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GM: Kevin Towers

Overview

REBUILD ↗ rising
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.84× league · TAB -2.5
-2.5TAB — talent above budget19th/30
-5.7WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)18th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars17th/30
-2.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag5th/30
20%dead money %7th/30
0.457win %21st/30
29.7roster fWAR17th/30
-3surplus $M (value vs cost)13th/30
$41Mpayroll $M19th/30

Roster

CFRuben Rivera 143GEric Owens 47GReggie Sanders 15G
LFReggie Sanders 97GEric Owens 69GJohn Vander Wal 45G
RFTony Gwynn 104GReggie Sanders 41GEric Owens 27G
SSDamian Jackson 100GChris Gomez 75GEd Giovanola 7G
2BQuilvio Veras 118GDamian Jackson 21GEd Giovanola 19G
3BPhil Nevin 67GDave Magadan 52GGeorge Arias 50G
1BWally Joyner 105GDave Magadan 42GJohn Vander Wal 28G
STARTERSAndy Ashby 2.6WARSterling Hitchcock 2.6WARMatt Clement 1.9WARWoody Williams 1.6WARBrian Boehringer 0.9WAR
CBen Davis 74GPhil Nevin 31GWiki Gonzalez 17G
DHTony Gwynn 2GWally Joyner 1GPhil Nevin 1G
BULLPEN★ Trevor Hoffman 40svDonne Wall 18hMatt Whisenant 11hDan Miceli 9hCarlos Reyes 5hWill Cunnane 5hRoberto Rivera 1hCarlos Almánzar 0h
CBen Davis 74 · Phil Nevin 31 · Wiki Gonzalez 17
1BWally Joyner 105 · Dave Magadan 42 · John Vander Wal 28
2BQuilvio Veras 118 · Damian Jackson 21 · Ed Giovanola 19
3BPhil Nevin 67 · Dave Magadan 52 · George Arias 50
SSDamian Jackson 100 · Chris Gomez 75 · Ed Giovanola 7
LFReggie Sanders 97 · Eric Owens 69 · John Vander Wal 45
CFRuben Rivera 143 · Eric Owens 47 · Reggie Sanders 15
RFTony Gwynn 104 · Reggie Sanders 41 · Eric Owens 27
DHTony Gwynn 2 · Wally Joyner 1 · Phil Nevin 1
SPAndy Ashby 2.6 · Sterling Hitchcock 2.6 · Matt Clement 1.9 · Woody Williams 1.6 · Brian Boehringer 0.9
BP★ Trevor Hoffman 40 · Donne Wall 18 · Matt Whisenant 11 · Dan Miceli 9 · Carlos Reyes 5 · Will Cunnane 5 · Roberto Rivera 1 · Carlos Almánzar 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.

1999 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Reggie Sanders 31 FA-elig 1334.1 3.7 +1.5
Phil Nevin 28 arb 1283.5 0.3 +4.2
Andy Ashby 31 FA-elig 312.6 5.0 -1.7
Sterling Hitchcock 28 FA-elig 332.6 3.5 -0.2
Trevor Hoffman 31 FA-elig 642.3 4.8 -1.9
Tony Gwynn 39 FA-elig 1112.1 4.4 -1.7
Matt Clement 24 pre-arb 311.9 0.2 +2.1
Quilvio Veras 28 arb 1321.6 2.1 -0.1
Woody Williams 32 FA-elig 341.6 3.1 -1.1
Ruben Rivera 25 arb 1471.4 0.3 +1.4
John Vander Wal 33 FA-elig 1321.3 1.1 +0.5
Damian Jackson 25 arb 1331.0 0.2 +1.0
Brian Boehringer 30 arb 330.9 0.3 +0.9
Wally Joyner 37 FA-elig 1100.9 2.8 -1.7
Dave Magadan 36 FA-elig 1160.9 0.6 +0.5
Eric Owens 28 arb 1490.8 0.3 +0.7
Mike Darr 23 – 250.6 – –
Gary Matthews Jr. 24 – 230.4 – –
Wiki Gonzalez 25 pre-arb 300.4 0.2 +0.3
Ben Davis 22 pre-arb 760.3 0.2 +0.2
Greg Myers↔ ATL 33 FA-elig 500.2 0.5 -0.2
Dan Miceli 28 FA-elig 660.2 1.1 -0.8
Matt Whisenant↔ KCR 28 pre-arb 190.2 0.1 +0.1
Buddy Carlyle 21 pre-arb 70.2 0.2 +0.0
Carlos Reyes 30 arb 650.2 0.4 -0.2
Ed Giovanola 30 – 560.1 – –
Matt Whiteside 31 FA-elig 100.0 0.4 -0.3
Donne Wall 31 arb 550.0 0.3 -0.2
Jim Leyritz↔ NYY 35 FA-elig 50-0.0 1.2 -1.2
Chris Gomez 28 FA-elig 76-0.0 2.2 -2.2
Ed Vosberg↔ ARI 37 FA-elig 15-0.0 0.5 -0.6
Domingo Guzman 24 – 7-0.0 – –
Heath Murray 26 pre-arb 22-0.1 0.2 -0.3
George Arias 27 arb 55-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Roberto Rivera 30 – 12-0.1 – –
Carlos Almánzar 25 – 28-0.1 – –
Carlos Garcia 31 FA-elig 6-0.2 0.3 -0.5
Stan Spencer 29 pre-arb 9-0.2 0.2 -0.5
Carlos Baerga↔ CLE 30 FA-elig 33-0.5 0.3 -0.9
David Newhan 25 – 32-0.6 – –
Will Cunnane 25 – 24-0.6 – –

Key additions (new vs 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Reggie Sanders4.1
Phil Nevin3.5
Woody Williams1.6
Damian Jackson1.0
Dave Magadan0.9
Eric Owens0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Kevin Brown10.0
Greg Vaughn5.8
Ken Caminiti2.6
Joey Hamilton2.4
Carlos Hernandez0.7
Pete Smith0.3

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$41.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. 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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Andy Ashby318.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Trevor Hoffman316.000$4.8M$6.6M$6.8M$6.6M$9.6M$2.5M$5.0M
Tony Gwynn3917.000$4.4M$6.3M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Reggie Sanders318.000$3.7MFREE AGENT
Sterling Hitchcock287.000$3.5M$6.1M$4.6MFREE AGENT
Woody Williams326.000$3.1M$4.6M$3.6MFREE AGENT$3.0M
Wally Joyner3713.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Chris Gomez286.000$2.2M$2.6M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Jim Leyritz359.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Dan Miceli286.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
John Vander Wal338.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Dave Magadan3613.000$575k$775k$575kFREE AGENT
Ed Vosberg3713.000$533kFREE AGENT
Greg Myers3312.000$506kFREE AGENT
Matt Whiteside317.000$375kFREE AGENT
Carlos Baerga309.000$300kFREE AGENT
Carlos Garcia319.000$265kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Quilvio Veras284.000$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Reyes305.000$400kFREE AGENT
Brian Boehringer304.000$275kARB 3FREE AGENT
Donne Wall314.000$275kARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Owens284.000$275kARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Nevin284.000$265kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ruben Rivera254.000$265kARB 3FREE AGENT
George Arias273.000$215kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damian Jackson253.000$203kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ed Giovanola304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roberto Rivera304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Heath Murray262.000$202kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stan Spencer291.000$201kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Clement241.000$201kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wiki Gonzalez250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Davis221.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Buddy Carlyle210.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Whisenant282.000$77kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Almánzar252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Will Cunnane252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Darr230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Domingo Guzman24–—
Gary Matthews Jr.240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Newhan250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Padres 1999; 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.