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Dean Taylor

Born Apr 19, 1951 · Brawley, CA · age 75

General manager for the Brewers (2000–2002).

3 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.

Overview

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs0
Record197–289
Win %0.405
-4.8GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±6.5175th/195 execs
3.3Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)178th/195 execs
-6.6Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)166th/195 execs
47%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)173rd/195 execs
$6MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track131st/195 execs
$3MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)122nd/195 execs
$3MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade89th/195 execs
$-0MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees167th/195 execs
-29.0TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total157th/195 execs
-31.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)162nd/195 execs
0.04Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)183rd/195 execs
-30Roster surplus $M89th/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Brewers GM 2000–2002 3 -31.6 -10.53 -29.0 -18.7 +48.6 -21.1 -9.6 -1.3 0.04 0.405 ––– -30
Career total (1985+ data) 3 -31.6 -29.0 -18.7 +48.6 -21.1 -9.6 -1.3 0.04 0.405 –– – -30

Roster Construction

How the roster was sourced

by valueby volume

Share of acquired fWAR by channel vs. league average.

Build channels — net fWAR

Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.

Home-grown (draft/intl)+48.6
Trade-21.1
Free agency-9.6
Rule 5 / minor draft-1.3
Sourcing mix: 81% draft · 8% FA · 11% trade · 0% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across Dean Taylor's seasons. Bars = his rosters; the black line = the league-average player at each slot. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge.

