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Al Harazin

General manager for the Mets (1992–1993).

2 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.

Overview

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs0
Record131–193
Win %0.404
-4.3GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±7.1170th/195 execs
4.0Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)166th/195 execs
-4.8Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)78th/195 execs
28%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)46th/195 execs
$0MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track176th/195 execs
$0MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)175th/195 execs
$0MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade147th/195 execs
$0MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees152nd/195 execs
-23.2TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total146th/195 execs
-40.4WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)176th/195 execs
0.23Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)164th/195 execs
-43Roster surplus $M100th/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Mets GM 1992–1993 2 -40.4 -20.22 -23.2 -53.6 +8.3 +12.2 -20.5 +0.3 0.23 0.404 ––– -43
Career total (1985+ data) 2 -40.4 -23.2 -53.6 +8.3 +12.2 -20.5 +0.3 0.23 0.404 –– – -43

Roster Construction

How the roster was sourced

by valueby volume

Share of acquired fWAR by channel vs. league average.

Build channels — net fWAR

Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.

Home-grown (draft/intl)+8.3
Trade+12.2
Free agency-20.5
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.3
Sourcing mix: 39% draft · 13% FA · 47% trade · 1% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across Al Harazin's seasons. Bars = his rosters; the black line = the league-average player at each slot. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge.

Players acquired — 43 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Bret Saberhagen P NYM Trade 1992 4 +12.2 +3.1 0.5
Bobby Bonilla 3B/OF NYM Trade 1992 4 +9.1 +2.3 0.4
Jeff Kent 2B NYM Trade 1992 5 +5.9 +1.2 –
Eddie Murray 1B NYM Trade 1992 2 +3.8 +1.9 0.5
Ryan Thompson OF NYM Trade 1992 3 +3.5 +1.2 –
Benny Agbayani OF NYM Draft 1993 2 +2.7 +1.4 –
Vance Wilson C NYM Draft 1993 4 +2.5 +0.6 –
Rey Ordóñez SS NYM Intl FA 1993 5 +2.4 +0.5 –
Dick Schofield SS NYM Trade 1992 1 +2.0 +2.0 0.5
Chico Walker 3B/OF NYM Trade 1992 1 +1.4 +1.4 0.5
Dave Gallagher OF NYM Free agency 1993 1 +1.0 +1.0 0.2
Mike Maddux P NYM Trade 1992 1 +0.9 +0.9 0.2
Daryl Boston OF NYM Free agency 1992 3 +0.8 +0.3 5.9
John Cangelosi OF NYM Free agency 1993 1 +0.8 +0.8 0.6
Octavio Dotel P NYM Intl FA 1993 1 +0.7 +0.7 –
Mauro Gozzo P NYM Free agency 1992 2 +0.7 +0.3 –
Willie Randolph 2B NYM Trade 1992 1 +0.7 +0.7 0.2
Mike Birkbeck P NYM Free agency 1992 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.5
Jim Lindeman 1B/OF NYM Free agency 1993 1 +0.5 +0.5 0.4
Mike Draper P NYM Rule 5 1992 1 +0.3 +0.3 –
Tony Fernández SS NYM Trade 1993 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.0
Eric Gunderson P NYM Free agency 1993 2 +0.2 +0.1 0.1
Doug Linton P NYM Free agency 1993 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.1
Mark Dewey P NYM Trade 1992 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.1
Kenny Greer P NYM Trade 1993 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Carlos Mendoza OF NYM Intl FA 1992 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Paul Gibson P NYM Trade 1993 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Rodney McCray DH/OF NYM Trade 1992 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Charlie Greene C NYM Rule 5 1993 – -0.0 – –
Ced Landrum OF NYM Free agency 1993 – -0.0 – –
Frank Tanana P NYM Free agency 1992 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.2
Mickey Weston P NYM Free agency 1993 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Kevin Bass OF NYM Trade 1992 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Barry Jones P NYM Trade 1992 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Bill Pecota 3B/SS NYM Trade 1992 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Wayne Housie DH/OF NYM Free agency 1992 – -0.1 – –
Frank Seminara P NYM Trade 1993 – -0.1 – –
Jeff Tam P NYM Intl FA 1993 – -0.1 – –
Pete Smith P NYM Trade 1993 – -0.2 – –
Rick Parker OF NYM Free agency 1993 – -0.3 – –
Jonathan Hurst P NYM Free agency 1993 – -0.4 – –
Joe Orsulak OF NYM Free agency 1992 1 -0.6 -0.6 0.2
Mike Remlinger P NYM Free agency 1993 – -0.6 – –

WAB = wins above what the team's payroll predicted (resource-controlled). WAR surplus = era-neutral value (WAR minus payroll in win-equivalents). Roster surplus $M = dollar value of WAR over cost. Build channels (realized fWAR): HG = home-grown via amateur draft / international signing; Trade = acquired minus surrendered (incl. purchases/waivers); FA = signed minus walked; R5 = Rule-5 / minor-league-draft pickups. Credit follows the acquisition year — home-grown to the regime at the player's draft/signing (not whoever was in the chair when he peaked), trade/FA/R5 to the GM who made the move. Players acquired as prospects before debuting (e.g. Smoltz, Bagwell; Rule-5 picks like Uggla) are counted as trade/R5, not home-grown. All are franchise-level outcomes during the stint, not solely attributable to one executive.

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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.