GM: Alex Anthopoulos
2015: made playoffs · 93–69. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Donaldson | 29 | arb | 158 | 8.7 | 4.3 | +23.2 |
| José Bautista | 34 | FA-elig | 153 | 5.2 | 14.0 | +2.4 |
| Edwin Encarnación | 32 | FA-elig | 146 | 4.5 | 10.0 | +4.3 |
| Russell Martin | 32 | FA-elig | 129 | 4.5 | 7.0 | +7.1 |
| Kevin Pillar | 26 | pre-arb | 159 | 3.7 | 0.5 | +11.2 |
| David Price↔ DET | 29 | FA-elig | 11 | 2.6 | 6.8 | +1.3 |
| Devon Travis | 24 | – | 62 | 2.2 | 0.5 | +6.4 |
| Mark Buehrle | 36 | FA-elig | 32 | 2.0 | 20.0 | -13.7 |
| Marco Estrada | 31 | FA-elig | 34 | 1.9 | 3.9 | +2.1 |
| R.A. Dickey | 40 | FA-elig | 33 | 1.8 | 12.0 | -6.4 |
| Liam Hendriks | 26 | arb | 58 | 1.5 | 0.5 | +4.3 |
| Chris Colabello | 31 | pre-arb | 101 | 1.4 | 0.4 | +4.0 |
| Drew Hutchison | 24 | arb | 31 | 1.4 | 0.5 | +3.8 |
| Brett Cecil | 28 | FA-elig | 63 | 1.3 | 2.5 | +1.7 |
| Danny Valencia↔ OAK | 30 | arb | 58 | 1.3 | 0.9 | +3.2 |
| Roberto Osuna | 20 | – | 68 | 1.3 | 0.5 | +3.6 |
| Ryan Goins | 27 | pre-arb | 128 | 1.3 | 0.5 | +3.5 |
| Troy Tulowitzki↔ COL | 30 | FA-elig | 41 | 1.2 | 6.4 | -2.6 |
| José Reyes↔ COL | 32 | FA-elig | 69 | 1.0 | 13.1 | -10.1 |
| Ben Revere↔ PHI | 27 | arb | 56 | 0.7 | 1.5 | +0.8 |
| Justin Smoak | 28 | arb | 132 | 0.7 | 1.0 | +1.1 |
| Marcus Stroman | 24 | pre-arb | 4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.8 |
| Félix Doubront↔ OAK | 27 | – | 5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +1.2 |
| LaTroy Hawkins↔ COL | 42 | FA-elig | 18 | 0.3 | 1.0 | -0.2 |
| Scott Copeland | 27 | – | 5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +0.7 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 22 | pre-arb | 41 | 0.2 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| Dioner Navarro | 31 | FA-elig | 54 | 0.2 | 5.0 | -4.3 |
| Aaron Loup | 27 | arb | 60 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +0.1 |
| Steve Tolleson | 31 | arb | 19 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +0.0 |
| Mark Lowe↔ SEA | 32 | FA-elig | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.3 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | 28 | pre-arb | 91 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.0 |
| Darwin Barney↔ LAD | 29 | arb | 15 | 0.1 | 2.2 | -1.9 |
| Munenori Kawasaki | 34 | pre-arb | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| Daniel Norris↔ DET | 22 | pre-arb | 5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.0 |
| Dalton Pompey | 22 | pre-arb | 34 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| Colt Hynes | 30 | pre-arb | 5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Rob Rasmussen↔ SEA | 26 | – | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 |
| Michael Saunders | 28 | FA-elig | 9 | 0.0 | 2.9 | -2.9 |
| Matt Hague | 29 | pre-arb | 10 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Jonathan Diaz | 30 | pre-arb | 7 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Francis | 34 | FA-elig | 14 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Chad Jenkins | 27 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Phil Coke↔ CHC | 32 | FA-elig | 2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Todd Redmond | 30 | arb | 7 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.9 |
| Miguel Castro↔ COL | 20 | – | 13 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Andrew Albers | 29 | pre-arb | 1 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
| Josh Thole | 28 | FA-elig | 18 | -0.2 | 1.8 | -2.4 |
| Cliff Pennington↔ ARI | 31 | FA-elig | 33 | -0.2 | 1.0 | -1.7 |
| Steve Delabar | 31 | pre-arb | 31 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| Bo Schultz | 29 | – | 31 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -1.3 |
| Matthew Boyd↔ DET | 24 | – | 2 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -1.2 |
| Ryan Tepera | 27 | – | 32 | -0.5 | 0.3 | -1.7 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Josh Donaldson | 8.7 |
| Russell Martin | 4.5 |
| David Price | 2.6 |
| Devon Travis | 2.2 |
| Marco Estrada | 1.9 |
| Chris Colabello | 1.4 |
| Player | 2014 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Melky Cabrera | 3.1 |
| Adam Lind | 1.7 |
| Brett Lawrie | 1.6 |
| Colby Rasmus | 1.5 |
| J.A. Happ | 1.2 |
