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Brewers MIL

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GM: Sal Bando

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1992, 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
$27M
Surplus $M
-4
Win %
0.568
TAB
+2.9
WAB
+11.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
35.7
Dead money %
28%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-2.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1992 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LB.J. Surhoff109
LDave Nilsson46
RTim McIntosh14
RAndy Allanson9

1B

LFranklin Stubbs68
RPaul Molitor48
RJohn Jaha38
LB.J. Surhoff17
RTim McIntosh7
LDave Nilsson3
LJim Gantner2
RKevin Seitzer1

2B

RScott Fletcher106
LJim Gantner68
RWilliam Suero15
LBill Spiers4
RKevin Seitzer2
BJose Valentin1
BPat Listach1

3B

RKevin Seitzer146
LJim Gantner31
RJim Tatum5
LB.J. Surhoff3
RPaul Molitor2
LBill Spiers1
RScott Fletcher1

SS

BPat Listach148
RScott Fletcher22
LBill Spiers5
BJose Valentin1
RWilliam Suero1

LF

RGreg Vaughn131
LDarryl Hamilton30
RTim McIntosh9
LB.J. Surhoff5
BAlex Diaz2
RJohn Jaha1

CF

RRobin Yount139
LDarryl Hamilton32
BAlex Diaz10
LB.J. Surhoff1
RDante Bichette1
BPat Listach1

RF

RDante Bichette101
LDarryl Hamilton74
LB.J. Surhoff1
LFranklin Stubbs1
RGreg Vaughn1
RTim McIntosh1

DH

RPaul Molitor108
LFranklin Stubbs13
RRobin Yount11
LB.J. Surhoff9
RJohn Jaha7
RGreg Vaughn6
RTim McIntosh3
LDave Nilsson2
LBill Spiers1
RDante Bichette1
RWilliam Suero1

Starters

RJaime Navarro4.0 WAR
RChris Bosio3.8 WAR
RBill Wegman3.1 WAR
RCal Eldred2.6 WAR
LDan Plesac0.6 WAR
RRon Robinson0.2 WAR
LBruce Ruffin-0.3 WAR
RRicky Bones-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDoug Henry29 sv
LJesse Orosco0 h
RMike Fetters0 h
RJim Austin0 h
LDan Plesac0 h
RDarren Holmes0 h
REdwin Nunez⇄0 h
LNeal Heaton⇄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 1991)

PlayerfWAR
Pat Listach3.4
Kevin Seitzer2.6
Scott Fletcher2.4
Dave Nilsson0.8
Mike Fetters0.5
Jesse Orosco0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Willie Randolph4.0
Teddy Higuera1.1
Rick Dempsey0.6
Greg Brock0.5
Don August0.4
Candy Maldonado0.2

