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201567–95 (0.414)
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President of baseball ops: John Hart

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2015, 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
$96M
Surplus $M
-41
Win %
0.414
TAB
-14.5
WAB
-12.0
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
16.9
Dead money %
56%
Depth Players
4.0
Dead WAR
-7.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2015 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LA.J. Pierzynski107
RChristian Bethancourt42
RRyan Lavarnway⇄30

1B

LFreddie Freeman117
BJoey Terdoslavich12
BNick Swisher⇄8
RPedro Ciriaco2
RRyan Lavarnway⇄1

2B

LJace Peterson144
LKelly Johnson⇄61
RPhil Gosselin⇄20
RDaniel Castro12
RPedro Ciriaco7
BAlberto Callaspo⇄4

3B

RChris Johnson⇄56
RJuan Uribe⇄46
RAdonis García42
RPedro Ciriaco24
RHéctor Olivera21
RDaniel Castro5

SS

RAndrelton Simmons147
RDaniel Castro10
RPedro Ciriaco9

LF

RJonny Gomes⇄59
REury Pérez29
BTodd Cunningham22
BNick Swisher⇄17
LMichael Bourn⇄10
RAdonis García10
BJoey Terdoslavich2
RPedro Ciriaco1

CF

RCameron Maybin139
LMichael Bourn⇄35
BEric Young Jr.⇄16
REury Pérez3
BTodd Cunningham2

RF

LNick Markakis153
REury Pérez6
BTodd Cunningham4
BNick Swisher⇄2
LMichael Bourn⇄1

DH

BNick Swisher⇄19
LNick Markakis3
LA.J. Pierzynski1
LFreddie Freeman1
REury Pérez1
LKelly Johnson⇄1
RPedro Ciriaco1

Starters

RShelby Miller3.4 WAR
LAlex Wood⇄2.3 WAR
RJulio Teheran1.1 WAR
RMatt Wisler0.3 WAR
RRyan Weber0.1 WAR
RTrevor Cahill⇄-0.0 WAR
RMike Foltynewicz-0.1 WAR
RWilliams Perez-0.1 WAR
LManny Banuelos-0.3 WAR
LEric Stults-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJason Grilli24 sv
RDavid Aardsma6 h
LMatt Marksberry5 h
RBrandon Cunniff5 h
LAndrew McKirahan4 h
RArodys Vizcaino3 h
RJim Johnson⇄0 h
LLuis Avilan⇄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 2014)

PlayerfWAR
Shelby Miller3.4
Nick Markakis1.4
Jason Grilli1.3
Cameron Maybin1.3
Jace Peterson1.0
A.J. Pierzynski0.9

Key subtractions (gone from 2014)

Player2014 fWAR
Jason Heyward4.7
Justin Upton3.7
Ervin Santana3.1
Evan Gattis2.6
Aaron Harang2.5
Craig Kimbrel2.4

