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GM: Mike Port

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↗ rising
expensive & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.31× league · TAB -1.1
-1.1TAB — talent above budget13th/26
-5.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)18th/26
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars14th/26
-3.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag6th/26
27%dead money %10th/26
0.494win %12th/26
36.5roster fWAR10th/26
-7surplus $M (value vs cost)21st/26
$22Mpayroll $M2nd/26

Roster

CFDevon White 122GMax Venable 33GDante Bichette 16G
LFLuis Polonia 73GDante Bichette 51GChili Davis 46G
RFDave Winfield 108GDante Bichette 53GMax Venable 10G
SSDick Schofield 99GKent Anderson 28GDonnie Hill 24G
2BJohnny Ray 100GDonnie Hill 60GKent Anderson 5G
3BJack Howell 102GRick Schu 38GDonnie Hill 21G
1BWally Joyner 83GLee Stevens 67GRick Schu 15G
STARTERSChuck Finley 4.8WARMark Langston 4.6WARJim Abbott 2.8WARKirk McCaskill 2.4WARBert Blyleven 1.7WAR
CLance Parrish 131GJohn Orton 31GBill Schroeder 15G
DHBrian Downing 87GChili Davis 59GLuis Polonia 14G
BULLPEN★ Bryan Harvey 25svMark Eichhorn 0hWillie Fraser 0hScott Bailes 0hMike Fetters 0hCliff Young 0hBob McClure 0hGreg Minton 0h
CLance Parrish 131 · John Orton 31 · Bill Schroeder 15
1BWally Joyner 83 · Lee Stevens 67 · Rick Schu 15
2BJohnny Ray 100 · Donnie Hill 60 · Kent Anderson 5
3BJack Howell 102 · Rick Schu 38 · Donnie Hill 21
SSDick Schofield 99 · Kent Anderson 28 · Donnie Hill 24
LFLuis Polonia 73 · Dante Bichette 51 · Chili Davis 46
CFDevon White 122 · Max Venable 33 · Dante Bichette 16
RFDave Winfield 108 · Dante Bichette 53 · Max Venable 10
DHBrian Downing 87 · Chili Davis 59 · Luis Polonia 14
SPChuck Finley 4.8 · Mark Langston 4.6 · Jim Abbott 2.8 · Kirk McCaskill 2.4 · Bert Blyleven 1.7
BP★ Bryan Harvey 25 · Mark Eichhorn 0 · Willie Fraser 0 · Scott Bailes 0 · Mike Fetters 0 · Cliff Young 0 · Bob McClure 0 · Greg Minton 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.