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Brewers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1992; everyone else is shown as a 1992 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jaime Navarro 1992 +4.0 +70.1 0.4 +69.7 $0.1M 2.19× –
Chris Bosio 1992 +3.8 +66.7 2.4 +64.3 $0.6M 2.19× –
Paul Molitor 1992 +4.3 +51.0 3.5 +47.5 $0.8M 1.49× –
Bill Wegman 1992 +3.1 +48.1 2.4 +45.7 $0.8M 1.96× –
Darryl Hamilton 1992 +2.8 +35.6 0.4 +35.2 $0.1M 1.60× –
Kevin Seitzer 1992 +2.6 +23.5 0.1 +23.4 $0.0M 1.12× –
Scott Fletcher 1992 +2.4 +15.8 0.3 +15.5 $0.1M 0.82× –
Greg Vaughn 1992 +1.6 +15.7 0.5 +15.2 $0.3M 1.22× –
Darren Holmes 1992 +1.0 +10.4 0.1 +10.3 $0.1M 1.34× –
B.J. Surhoff 1992 +1.7 +10.5 2.5 +7.9 $1.5M 0.76× –
Doug Henry 1992 +0.6 +6.4 0.1 +6.2 $0.2M 1.34× –
Dante Bichette 1992 +0.5 +3.4 0.2 +3.2 $0.4M 0.83× –
Mike Fetters 1992 +0.5 +2.9 0.1 +2.8 $0.3M 0.67× –
Robin Yount 1992 +0.9 +5.8 3.2 +2.6 $3.7M 0.83× –
Dan Plesac 1992 +0.6 +3.4 2.8 +0.6 $4.3M 0.67× –
Jesse Orosco 1992 +0.3 +1.8 1.2 +0.6 $3.5M 0.67× –
Jim Austin 1992 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $1.0M 0.67× –
Ed Nunez↔ 1992 +0.1 +0.4 0.2 +0.2 $3.1M 0.67× –
Ron Robinson 1992 +0.2 +1.3 1.1 +0.2 $6.9M 1.02× –
William Suero 1992 +0.1 +0.3 0.1 +0.2 $1.8M 0.56× –
Bill Spiers 1992 +0.1 +0.5 0.8 -0.3 $7.9M 0.61× –
Jim Gantner 1992 -0.0 -0.0 1.1 -1.2 – 0.56× –
Bruce Ruffin 1992 -0.3 -1.8 0.5 -2.3 – 0.67× –
Tim McIntosh 1992 -0.7 -3.0 0.1 -3.1 – 0.52× –
Franklin Stubbs 1992 -0.3 -1.2 2.2 -3.3 – 0.56× –
Ricky Bones 1992 -0.4 -3.4 0.1 -3.5 – 1.02× –
Neal Heaton↔ 1992 +0.0 +0.1 0.0 +0.0 $2.5M 0.67× –
Alex Diaz 1992 -0.5 -3.2 – – – 0.83× –
Andy Allanson 1992 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.52× –
Cal Eldred 1992 +2.6 +40.8 – – – 1.96× –
Dave Nilsson 1992 +0.8 +3.4 – – – 0.52× –
Jim Tatum 1992 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.58× –
John Jaha 1992 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Jose Valentin 1992 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.56× –
Pat Listach 1992 +3.4 +31.7 – – – 1.18× –
Total—+35.7+436.926.5+338.1—

Trades

Every graded 1992 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

1992 · SDP / MIL
SDP · Joe McIlvaine +$10.4M
Gary Sheffield, Geoff Kellogg
MIL · Sal Bando −$10.4M
Ricky Bones, José Valentín, Matt Mieske
SDP came out ahead by $10.4M
1992 · MIL / TEX
MIL · Sal Bando +$4.8M
Mark Hampton
TEX · Tom Grieve −$4.8M
Ed Núñez
MIL came out ahead by $4.8M
1992 · COL / MIL
COL · Bob Gebhard +$32.8M
Dante Bichette
MIL · Sal Bando −$32.8M
Kevin Reimer
COL came out ahead by $32.8M
1992 · MIL / KCR
MIL · Sal Bando +$0.8M
Carlos Maldonado
KCR · Herk Robinson −$0.8M
Mike Guerrero
MIL came out ahead by $0.8M
1992 · MIL / PHI
MIL · Sal Bando +$8.0M
Graeme Lloyd
PHI · Lee Thomas −$8.0M
John Trisler
MIL came out ahead by $8.0M
1992 · MIL / CHC
MIL · Sal Bando +$1.6M
Ced Landrum
CHC · Larry Himes −$1.6M
Jeff Kunkel
MIL came out ahead by $1.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$26.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. 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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Paul Molitor3514.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Robin Yount3618.000$3.2M$2.7MFREE AGENT
Dan Plesac306.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Chris Bosio296.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Bill Wegman297.000$2.4M$2.4M$2.4M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Franklin Stubbs318.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Jesse Orosco3513.000$1.2M$1.0M$775kFREE AGENT
Jim Gantner3916.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Ron Robinson308.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Bruce Ruffin286.000$525kFREE AGENT
Scott Fletcher3311.000$300kFREE AGENT
Ed Nunez2910.000$219kFREE AGENT
Kevin Seitzer306.000$109k$365k$675k$939k$986kFREE AGENT
Neal Heaton3210.000$34kFREE AGENT
Andy Allanson306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
B.J. Surhoff275.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Bill Spiers263.000$750kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Vaughn263.000$500kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jaime Navarro253.000$430kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darryl Hamilton274.000$395kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dante Bichette284.000$230kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fetters273.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Doug Henry281.000$140kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Holmes262.000$140kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Austin281.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Bones231.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
William Suero250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim McIntosh272.000$109kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Diaz230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cal Eldred241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Jaha260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Listach240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Nilsson220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Tatum240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Valentin220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1992 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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