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Braves ATL

200986–76 (0.531)
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GM: Frank Wren

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
$101M
Surplus $M
-2
Win %
0.531
TAB
+6.2
WAB
+2.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
41.6
Dead money %
14%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-6.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LBrian McCann127
RDavid Ross52
RClint Sammons6

1B

LCasey Kotchman⇄87
LAdam LaRoche⇄57
RMartín Prado28
RBarbaro Canizares5
BGreg Norton3

2B

LKelly Johnson84
RMartín Prado63
ROmar Infante30
BBrooks Conrad11
RDiory Hernandez4

3B

BChipper Jones133
RMartín Prado41
ROmar Infante10
RDiory Hernandez3
BBrooks Conrad1

SS

RYunel Escobar139
RDiory Hernandez22
ROmar Infante10

LF

LGarret Anderson124
RMatt Diaz50
RReid Gorecki22
ROmar Infante7
LBrandon Jones4
LGrégor Blanco3

CF

LNate McLouth⇄84
LJordan Schafer50
LGrégor Blanco9
LRyan Church⇄9
ROmar Infante8
RReid Gorecki5
RMatt Diaz2

RF

RMatt Diaz66
LRyan Church⇄35
ROmar Infante3
LGrégor Blanco2
RBrian Barton1
RMartín Prado1
RReid Gorecki1

