Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: JP Ricciardi (since 2002)

2004 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-10.8
WAB — wins above budget
-6.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
67–94 (0.416)
record
-17M
surplus $M (value/$)
24.4
roster fWAR
$50.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Vernon Wells 25 arb 134 4.0 0.9 +5.9
Orlando Hudson 26 pre-arb 135 3.7 0.3 +6.0
Ted Lilly 28 arb 32 2.9 1.9 +3.1
Roy Halladay 27 FA-elig 21 2.7 6.0 -1.4
Carlos Delgado 32 FA-elig 128 2.4 19.7 -15.6
Frank Menechino↔ OAK 33 arb 72 2.0 0.3 +3.2
Alex Rios 23 111 1.9
Dave Bush 24 16 1.9
Gregg Zaun 33 107 1.7
Miguel Batista 33 FA-elig 38 1.5 3.6 -1.0
Josh Towers 27 arb 21 1.1 0.3 +1.5
Jason Frasor 26 63 0.8
Reed Johnson 27 pre-arb 141 0.5 0.3 +0.6
Kerry Ligtenberg 33 FA-elig 57 0.5 2.0 -1.1
Gustavo Chacin 23 2 0.4
Justin Speier 30 FA-elig 62 0.4 1.6 -0.9
Terry Adams↔ BOS 31 FA-elig 42 0.4 1.2 -0.5
Chris Gomez 33 FA-elig 109 0.3 0.8 -0.2
Vinnie Chulk 25 47 0.2
Eric Hinske 26 pre-arb 155 0.2 0.9 -0.6
Russ Adams 23 22 0.1
Jason Kershner 27 pre-arb 24 0.1 0.3 -0.1
Brandon League 21 3 0.1
Valerio De Los Santos 31 FA-elig 17 0.1 0.8 -0.7
Eric Crozier 25 14 -0.0
Chris Woodward 28 arb 69 -0.0 0.8 -0.8
Frank Catalanotto 30 FA-elig 75 -0.0 2.3 -2.4
Bob File 27 arb 24 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Gabe Gross 24 44 -0.1
Kevin Frederick 27 22 -0.1
Adam Peterson 25 3 -0.1
Justin Miller 26 19 -0.1
Bobby Estalella↔ ARI 29 FA-elig 5 -0.1 0.2 -0.4
Sean Douglass 25 arb 14 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Kevin Cash 26 pre-arb 60 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Ryan Glynn 29 6 -0.1
Greg Myers 38 FA-elig 8 -0.1 0.9 -1.1
Dave Maurer 29 3 -0.2
Chad Hermansen 26 4 -0.2
Micheal Nakamura 27 19 -0.2
Aquilino Lopez 29 pre-arb 18 -0.3 0.3 -0.9
Guillermo Quiroz 22 17 -0.4
Simon Pond 27 pre-arb 16 -0.4 0.3 -0.9
Pat Hentgen 35 FA-elig 18 -0.5 2.2 -3.0
Howie Clark 30 40 -0.5
Josh Phelps↔ CLE 26 arb 79 -0.6 0.3 -1.4
Dave Berg 33 FA-elig 58 -1.4 0.8 -3.2

47 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (60%). 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