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GM: Mike Port

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.11× league · TAB +6.8
+6.8TAB — talent above budget4th/26
+7.7WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)4th/26
10.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars2nd/26
-1.2dead WAR — sub-replacement drag1st/26
11%dead money %1st/26
0.562win %5th/26
42.3roster fWAR6th/26
-0surplus $M (value vs cost)10th/26
$15Mpayroll $M12th/26

Roster

CFDevon White 154GDante Bichette 6GMax Venable 4G
LFChili Davis 147GDante Bichette 12GTony Armas 5G
RFClaudell Washington 99GTony Armas 42GDante Bichette 23G
SSDick Schofield 90GKent Anderson 70GGlenn Hoffman 23G
2BJohnny Ray 130GMark McLemore 27GKent Anderson 7G
3BJack Howell 142GGlenn Hoffman 18GBobby Rose 10G
1BWally Joyner 159GBill Schroeder 8GJim Eppard 4G
STARTERSBert Blyleven 5.3WARChuck Finley 3.8WARKirk McCaskill 3.2WARMike Witt 2.7WARJim Abbott 2.5WAR
CLance Parrish 122GBill Schroeder 33GJohn Orton 16G
DHBrian Downing 141GClaudell Washington 7GChili Davis 6G
BULLPEN★ Bryan Harvey 25svGreg Minton 0hBob McClure 0hWillie Fraser 0hRich Monteleone 0hDan Petry 0hTerry Clark 0hSherman Corbett 0h
CLance Parrish 122 · Bill Schroeder 33 · John Orton 16
1BWally Joyner 159 · Bill Schroeder 8 · Jim Eppard 4
2BJohnny Ray 130 · Mark McLemore 27 · Kent Anderson 7
3BJack Howell 142 · Glenn Hoffman 18 · Bobby Rose 10
SSDick Schofield 90 · Kent Anderson 70 · Glenn Hoffman 23
LFChili Davis 147 · Dante Bichette 12 · Tony Armas 5
CFDevon White 154 · Dante Bichette 6 · Max Venable 4
RFClaudell Washington 99 · Tony Armas 42 · Dante Bichette 23
DHBrian Downing 141 · Claudell Washington 7 · Chili Davis 6
SPBert Blyleven 5.3 · Chuck Finley 3.8 · Kirk McCaskill 3.2 · Mike Witt 2.7 · Jim Abbott 2.5
BP★ Bryan Harvey 25 · Greg Minton 0 · Bob McClure 0 · Willie Fraser 0 · Rich Monteleone 0 · Dan Petry 0 · Terry Clark 0 · Sherman Corbett 0

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.

1989 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Bert Blyleven 38 FA-elig 335.3 1.2 +0.7
Chuck Finley 26 arb 293.8 0.2 +1.2
Devon White 26 arb 1563.5 0.4 +0.9
Kirk McCaskill 28 arb 323.2 0.5 +0.7
Chili Davis 29 FA-elig 1543.0 1.5 -0.4
Wally Joyner 27 arb 1592.9 0.9 +0.1
Jack Howell 27 arb 1442.8 0.5 +0.5
Mike Witt 28 FA-elig 332.7 1.4 -0.4
Jim Abbott 21 pre-arb 292.5 0.1 +0.8
Dick Schofield 26 FA-elig 912.1 0.9 -0.2
Brian Downing 38 FA-elig 1421.9 1.2 -0.6
Claudell Washington 34 FA-elig 1101.8 1.0 -0.3
Lance Parrish 33 FA-elig 1241.8 1.0 -0.4
Johnny Ray 32 FA-elig 1341.4 0.8 -0.4
Bob McClure 37 FA-elig 481.0 0.2 +0.1
Max Venable 32 – 200.7 – –
Willie Fraser 25 arb 440.6 0.2 +0.0
Tony Armas 35 FA-elig 600.6 0.5 -0.3
Bryan Harvey 26 pre-arb 500.5 0.2 +0.0
Greg Minton 37 FA-elig 620.5 0.8 -0.6
Rich Monteleone 26 pre-arb 240.3 0.1 +0.0
Terry Clark 28 pre-arb 40.2 0.1 -0.0
Bobby Rose 22 pre-arb 140.1 0.1 -0.0
Dante Bichette 25 – 480.1 – –
Brian Brady 26 – 20.1 – –
Mark McLemore 24 – 320.0 – –
Vance Lovelace 25 – 10.0 – –
Gary Disarcina 21 – 20.0 – –
Jim Eppard 29 – 12-0.0 – –
Sherman Corbett 26 – 4-0.0 – –
Mike Fetters 24 – 1-0.0 – –
Ron Tingley 30 – 4-0.0 – –
Glenn Hoffman 30 FA-elig 48-0.1 0.2 -0.2
John Orton 23 – 16-0.1 – –
Kent Anderson 25 pre-arb 86-0.1 0.1 -0.1
Bill Schroeder 30 FA-elig 41-0.2 0.4 -0.4
Dan Petry 30 FA-elig 19-0.6 0.8 -1.0

Key additions (new vs 1988)

PlayerfWAR
Bert Blyleven5.3
Jim Abbott2.5
Claudell Washington1.8
Lance Parrish1.8
Bob McClure1.0
Max Venable0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 1988)

Player1988 fWAR
Bob Boone3.2
Butch Wynegar0.5
Thad Bosley0.2
Donnie Moore0.2
DeWayne Buice0.2
Ray Krawczyk0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

1989 payroll
$15.1M

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.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1989199019911992199319941995
Chili Davis298.000$1.5M$1.4MFREE AGENT$2.4M$2.9M$3.8M
Mike Witt288.000$1.4M$800kFREE AGENT
Brian Downing3816.000$1.2M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Bert Blyleven3819.000$1.2M$1.2MFREE AGENT$900k
Lance Parrish3312.000$1.0M$1.9M$2.4M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Claudell Washington3415.000$975k$495kFREE AGENT
Dick Schofield266.000$908k$983k$1.5M$1.6MFREE AGENT$200k
Johnny Ray328.000$850k$1.1MFREE AGENT
Greg Minton3714.000$830k$850kFREE AGENT
Dan Petry3010.000$785kFREE AGENT
Tony Armas3513.000$525kFREE AGENT
Bill Schroeder306.000$372k$408kFREE AGENT
Bob McClure3714.000$200k$825k$498kFREE AGENT
Glenn Hoffman309.000$160kFREE AGENT
Ron Tingley307.000—$100kFREE AGENT$170k$262k
Max Venable3210.000—$200k$425kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc1989199019911992199319941995
Wally Joyner273.000$920kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Howell274.000$475kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirk McCaskill284.000$460kARB 3FREE AGENT
Devon White264.000$380kARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Fraser253.000$200kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chuck Finley263.000$180kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark McLemore243.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1989199019911992199319941995
Bryan Harvey262.000$170kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Clark281.000$85kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Abbott210.000$68kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kent Anderson250.000$68kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Monteleone262.000$68kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Rose220.000$68kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dante Bichette251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Brady26–—
Sherman Corbett261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Disarcina210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Eppard292.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fetters240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vance Lovelace25–—
John Orton230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 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.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
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.