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Blue Jays TOR

201085–77 (0.525)
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GM: Alex Anthopoulos

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2010, 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
$61M
Surplus $M
+30
Win %
0.525
TAB
+9.9
WAB
+8.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
39.3
Dead money %
14%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-3.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2010 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJohn Buck112
RJosé Molina56
RJ.P. Arencibia8

1B

LLyle Overbay153
LAdam Lind11
RJosé Bautista4
RRandy Ruiz3
LJeremy Reed2

2B

RAaron Hill137
RJohn McDonald23
RMike McCoy14
RNick Green⇄6
RJarrett Hoffpauir2

3B

REdwin Encarnación95
RJosé Bautista48
RJohn McDonald19
RJarrett Hoffpauir11
RMike McCoy4

SS

RÁlex González⇄85
RYunel Escobar⇄60
RJohn McDonald19
RMike McCoy7
RNick Green⇄4

LF

LFred Lewis84
LTravis Snider53
LAdam Lind16
LDewayne Wise10
RMike McCoy8
LJeremy Reed6
RJohn McDonald2

CF

RVernon Wells151
LDewayne Wise18
LFred Lewis7
RMike McCoy2
RJosé Bautista1

RF

RJosé Bautista113
LTravis Snider29
LDewayne Wise17
LFred Lewis10
RMike McCoy6
LJeremy Reed3

DH

LAdam Lind122
LFred Lewis8
RRandy Ruiz8
LDewayne Wise4
RVernon Wells4
RJohn Buck4
RJ.P. Arencibia3
RJosé Bautista2
REdwin Encarnación1
RAaron Hill1
RNick Green⇄1
RJosé Molina1

Starters

LRicky Romero3.6 WAR
RShaun Marcum3.6 WAR
RBrandon Morrow3.0 WAR
LBrett Cecil2.4 WAR
RShawn Hill0.5 WAR
LMarc Rzepczynski0.3 WAR
RKyle Drabek0.2 WAR
LBrad Mills0.1 WAR
RJesse Litsch0.0 WAR
LDana Eveland⇄-0.0 WAR
LBrian Tallet-1.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RKevin Gregg37 sv
LScott Downs26 h
RJason Frasor14 h
RShawn Camp13 h
LDavid Purcey3 h
RCasey Janssen2 h
LJesse Carlson2 h
RJosh Roenicke2 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 2009)

PlayerfWAR
Shaun Marcum3.6
José Molina3.1
Brandon Morrow3.0
Álex González2.5
John Buck1.7
Yunel Escobar0.9

Key subtractions (gone from 2009)

Player2009 fWAR
Roy Halladay6.8
Marco Scutaro4.2
Scott Rolen3.1
Rod Barajas1.1
Alex Rios1.0
Brandon League0.7

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 2010; everyone else is shown as a 2010 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
José Bautista 2010 +6.5 +106.3 2.4 +103.9 $0.4M 2.05× –
Ricky Romero 2010 +3.6 +63.3 0.4 +62.9 $0.1M 2.19× –
Shaun Marcum 2010 +3.6 +62.6 0.8 +61.8 $0.2M 2.19× –
Brandon Morrow 2010 +3.0 +46.6 0.4 +46.2 $0.1M 1.96× –
Vernon Wells 2010 +3.7 +52.5 15.7 +36.8 $4.3M 1.79× –
Brett Cecil 2010 +2.4 +28.2 0.4 +27.8 $0.2M 1.49× –
José Molina 2010 +3.1 +24.8 0.8 +24.0 $0.3M 1.00× –
Álex González↔ 2010 +2.5 +17.6 1.5 +16.1 $0.6M 0.89× –
John Buck 2010 +1.7 +10.2 2.0 +8.2 $1.2M 0.76× –
Travis Snider 2010 +1.2 +8.1 0.4 +7.7 $0.3M 0.83× –
Edwin Encarnación 2010 +1.7 +11.7 5.2 +6.5 $3.0M 0.85× –
Jason Frasor 2010 +0.8 +8.7 2.6 +6.1 $3.2M 1.34× –
Kevin Gregg 2010 +0.7 +7.5 2.0 +5.5 $2.8M 1.34× –
Yunel Escobar↔ 2010 +0.9 +4.4 0.2 +4.2 $0.2M 0.61× –
Marc Rzepczynski 2010 +0.3 +2.8 0.4 +2.4 $1.2M 1.02× –
Fred Lewis 2010 +0.4 +2.7 0.5 +2.2 $1.1M 0.83× –
Scott Downs 2010 +1.1 +5.7 4.0 +1.7 $3.7M 0.67× –
Aaron Hill 2010 +1.2 +5.5 4.0 +1.5 $3.3M 0.56× –
Mike McCoy 2010 +0.4 +1.8 0.4 +1.4 $1.0M 0.56× –
John McDonald 2010 +0.6 +2.5 1.5 +1.0 $2.7M 0.56× –
Casey Janssen 2010 +0.2 +1.1 0.7 +0.4 $3.4M 0.67× –
Shawn Camp 2010 +0.2 +1.3 1.1 +0.2 $4.6M 0.67× –
Taylor Buchholz↔ 2010 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.1 $10.2M 0.67× –
Jesse Litsch 2010 +0.0 +0.2 0.4 -0.2 $16.5M 1.02× –
Dana Eveland↔ 2010 -0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 – 1.02× –
Merkin Valdez 2010 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Jeremy Accardo 2010 +0.1 +0.3 1.1 -0.8 $20.6M 0.67× –
Randy Ruiz 2010 -0.3 -1.8 0.4 -2.2 – 0.69× –
Lyle Overbay 2010 +1.2 +5.2 8.0 -2.7 $6.8M 0.56× –
Adam Lind 2010 -0.6 -3.6 0.6 -4.1 – 0.69× –
Brian Tallet 2010 -1.3 -7.2 2.0 -9.2 – 0.67× –
Brad Mills 2010 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
David Purcey 2010 +0.3 +1.6 – – – 0.67× –
Dewayne Wise 2010 +0.4 +2.4 – – – 0.83× –
J.P. Arencibia 2010 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.52× –
Jarrett Hoffpauir 2010 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.58× –
Jeremy Reed 2010 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.83× –
Jesse Carlson 2010 -0.3 -1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Josh Roenicke 2010 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Kyle Drabek 2010 +0.2 +1.7 – – – 1.02× –
Nick Green↔ 2010 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.56× –
Robert Ray 2010 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Rommie Lewis 2010 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Shawn Hill 2010 +0.5 +4.2 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+39.6+474.960.8+408.2—

