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Blue Jays TOR

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GM: Ross Atkins (since 2016)

2018 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-8.4
WAB — wins above budget
-10.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
73–89 (0.451)
record
-42M
surplus $M (value/$)
23.7
roster fWAR
$124.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Randal Grichuk 26 arb 124 3.0 2.8 +7.5
Justin Smoak 31 FA-elig 147 2.4 4.1 +4.1
J.A. Happ↔ NYY 35 FA-elig 20 2.1 8.4 -1.3
Luke Maile 27 arb 68 2.0 0.6 +6.3
Ryan Borucki 24 17 1.7 0.3 +5.5
Kevin Pillar 29 arb 142 1.5 3.2 +1.8
Aledmys Díaz 27 pre-arb 130 1.5 2.0 +3.0
Marcus Stroman 27 arb 19 1.4 6.5 -1.6
Russell Martin 35 FA-elig 90 1.3 20.0 -15.7
Seunghwan Oh↔ COL 35 pre-arb 48 0.9 1.2 +1.9
Teoscar Hernández 25 pre-arb 134 0.9 0.5 +2.5
Sam Gaviglio 28 pre-arb 26 0.8 0.4 +2.4
Danny Jansen 23 31 0.7 0.1 +2.2
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 24 pre-arb 65 0.6 1.4 +0.8
Kendrys Morales 35 FA-elig 130 0.6 11.0 -8.9
Aaron Sanchez 25 arb 20 0.6 2.7 -0.7
Josh Donaldson↔ CLE 32 FA-elig 36 0.5 15.9 -14.1
Roberto Osuna↔ HOU 23 arb 15 0.5 2.1 -0.3
Curtis Granderson↔ MIL 37 FA-elig 104 0.5 4.2 -2.5
Tyler Clippard 33 FA-elig 73 0.5 1.5 +0.1
Marco Estrada 34 FA-elig 28 0.4 13.0 -11.7
Reese McGuire 23 14 0.4 0.1 +1.2
Tim Mayza 26 pre-arb 37 0.3 0.3 +0.8
Rowdy Tellez 23 23 0.3 0.1 +1.1
Steve Pearce↔ BOS 35 FA-elig 26 0.3 2.1 -1.0
Ryan Tepera 30 arb 68 0.3 0.6 +0.5
Billy McKinney↔ NYY 23 36 0.3 0.2 +0.9
Aaron Loup↔ PHI 30 FA-elig 50 0.3 1.5 -0.7
Richard Urena 22 pre-arb 40 0.2 0.2 +0.6
John Axford↔ LAD 35 FA-elig 45 0.2 1.4 -0.7
Thomas Pannone 24 12 0.2 0.4 +0.2
Sean Reid-Foley 22 7 0.1 0.1 +0.4
Dwight Smith Jr. 25 35 0.1
Rhiner Cruz 31 pre-arb 2 0.0 0.3 -0.1
Mike Hauschild 28 2 0.0 0.0 +0.1
Ken Giles↔ HOU 27 arb 21 0.0 1.8 -1.6
Oliver Drake↔ ANA 31 arb 2 0.0 0.0 +0.1
David Paulino 24 pre-arb 7 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Brandon Cumpton 29 pre-arb 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
Murphy Smith 30 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Darnell Sweeney 27 pre-arb 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Dalton Pompey 25 pre-arb 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
José Manuel Fernández 25 13 -0.0
Jake Petricka 30 arb 41 -0.0 0.6 -0.7
Carlos Ramírez↔ OAK 27 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.2
Deck McGuire↔ ANA 29 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.2
Taylor Guerrieri 25 pre-arb 9 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Jon Berti 28 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Danny Barnes 28 pre-arb 47 -0.1 0.6 -0.9
Jonathan Davis 26 20 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
Luis Santos 27 15 -0.1 0.1 -0.5
Jaime García↔ CHC 31 FA-elig 25 -0.1 6.1 -6.4
Gio Urshela 26 19 -0.1
Mark Leiter Jr.↔ PHI 27 pre-arb 8 -0.1 0.2 -0.7
Brandon Drury↔ NYY 25 arb 8 -0.2 0.2 -0.7
Anthony Alford 23 pre-arb 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.6
Justin Shafer 25 6 -0.2 0.1 -0.7
Chris Rowley 27 2 -0.2 0.0 -0.6
Yangervis Solarte 30 arb 122 -0.2 4.1 -5.0
Preston Guilmet↔ STL 30 pre-arb 6 -0.3 0.1 -1.0
Gift Ngoepe 28 pre-arb 13 -0.3 0.0 -1.1
Joe Biagini 28 50 -0.6
Devon Travis 27 arb 103 -1.0 1.4 -4.9

63 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 59 of them (94%). 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