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Blue Jays TOR

200975–87 (0.463)
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GM: JP Ricciardi

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
$80M
Surplus $M
-1
Win %
0.463
TAB
+2.0
WAB
-5.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
34.7
Dead money %
35%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-4.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRod Barajas120
RRaúl Chávez51
RMichael Barrett7
LKyle Phillips5

1B

LLyle Overbay130
RKevin Millar46
RRandy Ruiz3
LAdam Lind1

2B

RAaron Hill156
RJohn McDonald8
LJoe Inglett3
RMarco Scutaro2

3B

RScott Rolen⇄88
REdwin Encarnación⇄42
RJosé Bautista26
RJohn McDonald10
RKevin Millar4

SS

RMarco Scutaro143
RJohn McDonald31

LF

LTravis Snider56
LAdam Lind55
RJosé Bautista42
LJoe Inglett14
LRuss Adams5
RJohn McDonald4
LDavid Dellucci⇄3

CF

RVernon Wells155
RJosé Bautista6
LJoe Inglett1

RF

RJosé Bautista36
LTravis Snider21
LJoe Inglett11

DH

LAdam Lind95
RRandy Ruiz30
RKevin Millar22
LDavid Dellucci⇄5
LTravis Snider2
RAaron Hill2
RJosé Bautista2
RJohn McDonald2
LRuss Adams2
LJoe Inglett1
RMarco Scutaro1
RVernon Wells1

Starters

RRoy Halladay6.8 WAR
LRicky Romero2.3 WAR
LBrian Tallet1.4 WAR
LMarc Rzepczynski0.9 WAR
RScott Richmond0.5 WAR
LDavid Purcey0.3 WAR
LBrett Cecil0.3 WAR
RCasey Janssen0.2 WAR
RRobert Ray0.2 WAR
LBrian Burres0.1 WAR
RJesse Litsch-0.2 WAR
LBrad Mills-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJason Frasor11 sv
LJesse Carlson12 h
LScott Downs10 h
RBrandon League9 h
RShawn Camp6 h
RJeremy Accardo4 h
LB.J. Ryan2 h
RDirk Hayhurst0 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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Ricky Romero2.3
Randy Ruiz1.0
Marc Rzepczynski0.9
Edwin Encarnación0.5
Brett Cecil0.3
Casey Janssen0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
A.J. Burnett5.0
Dustin McGowan2.0
Gregg Zaun1.9
Shaun Marcum1.6
John Parrish0.2
David Eckstein0.1