DH

BChipper Jones3
LBrian McCann1
LGarret Anderson1
RMartín Prado1

Starters

RJavier Vazquez6.2 WAR
RJair Jurrjens3.7 WAR
RDerek Lowe2.4 WAR
RTommy Hanson2.0 WAR
RKenshin Kawakami1.2 WAR
RTim Hudson0.9 WAR
RKris Medlen0.5 WAR
LJo-Jo Reyes0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RRafael Soriano27 sv
RPeter Moylan25 h
LMichael Gonzalez17 h
LEric O'Flaherty15 h
RManny Acosta2 h
RKris Medlen1 h
LBoone Logan1 h
RJeff Bennett⇄0 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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Javier Vazquez6.2
David Ross3.1
Derek Lowe2.4
Tommy Hanson2.0
Adam LaRoche1.8
Nate McLouth1.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
Mark Teixeira3.4
Will Ohman0.9
John Smoltz0.8
Josh Anderson0.7
Mark Kotsay0.5
Mike Hampton0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Braves. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Javier Vazquez 2009 +6.2 +123.5 11.5 +112.0 $1.9M 2.50× –
Jair Jurrjens 2009 +3.7 +64.0 0.5 +63.5 $0.1M 2.19× –
Brian McCann 2009 +6.0 +61.5 3.7 +57.8 $0.6M 1.28× –
Yunel Escobar 2009 +3.9 +40.8 0.4 +40.4 $0.1M 1.32× –
David Ross 2009 +3.1 +24.7 1.4 +23.3 $0.5M 1.00× –
Rafael Soriano 2009 +1.8 +27.7 6.3 +21.4 $3.6M 1.95× –
Martín Prado 2009 +2.5 +21.7 0.4 +21.3 $0.2M 1.07× –
Matt Diaz 2009 +2.2 +21.0 1.2 +19.8 $0.6M 1.22× –
Derek Lowe 2009 +2.4 +28.6 15.0 +13.6 $6.2M 1.49× –
Peter Moylan 2009 +1.1 +12.1 0.4 +11.7 $0.4M 1.34× –
Adam LaRoche↔ 2009 +1.8 +12.0 2.7 +9.3 $1.5M 0.81× –
Nate McLouth↔ 2009 +1.5 +9.7 1.6 +8.1 $1.1M 0.83× –
Chipper Jones Jr. 2009 +2.3 +15.9 10.0 +5.9 $4.3M 0.85× –
Michael Gonzalez 2009 +0.8 +8.7 3.5 +5.2 $4.2M 1.34× –
Omar Infante 2009 +1.1 +5.0 1.9 +3.1 $1.7M 0.56× –
Kris Medlen 2009 +0.5 +2.9 0.4 +2.5 $0.7M 0.67× –
Ryan Church↔ 2009 +0.5 +3.1 1.1 +2.0 $2.4M 0.83× –
Eric O'Flaherty 2009 +0.4 +2.3 0.4 +1.9 $0.9M 0.67× –
Kenshin Kawakami 2009 +1.2 +10.2 8.3 +1.8 $6.7M 1.02× –
Casey Kotchman↔ 2009 +0.8 +3.6 2.0 +1.6 $2.5M 0.56× –
Clint Sammons 2009 +0.1 +0.5 0.4 +0.1 $3.7M 0.52× –
James Parr 2009 +0.1 +0.3 0.4 -0.1 $6.7M 0.67× –
Jorge Campillo 2009 +0.0 +0.2 0.4 -0.2 $10.3M 0.67× –
Jo-Jo Reyes 2009 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.4 $57.6M 1.02× –
Blaine Boyer↔ 2009 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Boone Logan 2009 -0.1 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Brian Barton 2009 -0.0 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 – 0.83× –
Kelly Johnson 2009 +0.5 +2.2 2.8 -0.7 $5.8M 0.56× –
Manny Acosta 2009 -0.0 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Greg Norton 2009 -0.2 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 – 0.56× –
Jeff Bennett↔ 2009 -0.2 -1.2 0.3 -1.6 – 0.67× –
Grégor Blanco 2009 -0.3 -2.0 0.4 -2.4 – 0.83× –
Buddy Carlyle 2009 -0.5 -2.7 0.4 -3.1 – 0.67× –
Jordan Schafer 2009 -0.7 -4.9 0.4 -5.3 – 0.83× –
Jeff Francoeur↔ 2009 -0.8 -5.0 1.8 -6.8 – 0.83× –
Tim Hudson 2009 +0.9 +7.7 15.5 -7.8 $16.4M 1.02× –
Garret Anderson 2009 -1.1 -7.0 2.5 -9.5 – 0.83× –
Barbaro Canizares 2009 -0.3 -1.3 – – – 0.56× –
Brandon Jones 2009 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.83× –
Brooks Conrad 2009 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.56× –
Diory Hernandez 2009 -1.1 -5.3 – – – 0.61× –
Jairo Asencio 2009 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Reid Gorecki 2009 -0.3 -1.9 – – – 0.83× –
Tommy Hanson 2009 +2.0 +24.0 – – – 1.49× –
Vladimir Nunez 2009 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+41.5+499.1100.4+384.2—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Braves — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2009 · PIT / ATL
PIT · Neal Huntington +$46.4M
Jeff Locke, Gorkys Hernández, Charlie Morton
ATL · Frank Wren −$46.4M
Nate McLouth
PIT came out ahead by $46.4M
2009 · STL / ATL
STL · John Mozeliak +$0.0M
Blaine Boyer
ATL · Frank Wren +$0.0M
Brian Barton
Even trade
2009 · ATL / NYM
ATL · Frank Wren +$8.8M
Ryan Church
NYM · Omar Minaya −$8.8M
Jeff Francoeur
ATL came out ahead by $8.8M
2009 · TBR / ATL
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$9.6M
Rafael Soriano
ATL · Frank Wren −$9.6M
Jesse Chavez
TBR came out ahead by $9.6M
2009 · ATL / BOS
ATL · Frank Wren +$4.8M
Adam LaRoche
BOS · Theo Epstein −$4.8M
Casey Kotchman
ATL came out ahead by $4.8M
2009 · DET / ATL
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$0.0M
Josh Anderson
ATL · Frank Wren +$0.0M
Rudy Darrow
Even trade
2009 · ATL / NYY
ATL · Frank Wren +$10.4M
Melky Cabrera, Mike Dunn, Arodys Vizcaíno
NYY · Brian Cashman −$10.4M
Javier Vázquez, Boone Logan
ATL came out ahead by $10.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$100.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Tim Hudson3310.000$15.5M$9.0M$9.0M$9.0M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Derek Lowe3612.000$15.0M$15.0M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Javier Vazquez3211.000$11.5MFREE AGENT
Chipper Jones Jr.3716.000$10.0M$14.0M$14.0M$13.0MFREE AGENT
Rafael Soriano297.000$6.3MFREE AGENT
Michael Gonzalez316.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Garret Anderson3715.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Omar Infante277.000$1.9M$2.2MFREE AGENT
David Ross327.000$1.4M$1.6M$1.6M$1.6MFREE AGENT
Matt Diaz316.000$1.2M$2.5M$1.8M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Greg Norton3613.000$800kFREE AGENT
Buddy Carlyle3110.000$425kFREE AGENT
Vladimir Nunez3411.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Brian McCann254.000$3.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelly Johnson274.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam LaRoche295.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Casey Kotchman265.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Jeff Francoeur254.000$1.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Nate McLouth274.000$1.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Church305.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Boone Logan243.000$428kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Campillo304.000$420kARB 3FREE AGENT
Martín Prado253.000$415kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Peter Moylan303.000$410kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric O'Flaherty243.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Bennett295.000$328kFREE AGENT
Blaine Boyer274.000$27kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Kenshin Kawakami340.000$8.3MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jair Jurrjens232.000$450kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yunel Escobar262.000$425kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Grégor Blanco251.000$415kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Acosta282.000$412kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jo-Jo Reyes242.000$410kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Barton271.000$402kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kris Medlen230.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
James Parr231.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordan Schafer220.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clint Sammons262.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reid Gorecki28–—
Jairo Asencio260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Jones25–—
Diory Hernandez250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tommy Hanson220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brooks Conrad291.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Barbaro Canizares29–—

Graphs

How each 2009 acquisition stacked onto Braves's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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