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GM: Al Harazin

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.54× league · TAB -12.5
-12.5TAB — talent above budget22nd/26
-15.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)25th/26
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars22nd/26
-5.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag19th/26
29%dead money %9th/26
0.444win %20th/26
27.1roster fWAR19th/26
-24surplus $M (value vs cost)24th/26
$46Mpayroll $M1st/26

Roster

CFHoward Johnson 84GPat Howell 28GRyan Thompson 26G
LFKevin Bass 84GDaryl Boston 66GVince Coleman 41G
RFBobby Bonilla 121GDave Gallagher 48GKevin Bass 34G
SSDick Schofield 142GBill Pecota 39GKevin Elster 5G
2BWillie Randolph 79GJeff Kent 51GBill Pecota 38G
3BDave Magadan 93GJeff Kent 50GBill Pecota 48G
1BEddie Murray 154GMackey Sasser 12GJeff McKnight 9G
STARTERSSid Fernandez 5.2WARDwight Gooden 4.3WARBret Saberhagen 1.9WARWally Whitehurst 1.4WARAnthony Young 1.1WAR
CTodd Hundley 121GCharlie O'Brien 64GMackey Sasser 27G
BULLPEN★ John Franco 15svJeff Innis 0hBarry Jones 0hLee Guetterman 0hPaul Gibson 0hMark Dewey 0hTom Filer 0hJoe Vitko 0h
CTodd Hundley 121 · Charlie O'Brien 64 · Mackey Sasser 27
1BEddie Murray 154 · Mackey Sasser 12 · Jeff McKnight 9
2BWillie Randolph 79 · Jeff Kent 51 · Bill Pecota 38
3BDave Magadan 93 · Jeff Kent 50 · Bill Pecota 48
SSDick Schofield 142 · Bill Pecota 39 · Kevin Elster 5
LFKevin Bass 84 · Daryl Boston 66 · Vince Coleman 41
CFHoward Johnson 84 · Pat Howell 28 · Ryan Thompson 26
RFBobby Bonilla 121 · Dave Gallagher 48 · Kevin Bass 34
SPSid Fernandez 5.2 · Dwight Gooden 4.3 · Bret Saberhagen 1.9 · Wally Whitehurst 1.4 · Anthony Young 1.1
BP★ John Franco 15 · Jeff Innis 0 · Barry Jones 0 · Lee Guetterman 0 · Paul Gibson 0 · Mark Dewey 0 · Tom Filer 0 · Joe Vitko 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.

