Born May 18, 1963 · Detroit, MI · age 63
General manager for the Mets (1998–2003).
Across the full 6-season sample, the measured profile stands out most for future-foundation returns (75th percentile). The clearest contrast is net WAR per trade (11th percentile): the realized net WAR return per trade has ranked below most peers.
6 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.
1 pennant · 2 playoff appearances · 502–469 (0.517)
| Team | Role | Year | Pay $M |
Rel Pay |
Surp $M |
Surp WAR |
Dead % |
Cheap $M |
Draft $M |
Trd $M |
Int'l $M |
$ / WAR |
WAR | Depth | Dead WAR |
HG | Trade | Net/ Trd |
FA | R5 | RFA | PPA | CPA | WAB | TAB | W-L% | PO | Pen | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | 1998 88–74 | $57 | 137 | -21 | -19.7 | 45% | -6 | -1 | -5 | -0 | $1.5M | 32.2 | 7.0 | -6.7 | +8.2 | -36.3 | -3.30 | -17.0 | -2.9 | +0.26 | 0.81 | 0.10 | +2.1 | -5.8 | 0.543 | ||||
| GM | 1999 97–66 | $68 | 140 | -11 | -8.5 | 24% | +8 | +0 | +1 | +7 | $1.4M | 45.6 | 8.0 | -4.3 | +34.1 | -4.5 | -0.50 | -26.5 | +0.0 | +0.24 | 4.11 | 0.36 | +10.3 | +7.1 | 0.595 | ✓ | |||
| GM | 2000 94–68 | $80 | 147 | -26 | -18.0 | 18% | +6 | +5 | -1 | +2 | $1.7M | 42.6 | 9.0 | -3.8 | +2.0 | -32.7 | -4.09 | -14.8 | +0.0 | +1.95 | 4.81 | 0.34 | +7.2 | +3.7 | 0.580 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| GM | 2001 82–80 | $89 | 144 | -43 | -26.7 | 27% | +4 | -1 | +7 | -4 | $2.7M | 29.3 | 7.0 | -4.0 | +57.0 | -5.1 | -0.56 | +0.5 | +0.0 | +0.40 | 0.31 | 0.07 | -4.5 | -9.3 | 0.506 | ||||
| GM | 2002 75–86 | $91 | 138 | -45 | -26.1 | 21% | +3 | +5 | -1 | +0 | $2.8M | 30.5 | 3.0 | -2.3 | +0.1 | +1.2 | +0.15 | -3.4 | +1.4 | +0.03 | 0.27 | 0.07 | -10.5 | -7.4 | 0.466 | ||||
| GM | 2003 66–95 | $104 | 152 | -77 | -43.2 | 47% | +3 | +1 | -1 | +5 | $5.1M | 13.4 | 3.0 | -7.0 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -0.18 | +10.4 | -0.1 | +0.38 | 0.01 | 0.02 | -20.7 | -25.8 | 0.410 | ||||
| Career total (1985+ data) | $489 | 143 | -222 | -142.2 | 30% | +3 | +2 | +0 | +2 | $2.2M | 193.6 | 6.2 | -4.7 | +101.3 | -78.3 | -1.57 | -50.7 | -1.6 | +0.32 | 2.14 | 0.20 | -16.2 | -37.5 | 0.517 | 2 | 1 | – | ||
Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.
