GM: Brian Cashman
2006: made playoffs · 97–65. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Jeter | 32 | FA-elig | 154 | 6.1 | 20.6 | -8.4 |
| Mike Mussina | 37 | FA-elig | 32 | 5.1 | 19.0 | -8.8 |
| Jorge Posada | 35 | FA-elig | 143 | 4.3 | 12.0 | -3.5 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 30 | FA-elig | 154 | 3.8 | 21.7 | -14.1 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 26 | pre-arb | 34 | 3.7 | 0.4 | +7.1 |
| Johnny Damon | 32 | FA-elig | 149 | 3.6 | 13.0 | -5.8 |
| Randy Johnson | 42 | FA-elig | 33 | 3.2 | 15.7 | -9.2 |
| Jason Giambi | 35 | FA-elig | 139 | 3.0 | 20.4 | -14.4 |
| Robinson Canó | 23 | pre-arb | 122 | 2.4 | 0.4 | +4.3 |
| Jaret Wright | 30 | FA-elig | 31 | 2.4 | 7.7 | -3.0 |
| Mariano Rivera | 36 | FA-elig | 63 | 2.1 | 10.5 | -6.2 |
| Bobby Abreu↔ PHI | 32 | FA-elig | 58 | 1.7 | 5.1 | -1.6 |
| Melky Cabrera | 21 | – | 130 | 1.6 | – | – |
| Scott Proctor | 29 | pre-arb | 83 | 1.2 | 0.4 | +2.0 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 30 | FA-elig | 72 | 1.1 | 5.4 | -3.3 |
| Hideki Matsui | 32 | arb | 51 | 0.7 | 13.0 | -11.5 |
| Kevin Thompson | 26 | – | 19 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Darrell Rasner | 25 | – | 6 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Aaron Guiel↔ KCR | 33 | – | 44 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Gary Sheffield | 37 | FA-elig | 39 | 0.3 | 10.8 | -10.2 |
| Miguel Cairo | 32 | FA-elig | 81 | 0.3 | 1.0 | -0.5 |
| Brian Bruney | 24 | – | 19 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.2 |
| Mike Myers | 37 | FA-elig | 62 | 0.2 | 1.1 | -0.7 |
| Jeff Karstens | 23 | – | 8 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Matt Smith↔ PHI | 27 | – | 12 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Sidney Ponson↔ STL | 29 | FA-elig | 5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Nick Green↔ TBR | 27 | pre-arb | 46 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.2 |
| Andy Cannizaro | 27 | – | 13 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Colter Bean | 29 | – | 2 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Ron Villone | 36 | FA-elig | 70 | -0.1 | 2.2 | -2.4 |
| Kevin Reese | 28 | – | 10 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jose Veras | 25 | – | 12 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Sean Henn | 25 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Kelly Stinnett↔ NYM | 36 | FA-elig | 34 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Wil Nieves | 28 | arb | 6 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.6 |
| Terrence Long | 30 | – | 12 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Sal Fasano↔ PHI | 34 | FA-elig | 28 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Kris Wilson | 29 | – | 5 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Octavio Dotel | 32 | FA-elig | 14 | -0.2 | 2.0 | -2.5 |
| T.J. Beam | 25 | – | 20 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Cory Lidle↔ PHI | 34 | FA-elig | 10 | -0.3 | 1.1 | -1.6 |
| Scott Erickson | 38 | – | 9 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Shawn Chacon↔ PIT | 28 | arb | 17 | -0.3 | 2.4 | -3.0 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 35 | FA-elig | 18 | -0.3 | 1.5 | -2.2 |
| Bubba Crosby | 29 | arb | 65 | -0.5 | 0.4 | -1.4 |
| Aaron Small | 34 | FA-elig | 11 | -0.7 | 1.2 | -2.6 |
| Craig Wilson↔ PIT | 29 | arb | 40 | -0.8 | 1.1 | -2.7 |
| Andy Phillips | 29 | pre-arb | 110 | -0.9 | 0.3 | -2.1 |
| Bernie Williams | 37 | FA-elig | 131 | -1.2 | 1.5 | -4.0 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Johnny Damon | 3.6 |
| Bobby Abreu | 1.7 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1.1 |
| Kevin Thompson | 0.5 |
| Darrell Rasner | 0.4 |
| Aaron Guiel | 0.3 |
| Player | 2005 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | 1.5 |
| Tom Gordon | 0.9 |
| Al Leiter | 0.6 |
| Carl Pavano | 0.5 |
| Felix Escalona | 0.3 |
| Tino Martinez | 0.2 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2006, 2006–2012. 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 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rodriguez | 30 | 12.000 | $21.7M | $22.7M | $28.0M | $33.0M | $33.0M | $32.0M | $29.0M |
| Derek Jeter | 32 | 11.000 | $20.6M | $21.6M | $21.6M | $21.6M | $22.6M | $14.7M | $16.0M |
| Jason Giambi | 35 | 11.000 | $20.4M | $23.4M | $23.4M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Mike Mussina | 37 | 15.000 | $19.0M | $11.1M | $11.1M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Randy Johnson | 42 | 18.000 | $15.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Johnny Damon | 32 | 11.000 | $13.0M | $13.0M | $13.0M | $13.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jorge Posada | 35 | 11.000 | $12.0M | $12.0M | $13.1M | $13.1M | $13.1M | $13.1M | FREE AGENT |
| Gary Sheffield | 37 | 18.000 | $10.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mariano Rivera | 36 | 11.000 | $10.5M | $10.5M | $15.0M | $15.0M | $15.0M | $14.9M | $15.0M |
| Jaret Wright | 30 | 9.000 | $7.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kyle Farnsworth | 30 | 7.000 | $5.4M | $5.7M | $4.4M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bobby Abreu | 32 | 10.000 | $5.1M | $15.0M | $16.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ron Villone | 36 | 11.000 | $2.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Octavio Dotel | 32 | 7.000 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tanyon Sturtze | 35 | 11.000 | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bernie Williams | 37 | 15.000 | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aaron Small | 34 | 12.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Myers | 37 | 11.000 | $1.1M | $955k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Cory Lidle | 34 | 9.000 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Miguel Cairo | 32 | 10.000 | $1.0M | $494k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Kelly Stinnett | 36 | 12.000 | $539k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Sidney Ponson | 29 | 8.000 | $263k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Sal Fasano | 34 | 10.000 | $153k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Erickson | 38 | 16.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Terrence Long | 30 | 7.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kris Wilson | 29 | 6.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hideki Matsui | 32 | 3.000 | $13.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Shawn Chacon | 28 | 5.000 | $2.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Craig Wilson | 29 | 5.000 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bubba Crosby | 29 | 3.000 | $354k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Wil Nieves | 28 | 4.000 | $329k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Aaron Guiel | 33 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Canó | 23 | 1.000 | $381k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 26 | 1.000 | $353k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Scott Proctor | 29 | 2.000 | $353k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Andy Phillips | 29 | 2.000 | $333k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brian Bruney | 24 | 2.000 | $328k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Nick Green | 27 | 2.000 | $260k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jose Veras | 25 | 0.000 | $193k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Sean Henn | 25 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Colter Bean | 29 | – | — | ||||||
| Darrell Rasner | 25 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jeff Karstens | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Smith | 27 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| T.J. Beam | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Kevin Thompson | 26 | – | — | ||||||
| Kevin Reese | 28 | – | — | ||||||
| Andy Cannizaro | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Melky Cabrera | 21 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2006; 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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