Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: JP Ricciardi (since 2002)

2005 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+3.9
WAB — wins above budget
+4.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
80–82 (0.494)
record
+14M
surplus $M (value/$)
33.1
roster fWAR
$45.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Roy Halladay 28 FA-elig 19 3.7 10.5 -3.5
Josh Towers 28 arb 33 3.6 0.4 +6.3
Vernon Wells 26 FA-elig 156 3.1 3.1 +2.8
Gustavo Chacin 24 pre-arb 34 2.8 0.3 +5.0
Orlando Hudson 27 arb 131 2.5 0.4 +4.3
Shea Hillenbrand 29 arb 152 2.1 3.9 +0.1
Gregg Zaun 34 FA-elig 133 2.0 0.9 +2.8
Frank Catalanotto 31 FA-elig 130 1.9 2.7 +0.8
Corey Koskie 32 FA-elig 97 1.7 3.5 -0.2
Aaron Hill 23 105 1.4
Reed Johnson 28 pre-arb 142 1.4 0.3 +2.2
Dave Bush 25 pre-arb 25 1.2 0.3 +2.0
Eric Hinske 27 arb 147 1.1 3.1 -1.0
Scott Downs 29 26 1.0
Scott Schoeneweis 31 FA-elig 80 0.9 2.5 -0.9
Alex Rios 24 pre-arb 146 0.9 0.3 +1.3
John McDonald↔ DET 30 FA-elig 37 0.8 0.2 +1.4
Russ Adams 24 pre-arb 139 0.7 0.3 +1.0
Jason Frasor 27 pre-arb 67 0.6 0.3 +0.7
Miguel Batista 34 FA-elig 71 0.5 4.8 -3.8
Justin Speier 31 FA-elig 65 0.4 1.9 -1.1
Ted Lilly 29 FA-elig 25 0.4 3.1 -2.3
Frank Menechino 34 FA-elig 70 0.4 0.7 +0.1
John-Ford Griffin 25 7 0.1
Shaun Marcum 23 5 0.1
Pete Walker 36 FA-elig 41 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Vinnie Chulk 26 pre-arb 62 0.1 0.3 -0.2
Dustin McGowan 23 13 0.0
Andy Dominique 29 2 -0.0
Gabe Gross 25 pre-arb 40 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Guillermo Quiroz 23 12 -0.2
Greg Myers 39 FA-elig 6 -0.2 0.7 -1.1
Matt Whiteside 37 2 -0.2
Ken Huckaby 34 35 -0.2
Justin Miller 27 1 -0.4
Chad Gaudin 22 5 -0.4
Brandon League 22 pre-arb 20 -0.7 0.3 -1.6

37 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 26 of them (70%). 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