| Player | Pos | Team | How | Year | Szns | fWAR | WAR/yr | RFA | PPA | CPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Wright | 3B | Draft | 2001 | 12 | +51.3 | +4.3 | – | – | – | |
| José Reyes | SS | Intl FA | 1999 | 11 | +33.0 | +3.0 | – | – | – | |
| Mike Piazza | C | Trade | 1998 | 8 | +27.0 | +3.4 | -5.30 | 4.1% | 0.56% | |
| Al Leiter | P | Trade | 1998 | 7 | +22.2 | +3.2 | -0.38 | 3.6% | 0.49% | |
| Tom Glavine | P | Free agency | 2002 | 5 | +13.8 | +2.8 | – | 0.0% | 0.03% | |
| Robin Ventura | 3B | Free agency | 1998 | 3 | +12.0 | +4.0 | – | 31.9% | 2.48% | |
| Steve Trachsel | P | Free agency | 2000 | 5 | +8.1 | +1.6 | – | 0.6% | 0.14% | |
| Cliff Floyd | OF | Free agency | 2003 | 4 | +7.2 | +1.8 | – | 0.0% | 0.04% | |
| Glendon Rusch | P | Trade | 1999 | 3 | +7.0 | +2.3 | +0.41 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Mike Cameron | OF | Free agency | 2003 | 2 | +5.9 | +3.0 | – | 0.2% | 0.11% | |
| Armando Benítez | P | Trade | 1998 | 5 | +5.8 | +1.2 | +0.00 | 12.4% | 1.12% | |
| Jae Weong Seo | P | Intl FA | 1998 | 4 | +5.3 | +1.3 | – | – | – | |
| Mike Hampton | P | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +5.2 | +5.2 | -0.92 | 25.5% | 1.72% | |
| Aaron Heilman | P | Draft | 2001 | 4 | +3.5 | +0.9 | – | – | – | |
| Todd Zeile | 3B | Free agency | 1999 | 2 | +3.3 | +1.6 | – | 13.0% | 0.91% | |
| Kevin Appier | P | Free agency | 2000 | 1 | +3.2 | +3.2 | – | 0.9% | 0.23% | |
| Pedro Feliciano | P | Trade | 2002 | 6 | +3.2 | +0.5 | +0.26 | – | – | |
| Masato Yoshii | P | Draft | 1998 | 2 | +2.4 | +1.2 | – | – | – | |
| Rickey Henderson | OF | Free agency | 1998 | 1 | +2.1 | +2.1 | – | 8.4% | 0.80% | |
| Desi Relaford | SS | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +2.1 | +2.1 | – | 0.6% | 0.15% | |
| Timo Pérez | OF | Draft | 2000 | 2 | +1.9 | +0.9 | – | – | – | |
| Orel Hershiser | P | Free agency | 1999 | 1 | +1.8 | +1.8 | – | 7.0% | 0.67% | |
| Roger Cedeño | OF | Trade | 1998 | 1 | +1.5 | +1.5 | +0.21 | 5.8% | 0.56% | |
| Tsuyoshi Shinjo | OF | Draft | 2001 | 1 | +1.5 | +1.5 | – | – | – | |
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | Trade | 2001 | 2 | +1.4 | +0.7 | -4.29 | 0.4% | 0.10% | |
| Derek Bell | OF | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +1.4 | +1.4 | -0.92 | 6.5% | 0.48% | |
| Dennis Cook | P | Free agency | 1998 | 3 | +1.4 | +0.5 | – | 1.3% | 0.15% | |
| Jeff D'Amico | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +1.4 | +1.4 | -0.08 | 0.4% | 0.09% | |
| Mike Jacobs | 1B | Draft | 1999 | 2 | +1.2 | +0.6 | – | – | – | |
| Joe McEwing | 2B/OF | Trade | 2000 | 3 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +3.59 | 0.5% | 0.11% | |
| David Weathers | P | Free agency | 2001 | 2 | +1.1 | +0.6 | – | 0.1% | 0.03% | |
| Kenny Rogers | P | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +1.1 | +1.1 | -0.25 | 4.3% | 0.43% | |
| Shawn Estes | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +1.0 | +1.0 | -2.90 | 0.3% | 0.07% | |
| Hideo Nomo | P | Trade | 1998 | 1 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.06 | 0.9% | 0.10% | |
| Heath Bell | P | Intl FA | 1998 | 3 | +0.8 | +0.3 | – | – | – | |
| Orber Moreno | P | Free agency | 2003 | 1 | +0.8 | +0.8 | – | 0.0% | 0.02% | |
| Tony Tarasco | OF | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | +0.8 | +0.8 | – | 0.2% | 0.05% | |
| John Thomson | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.8 | +0.8 | -0.10 | 0.2% | 0.05% | |
| Jeromy Burnitz | OF | Trade | 2002 | 3 | +0.7 | +0.2 | -0.08 | – | – | |
| Daniel Garcia | 2B | Draft | 2001 | 1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | – | – | – | |
| Mike Stanton | P | Free agency | 2002 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | – | 0.0% | 0.02% | |
| Rick White | P | Trade | 2000 | 2 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +1.05 | 1.0% | 0.07% | |
| Mark Guthrie | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +1.23 | 0.2% | 0.04% | |
