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GM: Bob Quinn

Overview

FORCED-SPEND → steady
expensive & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.25× league · TAB -7.8
-7.8TAB — talent above budget18th/28
-5.2WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)21st/28
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars17th/28
-5.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag23rd/28
41%dead money %25th/28
0.478win %12th/28
20.7roster fWAR13th/28
-15surplus $M (value vs cost)26th/28
$40Mpayroll $M5th/28

Roster

CFDarren Lewis 113GDave Martinez 3GRikkert Faneyte 2G
LFBarry Bonds 112GMark Carreon 10GDave Martinez 3G
RFDave Martinez 53GWillie McGee 42GDarryl Strawberry 27G
SSRoyce Clayton 108GMike Benjamin 18GSteve Scarsone 1G
2BJohn Patterson 63GRobby Thompson 35GSteve Scarsone 22G
3BMatt Williams 110GSteve Scarsone 8GMike Benjamin 5G
1BTodd Benzinger 99GDave Martinez 25GJ.R. Phillips 10G
STARTERSMark Portugal 2.1WARJohn Burkett 2.0WARBill Swift 1.9WARWilliam Van Landingham 0.9WARSalomon Torres 0.1WAR
CKirt Manwaring 97GJeff Reed 33G
BULLPEN★ Rod Beck 28svDave Burba 0hSteve Frey 0hRich Monteleone 0hMike Jackson 0hPat Gomez 0hKent Bottenfield 0hKevin Rogers 0h
CKirt Manwaring 97 · Jeff Reed 33
1BTodd Benzinger 99 · Dave Martinez 25 · J.R. Phillips 10
2BJohn Patterson 63 · Robby Thompson 35 · Steve Scarsone 22
3BMatt Williams 110 · Steve Scarsone 8 · Mike Benjamin 5
SSRoyce Clayton 108 · Mike Benjamin 18 · Steve Scarsone 1
LFBarry Bonds 112 · Mark Carreon 10 · Dave Martinez 3
CFDarren Lewis 113 · Dave Martinez 3 · Rikkert Faneyte 2
RFDave Martinez 53 · Willie McGee 42 · Darryl Strawberry 27
SPMark Portugal 2.1 · John Burkett 2.0 · Bill Swift 1.9 · William Van Landingham 0.9 · Salomon Torres 0.1
BP★ Rod Beck 28 · Dave Burba 0 · Steve Frey 0 · Rich Monteleone 0 · Mike Jackson 0 · Pat Gomez 0 · Kent Bottenfield 0 · Kevin Rogers 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.

1994 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Barry Bonds 29 FA-elig 1126.0 5.2 +1.8
Matt Williams 28 FA-elig 1124.5 4.2 +1.0
Royce Clayton 24 arb 1082.2 0.3 +2.3
Mark Portugal 31 FA-elig 212.1 2.3 +0.1
John Burkett 29 FA-elig 252.0 3.5 -1.3
Bill Swift 32 FA-elig 181.9 2.3 -0.2
Mike Benjamin 28 arb 371.2 0.2 +1.2
Mike Jackson 29 FA-elig 361.1 3.0 -1.7
Darren Lewis 26 arb 1141.0 0.3 +0.8
William Van Landingham 23 pre-arb 160.9 0.1 +0.9
Kirt Manwaring 28 FA-elig 970.7 1.8 -0.9
John Patterson 27 pre-arb 850.7 0.1 +0.7
Dave Burba 27 arb 570.6 0.2 +0.5
Willie McGee 35 FA-elig 450.5 3.6 -3.0
Robby Thompson 32 FA-elig 350.3 3.3 -3.0
Mark Leonard 29 – 140.2 – –
Mark Carreon 30 FA-elig 510.2 0.7 -0.5
Salomon Torres 22 pre-arb 160.1 0.1 +0.1
Kevin Rogers 25 pre-arb 8-0.0 0.2 -0.2
J.R. Phillips 24 pre-arb 15-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Brad Brink 29 – 4-0.1 – –
Kent Bottenfield↔ COL 25 pre-arb 1-0.1 0.0 -0.1
Darryl Strawberry 32 FA-elig 29-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Bud Black 37 FA-elig 10-0.1 3.2 -3.4
Pat Gomez 26 pre-arb 26-0.2 0.1 -0.3
Steve Scarsone 28 pre-arb 52-0.2 0.1 -0.3
Tony Menendez 29 – 6-0.3 – –
Rich Monteleone 31 FA-elig 39-0.3 0.3 -0.7
Erik Johnson 28 – 5-0.4 – –
Rod Beck 25 arb 48-0.4 0.8 -1.2
Rikkert Faneyte 25 – 19-0.4 – –
Steve Frey 30 arb 44-0.5 0.9 -1.5
Bryan Hickerson 30 arb 28-0.5 0.3 -0.9
Todd Benzinger 31 FA-elig 107-0.5 0.7 -1.3
Dave Martinez 29 FA-elig 97-0.6 1.1 -1.7
Jeff Reed 31 FA-elig 50-0.8 0.6 -1.5

Key additions (new vs 1993)

PlayerfWAR
Mark Portugal2.1
William Van Landingham0.9
Mark Leonard0.2
Brad Brink-0.1
Kent Bottenfield-0.1
Darryl Strawberry-0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
Will Clark1.9
Trevor Wilson1.3
Steve Hosey0.1
Jim Deshaies-0.0
Craig Colbert-0.0
Jim McNamara-0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$39.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1994, 1994–2000. 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 (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Barry Bonds298.000$5.2M$8.2M$8.4M$8.7M$8.9M$9.4M$10.7M
Matt Williams287.000$4.2M$5.8M$6.6MFREE AGENT
Willie McGee3512.000$3.6MFREE AGENT
John Burkett297.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Robby Thompson328.000$3.3M$3.3M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Bud Black3713.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Jackson298.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Portugal319.000$2.3M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Bill Swift329.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Kirt Manwaring287.000$1.8M$1.8M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Dave Martinez298.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Todd Benzinger317.000$700kFREE AGENT
Mark Carreon307.000$650k$750k$681kFREE AGENT
Jeff Reed3110.000$600k$700kFREE AGENT
Rich Monteleone317.000$288kFREE AGENT
Darryl Strawberry3211.000$109kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Steve Frey305.000$915kFREE AGENT
Rod Beck253.000$750kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Lewis264.000$350kARB 3FREE AGENT
Royce Clayton243.000$325kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Hickerson303.000$270kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Burba274.000$230kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Benjamin285.000$225kFREE AGENT
Mark Leonard294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Kevin Rogers252.000$200kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Scarsone282.000$130kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Salomon Torres221.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Patterson272.000$115kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.R. Phillips241.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Gomez261.000$114kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
William Van Landingham230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kent Bottenfield252.000$12kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Brink29–—
Rikkert Faneyte251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Johnson28–—
Tony Menendez29–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 1994; 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.