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Blue Jays TOR

201374–88 (0.457)
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GM: Alex Anthopoulos

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2013, 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
$127M
Surplus $M
-56
Win %
0.457
TAB
-10.2
WAB
-10.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
26.5
Dead money %
42%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-6.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2013 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJ.P. Arencibia131
LJosh Thole39
RHenry Blanco⇄15
RMike Nickeas1

1B

REdwin Encarnación79
LAdam Lind76
RMark DeRosa17
LRyan Langerhans4
LJosh Thole2
RJosé Bautista1

2B

BMaicer Izturis59
LRyan Goins32
RMark DeRosa29
LMunenori Kawasaki18
RBrett Lawrie6

3B

RBrett Lawrie103
BMaicer Izturis36
RMark DeRosa25
REdwin Encarnación10
RJosé Bautista3
RAndy LaRoche1

SS

BJosé Reyes92
LMunenori Kawasaki60
BMaicer Izturis28
LRyan Goins2
BEmilio Bonifácio⇄1

LF

BMelky Cabrera77
RRajai Davis57
RKevin Pillar33
BEmilio Bonifácio⇄20
LAnthony Gose15
RMoisés Sierra2
RMark DeRosa1

CF

LColby Rasmus114
LAnthony Gose34
RRajai Davis16

RF

RJosé Bautista109
RRajai Davis35
RMoisés Sierra29
BEmilio Bonifácio⇄5
LAnthony Gose2
RKevin Pillar1

DH

LAdam Lind58
REdwin Encarnación55
RMark DeRosa14
BMelky Cabrera9
LMunenori Kawasaki8
RRajai Davis8
RJosé Bautista7
RMoisés Sierra4
RJ.P. Arencibia3
BEmilio Bonifácio⇄1
LAnthony Gose1
RKevin Pillar1
LJosh Thole1

Starters

LMark Buehrle2.1 WAR
RR.A. Dickey1.9 WAR
LJ.A. Happ1.0 WAR
RTodd Redmond0.7 WAR
RJosh Johnson0.4 WAR
RChad Jenkins0.1 WAR
REsmil Rogers0.0 WAR
LAaron Laffey⇄-0.1 WAR
LSean Nolin-0.1 WAR
RChien-Ming Wang-0.2 WAR
RBrandon Morrow-0.2 WAR
LRicky Romero-0.3 WAR
RRamon Ortiz-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RCasey Janssen34 sv
LBrett Cecil11 h
RNeil Wagner10 h
LAaron Loup8 h
RSergio Santos8 h
LDarren Oliver8 h
RSteve Delabar6 h
RDustin McGowan6 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 2012)

PlayerfWAR
José Reyes2.5
Mark Buehrle2.1
R.A. Dickey1.9
Munenori Kawasaki0.7
Todd Redmond0.7
Josh Johnson0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2012)

Player2012 fWAR
Jeff Mathis1.7
Yunel Escobar1.3
Kelly Johnson0.7
Carlos Villanueva0.6
Brandon Lyon0.4
Henderson Alvarez0.2

