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GM: Al Rosen

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.75× league · TAB +11.4
+11.4TAB — talent above budget4th/26
+11.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)6th/26
8.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars7th/26
-1.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag2nd/26
24%dead money %7th/26
0.556win %7th/26
42.1roster fWAR4th/26
+4surplus $M (value vs cost)4th/26
$8Mpayroll $M21st/26

1987: made playoffs · 90–72. Ranks are vs the 26 teams that season.

Roster

CFChili Davis 114GEddie Milner 84GDave Henderson 37G
LFJeffrey Leonard 127GMike Aldrete 43GChili Davis 18G
RFCandy Maldonado 115GChili Davis 36GDave Henderson 31G
SSJose Uribe 95GMatt Williams 70GChris Speier 22G
2BRobby Thompson 126GChris Speier 55GMark Wasinger 10G
3BKevin Mitchell 119GChris Speier 44GMark Wasinger 21G
1BWill Clark 139GMike Aldrete 33GHarry Spilman 9G
STARTERSKelly Downs 3.2WARDave Dravecky 2.4WARRick Reuschel 1.5WARMike Krukow 1.4WARAtlee Hammaker 1.2WAR
CBob Brenly 108GBob Melvin 78GKirt Manwaring 6G
BULLPEN★ Don Robinson 19svCraig Lefferts 0hScott Garrelts 0hJoe Price 0hRandy Bockus 0hJon Perlman 0hJohn Burkett 0h
CBob Brenly 108 · Bob Melvin 78 · Kirt Manwaring 6
1BWill Clark 139 · Mike Aldrete 33 · Harry Spilman 9
2BRobby Thompson 126 · Chris Speier 55 · Mark Wasinger 10
3BKevin Mitchell 119 · Chris Speier 44 · Mark Wasinger 21
SSJose Uribe 95 · Matt Williams 70 · Chris Speier 22
LFJeffrey Leonard 127 · Mike Aldrete 43 · Chili Davis 18
CFChili Davis 114 · Eddie Milner 84 · Dave Henderson 37
RFCandy Maldonado 115 · Chili Davis 36 · Dave Henderson 31
SPKelly Downs 3.2 · Dave Dravecky 2.4 · Rick Reuschel 1.5 · Mike Krukow 1.4 · Atlee Hammaker 1.2
BP★ Don Robinson 19 · Craig Lefferts 0 · Scott Garrelts 0 · Joe Price 0 · Randy Bockus 0 · Jon Perlman 0 · John Burkett 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.

1987 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Will Clark 23 pre-arb 1504.1 0.1 +1.1
Mike Aldrete 26 pre-arb 1263.6 0.1 +1.0
Bob Brenly 33 FA-elig 1233.3 0.6 +0.3
Kelly Downs 26 pre-arb 413.2 0.1 +0.9
Kevin Mitchell↔ SDP 25 arb 692.8 0.1 +0.7
Jose Uribe 28 arb 952.8 0.2 +0.6
Candy Maldonado 26 FA-elig 1182.6 0.4 +0.3
Dave Dravecky↔ SDP 31 arb 182.4 0.2 +0.5
Scott Garrelts 25 arb 651.8 0.3 +0.2
Chris Speier 37 FA-elig 1111.6 0.3 +0.2
Chili Davis 27 – 1491.6 – –
Rick Reuschel↔ PIT 38 FA-elig 91.5 0.2 +0.2
Robby Thompson 25 pre-arb 1321.4 0.1 +0.3
Mike Krukow 35 FA-elig 301.4 0.6 -0.2
Atlee Hammaker 29 FA-elig 311.2 0.4 -0.0
Michael LaCoss 31 FA-elig 391.1 0.3 +0.0
Jeffrey Leonard 31 FA-elig 1310.8 1.0 -0.7
Don Robinson↔ PIT 30 FA-elig 250.8 0.3 -0.1
Bob Melvin 25 pre-arb 840.8 0.1 +0.1
Eddie Milner 32 FA-elig 1010.8 0.5 -0.3
Mark Davis↔ SDP 26 FA-elig 210.7 0.1 +0.1
Jim Gott↔ PIT 27 arb 300.6 0.2 +0.0
Mark Grant↔ SDP 23 arb 160.4 0.0 +0.1
Keith Comstock↔ SDP 31 arb 150.4 0.0 +0.1
Mark Wasinger 25 – 440.3 – –
Joe Price 30 FA-elig 200.3 0.1 -0.0
Dave Henderson↔ BOS 28 FA-elig 150.3 0.1 -0.0
Jeff Robinson↔ PIT 26 arb 630.2 0.1 -0.1
Roger Mason 29 arb 50.2 0.3 -0.2
Jessie Reid 25 – 60.1 – –
Francisco Melendez 23 – 120.1 – –
Joel Youngblood 35 FA-elig 690.1 0.5 -0.4
Randy Bockus 26 – 120.0 – –
Craig Lefferts↔ SDP 29 arb 440.0 0.3 -0.3
Randy Kutcher 27 – 14-0.0 – –
Kirt Manwaring 21 – 6-0.0 – –
Rob Wilfong 33 FA-elig 2-0.1 0.1 -0.1
Chris Brown↔ SDP 25 arb 38-0.1 0.1 -0.1
Jon Perlman 30 – 10-0.1 – –
Mackey Sasser↔ PIT 24 – 2-0.1 – –
John Burkett 22 – 3-0.1 – –
Greg Minton↔ ANA 35 FA-elig 15-0.1 0.2 -0.2
Harry Spilman 32 FA-elig 83-0.2 0.2 -0.2
Matt Williams 21 – 84-0.2 – –
Mike Woodard 27 – 10-0.2 – –
Ivan De Jesus Sr. 34 – 9-0.2 – –

