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Twins MIN

199074–88 (0.457)
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GM: Andy MacPhail

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1990, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$14M
Surplus $M
-3
Win %
0.457
TAB
-5.2
WAB
-5.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
26.8
Dead money %
34%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-7.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1990 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBrian Harper120
RJunior Ortiz68
RLenny Webster2

1B

LKent Hrbek120
BGene Larkin28
LPaul Sorrento15
BJohn Moses6
LRandy Bush6
RGary Gaetti2
RBrian Harper2

2B

BAl Newman89
RFred Manrique67
BNelson Liriano⇄52
BDoug Baker3
LChip Hale1
RKirby Puckett1

3B

RGary Gaetti151
BAl Newman28
RBrian Harper3
LKent Hrbek1
RKirby Puckett1
RScott Leius1

SS

RGreg Gagne135
BAl Newman48
RScott Leius12
RGary Gaetti2
RKirby Puckett1
BNelson Liriano⇄1

LF

RDan Gladden133
RShane Mack23
BJohn Moses16
RKirby Puckett9
BAl Newman3
RPedro Munoz3
RCarmen Castillo2
LRandy Bush2
LJim Dwyer1

CF

RKirby Puckett125
RShane Mack43
BJohn Moses23
RDan Gladden1
RGreg Gagne1

RF

BJohn Moses52
RShane Mack51
BGene Larkin47
LRandy Bush31
RCarmen Castillo20
RPedro Munoz19
RKirby Puckett9
LJim Dwyer1

DH

BGene Larkin42
LRandy Bush24
RCarmen Castillo23
LPaul Sorrento20
LKent Hrbek19
LJim Dwyer15
RBrian Harper11
RKirby Puckett4
RJunior Ortiz2
RDan Gladden1
RPedro Munoz1

Starters

RKevin Tapani3.5 WAR
LMark Guthrie3.4 WAR
LAllan Anderson2.1 WAR
RRoy Smith1.0 WAR
RScott Erickson0.8 WAR
RPaul Abbott0.4 WAR
LJohn Candelaria⇄0.4 WAR
LLarry Casian0.3 WAR
RTim Drummond0.2 WAR
LDavid West-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RRick Aguilera32 sv
RTerry Leach0 h
RJuan Berenguer0 h
LGary Wayne0 h
RTim Drummond0 h
LJohn Candelaria⇄0 h
RJack Savage0 h
RRich Garces0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1989)

PlayerfWAR
Shane Mack2.6
Terry Leach1.5
Junior Ortiz1.4
Scott Erickson0.8
Nelson Liriano0.5
Paul Abbott0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1989)

Player1989 fWAR
Frank Viola3.2
Mike Dyer0.9
Jeff Reardon0.6
Terry Jorgensen0.2
Victor Rodríguez0.2
Tim Laudner0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Twins. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1990; everyone else is shown as a 1990 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Kevin Tapani 1990 +3.5 +62.0 0.1 +61.9 $0.0M 2.19× –
Mark Guthrie 1990 +3.4 +53.1 0.1 +53.0 $0.0M 1.96× –
Shane Mack 1990 +2.6 +33.6 0.1 +33.5 $0.0M 1.60× –
Allan Anderson 1990 +2.1 +25.0 0.3 +24.7 $0.1M 1.49× –
Greg Gagne 1990 +2.5 +23.9 0.8 +23.0 $0.3M 1.18× –
Brian Harper 1990 +2.9 +23.3 0.5 +22.8 $0.2M 1.00× –
Kirby Puckett 1990 +2.4 +23.7 2.8 +20.8 $1.2M 1.22× –
Kent Hrbek 1990 +2.6 +22.1 2.1 +20.0 $0.8M 1.07× –
Gary Gaetti 1990 +2.3 +15.7 0.5 +15.2 $0.2M 0.85× –
Rick Aguilera 1990 +1.3 +14.0 0.6 +13.4 $0.5M 1.34× –
Roy Smith 1990 +1.0 +8.2 0.4 +7.8 $0.4M 1.02× –
Terry Leach 1990 +1.5 +7.8 0.4 +7.4 $0.3M 0.67× –
Scott Erickson 1990 +0.8 +6.5 0.1 +6.4 $0.1M 1.02× –
Al Newman 1990 +0.9 +4.1 0.3 +3.8 $0.4M 0.56× –
Paul Abbott 1990 +0.4 +3.6 0.1 +3.5 $0.2M 1.02× –
Larry Casian 1990 +0.3 +2.7 0.1 +2.6 $0.3M 1.02× –
Nelson Liriano↔ 1990 +0.5 +2.3 0.1 +2.1 $0.3M 0.56× –
Scott Leius 1990 +0.4 +2.0 0.1 +1.9 $0.2M 0.61× –
John Candelaria↔ 1990 +0.4 +2.2 0.4 +1.8 $0.9M 0.67× –
Tim Drummond 1990 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.6M 0.67× –
Randy Bush 1990 +0.1 +0.7 0.3 +0.4 $3.3M 0.83× –
Lenny Webster 1990 +0.1 +0.4 0.1 +0.3 $1.2M 0.52× –
Chip Hale 1990 +0.0 +0.0 0.1 -0.1 $13.4M 0.56× –
Doug Baker 1990 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.56× –
Gary Wayne 1990 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Rich Yett 1990 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Paul Sorrento 1990 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.69× –
David West 1990 -0.1 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 – 1.02× –
Juan Berenguer 1990 -0.1 -0.8 0.8 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Jim Dwyer 1990 -0.5 -2.7 0.2 -2.9 – 0.69× –
Pedro Munoz 1990 -0.7 -4.9 0.1 -5.0 – 0.83× –
John Moses 1990 -0.8 -5.4 0.4 -5.8 – 0.83× –
Dan Gladden 1990 -1.0 -6.4 0.7 -7.1 – 0.83× –
Gene Larkin 1990 -1.2 -7.7 0.2 -7.9 – 0.83× –
Carmen Castillo 1990 -1.8 -9.9 0.6 -10.5 – 0.69× –
Fred Manrique 1990 -0.4 -1.7 – – – 0.56× –
Jack Savage 1990 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Junior Ortiz 1990 +1.4 +5.8 – – – 0.52× –
Rich Garces 1990 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+26.5+300.814.0+283.3—

