GM: Brian Cashman
2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Granderson | 30 | FA-elig | 156 | 6.9 | 8.2 | +8.6 |
| CC Sabathia | 30 | FA-elig | 33 | 5.7 | 24.3 | -10.3 |
| Russell Martin | 28 | arb | 125 | 5.4 | 4.0 | +9.2 |
| Robinson Canó | 28 | FA-elig | 159 | 5.1 | 10.0 | +2.6 |
| Brett Gardner | 27 | arb | 159 | 5.0 | 0.5 | +11.8 |
| Mark Teixeira | 31 | FA-elig | 156 | 4.3 | 23.1 | -12.6 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 35 | FA-elig | 99 | 4.0 | 32.0 | -22.1 |
| Nick Swisher | 30 | FA-elig | 150 | 3.4 | 9.1 | -0.8 |
| David Robertson | 26 | arb | 70 | 2.3 | 0.5 | +5.1 |
| Bartolo Colon | 38 | FA-elig | 29 | 2.3 | 0.9 | +4.7 |
| Derek Jeter | 37 | FA-elig | 131 | 2.2 | 14.7 | -9.3 |
| Mariano Rivera | 41 | FA-elig | 64 | 2.2 | 14.9 | -9.6 |
| Iván Nova | 24 | pre-arb | 28 | 1.8 | 0.4 | +4.0 |
| Freddy Garcia | 34 | FA-elig | 26 | 1.6 | 1.5 | +2.5 |
| Andruw Jones | 34 | FA-elig | 77 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +2.2 |
| Francisco Cervelli | 25 | arb | 43 | 1.1 | 0.5 | +2.3 |
| Jesus Montero | 21 | pre-arb | 18 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +0.9 |
| Phil Hughes | 25 | arb | 17 | 0.5 | 2.7 | -1.4 |
| A.J. Burnett | 34 | FA-elig | 34 | 0.5 | 16.5 | -15.3 |
| Boone Logan | 26 | arb | 64 | 0.5 | 1.2 | -0.1 |
| Cory Wade | 28 | – | 40 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Eric Chavez | 33 | FA-elig | 58 | 0.4 | 1.5 | -0.6 |
| Chris Dickerson | 29 | – | 60 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 25 | arb | 27 | 0.2 | 1.4 | -0.9 |
| Rafael Soriano | 31 | FA-elig | 42 | 0.2 | 10.0 | -9.6 |
| Hector Noesí | 24 | – | 30 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -0.0 |
| Raul Valdes↔ STL | 33 | – | 6 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Jeff Marquez | 26 | – | 3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Aaron Laffey↔ SEA | 26 | arb | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Gustavo Molina | 29 | arb | 3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| George Kontos | 26 | – | 7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Steve Garrison | 24 | – | 1 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Amauri Sanit | 31 | – | 4 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Sergio Mitre↔ MIL | 30 | FA-elig | 4 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Brackman | 25 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
| Buddy Carlyle | 33 | – | 8 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Dellin Betances | 23 | – | 2 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
| Kevin Whelan | 27 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Luis Ayala | 33 | FA-elig | 52 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -0.9 |
| Brandon Laird | 23 | pre-arb | 11 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.7 |
| Greg Golson | 25 | pre-arb | 9 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.8 |
| Lance Pendleton↔ HOU | 27 | – | 11 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Austin Romine | 22 | – | 9 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.4 |
| Brian Gordon | 32 | – | 2 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Scott Proctor↔ ATL | 34 | FA-elig | 8 | -0.7 | 0.2 | -2.0 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 24 | pre-arb | 112 | -0.8 | 0.4 | -2.3 |
| Ramiro Pena | 25 | pre-arb | 23 | -0.9 | 0.4 | -2.6 |
| Jorge Posada | 40 | FA-elig | 115 | -0.9 | 13.1 | -15.3 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Russell Martin | 5.4 |
| Bartolo Colon | 2.3 |
| Freddy Garcia | 1.6 |
| Andruw Jones | 1.5 |
| Jesus Montero | 0.5 |
| Cory Wade | 0.4 |
| Player | 2010 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Andy Pettitte | 2.7 |
| Marcus Thames | 0.7 |
| Kerry Wood | 0.4 |
| Austin Kearns | 0.2 |
| Javier Vazquez | 0.2 |
| Chad Moeller | 0.1 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2011, 2011–2017. 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 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rodriguez | 35 | 16.011 | $32.0M | $29.0M | $28.0M | FREE AGENT | $22.0M | $21.0M | |
| CC Sabathia | 30 | 10.000 | $24.3M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M |
| Mark Teixeira | 31 | 8.000 | $23.1M | $22.5M | $22.5M | $22.5M | $23.1M | $23.1M | FREE AGENT |
| A.J. Burnett | 34 | 11.038 | $16.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mariano Rivera | 41 | 15.105 | $14.9M | $15.0M | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Derek Jeter | 37 | 15.042 | $14.7M | $16.0M | $17.0M | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jorge Posada | 40 | 14.085 | $13.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rafael Soriano | 31 | 8.057 | $10.0M | $11.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Nick Swisher | 30 | 6.031 | $9.1M | $10.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Curtis Granderson | 30 | 14.077 | $8.2M | $10.0M | $15.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Andruw Jones | 34 | 14.047 | $1.5M | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Eric Chavez | 33 | 12.020 | $1.5M | $900k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Freddy Garcia | 34 | 10.060 | $1.5M | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bartolo Colon | 38 | 12.061 | $900k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Luis Ayala | 33 | 7.121 | $650k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Proctor | 34 | 7.000 | $154k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Buddy Carlyle | 33 | 12.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Canó | 28 | 5.153 | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Russell Martin | 28 | 4.150 | $4.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Phil Hughes | 25 | 3.113 | $2.7M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Joba Chamberlain | 25 | 3.055 | $1.4M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Boone Logan | 26 | 3.140 | $1.2M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Sergio Mitre | 30 | 5.132 | $138k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aaron Laffey | 26 | 4.101 | $101k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Gardner | 27 | 2.072 | $530k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| David Robertson | 26 | 2.070 | $460k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Francisco Cervelli | 25 | 1.113 | $456k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Gustavo Molina | 29 | 0.162 | $455k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Iván Nova | 24 | 0.051 | $433k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Eduardo Núñez | 24 | 0.046 | $419k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brandon Laird | 23 | 0.037 | $414k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Greg Golson | 25 | 0.104 | $414k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ramiro Pena | 25 | 1.138 | $414k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Hector Noesí | 24 | 0.000 | $414k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Chris Dickerson | 29 | 2.048 | $414k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jesus Montero | 21 | 1.167 | $414k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| George Kontos | 26 | 0.000 | $414k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dellin Betances | 23 | 0.000 | $414k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andrew Brackman | 25 | 1.027 | $400k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Austin Romine | 22 | 0.000 | $41k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brian Gordon | 32 | – | — | ||||||
| Raul Valdes | 33 | 1.085 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jeff Marquez | 26 | – | — | ||||||
| Lance Pendleton | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Kevin Whelan | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Cory Wade | 28 | 1.119 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Steve Garrison | 24 | – | — | ||||||
| Amauri Sanit | 31 | – | — |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2011; 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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