Players acquired — 78 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Prince Fielder 1B MIL Draft 2002 7 +20.0 +2.9 –
Corey Hart OF MIL Draft 2000 7 +14.4 +2.1 –
Richie Sexson 1B MIL Trade 2000 4 +11.4 +2.9 0.1
J. J. Hardy SS MIL Draft 2001 5 +11.0 +2.2 –
José Hernández 3B/SS MIL Trade 2001 2 +6.3 +3.2 0.1
Manny Parra P MIL Draft 2001 5 +4.6 +0.9 –
Glendon Rusch P MIL Trade 2002 2 +4.6 +2.3 0.1
Jimmy Haynes P MIL Trade 2000 2 +3.0 +1.5 0.1
Keith Ginter 2B/3B MIL Trade 2002 3 +2.5 +0.8 0.0
Henry Blanco C MIL Trade 2000 2 +2.3 +1.1 0.1
Jamey Wright P MIL Trade 2000 2 +2.2 +1.1 0.1
Tyler Houston C/3B MIL Free agency 2000 3 +1.7 +0.6 0.0
Matt Stairs DH/OF MIL Free agency 2002 1 +1.7 +1.7 0.1
Ray King P MIL Trade 2000 3 +1.6 +0.5 0.0
Matt Kinney P MIL Trade 2002 2 +1.5 +0.8 0.0
Luis Vizcaíno P MIL Trade 2002 2 +1.3 +0.7 0.0
John Snyder P MIL Trade 2000 1 +1.2 +1.2 0.1
Raúl Casanova C MIL Free agency 2000 2 +1.0 +0.5 0.0
Eric Young 2B MIL Free agency 2002 2 +1.0 +0.5 0.0
Lenny Harris 3B MIL Trade 2002 1 +0.8 +0.8 0.0
Mike DeJean P MIL Trade 2001 2 +0.8 +0.4 0.0
Devon White OF MIL Trade 2001 1 +0.8 +0.8 0.0
Brooks Kieschnick P/OF MIL Free agency 2002 2 +0.7 +0.3 0.0
Curt Leskanic P MIL Trade 2000 2 +0.7 +0.4 0.0
Jeffrey Hammonds OF MIL Free agency 2000 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.0
Charlie Hayes 3B MIL Free agency 2000 1 +0.5 +0.5 0.0
Ryan Thompson OF MIL Free agency 2001 1 +0.5 +0.5 0.0
Mike Adams P MIL Intl FA 2001 1 +0.4 +0.4 –
Luis López 2B/SS MIL Trade 2000 2 +0.4 +0.2 0.0
James Mouton OF MIL Trade 2000 1 +0.4 +0.4 0.0
Mac Suzuki P MIL Trade 2001 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.0
Mike Buddie P MIL Free agency 2000 2 +0.2 +0.1 0.0
Dana Eveland P MIL Draft 2002 2 +0.2 +0.1 –
Paul Rigdon P MIL Trade 2000 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Chris Sáenz P MIL Draft 2001 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Dennis Sarfate P MIL Draft 2001 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Juan Acevedo P MIL Trade 2000 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.0
Robert Machado C MIL Trade 2002 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.0
Matt Ford P MIL Rule 5 2002 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Mark Leiter P MIL Trade 2001 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Wayne Franklin P MIL Trade 2002 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Elvis Peña 2B MIL Trade 2001 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Jayson Durocher P MIL Trade 2002 1 -0.0 -0.0 –
Wes Helms 1B/3B MIL Trade 2002 2 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Hernán Iribarren 2B/OF MIL Intl FA 2002 1 -0.0 -0.0 –
Dave Krynzel OF MIL Draft 2000 1 -0.0 -0.0 –
Bob Scanlan P MIL Free agency 2000 3 +0.0 +0.0 0.4
Will Cunnane P MIL Trade 2001 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Lyle Mouton OF MIL Trade 2000 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Ryan Christenson OF MIL Trade 2002 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Kevin Brown C MIL Trade 2000 1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
Mike Coolbaugh 3B MIL Trade 2001 – -0.1 – –
Tim Dillard P MIL Draft 2002 2 -0.1 -0.0 –
Gus Gandarillas P MIL Trade 2001 – -0.1 – –
Chris Jones OF MIL Free agency 2000 – -0.1 – –
Jesse Levis C MIL Free agency 2001 3 -0.1 -0.0 0.3
Pedro Liriano P MIL Trade 2002 – -0.1 – –
Shane Nance P MIL Trade 2002 – -0.1 – –
Mark Sweeney 1B/OF MIL Free agency 2001 1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
Rocky Coppinger P MIL Free agency 2000 1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0
Ben Diggins P MIL Trade 2002 – -0.2 – –
David Manning P MIL Rule 5 2002 – -0.2 – –
Israel Alcántara 1B/OF MIL Free agency 2002 – -0.3 – –
Jimmy Osting P MIL Free agency 2001 – -0.3 – –
Everett Stull P MIL Free agency 2000 1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0
Rubén Quevedo P MIL Trade 2001 1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0
Paul Bako C MIL Trade 2002 – -0.4 – –
Andrew Lorraine P MIL Free agency 2001 – -0.4 – –
Brad Nelson 1B/OF MIL Draft 2001 1 -0.4 -0.4 –
Chris Barnwell 2B/3B/SS MIL Draft 2001 – -0.5 – –
Brandon Kolb P MIL Trade 2000 – -0.5 – –
Takahito Nomura P MIL Draft 2002 – -0.5 – –
Jim Bruske P MIL Free agency 2000 – -0.6 – –
Peter Zoccolillo OF MIL Trade 2001 – -0.6 – –
Royce Clayton SS MIL Free agency 2002 – -0.8 – –
Jim Rushford OF MIL Draft 2002 – -1.0 – –
José Cabrera P MIL Trade 2002 – -1.1 – –
Enrique Cruz 2B/SS MIL Rule 5 2002 – -1.3 – –

WAB = wins above what the team's payroll predicted (resource-controlled). WAR surplus = era-neutral value (WAR minus payroll in win-equivalents). Roster surplus $M = dollar value of WAR over cost. Build channels (realized fWAR): HG = home-grown via amateur draft / international signing; Trade = acquired minus surrendered (incl. purchases/waivers); FA = signed minus walked; R5 = Rule-5 / minor-league-draft pickups. Credit follows the acquisition year — home-grown to the regime at the player's draft/signing (not whoever was in the chair when he peaked), trade/FA/R5 to the GM who made the move. Players acquired as prospects before debuting (e.g. Smoltz, Bagwell; Rule-5 picks like Uggla) are counted as trade/R5, not home-grown. All are franchise-level outcomes during the stint, not solely attributable to one executive.

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Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.