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 2013; everyone else is shown as a 2013 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Colby Rasmus 2013 +3.9 +55.5 4.7 +50.8 $1.2M 1.79× –
José Bautista 2013 +4.1 +58.5 14.0 +44.5 $3.4M 1.79× –
Edwin Encarnación 2013 +4.0 +38.1 8.0 +30.1 $2.0M 1.20× –
R.A. Dickey 2013 +1.9 +23.1 5.0 +18.1 $2.6M 1.49× –
Mark Buehrle 2013 +2.1 +25.3 11.0 +14.3 $5.2M 1.49× –
Steve Delabar 2013 +1.2 +13.3 0.5 +12.8 $0.4M 1.34× –
Brett Lawrie 2013 +1.6 +10.7 0.5 +10.2 $0.3M 0.85× –
Casey Janssen 2013 +1.2 +12.8 3.9 +8.9 $3.3M 1.34× –
José Reyes 2013 +2.5 +17.6 10.0 +7.6 $4.1M 0.89× –
Rajai Davis 2013 +1.2 +8.0 2.5 +5.5 $2.1M 0.83× –
Adam Lind 2013 +1.6 +10.4 5.0 +5.4 $3.1M 0.81× –
Todd Redmond 2013 +0.7 +5.3 0.5 +4.8 $0.8M 1.02× –
J.A. Happ 2013 +1.0 +8.2 3.7 +4.5 $3.7M 1.02× –
Brett Cecil 2013 +0.9 +4.9 0.5 +4.4 $0.6M 0.67× –
Munenori Kawasaki 2013 +0.7 +3.5 0.4 +3.1 $0.5M 0.61× –
Aaron Loup 2013 +0.6 +3.4 0.5 +2.9 $0.8M 0.67× –
Moisés Sierra 2013 +0.4 +2.7 0.1 +2.6 $0.3M 0.83× –
Sergio Santos 2013 +0.9 +4.5 2.8 +1.8 $3.2M 0.67× –
Chad Jenkins 2013 +0.1 +0.8 0.2 +0.6 $1.0M 0.67× –
J.P. Arencibia 2013 +0.3 +1.1 0.5 +0.6 $2.0M 0.52× –
Mickey Storey 2013 +0.1 +0.5 0.1 +0.5 $0.5M 0.67× –
Ryan Goins 2013 +0.1 +0.5 0.1 +0.4 $0.9M 0.56× –
Anthony Gose 2013 +0.1 +0.5 0.2 +0.3 $2.3M 0.83× –
Mark DeRosa 2013 +0.2 +0.9 0.8 +0.2 $3.7M 0.56× –
Luis Perez 2013 +0.1 +0.6 0.5 +0.1 $4.7M 0.67× –
Neil Wagner 2013 +0.1 +0.5 0.3 +0.1 $3.6M 0.67× –
Jeremy Jeffress 2013 +0.1 +0.3 0.5 -0.2 $8.9M 0.67× –
Esmil Rogers 2013 +0.0 +0.2 0.5 -0.3 $13.6M 0.67× –
Thad Weber↔ 2013 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Dustin McGowan 2013 +0.1 +0.7 1.5 -0.8 $11.2M 0.67× –
Aaron Laffey↔ 2013 -0.1 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 – 1.02× –
Dave Bush 2013 -0.2 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Kyle Drabek 2013 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Sean Nolin 2013 -0.1 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 – 1.02× –
Edgar Gonzalez↔ 2013 -0.2 -1.2 0.0 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Kevin Pillar 2013 -0.2 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 – 0.83× –
Chien-Ming Wang 2013 -0.2 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 – 1.02× –
Henry Blanco↔ 2013 -0.5 -2.1 0.2 -2.3 – 0.52× –
Brad Lincoln 2013 -0.4 -2.2 0.2 -2.4 – 0.67× –
Darren Oliver 2013 +0.1 +0.3 3.0 -2.7 $56.7M 0.67× –
Josh Thole 2013 -0.5 -2.0 1.2 -3.2 – 0.52× –
Ramon Ortiz 2013 -0.5 -4.3 0.4 -4.7 – 1.02× –
Emilio Bonifácio↔ 2013 -0.5 -3.2 1.8 -4.9 – 0.83× –
Brandon Morrow 2013 -0.2 -1.4 8.0 -9.4 – 1.02× –
Melky Cabrera 2013 -0.2 -1.5 8.0 -9.5 – 0.83× –
Ricky Romero 2013 -0.3 -2.1 7.5 -9.6 – 1.02× –
Maicer Izturis 2013 -1.6 -7.3 3.0 -10.3 – 0.56× –
Josh Johnson 2013 +0.4 +3.4 13.8 -10.4 $33.1M 1.02× –
Andy LaRoche 2013 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.58× –
Juan Pablo Perez 2013 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Justin Germano 2013 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Nickeas 2013 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.52× –
Ryan Langerhans 2013 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+26.6+282.8127.0+155.5—

Trades

Every graded 2013 deal involving the Blue Jays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

2013 · TOR / PHI
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$2.4M
Erik Kratz, Rob Rasmussen
PHI · Ruben Amaro −$2.4M
Brad Lincoln
TOR came out ahead by $2.4M
2013 · PHI / TOR
PHI · Ruben Amaro +$0.0M
Art Charles
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$0.0M
Michael Schwimer
Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

2013 payroll
$126.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2013, 2013–2019. 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 (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
José Bautista327.165$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$18.0MFREE AGENT
Josh Johnson297.026$13.8MFREE AGENT
Mark Buehrle3412.078$11.0M$18.0M$20.0MFREE AGENT
José Reyes309.111$10.0M$16.0M$13.1MFREE AGENT
Melky Cabrera286.148$8.0M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Edwin Encarnación307.085$8.0M$9.0M$10.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
R.A. Dickey388.007$5.0M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Adam Lind299.058$5.0M$7.0MFREE AGENT
Casey Janssen316.063$3.9M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Maicer Izturis328.038$3.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Darren Oliver4217.127$3.0MFREE AGENT
Dustin McGowan316.113$1.5M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Mark DeRosa3812.061$750kFREE AGENT
Chien-Ming Wang337.159$500kFREE AGENT
Ramon Ortiz408.115$410kFREE AGENT
Henry Blanco4114.136$225kFREE AGENT
Dave Bush336.150$8kFREE AGENT
Ryan Langerhans337.053—FREE AGENT
Justin Germano309.000—FREE AGENT
Juan Pablo Perez347.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
Brandon Morrow285.091$8.0MFREE AGENT
Ricky Romero284.000$7.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Colby Rasmus264.000$4.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
J.A. Happ304.047$3.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Sergio Santos293.000$2.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rajai Davis325.167$2.5MFREE AGENT
Emilio Bonifácio284.066$1.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Laffey285.101$7kFREE AGENT
Edgar Gonzalez304.148$3kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Nickeas303.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy LaRoche295.096—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
Josh Thole262.142$1.2MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Cecil262.152$510kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Esmil Rogers272.135$509kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.P. Arencibia272.059$506kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Perez281.119$500kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Lawrie231.055$500kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Drabek252.080$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Delabar291.015$499kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Jeffress250.145$496kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Loup250.083$494kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Redmond280.040$490kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Munenori Kawasaki321.000$367kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Neil Wagner290.030$305kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Gose220.079$166kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Lincoln281.143$166kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Jenkins250.060$153kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Pillar240.000$126kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Moisés Sierra241.105$107kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Goins250.000$104kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mickey Storey270.062$51kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Thad Weber280.002$18kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Nolin230.000$3kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2013 acquisition stacked onto Blue Jays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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