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Blue Jays TOR

202292–70 (0.568)Made Playoffs
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President of baseball ops: Mark Shapiro · GM: Ross Atkins

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2022, 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
$175M
Surplus $M
+6
Win %
0.568
TAB
+12.2
WAB
+7.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
48.9
Dead money %
29%
Depth Players
11.0
Dead WAR
-3.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2022 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RAlejandro Kirk78
RDanny Jansen63
RGabriel Moreno19
LZack Collins⇄13
BTyler Heineman⇄9

1B

RVladimir Guerrero Jr.128
LCavan Biggio33
RLourdes Gurriel Jr.8
LGosuke Katoh3
RWhit Merrifield⇄1

2B

RSantiago Espinal120
LCavan Biggio49
RWhit Merrifield⇄25
LGosuke Katoh2
RGabriel Moreno1
ROtto Lopez1
RVinny Capra1

3B

RMatt Chapman153
RSantiago Espinal11
RVinny Capra3
LCavan Biggio1
RGabriel Moreno1
RVladimir Guerrero Jr.1

SS

RBo Bichette157
RSantiago Espinal11
ROtto Lopez5

LF

RLourdes Gurriel Jr.105
LRaimel Tapia64
RTeoscar Hernández8
LCavan Biggio2
RGabriel Moreno1
RVinny Capra1
RWhit Merrifield⇄1

CF

LBradley Zimmer⇄97
RGeorge Springer86
LRaimel Tapia38
LJackie Bradley Jr.⇄15
RWhit Merrifield⇄5
ROtto Lopez1

RF

RTeoscar Hernández117
LRaimel Tapia32
RGeorge Springer26
LJackie Bradley Jr.⇄25
RWhit Merrifield⇄12
LCavan Biggio7
LBradley Zimmer⇄2
RVinny Capra1

DH

RAlejandro Kirk50
RGeorge Springer40
RVladimir Guerrero Jr.32
RLourdes Gurriel Jr.13
LZack Collins⇄13
RTeoscar Hernández10
RDanny Jansen3
LCavan Biggio3
RVinny Capra2
RGabriel Moreno2
RBo Bichette1
LBradley Zimmer⇄1
LGosuke Katoh1
RMatt Chapman1
LRaimel Tapia1
BTyler Heineman⇄1

Starters

RKevin Gausman5.5 WAR
RAlek Manoah3.9 WAR
RRoss Stripling3.0 WAR
RJose Berrios0.9 WAR
RDavid Phelps0.7 WAR
RMitch White⇄0.5 WAR
RTrevor Richards0.1 WAR
RJulian Merryweather0.1 WAR
LHyun-Jin Ryu0.1 WAR
RMax Castillo⇄0.0 WAR
LAnthony Banda⇄-0.0 WAR
RThomas Hatch-0.3 WAR
LYusei Kikuchi-0.9 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJordan Romano36 sv
RYimi Garcia23 h
RAnthony Bass⇄23 h
RAdam Cimber19 h
LTim Mayza17 h
RDavid Phelps9 h
RTrevor Richards8 h
RTrent Thornton3 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 2021)

PlayerfWAR
Kevin Gausman5.5
Matt Chapman3.9
Yimi García0.8
Gabriel Moreno0.8
Whit Merrifield0.7
Raimel Tapia0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2021)

Player2021 fWAR
Marcus Semien5.9
Robbie Ray3.9
Steven Matz2.7
Reese McGuire1.4
Corey Dickerson0.4
Anthony Castro0.2

