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GM: Dan Duquette

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1992, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$16M
Surplus $M
+12
Win %
0.537
TAB
+10.3
WAB
+13.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
36.9
Dead money %
38%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-4.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1992 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RGary Carter85
LDarrin Fletcher69
RRick Cerone28
RTim Laker28
RRob Natal4
LJerry Goff3

1B

RTim Wallach71
RArchi Cianfrocco56
RGreg Colbrunn47
LTom Foley12
LJohn Vander Wal7
RGary Carter5
LJerry Willard⇄5

2B

LDelino DeShields134
BBret Barberie26
LTom Foley13
RWil Cordero9
RTodd Haney5

3B

RTim Wallach85
BBret Barberie63
RSean Berry20
RArchi Cianfrocco19
LTom Foley4

SS

BSpike Owen116
RWil Cordero35
LTom Foley33
BBret Barberie1

LF

RMoises Alou79
LJohn Vander Wal55
RIvan Calderon46
LMatt Stairs10
LSteve Lyons⇄9
RArchi Cianfrocco5
LTom Foley1

CF

RMarquis Grissom157
RMoises Alou13

RF

LLarry Walker139
RMoises Alou15
LJohn Vander Wal4

DH

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Starters

RDennis Martinez4.0 WAR
RKen Hill4.0 WAR
LChris Nabholz2.4 WAR
RMark Gardner2.0 WAR
LBrian Barnes0.6 WAR
RKent Bottenfield0.4 WAR
LBill Krueger⇄0.2 WAR
RBill Risley0.1 WAR
RGil Heredia⇄0.0 WAR
RJonathan Hurst-0.1 WAR
LChris Haney⇄-0.1 WAR
RBill Sampen⇄-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJohn Wetteland37 sv
LJeff Fassero0 h
RMel Rojas0 h
RBill Sampen⇄0 h
RSergio Valdez0 h
RBill Landrum0 h
RPete Young0 h
RKent Bottenfield0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1991)

PlayerfWAR
Ken Hill4.0
Moises Alou2.7
John Wetteland1.3
Wil Cordero0.5
Gary Carter0.5
Kent Bottenfield0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Dave Martinez1.9
Oil Can Boyd1.7
Gilberto Reyes1.0
Kenny Williams0.7
Rick Mahler0.3
Ron Hassey0.2

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Nationals. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1992; everyone else is shown as a 1992 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Larry Walker 1992 +5.3 +86.4 1.0 +85.4 $0.2M 2.05× –
Marquis Grissom 1992 +5.1 +83.8 0.3 +83.5 $0.1M 2.05× –
Ken Hill 1992 +4.0 +69.5 0.6 +68.8 $0.2M 2.19× –
Dennis Martinez 1992 +4.0 +69.4 3.3 +66.0 $0.8M 2.19× –
Moises Alou 1992 +2.7 +34.1 0.1 +34.0 $0.0M 1.60× –
Delino DeShields 1992 +3.5 +29.9 0.3 +29.6 $0.1M 1.07× –
Chris Nabholz 1992 +2.4 +28.7 0.2 +28.6 $0.1M 1.49× –
Mark Gardner 1992 +2.0 +23.7 0.3 +23.4 $0.2M 1.49× –
Spike Owen 1992 +2.2 +15.8 1.2 +14.6 $0.5M 0.89× –
John Wetteland 1992 +1.3 +13.8 0.2 +13.6 $0.1M 1.34× –
Jeff Fassero 1992 +1.3 +7.0 0.1 +6.9 $0.1M 0.67× –
John Vander Wal 1992 +0.8 +5.4 0.1 +5.3 $0.1M 0.83× –
Bret Barberie 1992 +1.0 +4.8 0.1 +4.7 $0.1M 0.58× –
Tim Wallach 1992 +0.9 +4.2 1.9 +2.3 $2.1M 0.58× –
Sergio Valdez 1992 +0.4 +2.0 0.1 +1.9 $0.3M 0.67× –
Gary Carter 1992 +0.5 +2.0 0.8 +1.2 $1.7M 0.52× –
Bill Krueger↔ 1992 +0.2 +1.1 0.2 +0.9 $1.1M 0.67× –
Gil Heredia↔ 1992 +0.0 +0.2 0.0 +0.1 $1.2M 0.67× –
Rick Cerone 1992 +0.1 +0.3 0.2 +0.1 $3.1M 0.52× –
Darrin Fletcher 1992 -0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.52× –
Chris Haney↔ 1992 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 – 1.02× –
Jonathan Hurst 1992 -0.1 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 – 1.02× –
Matt Stairs 1992 -0.2 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 – 0.83× –
Ivan Calderon 1992 +0.2 +1.5 2.6 -1.1 $11.8M 0.83× –
Steve Lyons↔ 1992 -0.2 -1.4 0.2 -1.6 – 0.83× –
Tom Foley 1992 -0.5 -2.3 0.4 -2.6 – 0.61× –
Bill Sampen↔ 1992 -0.6 -3.3 0.1 -3.4 – 0.67× –
Bill Landrum 1992 -0.5 -2.5 0.9 -3.5 – 0.67× –
Darren Reed↔ 1992 -0.5 -3.4 0.1 -3.5 – 0.83× –
Archi Cianfrocco 1992 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.56× –
Bill Risley 1992 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 1.02× –
Brian Barnes 1992 +0.6 +4.9 – – – 1.02× –
Doug Simons 1992 -0.3 -1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Eric Bullock 1992 -0.1 -0.8 – – – 0.83× –
Greg Colbrunn 1992 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.56× –
Jerry Goff 1992 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.52× –
Jerry Willard↔ 1992 -0.3 -1.4 – – – 0.56× –
Kent Bottenfield 1992 +0.4 +2.3 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Maysey 1992 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.67× –
Mel Rojas 1992 +1.3 +13.7 – – – 1.34× –
Pete Young 1992 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Rob Natal 1992 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.52× –
Scott Service 1992 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Sean Berry 1992 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.58× –
Tim Laker 1992 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.52× –
Todd Haney 1992 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Wil Cordero 1992 +0.5 +2.6 – – – 0.61× –
Total—+36.9+486.415.6+452.4—

