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GM: Harry Dalton

Overview

REBUILD → steady
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.99× league · TAB -5.1
-5.1TAB — talent above budget20th/26
+1.2WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)12th/26
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars8th/26
-4.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag10th/26
43%dead money %23rd/26
0.512win %13th/26
29.0roster fWAR19th/26
-7surplus $M (value vs cost)16th/26
$23Mpayroll $M14th/26

Roster

CFRobin Yount 117GDarryl Hamilton 55GDante Bichette 7G
LFGreg Vaughn 135GDarryl Hamilton 25GTim McIntosh 4G
RFDante Bichette 121GDarryl Hamilton 47GJim Olander 1G
SSBill Spiers 128GDale Sveum 51G
2BWillie Randolph 121GJim Gantner 59GDale Sveum 2G
3BJim Gantner 90GGary Sheffield 43GDale Sveum 38G
1BFranklin Stubbs 92GPaul Molitor 46GGreg Brock 25G
STARTERSChris Bosio 3.3WARJaime Navarro 3.1WARBill Wegman 2.9WARTeddy Higuera 1.1WARDon August 0.4WAR
CB.J. Surhoff 127GRick Dempsey 56G
DHPaul Molitor 112GRobin Yount 13GGreg Vaughn 10G
BULLPEN★ Doug Henry 15svChuck Crim 0hMark Lee 0hJulio Machado 0hDarren Holmes 0hEd Nunez 0hJim Austin 0hMike Ignasiak 0h
CB.J. Surhoff 127 · Rick Dempsey 56
1BFranklin Stubbs 92 · Paul Molitor 46 · Greg Brock 25
2BWillie Randolph 121 · Jim Gantner 59 · Dale Sveum 2
3BJim Gantner 90 · Gary Sheffield 43 · Dale Sveum 38
SSBill Spiers 128 · Dale Sveum 51
LFGreg Vaughn 135 · Darryl Hamilton 25 · Tim McIntosh 4
CFRobin Yount 117 · Darryl Hamilton 55 · Dante Bichette 7
RFDante Bichette 121 · Darryl Hamilton 47 · Jim Olander 1
DHPaul Molitor 112 · Robin Yount 13 · Greg Vaughn 10
SPChris Bosio 3.3 · Jaime Navarro 3.1 · Bill Wegman 2.9 · Teddy Higuera 1.1 · Don August 0.4
BP★ Doug Henry 15 · Chuck Crim 0 · Mark Lee 0 · Julio Machado 0 · Darren Holmes 0 · Ed Nunez 0 · Jim Austin 0 · Mike Ignasiak 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.

1991 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Paul Molitor 34 FA-elig 1585.2 3.2 -0.1
Willie Randolph 36 FA-elig 1244.0 0.5 +1.9
Chris Bosio 28 arb 323.3 0.9 +1.1
Jaime Navarro 24 pre-arb 343.1 0.8 +1.0
Bill Wegman 28 FA-elig 282.9 0.4 +1.3
Greg Vaughn 25 pre-arb 1452.4 0.2 +1.3
Bill Spiers 25 pre-arb 1332.3 0.2 +1.1
Jim Gantner 38 FA-elig 1401.6 1.0 -0.1
Darryl Hamilton 26 arb 1221.5 0.2 +0.7
B.J. Surhoff 26 arb 1431.4 1.1 -0.2
Teddy Higuera 32 – 71.1 – –
Doug Henry 27 – 320.8 – –
Darren Holmes 25 – 400.7 – –
Robin Yount 35 FA-elig 1300.6 3.2 -2.8
Rick Dempsey 41 FA-elig 610.6 0.1 +0.2
Greg Brock 34 FA-elig 310.5 0.9 -0.6
Don August 27 – 280.4 – –
Candy Maldonado↔ TOR 30 FA-elig 340.2 0.3 -0.2
Dale Sveum 27 – 900.2 – –
Chris George 24 – 20.2 – –
Cal Eldred 23 – 30.1 – –
Kevin Brown 25 – 150.1 – –
George Canale 25 – 210.1 – –
Tim McIntosh 26 – 70.0 – –
Dan Plesac 29 arb 450.0 1.0 -1.0
Chuck Crim 29 arb 660.0 2.8 -2.8
Ron Robinson 29 – 1-0.0 – –
Mike Ignasiak 25 – 4-0.1 – –
Jim Hunter 27 – 8-0.1 – –
Jim Olander 28 – 12-0.2 – –
Franklin Stubbs 30 FA-elig 103-0.2 1.9 -2.0
Julio Machado 25 pre-arb 54-0.2 0.2 -0.3
Jim Austin 27 – 5-0.4 – –
Mark Knudson 30 FA-elig 12-0.4 0.5 -0.7
Dante Bichette 27 arb 134-0.4 0.2 -0.4
Ed Nunez 28 FA-elig 23-0.5 2.3 -2.6
Mark Lee 26 arb 62-0.7 0.1 -0.6
Gary Sheffield 22 arb 50-1.3 0.4 -1.2

Key additions (new vs 1990)

PlayerfWAR
Willie Randolph4.0
Doug Henry0.8
Darren Holmes0.7
Rick Dempsey0.6
Candy Maldonado0.2
Chris George0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Player1990 fWAR
Dave Parker1.2
Rob Deer1.2
Glenn Braggs0.9
Dennis Powell0.8
Bill Krueger0.8
Mike Felder0.6

Current & Historical Payroll

1991 payroll
$22.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 1991, 1991–1997. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Paul Molitor3413.000$3.2M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Robin Yount3517.000$3.2M$3.2M$2.7MFREE AGENT
Ed Nunez289.000$2.3M$856kFREE AGENT
Franklin Stubbs307.000$1.9M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Jim Gantner3815.000$1.0M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Greg Brock349.000$938kFREE AGENT
Willie Randolph3616.000$500kFREE AGENT
Mark Knudson306.000$485kFREE AGENT
Bill Wegman286.000$440k$2.4M$2.4M$2.4M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Candy Maldonado3010.000$346kFREE AGENT
Rick Dempsey4122.000$150kFREE AGENT
Teddy Higuera326.000—FREE AGENT$3.2M$3.5M
Ron Robinson297.000—$1.1MFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Chuck Crim294.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
B.J. Surhoff264.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Plesac295.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Chris Bosio285.000$875kFREE AGENT
Gary Sheffield223.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dante Bichette273.000$185kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darryl Hamilton263.000$168kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Lee263.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Don August273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dale Sveum275.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Jaime Navarro242.000$835kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Spiers252.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Vaughn252.000$190kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julio Machado252.000$190kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Austin270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Brown251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
George Canale252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cal Eldred230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris George24–—
Doug Henry270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Holmes251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Hunter27–—
Mike Ignasiak250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim McIntosh261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Olander28–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 1991; 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.