President of baseball ops: Mark Shapiro · GM: Ross Atkins
2022: made playoffs · 92–70. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | 31 | FA-elig | 31 | 5.5 | 21.0 | -0.7 |
| Bo Bichette | 24 | pre-arb | 159 | 4.8 | 0.8 | +16.9 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 23 | pre-arb | 139 | 4.3 | 0.7 | +15.0 |
| George Springer | 32 | FA-elig | 133 | 4.0 | 29.7 | -14.9 |
| Alek Manoah | 24 | pre-arb | 31 | 3.9 | 0.7 | +13.6 |
| Matt Chapman | 29 | arb | 155 | 3.9 | 12.5 | +1.7 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 23 | arb | 160 | 3.3 | 7.9 | +4.2 |
| Teoscar Hernández | 29 | FA-elig | 131 | 3.0 | 10.7 | +0.5 |
| Ross Stripling | 32 | FA-elig | 32 | 3.0 | 3.8 | +7.2 |
| Danny Jansen | 27 | arb | 72 | 2.7 | 1.9 | +7.8 |
| Santiago Espinal | 27 | pre-arb | 135 | 2.4 | 0.7 | +8.0 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | 28 | arb | 121 | 1.5 | 4.9 | +0.7 |
| Jordan Romano | 29 | pre-arb | 63 | 1.5 | 0.7 | +4.9 |
| Cavan Biggio | 27 | arb | 97 | 1.3 | 2.1 | +2.7 |
| José Berríos | 28 | FA-elig | 32 | 0.9 | 10.7 | -7.5 |
| Adam Cimber | 31 | arb | 77 | 0.8 | 1.6 | +1.4 |
| Yimi García | 31 | FA-elig | 61 | 0.8 | 4.5 | -1.6 |
| Gabriel Moreno | 22 | – | 25 | 0.8 | 0.2 | +2.7 |
| David Phelps | 35 | FA-elig | 65 | 0.7 | 3.5 | -1.0 |
| Whit Merrifield↔ KCR | 33 | FA-elig | 44 | 0.7 | 2.2 | +0.2 |
| Raimel Tapia | 28 | FA-elig | 128 | 0.5 | 4.0 | -2.0 |
| Mitch White↔ LAD | 27 | pre-arb | 10 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +1.8 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr.↔ BOS | 32 | FA-elig | 40 | 0.2 | 5.3 | -4.5 |
| Zach Pop↔ MIA | 25 | pre-arb | 18 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.5 |
| Trevor Richards | 29 | arb | 62 | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Heineman↔ PIT | 31 | – | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.4 |
| Otto Lopez | 23 | pre-arb | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Gosuke Katoh | 27 | – | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Julian Merryweather | 30 | pre-arb | 26 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| Zack Collins↔ PIT | 27 | – | 26 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | 35 | FA-elig | 6 | 0.1 | 20.0 | -19.8 |
| Vinny Capra | 25 | – | 8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Matt Gage | 29 | – | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Foster Griffin↔ KCR | 26 | pre-arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Bowden Francis | 26 | – | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 |
| Max Castillo↔ KCR | 23 | – | 9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Anthony Kay | 27 | pre-arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 |
| Shaun Anderson | 27 | pre-arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 |
| Tim Mayza | 30 | arb | 63 | -0.0 | 1.2 | -1.3 |
| Anthony Banda↔ NYY | 28 | – | 7 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Sergio Romo↔ SEA | 39 | FA-elig | 6 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Andrew Vasquez↔ SFG | 28 | – | 9 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Trent Thornton | 28 | arb | 32 | -0.1 | 0.8 | -1.3 |
| Anthony Bass↔ MIA | 34 | FA-elig | 28 | -0.1 | 1.1 | -1.5 |
| Jeremy Beasley | 26 | – | 9 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Ryan Borucki↔ SEA | 28 | arb | 11 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -1.3 |
| Thomas Hatch | 27 | pre-arb | 1 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -1.0 |
| Bradley Zimmer↔ PHI | 29 | – | 100 | -0.4 | 0.9 | -2.2 |
| Casey Lawrence | 34 | – | 6 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Tayler Saucedo | 29 | pre-arb | 4 | -0.4 | 0.7 | -2.2 |
| Yusei Kikuchi | 31 | arb | 32 | -0.9 | 16.0 | -19.2 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | 5.5 |
| Matt Chapman | 3.9 |
| Yimi García | 0.8 |
| Gabriel Moreno | 0.8 |
| Whit Merrifield | 0.7 |
| Raimel Tapia | 0.5 |
| Player | 2021 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Marcus Semien | 5.9 |
| Robbie Ray | 3.9 |
| Steven Matz | 2.7 |
| Reese McGuire | 1.4 |
| Corey Dickerson | 0.4 |
| Anthony Castro | 0.2 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2022, 2022–2028. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2022; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Springer | 32 | 7.166 | $29.7M | $24.2M | $24.2M | $24.2M | $24.2M | FREE AGENT | |