Trades

Every graded 1992 deal involving the Nationals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 9 total.

1992 · WSN / LAD
WSN · Dan Duquette +$33.6M
Tim Barker
LAD · Fred Claire −$33.6M
Tim Wallach
WSN came out ahead by $33.6M
1992 · WSN / SFG
WSN · Dan Duquette +$23.2M
Gil Heredia
SFG · Al Rosen −$23.2M
Brett Jenkins
WSN came out ahead by $23.2M
1992 · BOS / WSN
BOS · Lou Gorman +$0.0M
Iván Calderón
WSN · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Mike Gardiner, Terry Powers
Even trade
1992 · NYM / WSN
NYM · Al Harazin +$2.4M
Rob Katzaroff
WSN · Dan Duquette −$2.4M
Doug Simons
NYM came out ahead by $2.4M
1992 · COL / WSN
COL · Bob Gebhard +$0.0M
Travis Buckley
WSN · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Matt Connolly
Even trade
1992 · MIN / WSN
MIN · Andy MacPhail +$2.4M
Darren Reed
WSN · Dan Duquette −$2.4M
Bill Krueger
MIN came out ahead by $2.4M
1992 · KCR / WSN
KCR · Herk Robinson +$8.0M
Bill Sampen, Chris Haney
WSN · Dan Duquette −$8.0M
Sean Berry, Archie Corbin
KCR came out ahead by $8.0M
1992 · SEA / WSN
SEA · Woody Woodward +$0.0M
Dave Wainhouse, Kevin Foster
WSN · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Frank Bolick, Miah Bradbury
Even trade
1992 · WSN / KCR
WSN · Dan Duquette +$2.4M
Tim Spehr, Jeff Shaw
KCR · Herk Robinson −$2.4M
Mark Gardner, Doug Piatt
WSN came out ahead by $2.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$15.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. 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 (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Dennis Martinez3816.000$3.3M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Ivan Calderon308.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Tim Wallach3412.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Spike Owen319.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Bill Landrum346.000$950kFREE AGENT
Gary Carter3818.000$825kFREE AGENT
Tom Foley329.000$365kFREE AGENT$160k
Bill Krueger349.000$230kFREE AGENT
Rick Cerone3817.000$230kFREE AGENT
Steve Lyons327.000$217kFREE AGENT
Sergio Valdez276.000$110k$172kFREE AGENT
Jerry Willard328.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Larry Walker253.000$990kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ken Hill264.000$620kARB 3FREE AGENT
Marquis Grissom253.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Gardner303.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Wetteland253.000$156kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darrin Fletcher253.000$125kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Service254.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (28)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Delino DeShields232.000$302kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Nabholz252.000$195kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Sampen292.000$148kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Fassero291.000$129kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bret Barberie241.000$129kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Moises Alou252.000$110kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Vander Wal261.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Hurst250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Reed262.000$89kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Haney231.000$69kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gil Heredia261.000$40kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Stairs240.000$8kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Barnes252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Berry262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kent Bottenfield230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Bullock32–—
Archi Cianfrocco250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Colbrunn220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wil Cordero200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Goff282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Haney260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Laker220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Maysey25–—
Rob Natal260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Risley250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mel Rojas252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Simons251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pete Young24–—

Graphs

How each 1992 acquisition stacked onto Nationals's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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