GM: Brian Cashman
2005: made playoffs · 95–67. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rodriguez | 29 | FA-elig | 162 | 9.1 | 26.0 | -8.8 |
| Derek Jeter | 31 | FA-elig | 159 | 4.4 | 19.6 | -11.3 |
| Jason Giambi | 34 | FA-elig | 139 | 4.2 | 13.4 | -5.5 |
| Randy Johnson | 41 | FA-elig | 34 | 4.0 | 16.0 | -8.5 |
| Jorge Posada | 34 | FA-elig | 142 | 3.3 | 11.0 | -4.8 |
| Mariano Rivera | 35 | FA-elig | 71 | 2.9 | 10.5 | -5.1 |
| Mike Mussina | 36 | FA-elig | 30 | 2.5 | 19.0 | -14.2 |
| Hideki Matsui | 31 | pre-arb | 162 | 2.5 | 8.0 | -3.4 |
| Gary Sheffield | 36 | FA-elig | 154 | 2.4 | 13.0 | -8.4 |
| Kevin Brown | 40 | FA-elig | 13 | 1.5 | 15.7 | -12.9 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 25 | – | 18 | 1.4 | – | – |
| Aaron Small | 33 | – | 15 | 1.3 | – | – |
| Shawn Chacon↔ COL | 27 | arb | 14 | 1.0 | 1.2 | +0.6 |
| Tom Gordon | 37 | FA-elig | 79 | 0.9 | 3.8 | -2.1 |
| Al Leiter↔ MIA | 39 | FA-elig | 16 | 0.6 | 3.4 | -2.2 |
| Carl Pavano | 29 | FA-elig | 17 | 0.5 | 9.0 | -8.1 |
| Felix Escalona | 26 | – | 10 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Tino Martinez | 37 | FA-elig | 131 | 0.2 | 2.8 | -2.4 |
| Robinson Canó | 22 | – | 132 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Mike Stanton↔ BOS | 38 | FA-elig | 28 | 0.1 | 1.9 | -1.7 |
| Jaret Wright | 29 | FA-elig | 13 | 0.1 | 5.7 | -5.5 |
| Steve Karsay↔ TEX | 33 | FA-elig | 6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | -1.7 |
| Alan Embree↔ BOS | 35 | FA-elig | 24 | 0.0 | 1.1 | -1.0 |
| Wayne Franklin | 31 | – | 13 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Colter Bean | 28 | – | 1 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Mark Bellhorn↔ BOS | 30 | FA-elig | 9 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| Felix Rodriguez | 32 | FA-elig | 34 | -0.0 | 3.1 | -3.2 |
| Tim Redding↔ SDP | 27 | arb | 1 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Jason Anderson | 26 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Kevin Reese | 27 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Buddy Groom↔ ARI | 39 | – | 24 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Mike Vento | 27 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Bubba Crosby | 28 | pre-arb | 76 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| Wil Nieves | 27 | – | 3 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| Ramiro Mendoza | 33 | – | 1 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Russ Johnson | 32 | – | 22 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jorge De Paula | 26 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Alex Graman | 27 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 34 | FA-elig | 64 | -0.2 | 0.8 | -1.2 |
| Paul Quantrill↔ MIA | 36 | FA-elig | 22 | -0.2 | 1.3 | -1.7 |
| Rey Sanchez | 37 | FA-elig | 23 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -1.0 |
| Scott Proctor | 28 | – | 29 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Andy Phillips | 28 | pre-arb | 27 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| Darrell May↔ SDP | 33 | FA-elig | 2 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| Sean Henn | 24 | – | 3 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Melky Cabrera | 20 | – | 6 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Matt Lawton III↔ CHC | 33 | FA-elig | 21 | -0.7 | 1.2 | -2.6 |
| Ruben Sierra | 39 | FA-elig | 61 | -0.9 | 1.5 | -3.3 |
| John Flaherty | 37 | FA-elig | 47 | -1.0 | 0.8 | -2.8 |
| Bernie Williams | 36 | FA-elig | 141 | -2.3 | 12.4 | -16.7 |
| Tony Womack | 35 | FA-elig | 108 | -2.3 | 2.0 | -6.4 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Randy Johnson | 4.0 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 1.4 |
| Aaron Small | 1.3 |
| Shawn Chacon | 1.0 |
| Al Leiter | 0.6 |
| Carl Pavano | 0.5 |
| Player | 2004 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jon Lieber | 3.6 |
| Javier Vazquez | 2.1 |
| Orlando Hernandez | 1.7 |
| Miguel Cairo | 0.5 |
| John Olerud | 0.4 |
| Brad Halsey | 0.4 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2005, 2005–2011. 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.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rodriguez | 29 | 11.000 | $26.0M | $21.7M | $22.7M | $28.0M | $33.0M | $33.0M | $32.0M |
| Derek Jeter | 31 | 10.000 | $19.6M | $20.6M | $21.6M | $21.6M | $21.6M | $22.6M | $14.7M |
| Mike Mussina | 36 | 14.000 | $19.0M | $19.0M | $11.1M | $11.1M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Randy Johnson | 41 | 17.000 | $16.0M | $15.7M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Kevin Brown | 40 | 19.000 | $15.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jason Giambi | 34 | 10.000 | $13.4M | $20.4M | $23.4M | $23.4M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Gary Sheffield | 36 | 17.000 | $13.0M | $10.8M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bernie Williams | 36 | 14.000 | $12.4M | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jorge Posada | 34 | 10.000 | $11.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $13.1M | $13.1M | $13.1M | $13.1M |
| Mariano Rivera | 35 | 10.000 | $10.5M | $10.5M | $10.5M | $15.0M | $15.0M | $15.0M | $14.9M |
| Carl Pavano | 29 | 7.000 | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | $10.0M | $11.0M | |||
| Jaret Wright | 29 | 8.000 | $5.7M | $7.7M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Tom Gordon | 37 | 17.000 | $3.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Al Leiter | 39 | 18.000 | $3.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Felix Rodriguez | 32 | 10.000 | $3.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tino Martinez | 37 | 15.000 | $2.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tony Womack | 35 | 12.000 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Stanton | 38 | 16.000 | $1.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Steve Karsay | 33 | 12.000 | $1.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ruben Sierra | 39 | 19.000 | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Paul Quantrill | 36 | 13.000 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Lawton III | 33 | 10.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Alan Embree | 35 | 13.000 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tanyon Sturtze | 34 | 10.000 | $850k | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| John Flaherty | 37 | 13.000 | $800k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rey Sanchez | 37 | 14.000 | $600k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Darrell May | 33 | 10.000 | $269k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mark Bellhorn | 30 | 8.000 | $263k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Buddy Groom | 39 | 13.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Russ Johnson | 32 | 8.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ramiro Mendoza | 33 | 9.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aaron Small | 33 | 11.000 | — | $1.2M | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Chacon | 27 | 4.000 | $1.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Wil Nieves | 27 | 3.000 | $316k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Tim Redding | 27 | 4.000 | $75k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Wayne Franklin | 31 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Felix Escalona | 26 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hideki Matsui | 31 | 2.000 | $8.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Bubba Crosby | 28 | 2.000 | $323k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Andy Phillips | 28 | 1.000 | $317k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Alex Graman | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Chien-Ming Wang | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jason Anderson | 26 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jorge De Paula | 26 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Robinson Canó | 22 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Scott Proctor | 28 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Sean Henn | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mike Vento | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Colter Bean | 28 | – | — | ||||||
| Kevin Reese | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Melky Cabrera | 20 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2005; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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