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Marlins MIA

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GM: Dave Dombrowski

Overview

REBUILD → steady
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.65× league · TAB -10.4
-10.4TAB — talent above budget22nd/28
-12.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)24th/28
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars20th/28
-7.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag21st/28
35%dead money %20th/28
0.395win %26th/28
18.4roster fWAR26th/28
-5surplus $M (value vs cost)14th/28
$21Mpayroll $M24th/28

Roster

CFChuck Carr 139GHenry Cotto 24GScott Pose 8G
LFJeff Conine 147GHenry Cotto 36GGreg Briley 32G
RFDarrell Whitmore 69GJunior Félix 50GGreg Briley 36G
SSWalt Weiss 153GAlex Arias 18G
2BBret Barberie 97GRick Renteria 45GAlex Arias 30G
3BGary Sheffield 133GRick Renteria 25GAlex Arias 22G
1BOrestes Destrade 152GJeff Conine 43G
STARTERSChris Hammond 2.9WARCharlie Hough 1.6WARLuis Aquino 1.3WARPat Rapp 1.3WARRyan Bowen 1.2WAR
CBenito Santiago 136GRob Natal 38GSteve Decker 5G
BULLPEN★ Bryan Harvey 45svRich Rodriguez 0hJoe Klink 0hRichie Lewis 0hMatt Turner 0hRobb Nen 0hJim Corsi 0hBob McClure 0h
CBenito Santiago 136 · Rob Natal 38 · Steve Decker 5
1BOrestes Destrade 152 · Jeff Conine 43
2BBret Barberie 97 · Rick Renteria 45 · Alex Arias 30
3BGary Sheffield 133 · Rick Renteria 25 · Alex Arias 22
SSWalt Weiss 153 · Alex Arias 18
LFJeff Conine 147 · Henry Cotto 36 · Greg Briley 32
CFChuck Carr 139 · Henry Cotto 24 · Scott Pose 8
RFDarrell Whitmore 69 · Junior Félix 50 · Greg Briley 36
SPChris Hammond 2.9 · Charlie Hough 1.6 · Luis Aquino 1.3 · Pat Rapp 1.3 · Ryan Bowen 1.2
BP★ Bryan Harvey 45 · Rich Rodriguez 0 · Joe Klink 0 · Richie Lewis 0 · Matt Turner 0 · Robb Nen 0 · Jim Corsi 0 · Bob McClure 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
Chris Hammond 27 arb 332.9 0.3 +2.1
Bryan Harvey 30 FA-elig 592.6 4.2 -2.1
Chuck Carr 25 arb 1422.2 0.1 +1.7
Walt Weiss 29 FA-elig 1582.1 0.9 +0.8
Dave Magadan↔ SEA 30 FA-elig 662.0 0.4 +1.2
Jeff Conine 27 arb 1622.0 0.1 +1.5
Bret Barberie 25 pre-arb 991.7 0.2 +1.2
Charlie Hough 45 FA-elig 341.6 0.8 +0.5
Luis Aquino 29 FA-elig 381.3 0.7 +0.3
Pat Rapp 25 pre-arb 161.3 0.1 +0.9
Ryan Bowen 25 pre-arb 271.2 0.1 +0.9
David Weathers 23 pre-arb 140.8 0.1 +0.6
Rick Renteria 31 FA-elig 1030.8 0.1 +0.5
Gary Sheffield↔ SDP 24 arb 720.6 1.6 -1.1
Benito Santiago 28 FA-elig 1390.6 3.4 -2.9
Henry Cotto↔ SEA 32 FA-elig 540.5 0.5 -0.0
Cris Carpenter↔ TEX 28 arb 290.4 0.4 -0.0
Matt Turner 26 – 550.4 – –
Joe Klink 31 FA-elig 590.2 0.2 -0.0
Jack Armstrong 28 arb 360.2 0.9 -0.7
Richie Lewis 27 pre-arb 570.1 0.1 -0.0
Mitch Lyden 28 – 60.1 – –
Monty Fariss 25 pre-arb 180.1 0.1 -0.1
Alex Arias 25 pre-arb 960.0 0.1 -0.1
Jim Corsi 31 arb 15-0.0 0.4 -0.4
Matias Carrillo Sr. 30 – 24-0.0 – –
John Johnstone 24 pre-arb 7-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Terry McGriff 29 – 3-0.1 – –
Gus Polidor 31 – 7-0.1 – –
Robb Nen↔ TEX 23 pre-arb 15-0.2 0.1 -0.2
Orestes Destrade 31 FA-elig 153-0.2 2.0 -2.1
Carl Everett 22 pre-arb 11-0.2 0.1 -0.3
Steve Decker 27 arb 8-0.2 0.1 -0.3
Bob McClure 41 FA-elig 14-0.3 0.2 -0.4
Trevor Hoffman↔ SDP 25 pre-arb 28-0.4 0.0 -0.3
Rob Natal 27 pre-arb 41-0.4 0.1 -0.4
Greg Briley 28 arb 120-0.4 0.1 -0.5
Nigel Wilson 23 – 7-0.5 – –
Scott Pose 26 pre-arb 15-0.6 0.1 -0.6
Geronimo Berroa 28 arb 14-0.6 0.1 -0.7
Junior Felix 25 arb 57-0.8 1.2 -1.9
Rich Rodriguez↔ SDP 30 arb 36-1.0 0.1 -0.9
Darrell Whitmore 24 pre-arb 76-1.1 0.1 -1.0

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Chris Hammond2.9
Bryan Harvey2.6
Chuck Carr2.2
Walt Weiss2.1
Dave Magadan2.0
Jeff Conine2.0

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
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Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$20.6M

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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Bryan Harvey306.000$4.2M$3.4M$4.9MFREE AGENT
Benito Santiago287.000$3.4M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Orestes Destrade316.000$2.0M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Walt Weiss296.000$925kFREE AGENT
Charlie Hough4523.000$800k$800kFREE AGENT
Luis Aquino297.000$735k$575kFREE AGENT
Henry Cotto329.000$450kFREE AGENT
Dave Magadan307.000$434k$850kFREE AGENT
Joe Klink316.000$200kFREE AGENT
Bob McClure4118.000$200kFREE AGENT
Rick Renteria317.000$109k$160kFREE AGENT
Terry McGriff296.000—FREE AGENT
Gus Polidor318.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Gary Sheffield245.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Junior Felix254.000$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Armstrong285.000$855kFREE AGENT
Cris Carpenter285.000$375kFREE AGENT
Jim Corsi315.000$375kFREE AGENT
Chris Hammond273.000$260kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Geronimo Berroa284.000$150kARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Decker273.000$138kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Rodriguez303.000$136kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Conine273.000$125kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chuck Carr253.000$123kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Briley285.000$109kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Bret Barberie252.000$190kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Monty Fariss252.000$136kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Bowen252.000$132kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Weathers232.000$130kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Arias251.000$123kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Natal271.000$118kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Rapp251.000$118kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carl Everett220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Johnstone240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Richie Lewis271.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darrell Whitmore240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Pose260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robb Nen230.000$68kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trevor Hoffman250.000$46kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matias Carrillo Sr.302.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mitch Lyden28–—
Matt Turner260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nigel Wilson230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

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