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GM: Bob Quinn

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.11× league · TAB +11.9
+11.9TAB — talent above budget4th/28
+19.7WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)2nd/28
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars13th/28
-4.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag9th/28
25%dead money %8th/28
0.636win %2nd/28
47.5roster fWAR2nd/28
+4surplus $M (value vs cost)6th/28
$35Mpayroll $M14th/28

Roster

CFDarren Lewis 131GDave Martinez 43GRikkert Faneyte 5G
LFBarry Bonds 157GMark Carreon 9GTodd Benzinger 7G
RFWillie McGee 126GDave Martinez 34GMark Carreon 30G
SSRoyce Clayton 153GMike Benjamin 23GPaul Faries 4G
2BRobby Thompson 128GMike Benjamin 23GSteve Scarsone 20G
3BMatt Williams 144GMike Benjamin 16GSteve Scarsone 8G
1BWill Clark 129GTodd Benzinger 40GSteve Scarsone 6G
STARTERSBill Swift 5.3WARJohn Burkett 4.4WARTrevor Wilson 1.3WARBryan Hickerson 0.6WARBud Black 0.5WAR
CKirt Manwaring 130GJeff Reed 37GCraig Colbert 10G
BULLPEN★ Rod Beck 48svMike Jackson 0hKevin Rogers 0hDave Righetti 0hGino Minutelli 0hTerry Bross 0hTim Layana 0h
CKirt Manwaring 130 · Jeff Reed 37 · Craig Colbert 10
1BWill Clark 129 · Todd Benzinger 40 · Steve Scarsone 6
2BRobby Thompson 128 · Mike Benjamin 23 · Steve Scarsone 20
3BMatt Williams 144 · Mike Benjamin 16 · Steve Scarsone 8
SSRoyce Clayton 153 · Mike Benjamin 23 · Paul Faries 4
LFBarry Bonds 157 · Mark Carreon 9 · Todd Benzinger 7
CFDarren Lewis 131 · Dave Martinez 43 · Rikkert Faneyte 5
RFWillie McGee 126 · Dave Martinez 34 · Mark Carreon 30
SPBill Swift 5.3 · John Burkett 4.4 · Trevor Wilson 1.3 · Bryan Hickerson 0.6 · Bud Black 0.5
BP★ Rod Beck 48 · Mike Jackson 0 · Kevin Rogers 0 · Dave Righetti 0 · Gino Minutelli 0 · Terry Bross 0 · Tim Layana 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
Barry Bonds 28 FA-elig 15910.5 4.5 +4.1
Robby Thompson 31 FA-elig 1286.1 1.9 +3.1
Matt Williams 27 FA-elig 1455.9 2.3 +2.6
Bill Swift 31 FA-elig 345.3 3.3 +1.0
John Burkett 28 FA-elig 344.4 1.7 +1.9
Kirt Manwaring 27 FA-elig 1303.2 0.8 +1.9
Royce Clayton 23 pre-arb 1532.2 0.2 +1.7
Will Clark 29 FA-elig 1321.9 4.8 -3.2
Willie McGee 34 FA-elig 1301.5 2.3 -1.1
Darren Lewis 25 arb 1361.3 0.2 +0.9
Rod Beck 24 pre-arb 761.3 0.2 +0.8
Trevor Wilson 27 arb 221.3 0.9 +0.2
Kevin Rogers 24 pre-arb 641.1 0.1 +0.8
Mike Jackson 28 FA-elig 811.0 2.3 -1.4
Jeff Reed 30 FA-elig 660.9 0.5 +0.2
Mark Carreon 29 FA-elig 780.6 0.3 +0.2
Bryan Hickerson 29 pre-arb 470.6 0.2 +0.3
Mike Benjamin 27 arb 630.5 0.1 +0.2
Bud Black 36 FA-elig 160.5 2.2 -1.9
Todd Benzinger 30 FA-elig 860.5 0.5 -0.1
Dave Burba 26 arb 540.4 0.1 +0.2
Dave Martinez 28 FA-elig 910.3 1.1 -0.8
J.R. Phillips 23 pre-arb 110.2 0.1 +0.0
Erik Johnson 27 – 40.1 – –
Steve Hosey 24 – 30.1 – –
Rikkert Faneyte 24 – 70.1 – –
Salomon Torres 21 – 8-0.0 – –
Jim Deshaies↔ MIN 33 FA-elig 5-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Craig Colbert 28 – 23-0.0 – –
Jim McNamara 28 – 4-0.1 – –
Tim Layana 29 – 1-0.1 – –
John Patterson 26 pre-arb 16-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Terry Bross 27 – 2-0.1 – –
Andy Allanson 31 FA-elig 13-0.2 0.1 -0.3
Scott Sanderson↔ ANA 36 FA-elig 11-0.2 0.3 -0.5
Steve Scarsone 27 pre-arb 44-0.3 0.1 -0.3
Greg Brummett↔ MIN 26 pre-arb 8-0.3 0.1 -0.3
Paul Faries 28 – 15-0.3 – –
Luis Mercedes↔ BAL 25 pre-arb 18-0.4 0.1 -0.4
Gino Minutelli 29 arb 9-0.4 0.1 -0.5
Jeff Brantley 29 arb 53-0.7 1.5 -2.1
Dave Righetti 34 FA-elig 51-0.8 2.2 -2.9

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Barry Bonds10.5
Jeff Reed0.9
Mark Carreon0.6
Todd Benzinger0.5
Dave Martinez0.3
J.R. Phillips0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
Mike Felder1.4
Cory Snyder1.3
Jose Uribe0.9
Mark Leonard0.5
Kevin Bass0.4
Greg Litton0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$35.4M

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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Will Clark297.000$4.8MFREE AGENT
Barry Bonds287.000$4.5M$5.2M$8.2M$8.4M$8.7M$8.9M$9.4M
Bill Swift318.000$3.3M$2.3MFREE AGENT
Willie McGee3411.000$2.3M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Matt Williams276.000$2.3M$4.2M$5.8M$6.6MFREE AGENT
Mike Jackson287.000$2.3M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Dave Righetti3414.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Bud Black3612.000$2.2M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Robby Thompson317.000$1.9M$3.3M$3.3M$5.0MFREE AGENT
John Burkett286.000$1.7M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Dave Martinez287.000$1.1M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Kirt Manwaring276.000$765k$1.8M$1.8M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Todd Benzinger306.000$500k$700kFREE AGENT
Jeff Reed309.000$475k$600k$700kFREE AGENT
Mark Carreon296.000$300k$650k$750k$681kFREE AGENT
Scott Sanderson3615.000$275kFREE AGENT
Andy Allanson317.000$120kFREE AGENT
Jim Deshaies339.000$109kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Jeff Brantley295.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Trevor Wilson275.000$900kFREE AGENT
Darren Lewis253.000$172kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Benjamin274.000$142kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Burba263.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gino Minutelli293.000$109kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Faries283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Layana293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Rod Beck242.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Hickerson292.000$188kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Royce Clayton232.000$155kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Scarsone271.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Patterson261.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Rogers241.000$114kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.R. Phillips230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Mercedes252.000$77kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Brummett260.000$67kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Bross27–—
Craig Colbert28–—
Rikkert Faneyte240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Hosey24–—
Erik Johnson27–—
Jim McNamara28–—
Salomon Torres210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

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