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Twins MIN

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GM: Terry Ryan

Overview

REBUILD ↗ rising
cheap & losing · year 3 in this regime · payroll 0.61× league · TAB -8.0
-8.0TAB — talent above budget25th/28
-11.2WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)26th/28
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars18th/28
-8.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag28th/28
22%dead money %13th/28
0.389win %27th/28
17.9roster fWAR25th/28
-2surplus $M (value vs cost)13th/28
$20Mpayroll $M25th/28

Roster

CFRich Becker 99GAlex Cole 23GMatt Lawton III 12G
LFMarty Cordova 132GJerald Clark 12GDan Masteller 6G
RFKirby Puckett 106GPedro Munoz 24GDan Masteller 16G
SSPat Meares 114GJeff Reboulet 39GScott Leius 7G
2BChuck Knoblauch 136GJeff Reboulet 15GChip Hale 7G
3BScott Leius 112GScott Stahoviak 22GJeff Reboulet 22G
1BScott Stahoviak 69GDan Masteller 48GRon Coomer 22G
STARTERSBrad Radke 0.8WARFrankie Rodriguez 0.8WARMike Trombley 0.4WAREddie Guardado 0.3WARJose Parra 0.2WAR
CMatt Walbeck 113GMatt Merullo 46GJeff Reboulet 1G
DHPedro Munoz 76GKirby Puckett 28GChip Hale 13G
BULLPEN★ Dave Stevens 10svErik Schullstrom 0hScott Watkins 0hRich Robertson 0hMo Sanford 0hOscar Munoz 0hKevin Campbell 0hVince Horsman 0h
CMatt Walbeck 113 · Matt Merullo 46 · Jeff Reboulet 1
1BScott Stahoviak 69 · Dan Masteller 48 · Ron Coomer 22
2BChuck Knoblauch 136 · Jeff Reboulet 15 · Chip Hale 7
3BScott Leius 112 · Scott Stahoviak 22 · Jeff Reboulet 22
SSPat Meares 114 · Jeff Reboulet 39 · Scott Leius 7
LFMarty Cordova 132 · Jerald Clark 12 · Dan Masteller 6
CFRich Becker 99 · Alex Cole 23 · Matt Lawton III 12
RFKirby Puckett 106 · Pedro Munoz 24 · Dan Masteller 16
DHPedro Munoz 76 · Kirby Puckett 28 · Chip Hale 13
SPBrad Radke 0.8 · Frankie Rodriguez 0.8 · Mike Trombley 0.4 · Eddie Guardado 0.3 · Jose Parra 0.2
BP★ Dave Stevens 10 · Erik Schullstrom 0 · Scott Watkins 0 · Rich Robertson 0 · Mo Sanford 0 · Oscar Munoz 0 · Kevin Campbell 0 · Vince Horsman 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.

