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GM: Frank Cashen (since 1981)

1990 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+5.7
WAB — wins above budget
+13.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
91–71 (0.562)
record
+1M
surplus $M (value/$)
50.7
roster fWAR
$21.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Dwight Gooden 25 FA-elig 35 7.3 1.9 +1.4
Darryl Strawberry 28 FA-elig 152 6.5 1.9 +1.0
Frank Viola 30 FA-elig 35 5.7 2.0 +0.5
David Cone 27 arb 32 5.5 1.3 +1.1
Dave Magadan 27 arb 144 5.4 0.4 +2.0
Kevin McReynolds 30 FA-elig 147 3.6 1.3 +0.3
Sid Fernandez 27 FA-elig 30 3.3 1.7 -0.2
Howard Johnson 29 FA-elig 154 3.0 1.7 -0.3
Gregg Jefferies 22 arb 153 2.7 0.2 +1.0
Daryl Boston↔ CHW 27 FA-elig 115 1.6 0.3 +0.4
Mackey Sasser 27 arb 100 1.5 0.2 +0.5
Alejandro Pena 31 FA-elig 52 1.4 1.0 -0.4
John Franco 29 FA-elig 55 1.2 1.6 -1.1
Mark Carreon 26 arb 82 1.1 0.1 +0.4
Wally Whitehurst 26 pre-arb 38 0.8 0.1 +0.3
Bob Ojeda 32 FA-elig 38 0.6 1.3 -1.0
Tim Teufel 31 FA-elig 80 0.5 0.6 -0.4
Darren Reed 24 pre-arb 26 0.4 0.1 +0.1
Pat Tabler↔ KCR 32 FA-elig 17 0.4 0.1 +0.1
Tom O'Malley 29 FA-elig 82 0.2 0.2 -0.0
Ron Darling 29 FA-elig 34 0.2 1.6 -1.5
Charlie O'Brien↔ MIL 30 arb 28 0.2 0.1 +0.0
Kelvin Torve 30 20 0.2
Keith Miller 27 arb 88 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Kevin Elster 25 arb 92 0.1 0.3 -0.2
Dan Schatzeder↔ HOU 35 FA-elig 6 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Dave Liddell 24 1 0.1
Julio Valera 21 pre-arb 3 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Kevin Brown↔ MIL 24 pre-arb 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
Chuck Carr 22 4 -0.0
Mario Diaz 28 arb 16 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Alex Trevino↔ CIN 32 FA-elig 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Kevin Baez 23 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Keith Hughes 26 arb 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Jeff Musselman 27 arb 28 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Chris Jelic 26 4 -0.2
Julio Machado↔ MIL 24 pre-arb 27 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
Todd Hundley 21 pre-arb 36 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
Barry Lyons↔ LAD 30 arb 24 -0.3 0.2 -0.3
Jeff Innis 27 arb 18 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
Orlando Mercado↔ WSN 28 42 -0.4
Mike Marshall↔ BOS 30 FA-elig 53 -0.4 0.7 -0.9
Tom Herr↔ PHI 34 FA-elig 27 -0.4 0.2 -0.3

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 38 of them (88%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for NYM
Sid Fernandez198327.5
Howard Johnson198422.8
David Cone198721.2
Noah Syndergaard201220.1
John Olerud199618.3
Keith Hernandez198316.5
Kevin McReynolds198615.1
Johan Santana200814.3
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Melvin Mora200026.9
Mike Scott198221.9
Nolan Ryan198516.2
A. J. Burnett199816.1
José Oquendo198515.3
Scott Kazmir200415.0
Walt Terrell198413.5
Andrés Giménez202113.3