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GM: Frank Cashen

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 3 in this regime · payroll 1.19× league · TAB -10.9
-10.9TAB — talent above budget24th/28
-25.2WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)28th/28
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars25th/28
-4.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag8th/28
28%dead money %11th/28
0.364win %28th/28
25.5roster fWAR20th/28
-19surplus $M (value vs cost)27th/28
$38Mpayroll $M10th/28

Roster

CFRyan Thompson 76GJoe Orsulak 39GDave Gallagher 39G
LFVince Coleman 90GJoe Orsulak 66GDave Gallagher 19G
RFBobby Bonilla 85GJeromy Burnitz 60GJoe Orsulak 24G
SSTim Bogar 66GKevin Baez 52GJeff McKnight 29G
2BJeff Kent 127GChico Walker 24GDoug Saunders 22G
3BHoward Johnson 67GBobby Bonilla 52GChico Walker 23G
1BEddie Murray 154GJeff McKnight 10GDave Gallagher 9G
STARTERSDwight Gooden 4.2WARBret Saberhagen 3.3WAREric Hillman 2.1WARPete Schourek 1.1WARAnthony Young 0.8WAR
CTodd Hundley 123GCharlie O'Brien 65GJeff McKnight 1G
BULLPEN★ John Franco 10svJeff Innis 0hMike Maddux 0hMike Draper 0hJosias Manzanillo 0hMauro Gozzo 0hJeff Kaiser 0hMickey Weston 0h
CTodd Hundley 123 · Charlie O'Brien 65 · Jeff McKnight 1
1BEddie Murray 154 · Jeff McKnight 10 · Dave Gallagher 9
2BJeff Kent 127 · Chico Walker 24 · Doug Saunders 22
3BHoward Johnson 67 · Bobby Bonilla 52 · Chico Walker 23
SSTim Bogar 66 · Kevin Baez 52 · Jeff McKnight 29
LFVince Coleman 90 · Joe Orsulak 66 · Dave Gallagher 19
CFRyan Thompson 76 · Joe Orsulak 39 · Dave Gallagher 39
RFBobby Bonilla 85 · Jeromy Burnitz 60 · Joe Orsulak 24
SPDwight Gooden 4.2 · Bret Saberhagen 3.3 · Eric Hillman 2.1 · Pete Schourek 1.1 · Anthony Young 0.8
BP★ John Franco 10 · Jeff Innis 0 · Mike Maddux 0 · Mike Draper 0 · Josias Manzanillo 0 · Mauro Gozzo 0 · Jeff Kaiser 0 · Mickey Weston 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
Dwight Gooden 28 FA-elig 304.2 5.9 -2.5
Bobby Bonilla 30 FA-elig 1393.6 6.2 -3.2
Bret Saberhagen 29 FA-elig 193.3 3.0 -0.3
Eric Hillman 27 – 272.1 – –
Ryan Thompson 25 pre-arb 801.9 0.1 +1.5
Eddie Murray 37 FA-elig 1541.9 3.4 -1.8
Jeromy Burnitz 24 – 861.6 – –
Pete Schourek 24 pre-arb 411.1 0.2 +0.7
Charlie O'Brien 33 FA-elig 671.1 0.5 +0.4
Frank Tanana↔ NYY 39 FA-elig 291.1 1.4 -0.5
Mike Maddux 31 FA-elig 581.0 1.0 -0.2
Dave Gallagher 32 FA-elig 991.0 0.5 +0.3
Howard Johnson 32 FA-elig 720.9 2.1 -1.3
Joe Orsulak 31 FA-elig 1340.9 0.7 +0.1
Anthony Young 27 pre-arb 390.8 0.2 +0.5
Sid Fernandez 30 FA-elig 180.8 2.1 -1.5
Jeff Kent 25 pre-arb 1400.4 0.2 +0.1
Bobby Jones 23 pre-arb 90.4 0.1 +0.2
Mike Draper 26 pre-arb 290.3 0.1 +0.1
Tony Fernandez↔ TOR 31 FA-elig 480.3 0.8 -0.6
Paul Gibson↔ NYY 33 arb 80.2 0.1 +0.1
Tim Bogar 26 pre-arb 780.2 0.1 +0.0
Jeff McKnight 30 arb 1050.1 0.1 -0.0
Vince Coleman 31 FA-elig 920.1 2.3 -2.2
Kenny Greer 26 – 10.1 – –
Mickey Weston 32 – 40.0 – –
Mauro Gozzo 27 – 100.0 – –
Josias Manzanillo↔ MIL 25 pre-arb 6-0.0 0.0 -0.1
Ced Landrum 29 – 22-0.0 – –
Dave Telgheder 26 pre-arb 24-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Jeff Kaiser↔ CIN 32 – 6-0.1 – –
Wayne Housie 28 – 18-0.1 – –
Kevin Baez 26 – 52-0.3 – –
Todd Hundley 24 arb 130-0.3 0.2 -0.4
Jeff Innis 30 FA-elig 67-0.4 0.8 -1.1
Doug Saunders 23 – 28-0.4 – –
Darrin Jackson↔ TOR 30 FA-elig 31-0.4 0.8 -1.2
Tito Navarro 22 – 12-0.4 – –
Chico Walker 35 FA-elig 115-0.5 0.6 -1.0
Butch Huskey 21 pre-arb 13-0.5 0.1 -0.5
John Franco 32 FA-elig 35-0.5 4.0 -4.4

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Jeromy Burnitz1.6
Frank Tanana1.1
Mike Maddux1.0
Joe Orsulak0.9
Bobby Jones0.4
Mike Draper0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
David Cone4.0
Dick Schofield2.0
Dave Magadan1.7
Wally Whitehurst1.4
Daryl Boston0.8
Willie Randolph0.7

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$37.9M

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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Bobby Bonilla307.000$6.2M$6.3M$3.0MFREE AGENT$5.9M
Dwight Gooden289.000$5.9M$4.6MFREE AGENT
John Franco329.000$4.0M$4.0M$2.5M$2.6M$3.0M$2.9M$3.0M
Eddie Murray3716.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Bret Saberhagen299.000$3.0M$4.6M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Vince Coleman318.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Sid Fernandez3010.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Howard Johnson3211.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Frank Tanana3920.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Mike Maddux317.000$1.0M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Jeff Innis306.000$850kFREE AGENT
Darrin Jackson308.000$845kFREE AGENT
Tony Fernandez3110.000$777kFREE AGENT
Joe Orsulak3110.000$660k$850k$894kFREE AGENT
Chico Walker3513.000$635kFREE AGENT
Dave Gallagher326.000$500kFREE AGENT
Charlie O'Brien338.000$500kFREE AGENT
Jeff Kaiser328.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Todd Hundley243.000$195kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff McKnight304.000$146kARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Gibson335.000$57kFREE AGENT
Kevin Baez263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mauro Gozzo274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mickey Weston324.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Pete Schourek242.000$220kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Young272.000$205kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Kent251.000$195kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Thompson251.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Butch Huskey210.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Bogar260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Draper260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Telgheder260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Jones230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josias Manzanillo252.000$41kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeromy Burnitz240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kenny Greer260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Hillman271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wayne Housie28–—
Ced Landrum29–—
Tito Navarro22–—
Doug Saunders23–—

Graphs

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