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Blue Jays TOR

199455–60 (0.478)
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GM: Pat Gillick

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1994, 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
$38M
Surplus $M
-16
Win %
0.478
TAB
-8.6
WAB
-4.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
19.8
Dead money %
33%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-5.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1994 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RPat Borders85
RRandy Knorr40
LCarlos Delgado1

1B

LJohn Olerud104
RDarnell Coles10
RPaul Molitor5
REd Sprague Jr.3

2B

BRoberto Alomar106
BDomingo Cedeño28

3B

REd Sprague Jr.107
RDarnell Coles7
BDomingo Cedeño6
RPaul Molitor1

SS

RDick Schofield95
RAlex Gonzalez15
BDomingo Cedeño8

LF

RMike Huff56
LCarlos Delgado41
RDarnell Coles24
LRob Butler18
LShawn Green10
RRobert Pérez2
BDomingo Cedeño1

CF

BDevon White98
RMike Huff20
LRob Butler12

RF

RJoe Carter110
RMike Huff8
RDarnell Coles5
LShawn Green5
LRob Butler2
RRobert Pérez2

DH

RPaul Molitor110
LJohn Olerud3
RJoe Carter1
RDarnell Coles1

Starters

RPat Hentgen3.5 WAR
LAl Leiter2.5 WAR
RTodd Stottlemyre2.0 WAR
RJuan Guzman1.8 WAR
RDave Stewart0.8 WAR
RBrad Cornett0.6 WAR
LPaul Spoljaric-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDarren Hall17 sv
LTony Castillo0 h
RWoody Williams0 h
RMike Timlin0 h
LGreg Cadaret⇄0 h
RScott Brow0 h
LDave Righetti⇄0 h
RDanny Cox0 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 1993)

PlayerfWAR
Mike Huff1.4
Brad Cornett0.6
Darren Hall0.5
Alex Gonzalez0.0
Randy St. Claire0.0
Aaron Small-0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
Tony Fernandez2.8
Duane Ward2.6
Jack Morris1.7
Mark Eichhorn1.0
Rickey Henderson0.4
Domingo Martinez0.2

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 1994; everyone else is shown as a 1994 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Pat Hentgen 1994 +3.5 +61.5 0.6 +61.0 $0.2M 2.19× –
Al Leiter 1994 +2.5 +39.5 0.6 +39.0 $0.2M 1.96× –
Paul Molitor 1994 +3.4 +35.9 4.0 +31.9 $1.2M 1.33× –
John Olerud 1994 +3.1 +26.5 3.8 +22.8 $1.2M 1.07× –
Todd Stottlemyre 1994 +2.0 +24.2 2.4 +21.8 $1.2M 1.49× –
Juan Guzman 1994 +1.8 +21.4 1.0 +20.4 $0.6M 1.49× –
Devon White 1994 +2.1 +20.3 3.1 +17.1 $1.5M 1.22× –
Mike Huff 1994 +1.4 +9.4 0.2 +9.2 $0.2M 0.83× –
Roberto Alomar 1994 +2.0 +13.1 5.4 +7.6 $2.7M 0.82× –
Woody Williams 1994 +0.5 +2.9 0.1 +2.7 $0.3M 0.67× –
Dave Stewart 1994 +0.8 +6.1 4.2 +1.9 $5.6M 1.02× –
Tony Castillo 1994 +0.4 +2.1 0.4 +1.7 $1.1M 0.67× –
Danny Cox 1994 +0.5 +2.4 0.8 +1.6 $1.7M 0.67× –
Mike Timlin 1994 +0.2 +0.9 0.5 +0.4 $2.9M 0.67× –
Alex Gonzalez 1994 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $3.2M 0.61× –
Randy Knorr 1994 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 – 0.52× –
Dave Righetti↔ 1994 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Robert Perez 1994 -0.1 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.83× –
Dick Schofield 1994 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 – 0.61× –
Scott Brow 1994 -0.3 -1.5 0.1 -1.6 – 0.67× –
Darnell Coles 1994 -0.2 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 – 0.83× –
Greg Cadaret↔ 1994 -0.3 -1.9 0.3 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Joe Carter 1994 +0.4 +2.4 5.5 -3.2 $15.4M 0.83× –
Pat Borders 1994 -0.2 -0.9 2.5 -3.4 – 0.52× –
Paul Spoljaric 1994 -0.4 -3.3 0.1 -3.4 – 1.02× –
Carlos Delgado 1994 -0.5 -3.6 0.1 -3.7 – 0.83× –
Ed Sprague Jr. 1994 -0.8 -3.6 0.5 -4.1 – 0.58× –
Domingo Cedeno 1994 -1.0 -4.6 0.1 -4.7 – 0.56× –
Shawn Green 1994 -0.7 -4.9 0.1 -5.0 – 0.83× –
Aaron Small 1994 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Brad Cornett 1994 +0.6 +3.1 – – – 0.67× –
Darren Hall 1994 +0.5 +5.4 – – – 1.34× –
Randy St. Claire 1994 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Rob Butler 1994 -0.9 -5.9 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+19.9+243.138.0+202.7—

Trades

Every graded 1994 deal involving the Blue Jays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

1994 · TOR / CHW
TOR · Pat Gillick +$8.0M
Mike Huff
CHW · Ron Schueler −$8.0M
Domingo Martínez
TOR came out ahead by $8.0M
1994 · TOR / MIA
TOR · Pat Gillick +$1.6M
Scotty Pace
MIA · Dave Dombrowski −$1.6M
Eddie Zosky
TOR came out ahead by $1.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$38.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 1994, 1994–2000. 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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Joe Carter3411.000$5.5M$7.5M$6.5M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Roberto Alomar266.000$5.4M$5.5MFREE AGENT
Dave Stewart3716.000$4.2MFREE AGENT
Paul Molitor3716.000$4.0M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Devon White319.000$3.1M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Pat Borders316.000$2.5MFREE AGENT$135k
Todd Stottlemyre296.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Danny Cox3411.000$800k$700kFREE AGENT
Dick Schofield3111.000$640kFREE AGENT
Al Leiter287.000$565k$795kFREE AGENT
Darnell Coles3211.000$500kFREE AGENT
Tony Castillo316.000$438k$610k$480kFREE AGENT
Greg Cadaret327.000$304kFREE AGENT
Dave Righetti3515.000$71kFREE AGENT
Randy St. Claire3310.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
John Olerud255.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Juan Guzman273.000$1.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Hentgen253.000$550kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Timlin283.000$510kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ed Sprague Jr.263.000$500kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Huff305.000$222kFREE AGENT
Randy Knorr253.000$170kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Woody Williams271.000$150kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Cedeno251.000$122kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Brow251.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Delgado221.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Gonzalez210.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Green211.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Perez250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Spoljaric230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Butler241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Cornett25–—
Darren Hall290.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Small220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1994 acquisition stacked onto Blue Jays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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