| Matt Lawton | OF | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.00 | 0.2% | 0.05% | |
| Brian McRae | OF | Trade | 1998 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.07 | 2.5% | 0.31% | |
| Pedro Astacio | P | Free agency | 2002 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | – | 0.3% | 0.07% | |
| Brian Bannister | P | Draft | 2003 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | – | – | – | |
| Steve Reed | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | – | 0.1% | 0.03% | |
| Turk Wendell | P | Free agency | 2000 | 3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | – | 0.7% | 0.07% | |
| Ty Wigginton | 1B/3B | Draft | 1998 | 2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | – | – | – | |
| Rich Becker | OF | Trade | 1998 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.22 | 0.4% | 0.05% | |
| Shawon Dunston | SS | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | – | 1.4% | 0.14% | |
| Graeme Lloyd | P | Trade | 2003 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | – | 0.0% | 0.01% | |
| Jason Middlebrook | P | Trade | 2002 | 2 | +0.3 | +0.2 | – | 0.1% | 0.02% | |
| Carlos Gómez | OF | Intl FA | 2002 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | – | – | |
| Jon Nunnally | OF | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -0.05 | 1.0% | 0.07% | |
| Jerrod Riggan | P | Trade | 2000 | 2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | – | – | – | |
| Scott Strickland | P | Free agency | 2003 | 2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | – | 0.2% | 0.04% | |
| John Valentin | 3B/SS | Free agency | 2002 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | 0.1% | 0.01% | |
| Dan Wheeler | P | Free agency | 2003 | 2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | – | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Willie Blair | P | Trade | 1998 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -0.32 | 0.2% | 0.02% | |
| Mike Bordick | SS | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -3.41 | 0.7% | 0.05% | |
| Bubba Trammell | OF | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +1.05 | 1.0% | 0.07% | |
| Bruce Chen | P | Trade | 2001 | 2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +3.57 | 0.1% | 0.01% | |
| Jeff Duncan | OF | Draft | 2000 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | – | – | |
| Jeremy Griffiths | P | Draft | 1999 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | – | – | |
| Bobby Jones | P | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +2.15 | 0.6% | 0.05% | |
| Ryan McGuire | 1B/OF | Free agency | 1999 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.4% | 0.03% | |
| Esix Snead | OF | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | – | – | |
| Allen Watson | P | Free agency | 1999 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.8% | 0.09% | |
| Tyler Yates | P | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +1.23 | – | – | |
| Chuck McElroy | P | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.19 | 0.4% | 0.04% | |
| C. J. Nitkowski | P | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -1.39 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Jim Tatum | 1B/3B | Trade | 1998 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.1% | 0.01% | |
| McKay Christensen | OF | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Brady Clark | OF | Trade | 2002 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.26 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Craig Brazell | 1B | Draft | 1998 | – | -0.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Jaime Cerda | P | Draft | 1998 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | – | – | |
| Mark Corey | P | Trade | 1999 | – | -0.0 | – | +0.10 | – | – | |
| Kane Davis | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Joe Depastino | C | Trade | 2003 | – | -0.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Shane Halter | 3B/SS | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | -0.17 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Joe Hietpas | C | Draft | 2001 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | – | – | |
