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GM: Fred Claire

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.23× league · TAB -7.6
-7.6TAB — talent above budget19th/28
-3.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)19th/28
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars20th/28
-5.4dead WAR — sub-replacement drag16th/28
48%dead money %26th/28
0.500win %16th/28
29.1roster fWAR17th/28
-15surplus $M (value vs cost)25th/28
$39Mpayroll $M7th/28

Roster

CFBrett Butler 155GRaúl Mondesi 6GTom Goodwin 4G
LFEric Davis 101GMitch Webster 32GHenry Rodriguez 26G
RFCory Snyder 112GMitch Webster 27GDarryl Strawberry 25G
SSJose Offerman 158GRafael Bournigal 4GLenny Harris 3G
2BJody Reed 132GLenny Harris 35GMike Sharperson 17G
3BTim Wallach 129GCory Snyder 24GDave Hansen 18G
1BEric Karros 157GHenry Rodriguez 13GCory Snyder 12G
STARTERSOrel Hershiser 4.3WARTom Candiotti 4.1WARKevin Gross 3.8WARPedro Astacio 2.4WARRamon Martinez 1.6WAR
CMike Piazza 146GCarlos Hernandez 43G
BULLPEN★ Jim Gott 25svPedro Martínez 0hRoger McDowell 0hOmar Daal 0hRicky Trlicek 0hTodd Worrell 0hSteve Wilson 0hKip Gross 0h
CMike Piazza 146 · Carlos Hernandez 43
1BEric Karros 157 · Henry Rodriguez 13 · Cory Snyder 12
2BJody Reed 132 · Lenny Harris 35 · Mike Sharperson 17
3BTim Wallach 129 · Cory Snyder 24 · Dave Hansen 18
SSJose Offerman 158 · Rafael Bournigal 4 · Lenny Harris 3
LFEric Davis 101 · Mitch Webster 32 · Henry Rodriguez 26
CFBrett Butler 155 · Raúl Mondesi 6 · Tom Goodwin 4
RFCory Snyder 112 · Mitch Webster 27 · Darryl Strawberry 25
SPOrel Hershiser 4.3 · Tom Candiotti 4.1 · Kevin Gross 3.8 · Pedro Astacio 2.4 · Ramon Martinez 1.6
BP★ Jim Gott 25 · Pedro Martínez 0 · Roger McDowell 0 · Omar Daal 0 · Ricky Trlicek 0 · Todd Worrell 0 · Steve Wilson 0 · Kip Gross 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.

1993 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mike Piazza 24 pre-arb 1497.4 0.1 +6.0
Orel Hershiser 34 FA-elig 344.3 4.3 -0.8
Tom Candiotti 36 FA-elig 334.1 3.6 -0.3
Kevin Gross 32 FA-elig 333.8 2.0 +1.2
Pedro Astacio 24 pre-arb 312.4 0.1 +1.9
Jim Gott 33 FA-elig 621.8 1.8 -0.3
Brett Butler 36 FA-elig 1561.8 3.3 -1.9
Ramon Martinez 25 arb 321.6 1.8 -0.4
Pedro Martínez 21 pre-arb 661.6 0.1 +1.2
Jose Offerman 24 arb 1581.4 0.3 +0.8
Dave Hansen 24 arb 841.3 0.2 +0.9
Jody Reed 30 FA-elig 1320.9 2.5 -1.8
Ricky Trlicek 24 pre-arb 410.5 0.1 +0.3
Rafael Bournigal 27 pre-arb 80.4 0.1 +0.2
Raul Mondesi 22 pre-arb 420.4 0.1 +0.2
Kip Gross 28 arb 100.4 0.2 +0.1
Roger McDowell 32 FA-elig 540.2 1.4 -1.2
John DeSilva↔ DET 25 – 30.1 – –
Tom Goodwin 24 pre-arb 300.1 0.1 -0.1
Jerry Brooks 26 – 90.1 – –
Steve Wilson 28 arb 250.0 0.3 -0.3
Mike Sharperson 31 FA-elig 730.0 1.0 -1.0
Cory Snyder 30 FA-elig 143-0.0 1.5 -1.5
Todd Worrell 33 FA-elig 35-0.0 2.4 -2.5
Eric Davis↔ DET 31 FA-elig 108-0.1 1.6 -1.7
Rod Nichols 28 arb 4-0.1 0.3 -0.4
Billy Ashley 22 pre-arb 14-0.2 0.1 -0.2
Lenny Harris 28 arb 107-0.2 0.9 -1.0
Carlos Hernandez 26 arb 50-0.3 0.2 -0.4
Eric Karros 25 pre-arb 158-0.4 0.4 -0.8
Henry Rodriguez 25 pre-arb 76-0.5 0.1 -0.5
Omar Daal 21 – 47-0.6 – –
Darryl Strawberry 31 FA-elig 32-1.0 3.8 -4.6
Tim Wallach 35 FA-elig 133-1.0 3.4 -4.2
Mitch Webster 34 FA-elig 88-1.1 0.6 -1.5

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Jody Reed0.9
Ricky Trlicek0.5
Raul Mondesi0.4
John DeSilva0.1
Jerry Brooks0.1
Cory Snyder-0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
Bob Ojeda1.3
Jay Howell0.5
John Candelaria0.4
Tim Crews0.3
Dave Anderson0.1
Mike Scioscia0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$39.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1993, 1993–1999. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Orel Hershiser3410.000$4.3M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Darryl Strawberry3110.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Tom Candiotti3610.000$3.6M$3.6M$4.5M$3.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Tim Wallach3513.000$3.4M$3.4M$2.0M$224kFREE AGENT
Brett Butler3612.000$3.3M$3.5M$1.4M$2.0M$1.7MFREE AGENT
Jody Reed306.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Todd Worrell338.000$2.4M$2.4M$4.7M$4.0M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Kevin Gross3210.000$2.0M$2.7MFREE AGENT
Jim Gott3311.000$1.8M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Eric Davis319.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Cory Snyder307.000$1.5M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Roger McDowell328.000$1.4M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Mike Sharperson316.000$970kFREE AGENT
Mitch Webster3410.000$600k$600k$250kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Ramon Martinez255.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Lenny Harris285.000$900kFREE AGENT
Rod Nichols285.000$350kFREE AGENT
Steve Wilson285.000$350kFREE AGENT
Jose Offerman243.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Hernandez263.000$175kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Hansen243.000$173kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kip Gross283.000$165kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Eric Karros252.000$435kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Goodwin242.000$140kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Henry Rodriguez251.000$136kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Astacio241.000$136kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Piazza241.000$126kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Bournigal271.000$124kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy Ashley221.000$124kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Martínez211.000$119kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Trlicek241.000$112kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Raul Mondesi220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Brooks26–—
Omar Daal210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John DeSilva250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Dodgers 1993; 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
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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.