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 2022; everyone else is shown as a 2022 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Kevin Gausman 2022 +5.5 +111.0 21.0 +90.0 $3.8M 2.50× Free Agent · 2022–2026 · $22.0M AAV
Alek Manoah 2022 +3.9 +68.6 0.7 +67.9 $0.2M 2.19× –
Bo Bichette 2022 +4.8 +50.9 0.8 +50.1 $0.2M 1.32× Free Agent · 2026–2028 · $42.0M AAV
Ross Stripling 2022 +3.0 +47.0 3.8 +43.2 $1.3M 1.96× –
Alejandro Kirk 2022 +4.3 +38.3 0.7 +37.6 $0.2M 1.12× Arb extension · 2026–2030 · $11.6M AAV
George Springer 2021–2022 +6.7 +85.1 53.3 +31.8 $8.0M 1.60× Free Agent · 2021–2026 · $25.0M AAV
Teoscar Hernández 2022 +3.0 +38.9 10.7 +28.2 $3.5M 1.60× Free Agent · 2025–2028 · $22.0M AAV
Matt Chapman 2022 +3.9 +38.7 12.5 +26.2 $3.2M 1.25× Extension · 2025–2030 · $25.2M AAV
Jordan Romano 2022 +1.5 +23.8 0.7 +23.1 $0.5M 1.95× –
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2022 +3.3 +28.4 7.9 +20.5 $2.4M 1.07× –
Danny Jansen 2022 +2.7 +21.3 1.9 +19.3 $0.7M 1.00× Free Agent · 2026–2028 · $7.2M AAV
Santiago Espinal 2022 +2.4 +15.5 0.7 +14.8 $0.3M 0.82× –
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2022 +1.5 +14.8 4.9 +9.9 $3.2M 1.22× –
Adam Cimber 2022 +0.8 +8.6 1.6 +7.0 $2.0M 1.34× –
Mitch White↔ 2022 +0.5 +4.3 0.2 +4.1 $0.3M 1.02× –
Yimi García 2022 +0.8 +8.5 4.5 +4.0 $5.6M 1.34× Free Agent · 2025–2026 · $7.5M AAV
Cavan Biggio 2022 +1.3 +5.9 2.1 +3.7 $1.6M 0.56× –
Gabriel Moreno 2022 +0.8 +3.3 0.2 +3.0 $0.3M 0.52× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $2.5M AAV
Zach Pop↔ 2022 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.6M 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $0.9M AAV
Whit Merrifield↔ 2022 +0.7 +2.9 2.2 +0.7 $3.4M 0.56× –
Tyler Heineman↔ 2022 +0.1 +0.7 0.1 +0.6 $0.7M 0.69× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $1.2M AAV
Otto Lopez 2022 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $0.8M 0.61× Pre-arbitration · 2026–2026 · $0.8M AAV
Gosuke Katoh 2022 +0.1 +0.5 0.1 +0.4 $0.9M 0.56× –
Bowden Francis 2022 +0.0 +0.1 0.0 +0.1 $1.2M 0.67× Pre-arbitration · 2026–2026 · $0.8M AAV
David Phelps 2022 +0.7 +3.6 3.5 +0.1 $5.1M 0.67× –
Foster Griffin↔ 2022 +0.0 +0.1 0.0 +0.1 $0.5M 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $5.5M AAV
Vinny Capra 2022 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $2.5M 0.69× –
Anthony Banda↔ 2022 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Julian Merryweather 2022 +0.1 +0.4 0.6 -0.2 $7.8M 0.67× –
Trevor Richards 2022 +0.1 +0.7 1.0 -0.3 $7.7M 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $1.0M AAV
Raimel Tapia 2022 +0.5 +3.5 4.0 -0.5 $7.5M 0.83× –
Andrew Vasquez↔ 2022 -0.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Jeremy Beasley 2022 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Sergio Romo↔ 2022 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Tim Mayza 2022 -0.0 -0.0 1.2 -1.3 – 1.34× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $1.8M AAV
Trent Thornton 2022 -0.1 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 – 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $1.0M AAV
Anthony Bass↔ 2022 -0.1 -0.6 1.1 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Ryan Borucki↔ 2022 -0.3 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 – 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $1.5M AAV
Thomas Hatch 2022 -0.3 -2.2 0.0 -2.2 – 1.02× –
Tayler Saucedo 2022 -0.4 -2.3 0.7 -2.9 – 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $1.0M AAV
Bradley Zimmer↔ 2022 -0.4 -2.5 0.9 -3.3 – 0.83× –
José Berríos 2022 +0.9 +7.2 10.7 -3.5 $12.1M 1.02× Arb extension · 2022–2028 · $18.7M AAV
Jackie Bradley Jr.↔ 2022 +0.2 +1.4 5.3 -3.9 $25.7M 0.83× –
Hyun Jin Ryu 2022 +0.1 +0.4 20.0 -19.6 $363.8M 1.02× –
Yusei Kikuchi 2022 -0.9 -7.0 16.0 -23.0 – 1.02× Free Agent · 2025–2027 · $21.2M AAV
Anthony Kay 2022 +0.0 +0.1 0.0 +0.0 $2.9M 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2028 · $6.0M AAV
Matt Gage 2022 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 +0.0 $3.8M 0.67× Pre-arbitration · 2026–2026 · $0.8M AAV
Max Castillo↔ 2022 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 -0.0 $5.9M 0.67× –
Shaun Anderson 2022 +0.0 +0.0 0.0 +0.0 $1.9M 0.67× –
Zack Collins↔ 2022 +0.1 +0.3 0.3 +0.0 $4.9M 0.69× –
Casey Lawrence 2022 -0.4 -2.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+51.4+616.2198.4+419.6—

Trades

Every graded 2022 deal involving the Blue Jays — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 17 total.