1995 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Chuck Knoblauch 26 arb 1366.4 3.0 +3.1
Marty Cordova 25 pre-arb 1373.6 0.1 +3.4
Pat Meares 26 pre-arb 1162.3 0.2 +2.0
Kirby Puckett 35 FA-elig 1372.1 6.3 -4.3
Jeff Reboulet 31 arb 872.1 0.2 +1.8
Kevin Tapani↔ LAD 31 FA-elig 201.6 2.2 -0.6
Jerald Clark 31 FA-elig 361.0 0.4 +0.6
Rick Aguilera↔ BOS 33 FA-elig 220.9 1.8 -1.0
Scott Erickson↔ BAL 27 arb 150.8 0.9 -0.1
Brad Radke 22 pre-arb 290.8 0.1 +0.7
Frankie Rodriguez↔ BOS 22 pre-arb 160.8 0.1 +0.7
Mark Guthrie↔ LAD 29 FA-elig 360.8 0.5 +0.3
Rich Robertson 26 pre-arb 250.6 0.1 +0.5
Matt Lawton III 23 pre-arb 210.4 0.1 +0.3
Mike Trombley 28 arb 200.4 0.1 +0.2
Eddie Guardado 24 pre-arb 510.3 0.1 +0.1
Scott Stahoviak 25 pre-arb 940.2 0.1 +0.1
Greg Harris 31 FA-elig 70.2 0.1 +0.1
Jose Parra↔ LAD 22 pre-arb 120.2 0.1 +0.1
LaTroy Hawkins 22 – 60.2 – –
Alex Cole 29 arb 280.1 0.5 -0.4
Denny Hocking 25 pre-arb 90.1 0.1 +0.0
Ron Coomer 28 pre-arb 370.1 0.1 -0.0
Kevin Campbell 30 – 60.1 – –
Bernardo Brito 31 – 50.0 – –
Scott Watkins 25 pre-arb 270.0 0.1 -0.1
Oscar Munoz 25 pre-arb 10-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Matt Merullo 29 FA-elig 76-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Riccardo Ingram 28 – 4-0.1 – –
Carl Willis 34 – 3-0.1 – –
Steve Dunn 25 – 5-0.1 – –
Vince Horsman 28 – 6-0.1 – –
Pedro Munoz 26 arb 104-0.2 0.7 -0.9
Brian Raabe 27 – 6-0.2 – –
Scott Leius 29 arb 117-0.2 0.8 -0.9
Chip Hale 30 FA-elig 69-0.2 0.2 -0.4
Dave McCarty↔ SFG 25 pre-arb 25-0.3 0.1 -0.4
Matt Walbeck 25 pre-arb 115-0.4 0.2 -0.5
Erik Schullstrom 26 pre-arb 37-0.4 0.1 -0.5
Mo Sanford 28 – 11-0.6 – –
Kevin Maas 30 – 22-0.7 – –
Dan Masteller 27 pre-arb 71-0.7 0.1 -0.8
Dave Stevens 25 pre-arb 56-0.9 0.1 -1.0
Pat Mahomes 24 arb 47-1.0 0.2 -1.1
Rich Becker 23 pre-arb 106-1.0 0.1 -1.1
Scott Klingenbeck↔ BAL 24 pre-arb 18-1.1 0.1 -1.1

Key additions (new vs 1994)

PlayerfWAR
Marty Cordova3.6
Jerald Clark1.0
Brad Radke0.8
Frankie Rodriguez0.8
Rich Robertson0.6
Matt Lawton III0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Player1994 fWAR
Shane Mack3.8
Brett Merriman-0.0
Jim Deshaies-0.3
Kent Hrbek-0.3
Derek Parks-0.3
Keith Garagozzo-0.3

Current & Historical Payroll

1995 payroll
$20.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. 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 (9)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Kirby Puckett3511.000$6.3MFREE AGENT
Kevin Tapani316.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Rick Aguilera3310.000$1.8M$3.5M$3.1M$2.8M$3.1MFREE AGENT
Mark Guthrie296.000$486kFREE AGENT
Jerald Clark317.000$400kFREE AGENT
Matt Merullo296.000$200kFREE AGENT
Chip Hale306.000$168k$175kFREE AGENT
Greg Harris317.000$115kFREE AGENT
Carl Willis3411.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Chuck Knoblauch264.000$3.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Erickson275.000$873kFREE AGENT
Scott Leius295.000$760kFREE AGENT
Pedro Munoz265.000$725kFREE AGENT
Alex Cole295.000$500kFREE AGENT
Jeff Reboulet313.000$250kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Mahomes243.000$178kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Trombley283.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Campbell304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vince Horsman284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Maas305.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (26)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Matt Walbeck252.000$166kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Meares262.000$165kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Stevens251.000$125kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eddie Guardado242.000$122kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Becker232.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Robertson262.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Schullstrom261.000$113kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Denny Hocking252.000$112kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ron Coomer280.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marty Cordova250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Lawton III230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Masteller270.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Watkins250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Stahoviak252.000$109kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Oscar Munoz250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Radke220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave McCarty252.000$101kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Klingenbeck241.000$82kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Frankie Rodriguez220.000$70kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Parra220.000$65kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bernardo Brito31–—
Steve Dunn25–—
LaTroy Hawkins220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Riccardo Ingram28–—
Brian Raabe270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mo Sanford28–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Twins 1995; 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.