1990 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Chuck Finley 27 arb 324.8 0.7 +1.4
Lance Parrish 34 FA-elig 1334.6 1.9 +0.1
Mark Langston 29 FA-elig 334.6 1.8 +0.2
Jim Abbott 22 pre-arb 332.8 0.2 +1.0
Kirk McCaskill 29 arb 292.4 1.0 +0.1
Mark Eichhorn 29 FA-elig 602.1 0.3 +0.7
Brian Downing 39 FA-elig 962.1 1.2 -0.3
Dick Schofield 27 FA-elig 992.0 1.0 -0.1
Wally Joyner 28 arb 831.7 1.8 -1.0
Bert Blyleven 39 FA-elig 231.7 1.2 -0.4
Bryan Harvey 27 arb 541.4 0.3 +0.3
Luis Polonia↔ NYY 26 arb 1091.2 0.2 +0.4
Max Venable 33 FA-elig 931.0 0.2 +0.3
Rick Schu 28 – 610.9 – –
Jack Howell 28 arb 1050.8 0.7 -0.3
Devon White 27 arb 1250.8 0.6 -0.2
Dave Winfield↔ NYY 38 FA-elig 1120.6 1.7 -1.4
Kent Anderson 26 pre-arb 490.6 0.1 +0.2
Willie Fraser 26 arb 450.5 0.4 -0.2
Johnny Ray 33 FA-elig 1050.5 1.1 -0.9
Chili Davis 30 FA-elig 1130.5 1.4 -1.2
Dante Bichette 26 pre-arb 1090.5 0.1 +0.1
Bobby Rose 23 pre-arb 70.4 0.1 +0.1
Cliff Young 25 pre-arb 170.3 0.1 +0.1
Joe Grahe 22 pre-arb 80.3 0.1 +0.1
Scott Lewis 24 – 20.3 – –
Bill Schroeder 31 FA-elig 180.2 0.4 -0.3
Bob McClure 38 FA-elig 110.2 0.8 -0.7
Mike Witt↔ NYY 29 FA-elig 100.0 0.5 -0.5
Sherman Corbett 27 pre-arb 40.0 0.1 -0.1
Jeff Richardson 26 – 10.0 – –
Ron Tingley 31 FA-elig 5-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Pete Coachman 28 pre-arb 16-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Mark Clear 34 – 4-0.1 – –
Greg Minton 38 FA-elig 11-0.1 0.8 -0.9
Mike Fetters 25 pre-arb 26-0.1 0.1 -0.2
John Orton 24 pre-arb 31-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Donnie Hill 29 FA-elig 103-0.2 0.2 -0.3
Claudell Washington↔ NYY 35 FA-elig 12-0.2 0.2 -0.3
Gary Disarcina 22 pre-arb 18-0.4 0.1 -0.3
Mark McLemore↔ CLE 25 arb 20-0.5 0.1 -0.4
Lee Stevens 22 pre-arb 67-0.5 0.1 -0.3
Scott Bailes 28 arb 27-0.9 0.4 -0.8

Key additions (new vs 1989)

PlayerfWAR
Mark Langston4.6
Mark Eichhorn2.1
Luis Polonia1.2
Rick Schu0.9
Dave Winfield0.6
Cliff Young0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1989)

Player1989 fWAR
Tony Armas0.6
Rich Monteleone0.3
Terry Clark0.2
Brian Brady0.1
Vance Lovelace0.0
Jim Eppard-0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

1990 payroll
$22.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 1990, 1990–1996. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Lance Parrish3413.000$1.9M$2.4M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Mark Langston296.000$1.8M$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$5.0M$5.0M
Dave Winfield3817.000$1.7M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Chili Davis309.000$1.4MFREE AGENT$2.4M$2.9M$3.8M$3.8M
Brian Downing3917.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Bert Blyleven3920.000$1.2MFREE AGENT$900k
Johnny Ray339.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Dick Schofield277.000$983k$1.5M$1.6MFREE AGENT$200k$250k
Greg Minton3815.000$850kFREE AGENT
Bob McClure3815.000$825k$498kFREE AGENT
Mike Witt299.000$500kFREE AGENT
Bill Schroeder317.000$408kFREE AGENT
Mark Eichhorn298.000$272k$680k$1.2MFREE AGENT$170k
Donnie Hill297.000$225k$500kFREE AGENT
Max Venable3311.000$200k$425kFREE AGENT
Claudell Washington3516.000$180kFREE AGENT
Ron Tingley318.000$100kFREE AGENT$170k$262k
Mark Clear3411.000—FREE AGENT
Rick Schu286.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Wally Joyner284.000$1.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirk McCaskill295.000$968kFREE AGENT
Chuck Finley274.000$725kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Howell285.000$652kFREE AGENT
Devon White275.000$580kFREE AGENT
Scott Bailes284.000$425kARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Fraser264.000$410kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Harvey273.000$332kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Polonia263.000$182kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark McLemore254.000$125kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Jim Abbott221.000$185kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kent Anderson261.000$105kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sherman Corbett272.000$100kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dante Bichette262.000$100kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pete Coachman280.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fetters251.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Disarcina221.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Grahe220.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Orton241.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Rose231.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lee Stevens220.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Young250.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Lewis240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Richardson26–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 1990; 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.