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 2015; everyone else is shown as a 2015 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Shelby Miller 2015 +3.4 +53.2 0.5 +52.7 $0.2M 1.96× Free Agent · 2026–2027 · $1.2M AAV
Alex Wood↔ 2015 +2.3 +27.6 0.3 +27.2 $0.1M 1.49× –
Andrelton Simmons 2015 +3.1 +29.1 3.0 +26.1 $1.0M 1.18× –
Freddie Freeman 2015 +3.3 +28.3 8.5 +19.8 $2.6M 1.07× Free Agent · 2022–2027 · $27.0M AAV
Jason Grilli 2015 +1.3 +14.0 4.2 +9.8 $3.2M 1.34× –
Arodys Vizcaíno 2015 +0.8 +8.6 0.3 +8.4 $0.3M 1.34× –
Julio Teheran 2015 +1.1 +9.3 1.0 +8.3 $0.9M 1.02× –
Jace Peterson 2015 +1.0 +4.7 0.5 +4.2 $0.5M 0.56× –
Adonis García 2015 +0.7 +3.1 0.2 +2.9 $0.3M 0.58× –
Jim Johnson↔ 2015 +0.6 +3.3 1.1 +2.2 $1.7M 0.67× –
Matt Wisler 2015 +0.3 +2.4 0.3 +2.1 $1.0M 1.02× –
A.J. Pierzynski 2015 +0.9 +3.9 2.0 +1.9 $2.1M 0.52× –
Cameron Maybin 2015 +1.3 +8.7 7.0 +1.7 $5.3M 0.83× –
Juan Uribe↔ 2015 +0.8 +3.9 2.5 +1.3 $3.0M 0.58× –
Peter Moylan 2015 +0.2 +1.1 0.1 +1.0 $0.7M 0.67× –
Phil Gosselin↔ 2015 +0.3 +1.1 0.2 +0.9 $0.9M 0.56× –
Ryan Weber 2015 +0.1 +1.0 0.1 +0.9 $0.6M 1.02× –
Pedro Ciriaco 2015 +0.3 +1.2 0.4 +0.8 $1.6M 0.58× –
Eury Pérez 2015 +0.1 +0.9 0.2 +0.7 $1.3M 0.83× –
Luis Avilán↔ 2015 +0.2 +1.0 0.4 +0.7 $1.9M 0.67× –
Andrew McKirahan 2015 +0.1 +0.7 0.5 +0.2 $3.8M 0.67× –
Jason Frasor↔ 2015 +0.0 +0.2 0.2 -0.1 $6.9M 0.67× –
Joey Terdoslavich 2015 +0.1 +0.3 0.5 -0.2 $7.2M 0.56× –
Kelly Johnson↔ 2015 +0.1 +0.7 0.8 -0.2 $6.9M 0.69× –
Michael Kohn 2015 -0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Jake Brigham 2015 -0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.67× –
John Cornely 2015 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Ryan Lavarnway↔ 2015 -0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 – 0.52× –
Todd Cunningham 2015 +0.0 +0.0 0.5 -0.5 $97.3M 0.83× –
Ian Thomas↔ 2015 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Juan Jaime 2015 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Matt Marksberry 2015 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Cody Martin↔ 2015 -0.1 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Dana Eveland 2015 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Brandon Cunniff 2015 -0.1 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 – 0.67× –
David Carpenter 2015 -0.2 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Sugar Ray Marimon 2015 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Dan Winkler 2015 -0.1 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Williams Pérez 2015 -0.1 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 – 1.02× –
Mike Foltynewicz 2015 -0.1 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 – 1.02× –
Nick Markakis 2015 +1.4 +9.3 11.0 -1.7 $7.9M 0.83× –
Ryan Kelly 2015 -0.4 -2.1 0.1 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Manny Banuelos 2015 -0.3 -2.1 0.3 -2.3 – 1.02× –
Alberto Callaspo↔ 2015 -0.4 -1.8 1.1 -2.9 – 0.56× –
Nick Masset↔ 2015 -0.4 -2.3 0.7 -3.0 – 0.67× –
Eric Stults 2015 -0.4 -3.2 0.6 -3.8 – 1.02× –
Eric Young Jr.↔ 2015 -0.5 -3.2 0.7 -3.9 – 0.83× –
Ross Detwiler↔ 2015 -0.4 -2.0 2.0 -4.1 – 0.67× –
Christian Bethancourt 2015 -1.0 -4.0 0.5 -4.5 – 0.52× –
Jonny Gomes↔ 2015 -0.2 -1.3 3.5 -4.8 – 0.83× –
Héctor Olivera 2015 -0.1 -0.4 5.4 -5.8 – 0.58× –
Michael Bourn↔ 2015 -0.2 -1.3 4.4 -5.8 – 0.83× –
Chris Johnson↔ 2015 -0.4 -1.9 4.0 -6.0 – 0.58× –
Trevor Cahill↔ 2015 -0.0 -0.1 6.9 -7.0 – 0.67× –
Edwin Jackson↔ 2015 -0.3 -1.6 7.1 -8.7 – 0.67× –
Nick Swisher↔ 2015 -0.0 -0.2 9.1 -9.2 – 0.69× –
Danny Burawa↔ 2015 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 -0.0 $5.6M 0.67× –
Daniel Castro 2015 +0.2 +0.7 – – – 0.56× –
David Aardsma 2015 -0.4 -2.0 – – – 0.67× –
Donnie Veal 2015 -0.4 -2.0 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+16.7+177.495.9+84.3—

Trades

Every graded 2015 deal involving the Braves — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 18 total.

