton⇄0.0 WAR
RScott Brow-0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDuane Ward45 sv
RMark Eichhorn0 h
RMike Timlin0 h
LTony Castillo0 h
RDanny Cox0 h
RWoody Williams0 h
LHuck Flener0 h
RScott Brow0 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 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Paul Molitor4.8
Tony Fernandez2.8
Danny Cox1.4
Dave Stewart0.9
Rob Butler0.7
Rickey Henderson0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
Dave Winfield3.8
Manuel Lee2.9
Jimmy Key2.7
Candy Maldonado2.3
Jeff Kent1.1
David Cone0.9

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 1993; everyone else is shown as a 1993 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
John Olerud 1993 +8.1 +88.8 1.6 +87.3 $0.2M 1.37× –
Devon White 1993 +5.4 +88.4 3.7 +84.7 $0.7M 2.05× –
Juan Guzman 1993 +4.3 +75.7 0.5 +75.2 $0.1M 2.19× –
Roberto Alomar 1993 +5.7 +63.0 4.9 +58.0 $0.9M 1.38× –
Paul Molitor 1993 +4.8 +57.8 3.6 +54.2 $0.8M 1.49× –
Duane Ward 1993 +2.6 +53.8 3.4 +50.4 $1.3M 2.57× –
Todd Stottlemyre 1993 +3.0 +47.6 2.3 +45.2 $0.8M 1.96× –
Pat Hentgen 1993 +2.2 +25.6 0.2 +25.4 $0.1M 1.49× –
Tony Fernandez↔ 1993 +2.8 +26.4 1.5 +24.9 $0.5M 1.18× –
Jack Morris 1993 +1.7 +20.6 5.4 +15.2 $3.1M 1.49× –
Joe Carter 1993 +2.0 +19.8 5.5 +14.2 $2.7M 1.22× –
Danny Cox 1993 +1.4 +7.7 0.6 +7.2 $0.4M 0.67× –
Ed Sprague Jr. 1993 +1.4 +6.4 0.2 +6.3 $0.1M 0.58× –
Al Leiter 1993 +0.9 +5.1 0.3 +4.8 $0.3M 0.67× –
Mark Eichhorn 1993 +1.0 +5.4 0.8 +4.6 $0.8M 0.67× –
Rob Butler 1993 +0.7 +4.7 0.1 +4.6 $0.2M 0.83× –
Dave Stewart 1993 +0.9 +7.5 4.3 +3.2 $4.7M 1.02× –
Tony Castillo 1993 +0.3 +1.5 0.2 +1.4 $0.6M 0.67× –
Rickey Henderson↔ 1993 +0.4 +2.4 1.2 +1.3 $3.2M 0.83× –
Randy Knorr 1993 +0.3 +1.3 0.1 +1.1 $0.4M 0.52× –
Willie Canate 1993 +0.1 +1.0 0.1 +0.8 $0.8M 0.83× –
Woody Williams 1993 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.6M 0.67× –
Mike Timlin 1993 +0.2 +0.9 0.3 +0.7 $1.5M 0.67× –
Domingo Martinez 1993 +0.2 +0.8 0.1 +0.6 $0.6M 0.56× –
Dick Schofield 1993 +0.3 +1.3 0.8 +0.5 $3.1M 0.61× –
Scott Brow 1993 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 – 1.02× –
Shawn Green 1993 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 – 0.83× –
Ken Dayley 1993 -0.0 -0.2 1.8 -2.0 – 0.67× –
Luis Sojo 1993 -0.4 -1.9 0.3 -2.2 – 0.56× –
Domingo Cedeno 1993 -0.4 -2.2 0.1 -2.3 – 0.61× –
Turner Ward 1993 -0.4 -2.8 0.2 -2.9 – 0.83× –
Alfredo Griffin 1993 -0.5 -2.5 0.5 -3.0 – 0.61× –
Pat Borders 1993 -0.2 -0.7 2.5 -3.2 – 0.52× –
Darrin Jackson↔ 1993 -0.8 -5.1 1.3 -6.3 – 0.83× –
Darnell Coles 1993 -0.9 -5.9 0.5 -6.4 – 0.83× –
Carlos Delgado 1993 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.52× –
Doug Linton↔ 1993 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Huck Flener 1993 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+47.2+592.949.2+543.7—

Trades

Every graded 1993 deal involving the Blue Jays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

1993 · OAK / TOR
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$20.8M
Steve Karsay, José Herrera
TOR · Pat Gillick −$20.8M
Rickey Henderson
OAK came out ahead by $20.8M
1993 · SDP / TOR
SDP · Joe McIlvaine +$11.2M
Derek Bell, Stoney Briggs
TOR · Pat Gillick −$11.2M
Darrin Jackson
SDP came out ahead by $11.2M
1993 · TOR / NYM
TOR · Pat Gillick +$39.2M
Tony Fernández
NYM · Frank Cashen −$39.2M
Darrin Jackson
TOR came out ahead by $39.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$49.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 1993, 1993–1999. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Joe Carter3310.000$5.5M$5.5M$7.5M$6.5M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Jack Morris3816.000$5.4MFREE AGENT
Dave Stewart3615.000$4.3M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Devon White308.000$3.7M$3.1M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Paul Molitor3615.000$3.6M$4.0M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Duane Ward297.000$3.4MFREE AGENT$4.8M
Ken Dayley3411.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Tony Fernandez3110.000$1.5MFREE AGENT$2.0M$2.2M
Darrin Jackson298.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Rickey Henderson3414.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Mark Eichhorn3211.000$850kFREE AGENT
Dick Schofield3010.000$800k$640kFREE AGENT
Danny Cox3310.000$550k$800k$700kFREE AGENT
Alfredo Griffin3517.000$500kFREE AGENT
Darnell Coles3110.000$500k$500kFREE AGENT
Al Leiter276.000$288k$565k$795kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Roberto Alomar255.000$4.9MFREE AGENT
Pat Borders305.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Todd Stottlemyre285.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
John Olerud244.000$1.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Sojo283.000$290kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Castillo305.000$185kFREE AGENT
Turner Ward283.000$160kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Juan Guzman262.000$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Timlin272.000$262kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Hentgen242.000$182kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ed Sprague Jr.252.000$182kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Knorr242.000$112kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Brow240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Butler230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Cedeno240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Green200.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Canate210.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Martinez271.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Woody Williams260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Delgado210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Huck Flener240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Linton281.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1993 acquisition stacked onto Blue Jays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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