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GM: Gene Michael

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.38× league · TAB +6.4
+6.4TAB — talent above budget9th/28
+1.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)11th/28
12.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars1st/28
-2.5dead WAR — sub-replacement drag3rd/28
33%dead money %18th/28
0.543win %7th/28
44.6roster fWAR7th/28
-9surplus $M (value vs cost)20th/28
$44Mpayroll $M2nd/28

Roster

CFBernie Williams 139GGerald Williams 17GDion James 14G
LFDion James 91GRandy Velarde 48GPaul O'Neill 46G
RFPaul O'Neill 103GDanny Tartabull 50GJim Leyritz 23G
SSSpike Owen 96GMike Gallego 55GRandy Velarde 26G
2BPat Kelly 125GMike Gallego 52GAndy Stankiewicz 6G
3BWade Boggs 134GMike Gallego 27GRandy Velarde 16G
1BDon Mattingly 130GJim Leyritz 29GKevin Maas 17G
STARTERSJimmy Key 5.2WARMelido Perez 2.4WARJim Abbott 2.3WARScott Kamieniecki 1.1WARBob Wickman 0.9WAR
CMike Stanley 122GMatt Nokes 56GJim Leyritz 12G
DHDanny Tartabull 88GKevin Maas 29GJim Leyritz 19G
BULLPEN★ Lee Smith 46svPaul Assenmacher 0hSteve Howe 0hSteve Farr 0hRich Monteleone 0hBobby Munoz 0hPaul Gibson 0hNeal Heaton 0h
CMike Stanley 122 · Matt Nokes 56 · Jim Leyritz 12
1BDon Mattingly 130 · Jim Leyritz 29 · Kevin Maas 17
2BPat Kelly 125 · Mike Gallego 52 · Andy Stankiewicz 6
3BWade Boggs 134 · Mike Gallego 27 · Randy Velarde 16
SSSpike Owen 96 · Mike Gallego 55 · Randy Velarde 26
LFDion James 91 · Randy Velarde 48 · Paul O'Neill 46
CFBernie Williams 139 · Gerald Williams 17 · Dion James 14
RFPaul O'Neill 103 · Danny Tartabull 50 · Jim Leyritz 23
DHDanny Tartabull 88 · Kevin Maas 29 · Jim Leyritz 19
SPJimmy Key 5.2 · Melido Perez 2.4 · Jim Abbott 2.3 · Scott Kamieniecki 1.1 · Bob Wickman 0.9
BP★ Lee Smith 46 · Paul Assenmacher 0 · Steve Howe 0 · Steve Farr 0 · Rich Monteleone 0 · Bobby Munoz 0 · Paul Gibson 0 · Neal Heaton 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
Jimmy Key 32 FA-elig 345.2 4.9 -0.6
Mike Stanley 30 FA-elig 1304.9 0.7 +3.3
Mike Gallego 32 FA-elig 1194.5 1.6 +2.1
Wade Boggs 35 FA-elig 1433.3 3.0 -0.2
Jim Leyritz 29 arb 953.1 0.2 +2.4
Don Mattingly 32 FA-elig 1342.9 3.8 -1.4
Danny Tartabull 30 FA-elig 1382.9 5.0 -2.7
Paul O'Neill 30 FA-elig 1412.6 3.8 -1.7
Melido Perez 27 FA-elig 252.4 2.5 -0.5
Jim Abbott 25 arb 322.3 2.4 -0.5
Bernie Williams 24 pre-arb 1392.2 0.1 +1.7
Randy Velarde 30 FA-elig 852.2 1.1 +0.7
Pat Kelly 25 pre-arb 1271.9 0.2 +1.4
Dion James 30 – 1151.2 – –
Scott Kamieniecki 29 pre-arb 301.1 0.1 +0.7
Bob Wickman 24 pre-arb 410.9 0.1 +0.6
Bobby Munoz 25 – 380.6 – –
Matt Nokes 29 FA-elig 760.5 2.5 -2.1
Dave Silvestri 25 pre-arb 70.4 0.1 +0.2
Sterling Hitchcock 22 pre-arb 60.4 0.1 +0.2
Frank Tanana↔ NYM 39 FA-elig 30.3 0.1 +0.1
Paul Assenmacher↔ CHC 32 FA-elig 260.3 1.0 -0.8
Paul Gibson↔ NYM 33 arb 200.2 0.1 +0.1
Spike Owen 32 FA-elig 1030.2 2.2 -2.1
Lee Smith↔ STL 35 FA-elig 80.2 0.3 -0.2
Hensley Meulens 26 – 300.2 – –
John Habyan↔ KCR 29 FA-elig 360.2 0.4 -0.3
Kevin Maas 28 arb 590.2 0.3 -0.1
Mark Hutton 23 – 70.0 – –
Mike Witt 32 FA-elig 9-0.0 2.2 -2.2
Mike Humphreys 26 pre-arb 25-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Domingo Jean 24 – 10-0.0 – –
Sam Militello 23 pre-arb 3-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Andy Stankiewicz 28 pre-arb 16-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Andy Cook 25 – 4-0.1 – –
Jeff Johnson 26 pre-arb 2-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Steve Howe 35 FA-elig 51-0.2 2.5 -2.6
Gerald Williams 26 pre-arb 42-0.3 0.1 -0.4
Neal Heaton 33 FA-elig 18-0.4 0.2 -0.6
Rich Monteleone 30 FA-elig 42-0.5 0.2 -0.7
Steve Farr 36 FA-elig 49-0.7 1.5 -2.1