1992 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Sid Fernandez 29 FA-elig 325.2 2.2 +1.8
Dwight Gooden 27 FA-elig 334.3 5.2 -1.8
David Cone↔ TOR 29 FA-elig 274.0 3.3 -0.1
Dick Schofield↔ ANA 29 FA-elig 1422.0 1.6 +0.0
Eddie Murray 36 FA-elig 1562.0 4.1 -2.6
Bret Saberhagen 28 FA-elig 171.9 3.0 -1.5
Chico Walker↔ CHC 34 FA-elig 1071.9 0.2 +1.2
Dave Magadan 29 FA-elig 991.7 1.4 -0.1
Bobby Bonilla 29 FA-elig 1281.4 6.1 -5.0
Wally Whitehurst 28 arb 441.4 0.2 +0.9
Charlie O'Brien 32 FA-elig 681.2 0.4 +0.5
Anthony Young 26 pre-arb 521.1 0.1 +0.7
Pete Schourek 23 pre-arb 230.9 0.1 +0.6
Daryl Boston 29 FA-elig 1300.8 0.9 -0.3
Vince Coleman 30 FA-elig 710.8 3.2 -2.6
Willie Randolph 37 FA-elig 900.7 0.8 -0.3
John Franco 31 FA-elig 310.5 3.3 -3.0
Jeff Kent↔ TOR 24 pre-arb 370.4 0.0 +0.3
Mark Dewey 27 – 200.2 – –
Rodney McCray 28 – 180.1 – –
Steve Springer 31 – 40.1 – –
Tim Burke↔ NYY 33 FA-elig 150.1 0.9 -0.9
Kevin Bass↔ SFG 33 FA-elig 460.0 0.7 -0.6
Bill Pecota 32 FA-elig 1170.0 0.8 -0.8
Barry Jones↔ PHI 29 FA-elig 170.0 0.3 -0.3
Kevin Elster 27 FA-elig 60.0 0.8 -0.7
Pat Howell 23 – 310.0 – –
Joe Vitko 22 – 3-0.0 – –
Ryan Thompson 24 – 30-0.0 – –
Tom Filer 35 – 9-0.0 – –
Dave Gallagher 31 arb 98-0.1 0.6 -0.7
Paul Gibson 32 arb 43-0.1 0.8 -0.9
D.J. Dozier 26 – 25-0.2 – –
Todd Hundley 23 pre-arb 123-0.2 0.1 -0.3
Mike Birkbeck 31 – 1-0.3 – –
Kevin Baez 25 – 6-0.3 – –
Jeff McKnight 29 – 31-0.3 – –
Jeff Innis 29 arb 76-0.3 0.4 -0.6
Chris Donnels 26 – 45-0.4 – –
Eric Hillman 26 – 11-0.5 – –
Junior Noboa 27 FA-elig 46-0.5 0.3 -0.7
Mackey Sasser 29 arb 92-0.6 0.8 -1.3
Lee Guetterman↔ NYY 33 FA-elig 43-0.6 1.2 -1.7
Howard Johnson 31 FA-elig 100-1.2 2.3 -3.2

Key additions (new vs 1991)

PlayerfWAR
Dick Schofield2.0
Eddie Murray2.0
Bret Saberhagen1.9
Chico Walker1.9
Bobby Bonilla1.4
Willie Randolph0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Frank Viola2.4
Rick Cerone1.9
Gregg Jefferies1.7
Kevin McReynolds1.3
Keith Miller1.2
Ron Darling1.0

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$46.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. 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 (24)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Bobby Bonilla296.000$6.1M$6.2M$6.3M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Dwight Gooden278.000$5.2M$5.9M$4.6MFREE AGENT
Eddie Murray3615.000$4.1M$3.4MFREE AGENT
John Franco318.000$3.3M$4.0M$4.0M$2.5M$2.6M$3.0M$2.9M
David Cone296.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Vince Coleman307.000$3.2M$2.3MFREE AGENT
Bret Saberhagen288.000$3.0M$3.0M$4.6M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Howard Johnson3110.000$2.3M$2.1MFREE AGENT
Sid Fernandez299.000$2.2M$2.1MFREE AGENT
Dick Schofield299.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Dave Magadan296.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Lee Guetterman338.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Daryl Boston298.000$935kFREE AGENT
Tim Burke337.000$895kFREE AGENT
Willie Randolph3717.000$850kFREE AGENT
Bill Pecota326.000$785kFREE AGENT
Kevin Elster276.000$760kFREE AGENT
Kevin Bass3310.000$681kFREE AGENT
Charlie O'Brien327.000$370k$500kFREE AGENT
Barry Jones296.000$286kFREE AGENT
Junior Noboa278.000$272kFREE AGENT
Chico Walker3412.000$234k$635kFREE AGENT
Mike Birkbeck316.000—FREE AGENT
Tom Filer3510.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Paul Gibson324.000$830kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mackey Sasser295.000$775kFREE AGENT
Dave Gallagher315.000$629kFREE AGENT
Jeff Innis295.000$355kFREE AGENT
Wally Whitehurst283.000$235kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff McKnight293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Pete Schourek231.000$135kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Hundley232.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Young261.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Kent240.000$40kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Baez252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Dewey272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Donnels261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
D.J. Dozier26–—
Eric Hillman260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Howell23–—
Rodney McCray28–—
Steve Springer31–—
Ryan Thompson240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Vitko22–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Mets 1992; 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.