2022 · ARI / TOR Dec 23, 2022
ARI · Mike Hazen +$60.0M
Lourdes Gurriel, Gabriel Moreno
TOR · Mark Shapiro −$60.0M
Daulton Varsho
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / OAK Mar 16, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$48.0M
Matt Chapman
OAK · Billy Beane −$48.0M
Gunnar Hoglund, Kirby Snead, Kevin Smith, Zach Logue
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / KCR Aug 2, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$2.4M
Whit Merrifield
KCR · J.J. Picollo −$2.4M
Samad Taylor, Max Castillo
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · CLE / TOR Apr 8, 2022
CLE · Chris Antonetti +$0.8M
Anthony Castro
TOR · Mark Shapiro −$0.8M
Bradley Zimmer
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / KCR Jul 16, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Foster Griffin
KCR · J.J. Picollo +$0.0M
Jonatan Bernal
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · PIT / TOR Aug 2, 2022
PIT · Ben Cherington +$0.0M
Jeremy Beasley
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · PHI / TOR Aug 31, 2022
PHI · Dave Dombrowski +$0.0M
Vinny Nittoli
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Karl Ellison
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / COL Mar 24, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$0.8M
Raimel Tapia, Adrian Pinto
COL · Bill Schmidt −$0.8M
Randal Grichuk
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / LAD Aug 2, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$1.6M
Alex De Jesus, Mitch White
LAD · Andrew Friedman −$1.6M
Moises Brito, Nick Frasso
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / MIA Aug 31, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Edward Duran
MIA · Kim Ng +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / LAD May 24, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Francisco Lucumi
LAD · Andrew Friedman +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / SEA Jun 5, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$2.4M
Tyler Keenan
SEA · Jerry Dipoto −$2.4M
Ryan Borucki
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · PIT / TOR Jul 2, 2022
PIT · Ben Cherington +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
Anthony Banda
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / ATL Jul 5, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
ATL · Alex Anthopoulos +$0.0M
Leonel Callez
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · SEA / TOR Nov 16, 2022
SEA · Jerry Dipoto +$8.0M
Teoscar Hernández
TOR · Mark Shapiro −$8.0M
Erik Swanson, Adam Macko
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · MIA / TOR Aug 2, 2022
MIA · Kim Ng +$8.0M
Jordan Groshans
TOR · Mark Shapiro −$8.0M
Anthony Bass, Zach Pop
Too soon to call unsettled
2022 · TOR / CHW Apr 3, 2022
TOR · Mark Shapiro +$1.6M
Zack Collins
CHW · Kenny Williams −$1.6M
Reese McGuire
Too soon to call unsettled

Current & Historical Payroll

2022 payroll
$175.0M
2023 guaranteed
$61.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2022, 2022–2028. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2022; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2022202320242025202620272028
George Springer327.166$29.7M$24.2M$24.2M$24.2M$24.2MFREE AGENT
Kevin Gausman317.151$21.0M$21.0M$24.0M$23.0M$23.0MFREE AGENT
Hyun Jin Ryu359.000$20.0MFREE AGENT
José Berríos285.044$10.7M$16.0M$18.0M$19.0M$19.0M$24.0M$24.0M
Jackie Bradley Jr.329.000$5.3MFREE AGENT
Yimi García316.149$4.5MFREE AGENT
David Phelps359.156$3.5MFREE AGENT
Anthony Bass347.010$1.1MFREE AGENT
Sergio Romo3914.000$522kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2022202320242025202620272028
Yusei Kikuchi313.000$16.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Chapman294.109$12.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Teoscar Hernández294.097$10.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.233.000$7.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.284.000$4.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Raimel Tapia284.020$4.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ross Stripling325.115$3.8MFREE AGENT
Whit Merrifield335.101$2.2MFREE AGENT
Danny Jansen273.050$1.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Cimber313.156$1.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trevor Richards293.084$1.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bradley Zimmer293.119$878kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Borucki283.060$284kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (29)

PlayerAgeSvc2022202320242025202620272028
Cavan Biggio272.129$2.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Mayza302.156$1.2MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trent Thornton282.130$850kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bo Bichette242.063$825kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alek Manoah240.130$730kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Santiago Espinal271.149$724kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alejandro Kirk231.047$714kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordan Romano292.051$710kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tayler Saucedo290.112$662kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2FREE AGENT
Julian Merryweather301.114$610kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zack Collins271.149$277kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Vasquez280.045$241kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gabriel Moreno220.000$227kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mitch White270.116$158kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Beasley260.169$127kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vinny Capra250.000$108kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Gage290.000$104kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Otto Lopez230.005$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gosuke Katoh27–$96k
Zach Pop251.000$96kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Max Castillo230.000$89kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Heineman310.121$88kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Banda282.008$71kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Kay271.091$39kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bowden Francis260.000$19kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Thomas Hatch271.123$8kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Foster Griffin261.000$8kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shaun Anderson271.169$8kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Casey Lawrence341.171—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2022 acquisition stacked onto Blue Jays's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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