GM: Brian Cashman
2012: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Canó | 29 | FA-elig | 161 | 7.3 | 14.0 | +4.9 |
| CC Sabathia | 31 | FA-elig | 28 | 4.1 | 23.0 | -12.5 |
| Curtis Granderson | 31 | FA-elig | 160 | 4.0 | 10.0 | +0.4 |
| Russell Martin | 29 | FA-elig | 133 | 4.0 | 7.5 | +2.8 |
| Nick Swisher | 31 | FA-elig | 148 | 3.6 | 10.2 | -0.9 |
| Hiroki Kuroda | 37 | arb | 33 | 3.4 | 10.0 | -1.3 |
| Derek Jeter | 38 | FA-elig | 159 | 3.3 | 16.0 | -7.5 |
| Mark Teixeira | 32 | FA-elig | 123 | 2.6 | 22.5 | -15.7 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 36 | FA-elig | 122 | 2.5 | 29.0 | -22.6 |
| Phil Hughes | 26 | arb | 32 | 2.0 | 3.2 | +1.9 |
| Chris Stewart | 30 | FA-elig | 55 | 1.7 | 0.5 | +4.0 |
| Eric Chavez | 34 | FA-elig | 113 | 1.6 | 0.9 | +3.2 |
| David Robertson | 27 | arb | 65 | 1.5 | 1.6 | +2.3 |
| Andy Pettitte | 40 | FA-elig | 12 | 1.5 | 2.5 | +1.3 |
| Iván Nova | 25 | pre-arb | 28 | 1.1 | 0.5 | +2.4 |
| Rafael Soriano | 32 | FA-elig | 69 | 1.1 | 11.0 | -8.2 |
| Ichiro Suzuki↔ SEA | 38 | FA-elig | 67 | 0.8 | 7.0 | -5.1 |
| Freddy Garcia | 35 | FA-elig | 30 | 0.6 | 4.0 | -2.6 |
| Raul Ibanez | 40 | FA-elig | 130 | 0.5 | 1.1 | +0.3 |
| Dewayne Wise↔ CHW | 34 | – | 56 | 0.5 | 0.1 | +1.1 |
| David Phelps | 25 | – | 33 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +0.7 |
| Boone Logan | 27 | FA-elig | 80 | 0.4 | 1.9 | -0.7 |
| Jayson Nix | 29 | pre-arb | 74 | 0.4 | 0.9 | +0.2 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 25 | pre-arb | 38 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.6 |
| Brett Gardner | 28 | arb | 16 | 0.4 | 2.8 | -1.7 |
| Clay Rapada | 31 | arb | 70 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Mariano Rivera | 42 | FA-elig | 9 | 0.4 | 15.0 | -14.1 |
| Chris Dickerson | 30 | – | 25 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Andruw Jones | 35 | FA-elig | 94 | 0.3 | 2.0 | -1.3 |
| Cody Eppley | 26 | pre-arb | 59 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +0.2 |
| Derek Lowe↔ CLE | 39 | FA-elig | 17 | 0.1 | 6.7 | -6.4 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 26 | arb | 22 | 0.1 | 1.7 | -1.5 |
| Francisco Cervelli | 26 | pre-arb | 3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Chad Qualls↔ PHI | 33 | FA-elig | 8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Ramiro Pena | 26 | pre-arb | 3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Ryota Igarashi↔ TOR | 33 | – | 2 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Melky Mesa | 25 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Cory Wade | 29 | arb | 39 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
| Justin Thomas↔ BOS | 28 | arb | 4 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Steve Pearce↔ BAL | 29 | – | 12 | -0.1 | – | – |
| David Aardsma | 30 | FA-elig | 1 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| D.J. Mitchell | 25 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Darnell McDonald↔ BOS | 33 | FA-elig | 4 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Adam Warren | 24 | – | 1 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| Casey McGehee↔ PIT | 29 | arb | 22 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -1.7 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Hiroki Kuroda | 3.4 |
| Chris Stewart | 1.7 |
| Andy Pettitte | 1.5 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 0.8 |
| Raul Ibanez | 0.5 |
| Dewayne Wise | 0.5 |
| Player | 2011 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Bartolo Colon | 2.3 |
| Jesus Montero | 0.5 |
| Hector Noesí | 0.2 |
| Raul Valdes | 0.1 |
| Jeff Marquez | 0.0 |
| Aaron Laffey | 0.0 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2012, 2012–2018. 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 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rodriguez | 36 | 17.011 | $29.0M | $28.0M | FREE AGENT | $22.0M | $21.0M | ||
| CC Sabathia | 31 | 11.000 | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $10.0M |
| Mark Teixeira | 32 | 9.000 | $22.5M | $22.5M | $22.5M | $23.1M | $23.1M | FREE AGENT | |
| Derek Jeter | 38 | 16.042 | $16.0M | $17.0M | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Mariano Rivera | 42 | 16.105 | $15.0M | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Robinson Canó | 29 | 6.153 | $14.0M | $15.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Rafael Soriano | 32 | 9.057 | $11.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Nick Swisher | 31 | 7.031 | $10.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Curtis Granderson | 31 | 14.077 | $10.0M | $15.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ichiro Suzuki | 38 | 11.000 | $7.0M | $6.5M | $6.5M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Derek Lowe | 39 | 14.100 | $6.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Freddy Garcia | 35 | 11.060 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Andy Pettitte | 40 | 16.144 | $2.5M | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Andruw Jones | 35 | 15.047 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Raul Ibanez | 40 | 14.020 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eric Chavez | 34 | 13.020 | $900k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chad Qualls | 33 | 7.058 | $153k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroki Kuroda | 37 | 4.000 | $10.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Russell Martin | 29 | 5.150 | $7.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Phil Hughes | 26 | 4.113 | $3.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brett Gardner | 28 | 3.072 | $2.8M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Boone Logan | 27 | 4.140 | $1.9M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Joba Chamberlain | 26 | 4.055 | $1.7M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| David Robertson | 27 | 3.070 | $1.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| David Aardsma | 30 | 5.082 | $500k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Casey McGehee | 29 | 3.028 | $490k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Justin Thomas | 28 | 4.000 | $188k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Dewayne Wise | 34 | 5.094 | $79k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chris Dickerson | 30 | 3.048 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Steve Pearce | 29 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Nix | 29 | 2.145 | $900k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Iván Nova | 25 | 1.035 | $527k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Clay Rapada | 31 | 2.127 | $525k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Eduardo Núñez | 25 | 1.046 | $524k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Francisco Cervelli | 26 | 2.113 | $514k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Cory Wade | 29 | 2.119 | $509k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ramiro Pena | 26 | 2.079 | $505k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Chris Stewart | 30 | 1.091 | $482k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Cody Eppley | 26 | 1.022 | $481k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Adam Warren | 24 | 0.000 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Melky Mesa | 25 | 0.037 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| David Phelps | 25 | 0.000 | $480k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Darnell McDonald | 33 | 2.143 | $48k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| D.J. Mitchell | 25 | 0.025 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ryota Igarashi | 33 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2012; 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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