| Josías Manzanillo | P | Free agency | 1998 | 2 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | 0.6% | 0.11% | |
| Ralph Milliard | 2B | Trade | 1998 | – | -0.0 | – | -0.38 | – | – | |
| Royce Ring | P | Trade | 2003 | – | -0.0 | – | +0.86 | – | – | |
| Brian Rose | P | Trade | 2001 | – | -0.0 | – | +0.40 | – | – | |
| Gary Bennett | C | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.55 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Raúl González | OF | Trade | 2002 | 1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | +0.26 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Rigo Beltrán | P | Trade | 1998 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.77 | 0.5% | 0.05% | |
| Mike Glavine | 1B | Trade | 2003 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Mark Johnson | 1B | Free agency | 2000 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | – | 0.1% | 0.01% | |
| Mike Kinkade | OF | Trade | 1998 | – | -0.1 | – | +0.05 | – | – | |
| Satoru Komiyama | P | Draft | 2002 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Jim Mann | P | Trade | 2000 | – | -0.1 | – | +1.13 | – | – | |
| Carlos Muñiz | P | Draft | 2003 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | – | – | – | |
| Bill Pulsipher | P | Trade | 2000 | 2 | -0.1 | -0.0 | – | – | – | |
| Dennis Springer | P | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Jorge Toca | 1B/OF | Intl FA | 1998 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | – | – | – | |
| Jorge Velandia | 2B/SS | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Matt Watson | OF | Trade | 2002 | – | -0.1 | – | -0.21 | – | – | |
| Mike Bacsik | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -4.29 | 0.0% | 0.01% | |
| Edwin Almonte | P | Trade | 2003 | – | -0.2 | – | +0.86 | – | – | |
| Tony Clark | 1B | Free agency | 2003 | – | -0.2 | – | – | – | – | |
| David Cone | P | Free agency | 2003 | 6 | -0.2 | -0.0 | – | 2.4% | 0.25% | |
| Víctor Díaz | OF | Trade | 2003 | 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.55 | – | – | |
| Brett Hinchliffe | P | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.2 | – | – | – | – | |
| Prentice Redman | OF | Draft | 1999 | – | -0.2 | – | – | – | – | |
| Mo Vaughn | 1B | Trade | 2002 | 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.00 | 0.1% | 0.02% | |
| Kurt Abbott | 2B/SS | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.3 | – | – | – | – | |
| Darryl Hamilton | OF | Trade | 1999 | 2 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.19 | 4.6% | 0.46% | |
| Pat Mahomes | P | Free agency | 1998 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | – | 0.6% | 0.07% | |
| Jermaine Allensworth | OF | Trade | 1999 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | – | 0.2% | 0.02% | |
| Wayne Kirby | OF | Trade | 1998 | – | -0.4 | – | – | – | – | |
| Tom Martin | P | Trade | 2001 | – | -0.4 | – | – | – | – | |
| Rich Rodriguez | P | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.4 | – | – | – | – | |
| Lastings Milledge | OF | Draft | 2003 | 1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | – | – | – | |
| Pat Strange | P | Draft | 1998 | 1 | -0.6 | -0.6 | – | – | – | |
| Roger Cedeño | OF | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | -0.7 | -0.7 | – | 5.8% | 0.56% | |
| Jay Bell | SS | Free agency | 2003 | – | -0.8 | – | – | – | – | |
| Lenny Harris | 3B | Trade | 1998 | 1 | -0.8 | -0.8 | +0.00 | 3.7% | 0.28% | |
| Bobby Bonilla | 3B/OF | Trade | 1998 | 4 | -1.3 | -0.3 | +0.00 | 0.4% | 0.09% |
Trade-side columns: RFA is playoff-readiness percentage points added to the future roster foundation. It grades the franchise's entire side of a trade, so the same score repeats for every player acquired in that package. PPA/CPA remain player-level arrival-year probability points.
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.