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Twins MIN

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GM: Terry Ryan

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.88× league · TAB -11.8
-11.8TAB — talent above budget26th/28
-9.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)23rd/28
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars16th/28
-9.2dead WAR — sub-replacement drag27th/28
40%dead money %23rd/28
0.438win %21st/28
20.8roster fWAR24th/28
-7surplus $M (value vs cost)18th/28
$28Mpayroll $M19th/28

Roster

CFKirby Puckett 95GShane Mack 67GJ.T. Bruett 4G
LFPedro Munoz 64GShane Mack 64GDave McCarty 38G
RFKirby Puckett 47GPedro Munoz 41GDave McCarty 34G
SSPat Meares 111GJeff Reboulet 62GDenny Hocking 12G
2BChuck Knoblauch 148GChip Hale 21GJeff Reboulet 11G
3BTerry Jorgensen 45GJeff Reboulet 34GChip Hale 19G
1BKent Hrbek 115GDave McCarty 36GGene Larkin 18G
STARTERSKevin Tapani 4.3WARScott Erickson 3.3WARWillie Banks 2.6WARMike Trombley 0.7WAREddie Guardado 0.5WAR
CBrian Harper 134GLenny Webster 45GDerek Parks 7G
DHDave Winfield 104GChip Hale 19GKirby Puckett 17G
BULLPEN★ Rick Aguilera 34svLarry Casian 0hCarl Willis 0hMike Hartley 0hGeorge Tsamis 0hMark Guthrie 0hBrett Merriman 0hRich Garces 0h
CBrian Harper 134 · Lenny Webster 45 · Derek Parks 7
1BKent Hrbek 115 · Dave McCarty 36 · Gene Larkin 18
2BChuck Knoblauch 148 · Chip Hale 21 · Jeff Reboulet 11
3BTerry Jorgensen 45 · Jeff Reboulet 34 · Chip Hale 19
SSPat Meares 111 · Jeff Reboulet 62 · Denny Hocking 12
LFPedro Munoz 64 · Shane Mack 64 · Dave McCarty 38
CFKirby Puckett 95 · Shane Mack 67 · J.T. Bruett 4
RFKirby Puckett 47 · Pedro Munoz 41 · Dave McCarty 34
DHDave Winfield 104 · Chip Hale 19 · Kirby Puckett 17
SPKevin Tapani 4.3 · Scott Erickson 3.3 · Willie Banks 2.6 · Mike Trombley 0.7 · Eddie Guardado 0.5
BP★ Rick Aguilera 34 · Larry Casian 0 · Carl Willis 0 · Mike Hartley 0 · George Tsamis 0 · Mark Guthrie 0 · Brett Merriman 0 · Rich Garces 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
Kevin Tapani 29 arb 364.3 2.0 +1.5
Scott Erickson 25 arb 343.3 0.5 +2.2
Chuck Knoblauch 24 pre-arb 1532.6 0.5 +1.7
Willie Banks 24 pre-arb 312.6 0.1 +2.0
Kent Hrbek 33 FA-elig 1232.3 3.1 -1.2
Brian Harper 33 FA-elig 1472.3 2.4 -0.5
Jeff Reboulet 29 pre-arb 1091.6 0.1 +1.2
Carl Willis 32 FA-elig 531.5 0.5 +0.7
Chip Hale 28 arb 691.4 0.1 +1.0
Shane Mack 29 FA-elig 1281.4 3.0 -1.9
Larry Casian 27 arb 541.2 0.1 +0.9
Mike Pagliarulo↔ BAL 33 FA-elig 831.1 0.3 +0.6
Jim Deshaies↔ SFG 33 FA-elig 271.0 0.6 +0.2
Rick Aguilera 31 FA-elig 651.0 2.4 -1.6
Mike Trombley 26 pre-arb 440.7 0.1 +0.5
Mike Hartley 31 arb 530.6 0.6 -0.1
Eddie Guardado 22 pre-arb 190.5 0.1 +0.3
Kirby Puckett 33 FA-elig 1560.3 5.3 -5.1
Dave Winfield 41 FA-elig 1430.3 2.7 -2.5
Terry Jorgensen 26 arb 590.1 0.1 -0.0
Rich Garces 22 arb 30.0 0.1 -0.1
Bernardo Brito 29 – 270.0 – –
Greg Brummett↔ SFG 26 pre-arb 50.0 0.0 -0.0
Rich Becker 21 pre-arb 3-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Mike Maksudian 27 pre-arb 5-0.0 0.1 -0.1
J.T. Bruett 25 pre-arb 17-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Gene Larkin 30 FA-elig 56-0.1 0.6 -0.7
Mark Guthrie 27 arb 22-0.2 0.7 -0.9
Lenny Webster 28 arb 49-0.2 0.2 -0.3
Derek Parks 24 – 7-0.2 – –
Scott Leius 27 arb 10-0.3 0.3 -0.5
Scott Stahoviak 23 pre-arb 20-0.3 0.1 -0.4
Pat Mahomes 22 pre-arb 12-0.3 0.1 -0.4
Randy Bush 34 FA-elig 35-0.4 0.2 -0.5
Denny Hocking 23 – 15-0.4 – –
George Tsamis 26 – 41-0.4 – –
Pat Meares 24 pre-arb 111-0.5 0.1 -0.5
Brett Merriman 26 – 19-0.5 – –
Derek Lee 26 – 15-0.5 – –
Pedro Munoz 24 arb 104-1.9 0.3 -1.8
Dave McCarty 23 – 98-3.1 – –

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Chip Hale1.4
Jim Deshaies1.0
Mike Hartley0.6
Eddie Guardado0.5
Dave Winfield0.3
Rich Garces0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
John Smiley5.0
Chili Davis1.7
Bill Krueger1.7
Tom Edens1.4
Greg Gagne1.2
Gary Wayne0.5

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$28.0M

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 (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Kirby Puckett339.000$5.3M$5.3M$6.3MFREE AGENT
Kent Hrbek3312.000$3.1M$3.1MFREE AGENT
Shane Mack296.000$3.0M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Dave Winfield4120.000$2.7M$2.7MFREE AGENT
Rick Aguilera318.000$2.4M$3.3M$2.5M$3.5M$3.1M$2.8M$3.1M
Brian Harper3314.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Gene Larkin306.000$600kFREE AGENT
Jim Deshaies339.000$591k$575kFREE AGENT
Carl Willis329.000$500k$500kFREE AGENT
Mike Pagliarulo339.000$322kFREE AGENT
Randy Bush3411.000$250kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Kevin Tapani294.000$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Guthrie274.000$725kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Hartley314.000$625kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Erickson253.000$535kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Leius273.000$275kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Munoz243.000$254kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lenny Webster284.000$172kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chip Hale284.000$128kARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Jorgensen264.000$119kARB 3FREE AGENT
Larry Casian273.000$115kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Garces223.000$109kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Chuck Knoblauch242.000$510kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Reboulet291.000$128kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Banks242.000$126kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Trombley261.000$124kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Mahomes221.000$123kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.T. Bruett251.000$121kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Maksudian271.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Becker210.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Meares240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eddie Guardado220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Stahoviak230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Brummett260.000$42kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bernardo Brito29–—
Denny Hocking230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Derek Lee26–—
Dave McCarty230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brett Merriman26–—
Derek Parks241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
George Tsamis26–—

Graphs

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