| Juan Francisco | 1.2 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2015, 2015–2021. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2015; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Buehrle | 36 | 14.078 | $20.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| José Bautista | 34 | 9.165 | $14.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| José Reyes | 32 | 11.111 | $13.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| R.A. Dickey | 40 | 10.007 | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Edwin Encarnación | 32 | 9.085 | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Russell Martin | 32 | 8.150 | $7.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Troy Tulowitzki | 30 | 8.033 | $6.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dioner Navarro | 31 | 8.091 | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| LaTroy Hawkins | 42 | 18.054 | $964k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Phil Coke | 32 | 6.028 | $250k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mark Lowe | 32 | 7.005 | $157k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeff Francis | 34 | 9.036 | $154k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Price | 29 | 5.164 | $6.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Marco Estrada | 31 | 5.035 | $3.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Michael Saunders | 28 | 4.138 | $2.9M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brett Cecil | 28 | 4.152 | $2.5M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Darwin Barney | 29 | 4.053 | $2.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Josh Thole | 28 | 4.085 | $1.8M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ben Revere | 27 | 3.149 | $1.5M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Cliff Pennington | 31 | 5.114 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Justin Smoak | 28 | 4.077 | $1.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Danny Valencia | 30 | 3.118 | $925k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bo Schultz | 29 | 3.085 | $355k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Félix Doubront | 27 | 3.120 | $56k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Donaldson | 29 | 2.158 | $4.3M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Aaron Sanchez | 22 | 0.069 | $1.0M | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Aaron Loup | 27 | 2.083 | $528k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Drew Hutchison | 24 | 2.128 | $520k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Todd Redmond | 30 | 1.129 | $520k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Liam Hendriks | 26 | 1.000 | $518k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Steve Tolleson | 31 | 1.140 | $517k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Marcus Stroman | 24 | 0.147 | $515k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ryan Goins | 27 | 0.166 | $513k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Kevin Pillar | 26 | 0.113 | $512k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Colt Hynes | 30 | 0.078 | $511k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dalton Pompey | 22 | 0.027 | $508k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Devon Travis | 24 | 0.000 | $507k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Roberto Osuna | 20 | 0.000 | $507k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Chris Colabello | 31 | 2.089 | $422k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ezequiel Carrera | 28 | 1.069 | $391k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Steve Delabar | 31 | 2.097 | $297k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ryan Tepera | 27 | 0.000 | $297k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Daniel Norris | 22 | 1.000 | $196k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Munenori Kawasaki | 34 | 2.073 | $175k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Matt Hague | 29 | 0.060 | $86k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Chad Jenkins | 27 | 1.057 | $72k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Miguel Castro | 20 | 0.000 | $66k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Scott Copeland | 27 | 0.000 | $42k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jonathan Diaz | 30 | 0.041 | $31k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matthew Boyd | 24 | 0.000 | $26k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Rob Rasmussen | 26 | 0.096 | $9k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andrew Albers | 29 | 0.058 | $3k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Blue Jays 2015; 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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