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GM: Al Rosen

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.22× league · TAB -5.5
-5.5TAB — talent above budget18th/26
+0.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)13th/26
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars22nd/26
-3.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag7th/26
41%dead money %17th/26
0.525win %9th/26
31.2roster fWAR14th/26
-7surplus $M (value vs cost)23rd/26
$21Mpayroll $M5th/26

Roster

CFBrett Butler 159GMike Kingery 9GRick Parker 5G
LFKevin Mitchell 138GMike Kingery 15GGreg Litton 14G
RFMike Kingery 74GKevin Bass 55GGreg Litton 42G
SSJose Uribe 134GDave Anderson 29GErnest Riles 26G
2BRobby Thompson 142GErnest Riles 24GGreg Litton 18G
3BMatt Williams 159GErnest Riles 10GGreg Litton 5G
1BWill Clark 153GMike Laga 10GRick Leach 7G
STARTERSJohn Burkett 2.1WARDon Robinson 1.4WARKelly Downs 0.9WARRick Reuschel 0.8WARScott Garrelts 0.7WAR
CTerry Kennedy 103GGary Carter 80GSteve Decker 15G
BULLPEN★ Jeff Brantley 19svSteve Bedrosian 0hMark Thurmond 0hFrancisco Oliveras 0hRandy O'Neal 0hEd Vosberg 0hMark Dewey 0hEric Gunderson 0h
CTerry Kennedy 103 · Gary Carter 80 · Steve Decker 15
1BWill Clark 153 · Mike Laga 10 · Rick Leach 7
2BRobby Thompson 142 · Ernest Riles 24 · Greg Litton 18
3BMatt Williams 159 · Ernest Riles 10 · Greg Litton 5
SSJose Uribe 134 · Dave Anderson 29 · Ernest Riles 26
LFKevin Mitchell 138 · Mike Kingery 15 · Greg Litton 14
CFBrett Butler 159 · Mike Kingery 9 · Rick Parker 5
RFMike Kingery 74 · Kevin Bass 55 · Greg Litton 42
SPJohn Burkett 2.1 · Don Robinson 1.4 · Kelly Downs 0.9 · Rick Reuschel 0.8 · Scott Garrelts 0.7
BP★ Jeff Brantley 19 · Steve Bedrosian 0 · Mark Thurmond 0 · Francisco Oliveras 0 · Randy O'Neal 0 · Ed Vosberg 0 · Mark Dewey 0 · Eric Gunderson 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.

1990 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Matt Williams 24 arb 1595.0 0.2 +2.0
Brett Butler 33 FA-elig 1604.6 1.1 +0.9
Kevin Mitchell 28 FA-elig 1404.2 2.1 -0.2
Will Clark 26 arb 1543.2 2.2 -0.8
John Burkett 25 arb 332.1 0.1 +0.8
Terry Kennedy 34 FA-elig 1071.8 0.8 -0.0
Jeff Brantley 26 pre-arb 551.5 0.2 +0.5
Gary Carter 36 FA-elig 921.5 0.2 +0.4
Don Robinson 33 FA-elig 311.4 0.9 -0.3
Robby Thompson 28 arb 1441.4 0.9 -0.3
Dave Anderson 29 FA-elig 601.0 0.5 -0.1
Kelly Downs 29 arb 130.9 0.4 -0.0
Rick Leach 33 – 780.8 – –
Rick Reuschel 41 FA-elig 150.8 1.0 -0.7
Scott Garrelts 28 FA-elig 420.7 1.4 -1.1
Trevor Wilson 24 pre-arb 270.6 0.1 +0.1
Steve Decker 24 – 150.6 – –
Ernest Riles 29 arb 920.3 0.7 -0.5
Michael LaCoss 34 FA-elig 130.3 1.1 -1.0
Rick Parker 27 pre-arb 540.3 0.1 +0.0
Bill Bathe 29 arb 520.3 0.1 +0.0
Mike Benjamin 24 pre-arb 220.3 0.1 +0.0
Mike Kingery 29 arb 1050.2 0.2 -0.1
Mark Dewey 25 pre-arb 140.2 0.1 +0.0
Randy O'Neal 29 FA-elig 260.2 0.2 -0.1
Brad Komminsk↔ BAL 29 – 80.2 – –
Francisco Oliveras 27 pre-arb 330.2 0.1 -0.0
Mark Leonard 25 pre-arb 110.2 0.1 -0.0
Mike Laga 30 FA-elig 230.1 0.2 -0.1
Tony Perezchica 24 – 40.0 – –
Greg Litton 25 pre-arb 930.0 0.1 -0.1
Greg Booker 30 – 20.0 – –
Ernie Camacho↔ STL 35 FA-elig 80.0 0.1 -0.1
Mark Bailey 28 – 50.0 – –
Rick Rodriguez 29 – 30.0 – –
Randy McCament 27 – 30.0 – –
Eric Gunderson 24 pre-arb 70.0 0.1 -0.1
Atlee Hammaker↔ SDP 32 FA-elig 25-0.0 0.6 -0.6
Russ Swan↔ SEA 26 pre-arb 2-0.1 0.0 -0.0
Bob Knepper 36 – 12-0.1 – –
Andres Santana 22 pre-arb 6-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Dan Quisenberry 37 FA-elig 5-0.2 0.1 -0.2
Rafael Novoa 22 – 7-0.2 – –
Kirt Manwaring 24 arb 8-0.2 0.1 -0.2
Andy McGaffigan↔ KCR 33 – 4-0.2 – –
Ed Vosberg 28 – 18-0.2 – –
Kevin Bass 31 FA-elig 61-0.2 1.2 -1.3
Paul McClellan 24 pre-arb 4-0.3 0.1 -0.2
Mark Thurmond 33 FA-elig 43-0.4 0.5 -0.7
Steve Bedrosian 32 FA-elig 68-0.5 1.4 -1.7
Jose Uribe 31 FA-elig 138-1.0 1.0 -1.4

