Blue Jays TORGM: JP Ricciardi
Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2006, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).
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.
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Troy Glaus | 3.4 |
| A.J. Burnett | 2.8 |
| B.J. Ryan | 2.7 |
| Lyle Overbay | 1.8 |
| Casey Janssen | 1.0 |
| Bengie Molina | 0.9 |
| Player | 2005 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Orlando Hudson | 2.5 |
| Corey Koskie | 1.7 |
| Dave Bush | 1.2 |
| Miguel Batista | 0.5 |
| Frank Menechino | 0.4 |
| John-Ford Griffin | 0.1 |
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 2006; everyone else is shown as a 2006 season snapshot.
| Player | Period | fWAR | Tier Market $M | Paid $M | Surplus $M | $ / WAR | Tier | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Wells | 2006 | +5.8 | +95.1 | 4.5 | +90.6 | $0.8M | 2.05× | – |
| Roy Halladay | 2006 | +5.0 | +100.8 | 12.8 | +88.0 | $2.5M | 2.50× | – |
| Reed Johnson | 2006 | +4.4 | +63.1 | 1.4 | +61.7 | $0.3M | 1.79× | – |
| B.J. Ryan | 2006 | +2.7 | +55.0 | 4.0 | +51.0 | $1.5M | 2.57× | – |
| Alex Rios | 2006 | +3.5 | +44.2 | 0.4 | +43.8 | $0.1M | 1.60× | – |
| A.J. Burnett | 2006 | +2.8 | +44.4 | 2.2 | +42.2 | $0.8M | 1.96× | – |
| Frank Catalanotto | 2006 | +2.6 | +32.9 | 2.7 | +30.2 | $1.1M | 1.60× | – |
| Aaron Hill | 2006 | +2.5 | +21.8 | 0.3 | +21.5 | $0.1M | 1.07× | – |
| Ted Lilly | 2006 | +2.1 | +24.6 | 4.0 | +20.6 | $1.9M | 1.49× | – |
| Troy Glaus | 2006 | +3.4 | +30.1 | 10.0 | +20.1 | $3.0M | 1.12× | – |
| Lyle Overbay | 2006 | +1.8 | +11.6 | 2.5 | +9.1 | $1.4M | 0.81× | – |
| Casey Janssen | 2006 | +1.0 | +8.0 | 0.3 | +7.7 | $0.3M | 1.02× | – |
| Gregg Zaun | 2006 | +1.5 | +6.1 | 1.0 | +5.1 | $0.7M | 0.52× | – |
| Justin Speier | 2006 | +1.0 | +5.2 | 2.2 | +2.9 | $2.3M | 0.67× | – |
| Scott Downs | 2006 | +0.5 | +2.7 | 0.7 | +2.0 | $1.4M | 0.67× | – |
| Eric Hinske↔ | 2006 | +1.1 | +5.0 | 3.2 | +1.8 | $3.0M | 0.58× | – |
| Jason Frasor | 2006 | +0.2 | +1.0 | 0.4 | +0.7 | $1.9M | 0.67× | – |
| Vinnie Chulk↔ | 2006 | +0.1 | +0.4 | 0.1 | +0.2 | $2.1M | 0.67× | – |
| Brian Tallet | 2006 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.3 | – | 0.67× | – |
| Bengie Molina | 2006 | +0.9 | +3.7 | 4.5 | -0.8 | $5.1M | 0.52× | – |
| Pete Walker | 2006 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -0.8 | – | 0.67× | – |
| Shea Hillenbrand↔ | 2006 | +0.4 | +2.2 | 3.3 | -1.1 | $8.3M | 0.69× | – |
| Scott Schoeneweis↔ | 2006 | +0.1 | +0.7 | 2.1 | -1.5 | $16.9M | 0.67× | – |
| Jeremy Accardo↔ | 2006 | -0.2 | -1.8 | 0.1 | -1.9 | – | 1.34× | – |
| John McDonald | 2006 | -0.4 | -2.1 | 0.5 | -2.6 | – | 0.61× | – |
| Gustavo Chacin | 2006 | -0.4 | -3.4 | 0.3 | -3.8 | – | 1.02× | – |
| Edgardo Alfonzo↔ | 2006 | -0.3 | -1.1 | 3.2 | -4.3 | – | 0.56× | – |
| Russ Adams | 2006 | -1.0 | -4.4 | 0.3 | -4.7 | – | 0.56× | – |
| Josh Towers | 2006 | -0.5 | -4.1 | 2.3 | -6.4 | – | 1.02× | – |
| Adam Lind | 2006 | +0.5 | +2.6 | – | – | – | 0.69× | – |
| Brandon League | 2006 | +0.6 | +3.0 | – | – | – | 0.67× | – |
| Chad Mottola | 2006 | -0.3 | -2.3 | – | – | – | 0.83× | – |
| Davis Romero | 2006 | +0.1 | +0.5 | – | – | – | 0.67× | – |
| Dustin McGowan | 2006 | -0.1 | -0.5 | – | – | – | 0.67× | – |
| Francisco Del Rosario | 2006 | -0.1 | -0.6 | – | – | – | 0.67× | – |
| Jason Phillips | 2006 | -0.5 | -2.2 | – | – | – | 0.52× | – |
| John Hattig | 2006 | +0.2 | +1.1 | – | – | – | 0.58× | – |
| Kevin Barker | 2006 | -0.1 | -0.6 | – | – | – | 0.69× | – |
| Luis Figueroa | 2006 | -0.2 | -0.7 | – | – | – | 0.56× | – |
| Ryan Roberts | 2006 | -0.1 | -0.4 | – | – | – | 0.56× | – |
| Shaun Marcum | 2006 | +0.3 | +2.1 | – | – | – | 1.02× | – |
| Ty Taubenheim | 2006 | +0.2 | +1.6 | – | – | – | 1.02× | – |
| Total | — | +41.1 | +545.2 | 70.3 | +471.0 | — | ||
Every graded 2006 deal involving the Blue Jays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.
