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GM: Mike Port

Overview

CONTEND → steady
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.1× league · TAB +0.2
+0.2TAB — talent above budget13th/26
+6.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)8th/26
8.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars9th/26
-1.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag3rd/26
34%dead money %21st/26
0.556win %7th/26
35.6roster fWAR11th/26
-2surplus $M (value vs cost)14th/26
$11Mpayroll $M7th/26

Roster

CFGary Pettis 122GJuan Beníquez 36GRuppert Jones 18G
LFBrian Downing 121GRuppert Jones 31GJuan Beníquez 18G
RFReggie Jackson 81GGeorge Hendrick 77GDarrell Miller 41G
SSDick Schofield 147GCraig Gerber 53GGus Polidor 1G
2BBobby Grich 116GRob Wilfong 69GCraig Gerber 1G
3BDoug DeCinces 111GJack Howell 42GBobby Grich 15G
1BRod Carew 116GJuan Beníquez 46GBobby Grich 16G
STARTERSMike Witt 4.7WARKirk McCaskill 2.2WARJohn Candelaria 1.3WARRon Romanick 0.8WARUrbano Lugo 0.5WAR
CBob Boone 147GJerry Narron 45GDarrell Miller 1G
DHReggie Jackson 46GRuppert Jones 41GBrian Downing 21G
BULLPEN★ Donnie Moore 31svAl Holland 0hStu Cliburn 0hDoug Corbett 0hLuis Sanchez 0hDave Smith 0hAlan Fowlkes 0hTony Mack 0h
CBob Boone 147 · Jerry Narron 45 · Darrell Miller 1
1BRod Carew 116 · Juan Beníquez 46 · Bobby Grich 16
2BBobby Grich 116 · Rob Wilfong 69 · Craig Gerber 1
3BDoug DeCinces 111 · Jack Howell 42 · Bobby Grich 15
SSDick Schofield 147 · Craig Gerber 53 · Gus Polidor 1
LFBrian Downing 121 · Ruppert Jones 31 · Juan Beníquez 18
CFGary Pettis 122 · Juan Beníquez 36 · Ruppert Jones 18
RFReggie Jackson 81 · George Hendrick 77 · Darrell Miller 41
DHReggie Jackson 46 · Ruppert Jones 41 · Brian Downing 21
SPMike Witt 4.7 · Kirk McCaskill 2.2 · John Candelaria 1.3 · Ron Romanick 0.8 · Urbano Lugo 0.5
BP★ Donnie Moore 31 · Al Holland 0 · Stu Cliburn 0 · Doug Corbett 0 · Luis Sanchez 0 · Dave Smith 0 · Alan Fowlkes 0 · Tony Mack 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.

1985 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mike Witt 24 arb 354.7 0.7 +0.5
Bobby Grich 36 FA-elig 1443.4 0.7 +0.2
Gary Pettis 27 arb 1253.2 0.1 +0.7
Brian Downing 34 FA-elig 1502.6 0.8 -0.1
Donnie Moore 31 FA-elig 652.4 0.4 +0.2
Ruppert Jones 30 FA-elig 1252.3 0.4 +0.2
Bob Boone 37 FA-elig 1502.2 0.9 -0.3
Kirk McCaskill 24 pre-arb 302.2 0.1 +0.5
Doug DeCinces 34 FA-elig 1201.9 1.1 -0.6
Juan Beniquez 35 FA-elig 1321.5 0.4 +0.0
Stu Cliburn 28 pre-arb 431.5 0.1 +0.3
Reggie Jackson 39 FA-elig 1431.5 1.1 -0.7
John Candelaria↔ PIT 31 FA-elig 131.3 0.2 +0.2
Dick Schofield 22 pre-arb 1470.8 0.1 +0.1
Darrell Miller 27 – 510.8 – –
Ron Romanick 24 pre-arb 310.8 0.1 +0.1
Mike Brown↔ PIT 25 – 600.6 – –
Craig Gerber 26 – 650.6 – –
Urbano Lugo 22 – 200.5 – –
Tommy John↔ OAK 42 FA-elig 120.5 0.3 -0.2
Daryl Sconiers 26 arb 440.4 0.1 -0.0
Jim Slaton 35 FA-elig 290.3 0.4 -0.4
Geoff Zahn 39 FA-elig 70.2 0.6 -0.5
Gus Polidor 23 – 20.2 – –
Don Sutton↔ OAK 40 FA-elig 50.2 0.1 -0.1
Pat Keedy 27 – 30.1 – –
Pat Clements↔ PIT 23 – 410.1 – –
Rufino Linares 34 – 180.1 – –
Devon White 22 – 210.1 – –
Rod Carew 39 FA-elig 1270.1 0.9 -0.9
Tony Mack 24 – 10.1 – –
Jerry Narron 29 – 670.0 – –
Dave Smith 27 – 4-0.0 – –
Rob Wilfong 31 FA-elig 83-0.1 0.3 -0.3
Al Holland↔ PHI 32 FA-elig 15-0.1 0.2 -0.2
Bob Kipper↔ PIT 20 – 2-0.1 – –
Jack Howell 23 – 43-0.2 – –
Alan Fowlkes 26 – 2-0.2 – –
Luis Sanchez 31 arb 26-0.3 0.3 -0.4
Doug Corbett 32 arb 30-0.3 0.4 -0.4
George Hendrick↔ PIT 35 FA-elig 16-0.4 0.1 -0.3

Key additions (new vs 1984)

PlayerfWAR
Mike Witt4.7
Bobby Grich3.4
Gary Pettis3.2
Brian Downing2.6
Donnie Moore2.4
Ruppert Jones2.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1984)

Player1984 fWAR
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Current & Historical Payroll

1985 payroll
$10.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 1985, 1985–1991. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1985198619871988198919901991
Doug DeCinces3412.000$1.1M$1.2M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Reggie Jackson3918.000$1.1M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Bob Boone3713.000$883k$853k$883k$883kFREE AGENT
Rod Carew3918.000$875kFREE AGENT
Brian Downing3412.000$808k$808k$900k$900k$1.2M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Bobby Grich3615.000$700k$500kFREE AGENT
Geoff Zahn3912.000$550kFREE AGENT
Jim Slaton3514.000$438k$244kFREE AGENT
Donnie Moore3110.000$408k$1.0M$1.0M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Ruppert Jones309.000$390k$560k$450kFREE AGENT
Juan Beniquez3514.000$365kFREE AGENT
Tommy John4222.000$313kFREE AGENT
Rob Wilfong318.000$267k$417kFREE AGENT
Al Holland328.000$167kFREE AGENT
John Candelaria3110.000$159k$800k$696kFREE AGENT
George Hendrick3514.000$139k$939k$989k$989kFREE AGENT
Don Sutton4019.000$110k$890k$890kFREE AGENT
Jerry Narron296.000—$142kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

PlayerAgeSvc1985198619871988198919901991
Mike Witt244.000$683kARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Corbett325.000$360kFREE AGENT
Luis Sanchez314.000$340kARB 3FREE AGENT
Daryl Sconiers264.000$130kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Pettis273.000$125kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1985198619871988198919901991
Ron Romanick241.000$146kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dick Schofield222.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stu Cliburn281.000$60kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirk McCaskill240.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Brown25–—
Pat Clements230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alan Fowlkes26–—
Craig Gerber26–—
Jack Howell230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Keedy270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Kipper200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rufino Linares34–—
Urbano Lugo22–—
Tony Mack24–—
Darrell Miller271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gus Polidor230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Smith27–—
Devon White220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 1985; 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.