Key additions (new vs 1989)

PlayerfWAR
John Burkett2.1
Gary Carter1.5
Dave Anderson1.0
Rick Leach0.8
Steve Decker0.6
Rick Parker0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1989)

Player1989 fWAR
Ken Oberkfell0.9
Candy Maldonado0.7
Craig Lefferts0.5
Pat Sheridan0.3
Dennis Cook0.3
Donell Nixon0.2

Current & Historical Payroll

1990 payroll
$20.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 1990, 1990–1996. 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 (24)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Kevin Mitchell286.000$2.1M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Steve Bedrosian329.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Scott Garrelts288.000$1.4M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Kevin Bass318.000$1.2M$1.3M$1.3MFREE AGENT
Michael LaCoss3412.000$1.1M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Brett Butler339.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Rick Reuschel4118.000$1.0M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Jose Uribe316.000$983k$1.3M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Don Robinson3312.000$950k$2.5MFREE AGENT
Terry Kennedy3412.000$850k$500kFREE AGENT
Atlee Hammaker329.000$570kFREE AGENT
Dave Anderson297.000$500k$600kFREE AGENT
Mark Thurmond337.000$490kFREE AGENT
Gary Carter3616.000$250kFREE AGENT
Mike Laga308.000$155kFREE AGENT
Randy O'Neal296.000$155kFREE AGENT
Dan Quisenberry3711.000$100kFREE AGENT
Ernie Camacho3510.000$86kFREE AGENT
Mark Bailey286.000—FREE AGENT
Greg Booker307.000—FREE AGENT
Bob Knepper3614.000—FREE AGENT
Brad Komminsk297.000—FREE AGENT
Rick Leach339.000—FREE AGENT
Andy McGaffigan339.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Will Clark264.000$2.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Robby Thompson284.000$900kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ernest Riles295.000$675kFREE AGENT
Kelly Downs294.000$425kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Williams243.000$190kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Kingery294.000$175kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirt Manwaring243.000$150kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Bathe294.000$120kARB 3FREE AGENT
John Burkett253.000$100kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ed Vosberg284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Jeff Brantley262.000$175kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Litton251.000$122kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trevor Wilson242.000$122kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Oliveras271.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Benjamin241.000$105kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Dewey250.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rick Parker270.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Leonard250.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Gunderson240.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul McClellan240.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andres Santana220.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Russ Swan261.000$15kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Decker240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy McCament27–—
Rafael Novoa22–—
Tony Perezchica242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rick Rodriguez29–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 1990; 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.