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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.98× league · TAB -1.8
-1.8TAB — talent above budget17th/30
+4.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)12th/30
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars5th/30
-4.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag11th/30
19%dead money %5th/30
0.531win %11th/30
32.2roster fWAR14th/30
-7surplus $M (value vs cost)16th/30
$48Mpayroll $M16th/30

Roster

CFMarvin Benard 123GF.P. Santangelo 49GCalvin Murray 6G
LFBarry Bonds 96GF.P. Santangelo 26GArmando Rios 14G
RFEllis Burks 107GArmando Rios 39GMarvin Benard 20G
SSRich Aurilia 150GWilson Delgado 20GRamon Martinez 12G
2BJeff Kent 133GRamon Martinez 27GWilson Delgado 15G
3BBill Mueller 108GCharlie Hayes 55GRamon Martinez 11G
1BJ.T. Snow 160GCharlie Hayes 20GJeff Kent 1G
STARTERSShawn Estes 2.5WARRuss Ortiz 2.1WARKirk Rueter 1.5WARLivan Hernandez 1.4WARChris Brock 0.8WAR
CBrent Mayne 105GScott Servais 62GDoug Mirabelli 30G
DHBarry Bonds 3GEllis Burks 3GCharlie Hayes 2G
BULLPEN★ Robb Nen 37svJohn Johnstone 28hAlan Embree 22hJerry Spradlin 11hRich Rodriguez 11hJulian Tavarez 5hFelix Rodriguez 3hMiguel Del Toro 0h
CBrent Mayne 105 · Scott Servais 62 · Doug Mirabelli 30
1BJ.T. Snow 160 · Charlie Hayes 20 · Jeff Kent 1
2BJeff Kent 133 · Ramon Martinez 27 · Wilson Delgado 15
3BBill Mueller 108 · Charlie Hayes 55 · Ramon Martinez 11
SSRich Aurilia 150 · Wilson Delgado 20 · Ramon Martinez 12
LFBarry Bonds 96 · F.P. Santangelo 26 · Armando Rios 14
CFMarvin Benard 123 · F.P. Santangelo 49 · Calvin Murray 6
RFEllis Burks 107 · Armando Rios 39 · Marvin Benard 20
DHBarry Bonds 3 · Ellis Burks 3 · Charlie Hayes 2
SPShawn Estes 2.5 · Russ Ortiz 2.1 · Kirk Rueter 1.5 · Livan Hernandez 1.4 · Chris Brock 0.8
BP★ Robb Nen 37 · John Johnstone 28 · Alan Embree 22 · Jerry Spradlin 11 · Rich Rodriguez 11 · Julian Tavarez 5 · Felix Rodriguez 3 · Miguel Del Toro 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.

1999 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jeff Kent 31 FA-elig 1383.6 5.8 -1.2
Barry Bonds 34 FA-elig 1023.3 9.4 -5.2
Ellis Burks 34 FA-elig 1202.9 4.5 -0.9
Shawn Estes 26 arb 422.5 0.8 +2.3
J.T. Snow 31 FA-elig 1612.2 3.0 -0.2
Brent Mayne 31 FA-elig 1172.2 0.8 +2.0
Russ Ortiz 25 pre-arb 332.1 0.2 +2.4
Rich Aurilia 27 arb 1522.1 0.9 +1.7
Bill Mueller 28 arb 1162.0 0.5 +2.0
Armando Rios 27 pre-arb 721.6 0.2 +1.8
Kirk Rueter 28 FA-elig 331.5 2.8 -1.0
Livan Hernandez↔ MIA 24 arb 111.4 0.7 +1.2
Robb Nen 29 FA-elig 721.3 5.2 -3.5
Marvin Benard 28 arb 1491.1 0.8 +0.6
F.P. Santangelo 31 arb 1131.1 0.6 +0.9
Chris Brock 29 pre-arb 190.8 0.2 +0.8
Ramon Martinez 26 pre-arb 610.8 0.2 +0.8
John Johnstone 30 FA-elig 620.8 0.7 +0.3
Felix Rodriguez 26 arb 470.7 0.2 +0.7
Doug Mirabelli 28 arb 330.6 0.2 +0.5
Alan Embree 29 FA-elig 680.5 0.9 -0.3
Jerry Spradlin↔ CLE 32 FA-elig 590.3 0.6 -0.2
Jay Canizaro 25 – 120.3 – –
Scott Servais 32 FA-elig 690.2 0.5 -0.3
Calvin Murray 27 pre-arb 150.0 0.2 -0.1
Rich Rodriguez 36 FA-elig 620.0 0.7 -0.7
Bronswell Patrick 28 – 6-0.0 – –
Joe Nathan 24 pre-arb 19-0.2 0.2 -0.4
Miguel Del Toro 27 pre-arb 14-0.2 0.2 -0.5
Mark Gardner 37 FA-elig 29-0.2 2.0 -2.3
Edwards Guzman 22 – 14-0.3 – –
Julian Tavarez 26 FA-elig 47-0.3 1.1 -1.6
Wilson Delgado 26 arb 35-0.4 0.2 -0.7
Charlie Hayes 34 FA-elig 95-1.0 1.9 -3.2
Stan Javier↔ HOU 35 FA-elig 112-1.3 1.5 -3.1

Key additions (new vs 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Livan Hernandez1.4
F.P. Santangelo1.1
Felix Rodriguez0.7
Alan Embree0.5
Jerry Spradlin0.3
Jay Canizaro0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Darryl Hamilton2.8
Rey Sanchez1.7
Orel Hershiser1.5
Brian Johnson1.1
Steve Reed0.7
Jose Mesa0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$47.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Barry Bonds3413.000$9.4M$10.7M$10.3M$15.0M$15.5M$18.0M$22.0M
Jeff Kent317.000$5.8M$6.0M$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Robb Nen296.000$5.2M$5.5M$6.6M$8.3MFREE AGENT
Ellis Burks3412.000$4.5M$5.5MFREE AGENT
J.T. Snow317.000$3.0M$4.8M$5.8M$5.9M$6.8M$1.5M$2.0M
Kirk Rueter286.000$2.8M$4.0M$4.9M$4.9M$5.9M$6.1M$7.1M
Mark Gardner3710.000$2.0M$3.0M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Charlie Hayes3411.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Stan Javier3515.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Julian Tavarez266.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Alan Embree297.000$900k$1.4M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Brent Mayne319.000$750kFREE AGENT
Rich Rodriguez369.000$730kFREE AGENT
John Johnstone306.000$702k$1.2MFREE AGENT
Jerry Spradlin326.000$644kFREE AGENT
Scott Servais328.000$500k$516kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Rich Aurilia274.000$950kARB 3FREE AGENT
Marvin Benard284.000$850kARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Estes264.000$850kARB 3FREE AGENT
Livan Hernandez243.000$665kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
F.P. Santangelo314.000$550kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Mueller283.000$525kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Felix Rodriguez264.000$250kARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Mirabelli283.000$208kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilson Delgado263.000$203kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jay Canizaro253.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (9)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Russ Ortiz251.000$220kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Brock292.000$215kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Martinez261.000$203kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Rios271.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Del Toro270.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Calvin Murray270.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Nathan240.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bronswell Patrick281.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edwards Guzman22–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 1999; 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.