Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: JP Ricciardi (since 2002)

2008 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+3.7
WAB — wins above budget
+4.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
86–76 (0.531)
record
-11M
surplus $M (value/$)
39.0
roster fWAR
$89.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Roy Halladay 31 FA-elig 34 6.6 10.0 +4.9
Alex Rios 27 arb 155 5.5 4.8 +7.6
A.J. Burnett 31 FA-elig 35 5.0 13.2 -1.9
Marco Scutaro 32 FA-elig 145 3.0 1.6 +5.2
Scott Rolen 33 FA-elig 115 2.7 11.6 -5.6
Dustin McGowan 26 arb 19 2.0 0.4 +4.2
Jesse Litsch 23 pre-arb 29 2.0 0.4 +4.1
Gregg Zaun 37 FA-elig 86 1.9 3.8 +0.5
Joe Inglett 30 109 1.7
Lyle Overbay 31 FA-elig 158 1.6 6.8 -3.1
Shaun Marcum 26 arb 25 1.6 0.4 +3.2
Scott Downs 32 FA-elig 66 1.0 2.2 +0.1
Vernon Wells 29 FA-elig 108 1.0 3.7 -1.5
Rod Barajas 32 FA-elig 104 0.8 0.7 +1.1
B.J. Ryan 32 FA-elig 60 0.8 12.0 -10.2
Scott Richmond 28 5 0.8
Aaron Hill 26 arb 55 0.6 0.4 +1.0
Brian Tallet 30 FA-elig 51 0.6 0.6 +0.7
Shawn Camp 32 40 0.5
Jesse Carlson 27 69 0.5
David Purcey 26 12 0.5
Travis Snider 20 24 0.4
Brian Wolfe 27 pre-arb 20 0.2 0.4 +0.1
John Parrish 30 13 0.2
David Eckstein↔ ARI 33 FA-elig 76 0.1 3.6 -3.3
Buck Coats 26 pre-arb 8 0.1 0.4 -0.1
Curtis Thigpen 25 10 0.1
Brandon League 25 arb 31 0.1 0.4 -0.2
Kevin Mench 30 51 0.0
Hector Luna 28 2 0.0
Randy Wells↔ CHC 25 1 -0.0
José Bautista↔ PIT 27 arb 21 -0.0 0.3 -0.3
Adam Lind 24 88 -0.0
Jeremy Accardo 26 arb 16 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Robinzon Diaz↔ PIT 24 1 -0.1
Jason Frasor 30 arb 49 -0.1 1.1 -1.4
Shannon Stewart 34 FA-elig 52 -0.2 1.5 -1.8
Jorge Velandia↔ CLE 33 3 -0.2
Frank Thomas↔ OAK 40 FA-elig 16 -0.2 2.8 -3.2
Armando Benitez 35 8 -0.2
Matt Stairs↔ PHI 40 FA-elig 105 -0.5 1.4 -2.5
John McDonald 33 FA-elig 84 -0.7 1.9 -3.4
Brad Wilkerson↔ SEA 31 FA-elig 85 -0.8 2.5 -4.2

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (65%). 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