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201091–71 (0.562)Made Playoffs
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GM: Frank Wren

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2010, 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
$94M
Surplus $M
-5
Win %
0.562
TAB
+4.0
WAB
+8.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
38.6
Dead money %
23%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-4.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2010 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LBrian McCann136
RDavid Ross57
RJ.C. Boscan1

1B

RTroy Glaus114
RDerrek Lee⇄39
LEric Hinske32
LFreddie Freeman12
RMartín Prado5

2B

RMartín Prado98
ROmar Infante65
BBrooks Conrad9
RBrandon Hicks1
RDiory Hernandez1

3B

BChipper Jones89
RYunel Escobar⇄75
RMartín Prado43
BBrooks Conrad37
ROmar Infante29
RBrandon Hicks3
LEric Hinske1
RTroy Glaus1

SS

RÁlex González⇄72
ROmar Infante19
RDiory Hernandez4
RBrandon Hicks2

LF

BMelky Cabrera84
RMatt Diaz63
LEric Hinske50
ROmar Infante15
LNate McLouth8
RBrent Clevlen2

CF

LNate McLouth71
BMelky Cabrera55
LRick Ankiel⇄47

RF

LJason Heyward140
BMelky Cabrera25
ROmar Infante6

DH

LBrian McCann2
RTroy Glaus2
BChipper Jones1
LEric Hinske1

Starters

RTommy Hanson3.3 WAR
RDerek Lowe2.1 WAR
RTim Hudson2.0 WAR
RKris Medlen1.3 WAR
RJair Jurrjens0.9 WAR
RKenshin Kawakami0.7 WAR
RBrandon Beachy0.5 WAR
LMike Minor0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ LBilly Wagner37 sv
LJonny Venters24 h
RPeter Moylan21 h
RTakashi Saito17 h
LEric O'Flaherty9 h
RKyle Farnsworth⇄9 h
LMike Dunn1 h
RJesse Chavez⇄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 2009)

PlayerfWAR
Jason Heyward4.7
Billy Wagner2.0
Jonny Venters1.3
Takashi Saito1.2
Eric Hinske0.6
Derrek Lee0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2009)

Player2009 fWAR
Javier Vazquez6.2
Adam LaRoche1.8
Rafael Soriano1.8
Michael Gonzalez0.8
Casey Kotchman0.8
Kelly Johnson0.5

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 2010; everyone else is shown as a 2010 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jason Heyward 2010 +4.7 +67.0 0.4 +66.6 $0.1M 1.79× –
Brian McCann 2010 +6.0 +61.1 5.7 +55.4 $1.0M 1.28× –
Tommy Hanson 2010 +3.3 +51.8 0.4 +51.4 $0.1M 1.96× –
Martín Prado 2010 +3.8 +37.0 0.4 +36.6 $0.1M 1.20× –
Billy Wagner 2010 +2.0 +30.9 6.8 +24.2 $3.4M 1.95× –
Tim Hudson 2010 +2.0 +23.3 9.0 +14.3 $4.6M 1.49× –
Jonny Venters 2010 +1.3 +14.0 0.4 +13.6 $0.3M 1.34× –
David Ross 2010 +2.2 +13.4 1.6 +11.8 $0.7M 0.76× –
Omar Infante 2010 +2.0 +13.1 2.2 +10.9 $1.1M 0.82× –
Derek Lowe 2010 +2.1 +24.7 15.0 +9.7 $7.2M 1.49× –
Chipper Jones Jr. 2010 +2.5 +22.4 14.0 +8.4 $5.6M 1.12× –
Jair Jurrjens 2010 +0.9 +7.4 0.5 +6.9 $0.5M 1.02× –
Kris Medlen 2010 +1.3 +6.7 0.4 +6.3 $0.3M 0.67× –
Brandon Beachy 2010 +0.5 +4.0 0.0 +4.0 $0.1M 1.02× –
Yunel Escobar↔ 2010 +0.8 +3.8 0.2 +3.5 $0.3M 0.58× –
Brooks Conrad 2010 +0.8 +3.7 0.4 +3.3 $0.5M 0.58× –
Mike Minor 2010 +0.4 +3.3 0.1 +3.2 $0.3M 1.02× –
Takashi Saito 2010 +1.2 +6.3 3.2 +3.1 $2.7M 0.67× –
Eric Hinske 2010 +0.6 +4.0 1.0 +3.0 $1.7M 0.83× –
Craig Kimbrel 2010 +0.4 +2.4 0.1 +2.2 $0.3M 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $0.8M AAV
Eric O'Flaherty 2010 +0.4 +2.0 0.4 +1.6 $1.2M 0.67× –
Álex González↔ 2010 +0.5 +2.4 1.3 +1.2 $2.6M 0.61× –
Rick Ankiel↔ 2010 +0.4 +2.9 1.7 +1.1 $4.0M 0.83× –
Diory Hernandez 2010 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 – 0.61× –
Kyle Farnsworth↔ 2010 +0.2 +1.0 1.7 -0.7 $9.1M 0.67× –
Freddie Freeman 2010 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 -0.8 – 0.56× Free Agent · 2022–2027 · $27.0M AAV
Matt Diaz 2010 +0.3 +1.8 2.5 -0.8 $9.5M 0.83× –
Scott Proctor 2010 -0.0 -0.3 0.8 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Jo-Jo Reyes 2010 -0.1 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Derrek Lee↔ 2010 +0.5 +2.2 3.5 -1.2 $6.9M 0.56× –
Jesse Chavez↔ 2010 -0.2 -1.1 0.2 -1.4 – 0.67× –
Kenshin Kawakami 2010 +0.7 +5.9 7.3 -1.4 $10.0M 1.02× –
Troy Glaus 2010 -0.1 -0.2 1.8 -2.0 – 0.56× –
Peter Moylan 2010 -0.4 -2.3 1.1 -3.4 – 0.67× –
Melky Cabrera 2010 -1.5 -9.7 3.1 -12.8 – 0.83× –
Nate McLouth 2010 -1.4 -9.2 5.0 -14.2 – 0.83× –
Mike Dunn 2010 +0.1 +0.4 0.4 -0.0 $5.5M 0.67× –
Brandon Hicks 2010 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.58× –
Brent Clevlen 2010 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.83× –
Chris Resop↔ 2010 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Cristhian Martinez 2010 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Grégor Blanco↔ 2010 +0.6 +4.1 – – – 0.83× –
J.C. Boscan 2010 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.52× –
Total—+38.7+398.993.5+300.9—