TOR · JP Ricciardi
+$5.6M
CIN · Dan O'Brien
−$5.6M
TOR · JP Ricciardi
+$13.6M
SFG · Brian Sabean
−$13.6M
TEX · Jon Daniels
+$0.0M
TOR · JP Ricciardi
+$0.0M
CLE · Mark Shapiro
+$1.6M
TOR · JP Ricciardi
−$1.6M
MIL · Douglas Melvin
+$0.8M
TOR · JP Ricciardi
−$0.8M
What the front office was committed to as of 2006, 2006–2012. 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.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Halladay | 29 | 8.000 | $12.8M | $12.8M | $10.0M | $14.2M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Troy Glaus | 29 | 8.000 | $10.0M | $10.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bengie Molina | 31 | 8.000 | $4.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Vernon Wells | 27 | 7.000 | $4.5M | $8.8M | $3.7M | $4.7M | $15.7M | FREE AGENT | |
| B.J. Ryan | 30 | 7.000 | $4.0M | $7.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ted Lilly | 30 | 7.000 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 32 | 11.000 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Frank Catalanotto | 32 | 9.000 | $2.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Justin Speier | 32 | 8.000 | $2.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| A.J. Burnett | 29 | 7.000 | $2.2M | $13.2M | $13.2M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Scott Schoeneweis | 32 | 7.000 | $2.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Gregg Zaun | 35 | 11.000 | $1.0M | $3.5M | $3.8M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Scott Downs | 30 | 6.000 | $705k | $1.0M | $2.2M | $3.8M | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |
| Pete Walker | 37 | 11.000 | $650k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| John McDonald | 31 | 7.000 | $500k | $750k | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.2M | FREE AGENT |
| Kevin Barker | 30 | 7.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Hillenbrand | 30 | 5.000 | $3.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eric Hinske | 28 | 4.000 | $3.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Lyle Overbay | 29 | 5.000 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Josh Towers | 29 | 5.000 | $2.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Reed Johnson | 29 | 3.000 | $1.4M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Brian Tallet | 28 | 4.000 | $327k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Vinnie Chulk | 27 | 3.000 | $145k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jason Phillips | 29 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Frasor | 28 | 2.000 | $359k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Alex Rios | 25 | 2.000 | $354k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Gustavo Chacin | 25 | 2.000 | $348k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Russ Adams | 25 | 2.000 | $343k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Aaron Hill | 24 | 1.000 | $336k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Casey Janssen | 24 | 0.000 | $327k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jeremy Accardo | 24 | 1.000 | $137k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chad Mottola | 34 | – | — | ||||||
| Luis Figueroa | 32 | – | — | ||||||
| Francisco Del Rosario | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Dustin McGowan | 24 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Brandon League | 23 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| John Hattig | 26 | – | — | ||||||
| Ryan Roberts | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Shaun Marcum | 24 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Adam Lind | 22 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Davis Romero | 23 | – | — | ||||||
| Ty Taubenheim | 23 | – | — |
How each 2006 acquisition stacked onto Blue Jays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.