Key additions (new vs 1986)

PlayerfWAR
Kevin Mitchell2.8
Dave Dravecky2.4
Chris Speier1.6
Rick Reuschel1.5
Atlee Hammaker1.2
Don Robinson0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 1986)

Player1986 fWAR
Dan Gladden2.8
Juan Berenguer0.7
Frank Williams0.7
Vida Blue0.6
Dan Driessen0.1
Rick Lancellotti0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

1987 payroll
$8.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 1987, 1987–1993. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Jeffrey Leonard3110.000$975k$613kFREE AGENT
Mike Krukow3511.000$648k$900k$875kFREE AGENT
Bob Brenly336.000$600k$600k$544kFREE AGENT
Eddie Milner327.000$490kFREE AGENT
Joel Youngblood3511.000$450k$320kFREE AGENT
Candy Maldonado266.000$415k$750k$900kFREE AGENT
Atlee Hammaker296.000$380k$750k$983k$570kFREE AGENT
Michael LaCoss319.000$300k$500k$1.1M$1.1M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Don Robinson309.000$288k$900k$900k$950k$2.5MFREE AGENT
Chris Speier3716.000$275k$400k$425kFREE AGENT
Greg Minton3512.000$201kFREE AGENT
Rick Reuschel3815.000$199k$800k$1.2M$1.0M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Harry Spilman329.000$175k$191kFREE AGENT
Mark Davis267.000$136kFREE AGENT
Joe Price307.000$100k$300k$55kFREE AGENT
Dave Henderson286.000$88kFREE AGENT
Rob Wilfong3310.000$62kFREE AGENT
Chili Davis276.000—FREE AGENT
Ivan De Jesus Sr.3413.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Scott Garrelts255.000$290kFREE AGENT
Craig Lefferts294.000$286kARB 3FREE AGENT
Roger Mason293.000$280kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Dravecky315.000$211kFREE AGENT
Jose Uribe283.000$195kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Gott275.000$173kFREE AGENT
Jeff Robinson263.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Brown253.000$100kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Mitchell253.000$66kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Grant233.000$41kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Keith Comstock313.000$23kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Melendez233.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Robby Thompson251.000$140kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Will Clark231.000$120kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Melvin252.000$90kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Aldrete261.000$75kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelly Downs261.000$75kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Bockus26–—
John Burkett220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Kutcher271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirt Manwaring210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jon Perlman30–—
Jessie Reid25–—
Mackey Sasser240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Wasinger25–—
Matt Williams210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Woodard27–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 1987; 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.