2015 · ATL / ARI
ATL · John Hart +$246.4M
Ender Inciarte, Aaron Blair, Dansby Swanson
ARI · Dave Stewart −$246.4M
Shelby Miller, Gabe Speier
ATL came out ahead by $246.4M
2015 · ATL / SDP
ATL · John Hart +$2.4M
Casey Kelly, Ricardo Rodríguez
SDP · AJ Preller −$2.4M
Christian Bethancourt
ATL came out ahead by $2.4M
2015 · ATL / SDP
ATL · John Hart +$9.6M
Cameron Maybin, Carlos Quentin, Matt Wisler, Jordan Paroubeck
SDP · AJ Preller −$9.6M
Craig Kimbrel, B. J. Upton
ATL came out ahead by $9.6M
2015 · LAD / ATL
LAD · Andrew Friedman +$1.6M
Alberto Callaspo, Eric Stults, Ian Thomas, Juan Jaime
ATL · John Hart −$1.6M
Juan Uribe, Chris Withrow
LAD came out ahead by $1.6M
2015 · ARI / ATL
ARI · Dave Stewart +$7.2M
Philip Gosselin
ATL · John Hart −$7.2M
Bronson Arroyo, Touki Toussaint
ARI came out ahead by $7.2M
2015 · COL / ATL
COL · Jeff Bridich +$0.0M
David Hale, Gus Schlosser
ATL · John Hart +$0.0M
José Briceño, Chris O'Dowd
Even trade
2015 · ARI / ATL
ARI · Dave Stewart +$0.0M
Josh Elander
ATL · John Hart +$0.0M
Trevor Cahill
Even trade
2015 · ATL / ANA
ATL · John Hart +$2.4M
Ricardo Sánchez, Nate Hyatt
ANA · Bill Stoneman −$2.4M
Kyle Kubitza
ATL came out ahead by $2.4M
2015 · ANA / ATL
ANA · Bill Stoneman +$86.4M
Andrelton Simmons, José Briceño
ATL · John Hart −$86.4M
Erick Aybar, Sean Newcomb, Chris Ellis
ANA came out ahead by $86.4M
2015 · DET / ATL
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$4.0M
Cameron Maybin
ATL · John Hart −$4.0M
Ian Krol, Gabe Speier
DET came out ahead by $4.0M
2015 · ARI / ATL
ARI · Dave Stewart +$0.0M
Víctor Reyes
ATL · John Hart +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Even trade
2015 · SEA / ATL
SEA · Jeff Kingston +$7.2M
Ryne Harper
ATL · John Hart −$7.2M
José Ramírez
SEA came out ahead by $7.2M
2015 · ATL / KCR
ATL · John Hart +$2.4M
Luis Valenzuela
KCR · Dayton Moore −$2.4M
Jonny Gomes
ATL came out ahead by $2.4M
2015 · ATL / NYY
ATL · John Hart +$6.4M
Manny Banuelos
NYY · Brian Cashman −$6.4M
David Carpenter, Chasen Shreve
ATL came out ahead by $6.4M
2015 · CLE / ATL
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$26.4M
Chris Johnson
ATL · John Hart −$26.4M
Nick Swisher, Michael Bourn
CLE came out ahead by $26.4M
2015 · NYM / ATL
NYM · Sandy Alderson +$1.6M
Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson
ATL · John Hart −$1.6M
John Gant, Robert Whalen
NYM came out ahead by $1.6M
2015 · ATL / HOU
ATL · John Hart +$37.6M
Mike Foltynewicz, Andrew Thurman, Rio Ruiz
HOU · Jeff Luhnow −$37.6M
Evan Gattis, James Hoyt
ATL came out ahead by $37.6M
2015 · LAD / MIA / ATL
LAD · Andrew Friedman +$69.6M
Mat Latos, Mike Morse, José Peraza, Alex Wood, Bronson Arroyo, Jim Johnson, Luis Avilán
MIA · Mike Berger +$10.4M
Kevin Guzman, Victor Araujo, Jeff Brigham
ATL · John Hart −$80.0M
Paco Rodríguez, Héctor Olivera, Zachary Bird
LAD came out ahead by $69.6M 3-team

Current & Historical Payroll

2015 payroll
$96.2M
2016 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2015, 2015–2021. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2015; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2015201620172018201920202021
Nick Markakis319.000$11.0MFREE AGENT
Nick Swisher3410.031$9.1MFREE AGENT
Edwin Jackson319.070$7.1MFREE AGENT
Michael Bourn328.028$4.4MFREE AGENT
Jason Grilli388.016$4.2MFREE AGENT
Jonny Gomes349.097$3.5MFREE AGENT
Juan Uribe3613.089$2.5MFREE AGENT
A.J. Pierzynski3814.100$2.0MFREE AGENT
Alberto Callaspo327.135$1.1MFREE AGENT
Jim Johnson326.161$1.1MFREE AGENT
Kelly Johnson339.127$838kFREE AGENT
Nick Masset337.146$714kFREE AGENT
Eric Young Jr.306.000$660kFREE AGENT
Jason Frasor3711.000$234kFREE AGENT
David Aardsma338.082—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2015201620172018201920202021
Freddie Freeman254.033$8.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Cameron Maybin285.073$7.0MFREE AGENT
Trevor Cahill275.160$6.9MFREE AGENT
Chris Johnson304.144$4.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ross Detwiler295.002$2.0MFREE AGENT
Eric Stults354.075$568kARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Banuelos243.015$263kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Carpenter273.000$191kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Peter Moylan365.153$136kFREE AGENT
Dana Eveland314.164$69kARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Kohn293.010$39kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Donnie Veal303.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (33)

PlayerAgeSvc2015201620172018201920202021
Héctor Olivera30–$5.4M
Andrelton Simmons252.125$3.0MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julio Teheran242.062$1.0MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shelby Miller242.030$535kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Foltynewicz230.059$509kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Christian Bethancourt230.072$507kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Cunningham262.000$507kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Winkler250.000$507kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew McKirahan252.000$507kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jace Peterson250.058$507kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joey Terdoslavich261.050$507kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Ciriaco292.065$433kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Williams Pérez240.000$410kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Avilán252.077$363kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Cunniff261.018$358kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Lavarnway271.133$331kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Wood241.123$325kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Wisler220.000$302kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Arodys Vizcaíno242.077$252kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Gosselin262.000$231kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adonis García302.067$211kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eury Pérez25–$186k
Matt Marksberry240.140$186kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Martin250.075$168kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sugar Ray Marimon26–$150k
Ryan Kelly270.053$130kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Brigham27–$108k
Danny Burawa260.035$84kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Weber240.000$75kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Jaime270.056$55kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ian Thomas280.123$16kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Cornely260.007$3kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daniel Castro220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2015 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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