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GM: Al Rosen

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.75× league · TAB +9.2
+9.2TAB — talent above budget4th/26
+4.9WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)8th/26
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars10th/26
-2.5dead WAR — sub-replacement drag5th/26
22%dead money %4th/26
0.512win %12th/26
39.8roster fWAR8th/26
+4surplus $M (value vs cost)1st/26
$8Mpayroll $M22nd/26

Roster

CFDan Gladden 90GChili Davis 53GRandy Kutcher 44G
LFJeffrey Leonard 87GCandy Maldonado 47GMike Aldrete 30G
RFChili Davis 117GCandy Maldonado 62GJoel Youngblood 17G
SSJose Uribe 156GLuis Quinones 33GRandy Kutcher 13G
2BRobby Thompson 148GMike Woodard 23GLuis Quinones 8G
3BChris Brown 111GBob Brenly 45GLuis Quinones 31G
1BWill Clark 101GMike Aldrete 37GHarry Spilman 20G
STARTERSMike Krukow 4.3WARMichael LaCoss 2.6WARKelly Downs 1.7WARScott Garrelts 1.7WARVida Blue 0.6WAR
CBob Brenly 101GBob Melvin 84GBrad Gulden 10G
BULLPEN★ Jeff Robinson 8svMark Davis 0hGreg Minton 0hJuan Berenguer 0hFrank Williams 0hBill Laskey 0hChuck Hensley 0hJim Gott 0h
CBob Brenly 101 · Bob Melvin 84 · Brad Gulden 10
1BWill Clark 101 · Mike Aldrete 37 · Harry Spilman 20
2BRobby Thompson 148 · Mike Woodard 23 · Luis Quinones 8
3BChris Brown 111 · Bob Brenly 45 · Luis Quinones 31
SSJose Uribe 156 · Luis Quinones 33 · Randy Kutcher 13
LFJeffrey Leonard 87 · Candy Maldonado 47 · Mike Aldrete 30
CFDan Gladden 90 · Chili Davis 53 · Randy Kutcher 44
RFChili Davis 117 · Candy Maldonado 62 · Joel Youngblood 17
SPMike Krukow 4.3 · Michael LaCoss 2.6 · Kelly Downs 1.7 · Scott Garrelts 1.7 · Vida Blue 0.6
BP★ Jeff Robinson 8 · Mark Davis 0 · Greg Minton 0 · Juan Berenguer 0 · Frank Williams 0 · Bill Laskey 0 · Chuck Hensley 0 · Jim Gott 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.

1986 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mike Krukow 34 FA-elig 354.3 0.7 +0.5
Chili Davis 26 arb 1533.9 0.7 +0.5
Chris Brown 24 pre-arb 1163.0 0.2 +0.7
Bob Brenly 32 arb 1492.8 0.5 +0.4
Dan Gladden 28 arb 1022.8 0.2 +0.6
Michael LaCoss 30 FA-elig 372.6 0.2 +0.5
Robby Thompson 24 pre-arb 1492.4 0.1 +0.7
Candy Maldonado 25 arb 1331.9 0.5 +0.1
Jose Uribe 27 pre-arb 1571.9 0.1 +0.4
Will Clark 22 pre-arb 1111.8 0.1 +0.5
Scott Garrelts 24 arb 541.7 0.2 +0.3
Kelly Downs 25 pre-arb 151.7 0.1 +0.4
Mark Davis 25 FA-elig 671.6 0.3 +0.1
Jeffrey Leonard 30 FA-elig 891.2 0.9 -0.5
Mike Aldrete 25 pre-arb 841.2 0.1 +0.3
Jeff Robinson 25 pre-arb 651.1 0.1 +0.2
Bob Melvin 24 pre-arb 891.0 0.1 +0.2
Randy Kutcher 26 pre-arb 710.9 0.1 +0.2
Juan Berenguer 31 FA-elig 460.7 0.3 -0.1
Frank Williams 28 pre-arb 360.7 0.3 -0.1
Joel Youngblood 34 FA-elig 970.6 0.5 -0.3
Harry Spilman↔ DET 31 FA-elig 580.6 0.0 +0.1
Vida Blue 36 FA-elig 280.6 0.5 -0.3
Mike Woodard 26 – 480.5 – –
Roger Mason 28 pre-arb 110.3 0.1 +0.0
Mark Grant 22 – 40.1 – –
Dan Driessen↔ HOU 34 FA-elig 150.1 0.3 -0.3
Rick Lancellotti 29 – 150.1 – –
Greg Minton 34 FA-elig 480.1 0.8 -0.7
Steve Carlton↔ CHW 41 FA-elig 60.0 0.2 -0.2
Chris Jones 28 – 3-0.0 – –
Terry Mulholland 23 – 15-0.0 – –
Jim Gott 26 arb 9-0.0 0.4 -0.4
Brad Wellman 26 – 12-0.1 – –
Randy Bockus 25 – 6-0.1 – –
Phil Ouellette 24 – 10-0.2 – –
Chuck Hensley 27 – 11-0.2 – –
Brad Gulden 30 – 17-0.4 – –
Bill Laskey 28 – 20-0.7 – –
Luis Quinones 24 arb 71-0.8 0.1 -0.3

Key additions (new vs 1985)

PlayerfWAR
Michael LaCoss2.6
Robby Thompson2.4
Candy Maldonado1.9
Will Clark1.8
Kelly Downs1.7
Mike Aldrete1.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1985)

Player1985 fWAR
Dave LaPoint2.7
Atlee Hammaker1.8
Ron Roenicke1.3
Manny Trillo0.8
Alex Trevino0.4
Duane Kuiper0.2

Current & Historical Payroll

1986 payroll
$8.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 1986, 1986–1992. 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 (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Jeffrey Leonard309.000$900k$975k$613kFREE AGENT
Greg Minton3411.000$765k$549kFREE AGENT
Mike Krukow3410.000$745k$648k$900k$875kFREE AGENT
Vida Blue3617.000$450kFREE AGENT
Joel Youngblood3410.000$450k$450k$320kFREE AGENT
Mark Davis256.000$350k$279kFREE AGENT
Juan Berenguer318.000$345kFREE AGENT
Dan Driessen3413.000$328kFREE AGENT
Michael LaCoss308.000$225k$300k$500k$1.1M$1.1M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Steve Carlton4121.000$188kFREE AGENT
Harry Spilman318.000$42k$175k$191kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Chili Davis265.000$690kFREE AGENT
Bob Brenly325.000$460kFREE AGENT
Candy Maldonado255.000$450kFREE AGENT
Jim Gott264.000$375kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Garrelts244.000$205kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Gladden283.000$175kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Quinones243.000$65kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Laskey284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Wellman264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Frank Williams282.000$275kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Brown242.000$155kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Uribe272.000$133kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Robinson252.000$128kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Melvin241.000$75kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roger Mason282.000$72kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Aldrete250.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Will Clark220.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelly Downs250.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Kutcher260.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robby Thompson240.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Bockus25–—
Mark Grant222.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Gulden30–—
Chuck Hensley27–—
Chris Jones28–—
Rick Lancellotti29–—
Terry Mulholland230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Ouellette24–—
Mike Woodard26–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 1986; 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.