Trades

Every graded 2010 deal involving the Blue Jays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2010 · TOR / ATL
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$43.2M
Yunel Escobar, Jo-Jo Reyes
ATL · Frank Wren −$43.2M
Álex González, Tim Collins, Tyler Pastornicky
TOR came out ahead by $43.2M
2010 · NYM / TOR
NYM · John Ricco +$0.0M
Jorge Padilla
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$0.0M
Clint Everts
Even trade
2010 · OAK / TOR
OAK · Billy Beane +$2.4M
Danny Farquhar, Trystan Magnuson
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos −$2.4M
Rajai Davis
OAK came out ahead by $2.4M
2010 · TOR / PIT
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$0.8M
Ronald Uviedo
PIT · Neal Huntington −$0.8M
Dana Eveland
TOR came out ahead by $0.8M
2010 · TOR / HOU
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$16.8M
Anthony Gose
HOU · Ed Wade −$16.8M
Brett Wallace
TOR came out ahead by $16.8M
2010 · TOR / MIL
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$8.8M
Brett Lawrie
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$8.8M
Shaun Marcum
TOR came out ahead by $8.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2010 payroll
$60.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2010, 2010–2016. 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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Vernon Wells3111.000$15.7MFREE AGENT
Lyle Overbay339.000$8.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Downs3410.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Frasor326.000$2.6M$2.4M$3.8MFREE AGENT
José Bautista296.000$2.4M$8.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M
Brian Tallet328.000$2.0M$711kFREE AGENT
John Buck296.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Kevin Gregg327.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
John McDonald3511.000$1.5M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Álex González3312.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Shawn Camp346.000$1.1M$2.2MFREE AGENT
José Molina3511.000$800k$1.2MFREE AGENT
Merkin Valdez286.000$410kFREE AGENT
Dewayne Wise3210.000—FREE AGENT
Nick Green316.000—FREE AGENT
Shawn Hill296.000—FREE AGENT
Jeremy Reed296.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Edwin Encarnación275.000$5.2MFREE AGENT
Aaron Hill285.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Jeremy Accardo285.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Shaun Marcum285.000$850kFREE AGENT
Casey Janssen284.000$700kARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Lind264.000$550kARB 3FREE AGENT
Fred Lewis294.000$455kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesse Litsch253.000$415kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Morrow253.000$410kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dana Eveland265.000$315kFREE AGENT
Taylor Buchholz284.000$234kARB 3FREE AGENT
Yunel Escobar273.000$193kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Ricky Romero251.000$408kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Snider222.000$406kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Ruiz322.000$404kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marc Rzepczynski241.000$404kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike McCoy291.000$401kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Cecil230.128$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesse Carlson292.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.P. Arencibia240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rommie Lewis27–—
David Purcey282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrett Hoffpauir271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Ray261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Drabek221.080—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Roenicke272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Mills250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2010 acquisition stacked onto Blue Jays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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