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 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Roy Halladay 2009 +6.8 +136.2 14.2 +121.9 $2.1M 2.50× –
Marco Scutaro 2009 +4.2 +44.8 1.1 +43.7 $0.3M 1.32× –
Aaron Hill 2009 +4.0 +38.7 2.6 +36.1 $0.6M 1.20× –
Adam Lind 2009 +3.3 +35.7 0.4 +35.3 $0.1M 1.33× –
Ricky Romero 2009 +2.3 +27.4 0.4 +27.0 $0.2M 1.49× –
Scott Rolen↔ 2009 +3.1 +27.6 8.2 +19.3 $2.7M 1.12× –
José Bautista 2009 +1.8 +17.5 2.4 +15.1 $1.3M 1.22× –
Jason Frasor 2009 +1.4 +14.7 1.4 +13.3 $1.1M 1.34× –
Brian Tallet 2009 +1.4 +11.2 1.0 +10.1 $0.7M 1.02× –
Lyle Overbay 2009 +2.0 +13.2 8.0 +5.3 $3.9M 0.81× –
Scott Downs 2009 +0.8 +8.4 3.8 +4.6 $4.8M 1.34× –
Scott Richmond 2009 +0.5 +4.4 0.4 +4.0 $0.7M 1.02× –
Brandon League 2009 +0.7 +3.9 0.6 +3.3 $0.9M 0.67× –
Jesse Carlson 2009 +0.6 +3.1 0.4 +2.7 $0.7M 0.67× –
David Purcey 2009 +0.3 +2.6 0.4 +2.2 $1.2M 1.02× –
Alex Rios↔ 2009 +1.0 +6.8 4.6 +2.1 $4.6M 0.83× –
Rod Barajas 2009 +1.1 +4.4 2.5 +1.9 $2.4M 0.52× –
Shawn Camp 2009 +0.5 +2.6 0.8 +1.9 $1.5M 0.67× –
Brett Cecil 2009 +0.3 +2.1 0.4 +1.7 $1.5M 1.02× –
Edwin Encarnación↔ 2009 +0.5 +2.3 1.2 +1.1 $2.5M 0.58× –
Robert Ray 2009 +0.2 +1.3 0.4 +0.9 $2.5M 1.02× –
Casey Janssen 2009 +0.2 +1.0 0.4 +0.6 $2.2M 0.67× –
Josh Roenicke↔ 2009 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Michael Barrett 2009 -0.1 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 – 0.52× –
Jeremy Accardo 2009 -0.1 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Joe Inglett 2009 -0.1 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 – 0.83× –
Travis Snider 2009 -0.1 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 – 0.83× –
Jesse Litsch 2009 -0.2 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 – 1.02× –
Raul Chavez 2009 -0.4 -1.6 0.5 -2.1 – 0.52× –
John McDonald 2009 -0.1 -0.5 1.9 -2.4 – 0.61× –
Brian Wolfe 2009 -0.4 -2.3 0.4 -2.7 – 0.67× –
David Dellucci↔ 2009 -0.5 -2.6 1.5 -4.0 – 0.69× –
Vernon Wells 2009 -0.1 -0.5 4.7 -5.2 – 0.83× –
Kevin Millar 2009 -1.2 -5.4 0.8 -6.3 – 0.56× –
B.J. Ryan 2009 -0.6 -3.1 12.0 -15.1 – 0.67× –
Bill Murphy 2009 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Brad Mills 2009 -0.3 -2.4 – – – 1.02× –
Brian Burres 2009 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 1.02× –
Bryan Bullington 2009 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Dirk Hayhurst 2009 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Kyle Phillips 2009 +0.1 +0.2 – – – 0.52× –
Marc Rzepczynski 2009 +0.9 +7.0 – – – 1.02× –
Randy Ruiz 2009 +1.0 +5.8 – – – 0.69× –
Russ Adams 2009 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+34.7+400.380.3+309.6—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Blue Jays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2009 · TOR / OAK
TOR · JP Ricciardi +$7.2M
Brett Wallace
OAK · Billy Beane −$7.2M
Michael Taylor
TOR came out ahead by $7.2M
2009 · TOR / CIN
TOR · JP Ricciardi +$143.2M
Josh Roenicke, Edwin Encarnación, Zach Stewart
CIN · Walt Jocketty −$143.2M
Scott Rolen
TOR came out ahead by $143.2M
2009 · TOR / SEA
TOR · JP Ricciardi +$72.8M
Brandon Morrow
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$72.8M
Brandon League, Johermyn Chavez
TOR came out ahead by $72.8M
2009 · PHI / TOR
PHI · Ruben Amaro +$154.4M
Roy Halladay
TOR · JP Ricciardi −$154.4M
Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor, Travis d'Arnaud
PHI came out ahead by $154.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$80.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Roy Halladay3211.000$14.2MFREE AGENT
B.J. Ryan3310.000$12.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Rolen3413.000$8.2MFREE AGENT
Lyle Overbay328.000$8.0M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Vernon Wells3010.000$4.7M$15.7MFREE AGENT
Scott Downs339.000$3.8M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Rod Barajas3310.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
John McDonald3410.000$1.9M$1.5M$1.2MFREE AGENT
David Dellucci3512.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Marco Scutaro337.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Brian Tallet317.000$1.0M$2.0M$711kFREE AGENT
Kevin Millar3711.000$850kFREE AGENT
Michael Barrett3211.000$600kFREE AGENT
Raul Chavez3613.000$500kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Alex Rios285.000$4.6MFREE AGENT
Aaron Hill274.000$2.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
José Bautista285.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Jason Frasor315.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Edwin Encarnación264.000$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Accardo274.000$900kARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Camp335.000$750kFREE AGENT
Brandon League265.000$640kFREE AGENT
Casey Janssen273.000$414kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Lind253.000$412kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Inglett313.000$411kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Russ Adams285.000—FREE AGENT
Brian Burres283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Jesse Litsch242.000$414kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Wolfe282.000$409kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesse Carlson281.000$409kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Purcey271.000$404kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Richmond291.000$402kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Snider211.000$401kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Cecil220.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Ray250.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Romero240.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Roenicke261.000$217kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Bullington28–—
Bill Murphy28–—
Kyle Phillips25–—
Randy Ruiz311.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dirk Hayhurst28–—
Brad Mills240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marc Rzepczynski230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2009 acquisition stacked onto Blue Jays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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