Trades

Every graded 2010 deal involving the Braves — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2010 · MIA / ATL
MIA · Larry Beinfest +$26.4M
Omar Infante, Mike Dunn
ATL · Frank Wren −$26.4M
Dan Uggla
MIA came out ahead by $26.4M
2010 · CHC / ATL
CHC · Jim Hendry +$22.4M
Jeff Lorick, Robinson Lopez, Ty'Relle Harris
ATL · Frank Wren −$22.4M
Derrek Lee
CHC came out ahead by $22.4M
2010 · KCR / ATL
KCR · Dayton Moore +$8.0M
Grégor Blanco, Jesse Chavez, Tim Collins
ATL · Frank Wren −$8.0M
Rick Ankiel, Kyle Farnsworth
KCR came out ahead by $8.0M
2010 · CHW / ATL
CHW · Kenny Williams +$8.8M
Kyle Cofield
ATL · Frank Wren −$8.8M
Scott Linebrink
CHW came out ahead by $8.8M
2010 · TOR / ATL
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$43.2M
Yunel Escobar, Jo-Jo Reyes
ATL · Frank Wren −$43.2M
Álex González, Tim Collins, Tyler Pastornicky
TOR came out ahead by $43.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2010 payroll
$93.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2010, 2010–2016. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Derek Lowe3713.000$15.0M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Chipper Jones Jr.3817.000$14.0M$14.0M$13.0MFREE AGENT
Tim Hudson3411.000$9.0M$9.0M$9.0M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Billy Wagner3815.000$6.8MFREE AGENT
Derrek Lee3413.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Matt Diaz327.000$2.5M$1.8M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Omar Infante288.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Troy Glaus3312.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Rick Ankiel3011.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Kyle Farnsworth3411.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
David Ross338.000$1.6M$1.6M$1.6MFREE AGENT
Álex González3312.000$1.3M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Eric Hinske328.000$1.0M$1.4M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Scott Proctor336.000$750k$596kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Brian McCann265.000$5.7MFREE AGENT
Nate McLouth285.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Takashi Saito404.000$3.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Melky Cabrera255.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Peter Moylan314.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jair Jurrjens243.000$480kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Martín Prado264.000$440kARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric O'Flaherty254.000$440kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jo-Jo Reyes253.000$410kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yunel Escobar273.000$242kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Kenshin Kawakami351.000$7.3MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tommy Hanson231.000$435kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kris Medlen241.000$408kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Dunn251.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Diory Hernandez261.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonny Venters250.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Heyward200.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brooks Conrad302.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jesse Chavez262.000$228kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Kimbrel220.000$144kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Minor220.000$125kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddie Freeman200.000$72kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Beachy230.000$28kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.C. Boscan300.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Resop271.038—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cristhian Martinez280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Grégor Blanco262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brent Clevlen26–—
Brandon Hicks240.151—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2010 acquisition stacked onto Braves's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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