Trades

Every graded 1990 deal involving the Twins — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

1990 · TEX / MIN
TEX · Tom Grieve +$3.2M
Jeff Satzinger
MIN · Andy MacPhail −$3.2M
Fred Manrique
TEX came out ahead by $3.2M
1990 · MIN / SFG
MIN · Andy MacPhail +$8.0M
Ed Gustafson
SFG · Al Rosen −$8.0M
Francisco Oliveras
MIN came out ahead by $8.0M
1990 · TOR / MIN
TOR · Pat Gillick +$10.4M
John Candelaria
MIN · Andy MacPhail −$10.4M
Nelson Liriano, Pedro Muñoz
TOR came out ahead by $10.4M
1990 · MIN / CLE
MIN · Andy MacPhail +$0.0M
Charlie Scott
CLE · Hank Peters +$0.0M
Alan Cockrell
Even trade
1990 · WSN / MIN
WSN · Dave Dombrowski +$4.8M
Jim Davins
MIN · Andy MacPhail −$4.8M
Jim Dwyer
WSN came out ahead by $4.8M
1990 · MIN / PIT
MIN · Andy MacPhail +$2.4M
Junior Ortiz, Orlando Lind
PIT · Larry Doughty −$2.4M
Mike Pomeranz
MIN came out ahead by $2.4M
1990 · SFG / MIN
SFG · Al Rosen +$14.4M
Johnny Ard#77, Jimmy Williams
MIN · Andy MacPhail −$14.4M
Steve Bedrosian
SFG came out ahead by $14.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

1990 payroll
$14.1M

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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Kirby Puckett306.000$2.8M$3.2M$3.0M$5.3M$5.3M$6.3MFREE AGENT
Kent Hrbek309.000$2.1M$2.6M$3.1M$3.1M$3.1MFREE AGENT
Greg Gagne287.000$833k$1.7M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Juan Berenguer3512.000$750kFREE AGENT
Dan Gladden327.000$700k$1.1MFREE AGENT
Carmen Castillo328.000$550k$600kFREE AGENT
Brian Harper3011.000$500k$625k$2.5M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Gary Gaetti319.000$500kFREE AGENT
John Moses328.000$395kFREE AGENT
Terry Leach369.000$370k$530kFREE AGENT
John Candelaria3615.000$362kFREE AGENT
Roy Smith286.000$355kFREE AGENT
Randy Bush318.000$350k$500k$450k$250kFREE AGENT
Jim Dwyer4017.000$240kFREE AGENT
Doug Baker296.000$115kFREE AGENT
Fred Manrique289.000—FREE AGENT
Junior Ortiz308.000—$450kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Rick Aguilera285.000$648kFREE AGENT
Al Newman305.000$350kFREE AGENT
Allan Anderson264.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gene Larkin273.000$228kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nelson Liriano263.000$131kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Yett275.000$120kFREE AGENT
Shane Mack263.000$105kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Drummond253.000$102kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Gary Wayne271.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Tapani261.000$102kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Guthrie241.000$102kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Abbott220.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chip Hale251.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Erickson220.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Larry Casian240.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Leius240.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Munoz210.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Sorrento241.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lenny Webster251.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David West252.000$100kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Garces190.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Savage26–—

Graphs

How each 1990 acquisition stacked onto Twins's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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