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Jimmy Key5.2
Wade Boggs3.3
Paul O'Neill2.6
Jim Abbott2.3
Bobby Munoz0.6
Frank Tanana0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
Charlie Hayes2.2
Mel Hall2.0
Roberto Kelly1.4
Scott Sanderson0.9
Curt Young0.7
Russ Springer0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$43.9M

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 (21)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Danny Tartabull309.000$5.0M$4.5M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Jimmy Key329.000$4.9M$5.3M$4.9M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Paul O'Neill308.000$3.8M$3.9M$2.9M$5.3M$5.5M$5.5M$6.2M
Don Mattingly3211.000$3.8M$4.0M$4.4MFREE AGENT
Wade Boggs3511.000$3.0M$3.2M$4.7M$2.0M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Steve Howe3513.000$2.5M$2.1M$2.3M$500kFREE AGENT
Matt Nokes298.000$2.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Melido Perez276.000$2.5M$3.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Spike Owen3210.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Witt3212.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Gallego328.000$1.6M$1.6MFREE AGENT
Steve Farr369.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Randy Velarde306.000$1.1M$1.1M$500kFREE AGENT
Paul Assenmacher327.000$962kFREE AGENT
Mike Stanley307.000$675k$612k$912kFREE AGENT$1.6M
John Habyan298.000$450kFREE AGENT
Lee Smith3513.000$342kFREE AGENT
Neal Heaton3311.000$250kFREE AGENT
Rich Monteleone306.000$250kFREE AGENT
Frank Tanana3920.000$141kFREE AGENT
Dion James3010.000—FREE AGENT$350k

Arbitration-eligible (5)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Jim Abbott254.000$2.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Maas283.000$255kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Leyritz293.000$152kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Gibson335.000$143kFREE AGENT
Hensley Meulens264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Pat Kelly252.000$160kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bernie Williams242.000$150kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Kamieniecki292.000$150kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Stankiewicz281.000$138kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Johnson262.000$125kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sam Militello231.000$118kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Wickman241.000$116kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Humphreys262.000$112kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sterling Hitchcock221.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Silvestri251.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gerald Williams261.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Cook25–—
Mark Hutton230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Jean24–—
Bobby Munoz250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

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