| Kevin Gausman | 31 | 7.151 | $21.0M | $21.0M | $24.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | FREE AGENT | |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | 35 | 9.000 | $20.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| José Berríos | 28 | 5.044 | $10.7M | $16.0M | $18.0M | $19.0M | $19.0M | $24.0M | $24.0M |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 32 | 9.000 | $5.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Yimi García | 31 | 6.149 | $4.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| David Phelps | 35 | 9.156 | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Anthony Bass | 34 | 7.010 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Sergio Romo | 39 | 14.000 | $522k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yusei Kikuchi | 31 | 3.000 | $16.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Matt Chapman | 29 | 4.109 | $12.5M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Teoscar Hernández | 29 | 4.097 | $10.7M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 23 | 3.000 | $7.9M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | 28 | 4.000 | $4.9M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Raimel Tapia | 28 | 4.020 | $4.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ross Stripling | 32 | 5.115 | $3.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Whit Merrifield | 33 | 5.101 | $2.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Danny Jansen | 27 | 3.050 | $1.9M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Adam Cimber | 31 | 3.156 | $1.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Trevor Richards | 29 | 3.084 | $1.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bradley Zimmer | 29 | 3.119 | $878k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ryan Borucki | 28 | 3.060 | $284k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavan Biggio | 27 | 2.129 | $2.1M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tim Mayza | 30 | 2.156 | $1.2M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Trent Thornton | 28 | 2.130 | $850k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Bo Bichette | 24 | 2.063 | $825k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Alek Manoah | 24 | 0.130 | $730k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Santiago Espinal | 27 | 1.149 | $724k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Alejandro Kirk | 23 | 1.047 | $714k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jordan Romano | 29 | 2.051 | $710k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tayler Saucedo | 29 | 0.112 | $662k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Julian Merryweather | 30 | 1.114 | $610k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Zack Collins | 27 | 1.149 | $277k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Andrew Vasquez | 28 | 0.045 | $241k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Gabriel Moreno | 22 | 0.000 | $227k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mitch White | 27 | 0.116 | $158k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jeremy Beasley | 26 | 0.169 | $127k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Vinny Capra | 25 | 0.000 | $108k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Gage | 29 | 0.000 | $104k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Otto Lopez | 23 | 0.005 | $100k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Gosuke Katoh | 27 | – | $96k | ||||||
| Zach Pop | 25 | 1.000 | $96k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Max Castillo | 23 | 0.000 | $89k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tyler Heineman | 31 | 0.121 | $88k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Anthony Banda | 28 | 2.008 | $71k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Anthony Kay | 27 | 1.091 | $39k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Bowden Francis | 26 | 0.000 | $19k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Thomas Hatch | 27 | 1.123 | $8k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Foster Griffin | 26 | 1.000 | $8k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Shaun Anderson | 27 | 1.169 | $8k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Casey Lawrence | 34 | 1.171 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Blue Jays 2022; 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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