GM: Pat Gillick
1989: made playoffs · 89–73. Ranks are vs the 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred McGriff | 25 | arb | 161 | 6.4 | 0.3 | +2.0 |
| Jimmy Key | 28 | arb | 33 | 4.6 | 1.8 | -0.1 |
| Kelly Gruber | 27 | arb | 135 | 3.9 | 0.5 | +1.0 |
| Tony Fernandez | 27 | FA-elig | 140 | 3.6 | 1.4 | -0.1 |
| Tom Henke | 31 | FA-elig | 64 | 3.5 | 1.0 | +0.3 |
| Ernie Whitt | 37 | FA-elig | 129 | 2.9 | 0.8 | +0.3 |
| Duane Ward | 25 | arb | 66 | 2.7 | 0.2 | +0.8 |
| Dave Stieb | 31 | FA-elig | 33 | 2.7 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| George Bell | 29 | FA-elig | 153 | 2.6 | 1.9 | -1.0 |
| Nelson Liriano | 25 | pre-arb | 132 | 2.4 | 0.1 | +0.7 |
| Mike Flanagan | 37 | FA-elig | 30 | 2.2 | 0.9 | -0.1 |
| John Cerutti | 29 | arb | 33 | 1.9 | 0.4 | +0.3 |
| David Wells | 26 | pre-arb | 54 | 1.8 | 0.1 | +0.5 |
| Junior Felix | 21 | pre-arb | 110 | 1.3 | 0.1 | +0.4 |
| Todd Stottlemyre | 24 | pre-arb | 27 | 1.2 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Frank Wills | 30 | – | 24 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Lloyd Moseby | 29 | FA-elig | 135 | 0.5 | 1.4 | -1.2 |
| Jim Acker↔ ATL | 30 | FA-elig | 14 | 0.5 | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Mauro Gozzo | 23 | pre-arb | 9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Lee Mazzilli↔ NYM | 34 | FA-elig | 28 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Jose Antonio Nunez | 25 | pre-arb | 6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Pat Borders | 26 | pre-arb | 94 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Jesse Barfield↔ NYY | 29 | FA-elig | 21 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Manuel Lee | 24 | arb | 99 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Tony Castillo↔ ATL | 26 | pre-arb | 17 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +0.0 |
| Steve Cummings | 24 | – | 5 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Ozzie Virgil Jr. | 32 | – | 9 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Rance Mulliniks | 33 | FA-elig | 103 | 0.1 | 0.7 | -0.6 |
| Al Leiter↔ NYY | 23 | pre-arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| John Olerud | 20 | – | 6 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Kevin Batiste | 22 | – | 6 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Glenallen Hill | 24 | – | 19 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Francisco Cabrera↔ ATL | 22 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Xavier Hernandez | 23 | – | 7 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Alexis Infante | 27 | – | 20 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Rob Ducey | 24 | pre-arb | 41 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Musselman↔ NYM | 26 | arb | 5 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| DeWayne Buice | 31 | – | 7 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Alex Sanchez | 23 | – | 4 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Mookie Wilson↔ NYM | 33 | FA-elig | 54 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
| Greg Myers | 23 | – | 17 | -0.6 | – | – |
| Bob Brenly↔ SFG | 35 | FA-elig | 48 | -0.7 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Tom Lawless | 32 | FA-elig | 59 | -1.1 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Junior Felix | 1.3 |
| Jim Acker | 0.5 |
| Mauro Gozzo | 0.4 |
| Lee Mazzilli | 0.4 |
| Steve Cummings | 0.2 |
| Ozzie Virgil Jr. | 0.1 |
| Player | 1988 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jim Clancy | 1.8 |
| Rick Leach | 0.3 |
| Juan Beniquez | 0.1 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 0.0 |
| Sal Butera | 0.0 |
| Mark Ross | 0.0 |
What the front office was committed to as of 1989, 1989–1995. 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 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Bell | 29 | 8.000 | $1.9M | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Dave Stieb | 31 | 10.000 | $1.5M | $2.8M | $3.0M | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tony Fernandez | 27 | 6.000 | $1.4M | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | $1.5M | |||
| Lloyd Moseby | 29 | 9.000 | $1.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tom Henke | 31 | 7.000 | $975k | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | $3.4M | |||
| Mike Flanagan | 37 | 14.000 | $888k | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | 37 | 13.000 | $800k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rance Mulliniks | 33 | 12.000 | $650k | $520k | $725k | $775k | FREE AGENT | ||
| Bob Brenly | 35 | 8.000 | $544k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mookie Wilson | 33 | 9.000 | $403k | $1.1M | $1.6M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jesse Barfield | 29 | 8.000 | $182k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tom Lawless | 32 | 7.000 | $175k | $250k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jim Acker | 30 | 6.000 | $132k | $700k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Lee Mazzilli | 34 | 13.000 | $129k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ozzie Virgil Jr. | 32 | 9.000 | — | $275k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Frank Wills | 30 | 6.000 | — | $242k | $435k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Key | 28 | 5.000 | $1.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kelly Gruber | 27 | 5.000 | $462k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| John Cerutti | 29 | 4.000 | $417k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Fred McGriff | 25 | 3.000 | $300k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Duane Ward | 25 | 3.000 | $168k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Manuel Lee | 24 | 4.000 | $160k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jeff Musselman | 26 | 3.000 | $40k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Antonio Nunez | 25 | 2.000 | $175k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Nelson Liriano | 25 | 2.000 | $112k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| David Wells | 26 | 2.000 | $107k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Pat Borders | 26 | 1.000 | $101k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Todd Stottlemyre | 24 | 1.000 | $85k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Rob Ducey | 24 | 2.000 | $84k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Junior Felix | 21 | 0.000 | $68k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mauro Gozzo | 23 | 0.000 | $68k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tony Castillo | 26 | 1.000 | $42k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Al Leiter | 23 | 2.000 | $16k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Kevin Batiste | 22 | – | — | ||||||
| DeWayne Buice | 31 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Francisco Cabrera | 22 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Steve Cummings | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Xavier Hernandez | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Glenallen Hill | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Alexis Infante | 27 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Greg Myers | 23 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| John Olerud | 20 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Alex Sanchez | 23 | – | — |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Blue Jays 1989; 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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