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Brewers MIL

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GM: Sal Bando

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.89× league · TAB +2.9
+2.9TAB — talent above budget12th/26
+11.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)4th/26
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars3rd/26
-2.4dead WAR — sub-replacement drag2nd/26
28%dead money %8th/26
0.568win %5th/26
35.7roster fWAR13th/26
-4surplus $M (value vs cost)12th/26
$27Mpayroll $M18th/26

Roster

CFRobin Yount 139GDarryl Hamilton 32GAlex Diaz 10G
LFGreg Vaughn 131GDarryl Hamilton 30GTim McIntosh 9G
RFDante Bichette 101GDarryl Hamilton 74GTim McIntosh 1G
SSPat Listach 148GScott Fletcher 22GBill Spiers 5G
2BScott Fletcher 106GJim Gantner 68GWilliam Suero 15G
3BKevin Seitzer 146GJim Gantner 31GJim Tatum 5G
1BFranklin Stubbs 68GPaul Molitor 48GJohn Jaha 38G
STARTERSJaime Navarro 4.0WARChris Bosio 3.8WARBill Wegman 3.1WARCal Eldred 2.6WARRon Robinson 0.2WAR
CB.J. Surhoff 109GDave Nilsson 46GTim McIntosh 14G
DHPaul Molitor 108GFranklin Stubbs 13GRobin Yount 11G
BULLPEN★ Doug Henry 29svJesse Orosco 0hMike Fetters 0hJim Austin 0hDan Plesac 0hDarren Holmes 0hNeal Heaton 0h
CB.J. Surhoff 109 · Dave Nilsson 46 · Tim McIntosh 14
1BFranklin Stubbs 68 · Paul Molitor 48 · John Jaha 38
2BScott Fletcher 106 · Jim Gantner 68 · William Suero 15
3BKevin Seitzer 146 · Jim Gantner 31 · Jim Tatum 5
SSPat Listach 148 · Scott Fletcher 22 · Bill Spiers 5
LFGreg Vaughn 131 · Darryl Hamilton 30 · Tim McIntosh 9
CFRobin Yount 139 · Darryl Hamilton 32 · Alex Diaz 10
RFDante Bichette 101 · Darryl Hamilton 74 · Tim McIntosh 1
DHPaul Molitor 108 · Franklin Stubbs 13 · Robin Yount 11
SPJaime Navarro 4.0 · Chris Bosio 3.8 · Bill Wegman 3.1 · Cal Eldred 2.6 · Ron Robinson 0.2
BP★ Doug Henry 29 · Jesse Orosco 0 · Mike Fetters 0 · Jim Austin 0 · Dan Plesac 0 · Darren Holmes 0 · Neal Heaton 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.

1992 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Paul Molitor 35 FA-elig 1584.3 3.5 -0.1
Jaime Navarro 25 arb 344.0 0.4 +2.7
Chris Bosio 29 FA-elig 333.8 2.4 +0.6
Pat Listach 24 – 1493.4 – –
Bill Wegman 29 FA-elig 353.1 2.4 +0.0
Darryl Hamilton 27 arb 1282.8 0.4 +1.8
Kevin Seitzer 30 FA-elig 1482.6 0.1 +1.9
Cal Eldred 24 – 142.6 – –
Scott Fletcher 33 FA-elig 1232.4 0.3 +1.6
B.J. Surhoff 27 arb 1391.7 2.5 -1.2
Greg Vaughn 26 arb 1411.6 0.5 +0.8
Darren Holmes 26 pre-arb 411.0 0.1 +0.6
Robin Yount 36 FA-elig 1500.9 3.2 -2.5
Dave Nilsson 22 – 510.8 – –
Dan Plesac 30 FA-elig 440.6 2.8 -2.3
Doug Henry 28 pre-arb 680.6 0.1 +0.3
Mike Fetters 27 arb 500.5 0.1 +0.3
Dante Bichette 28 arb 1120.5 0.2 +0.2
Jesse Orosco 35 FA-elig 590.3 1.2 -0.9
Ron Robinson 30 FA-elig 80.2 1.1 -1.0
Jim Austin 28 pre-arb 470.1 0.1 -0.0
Bill Spiers 26 arb 120.1 0.8 -0.7
Ed Nunez↔ TEX 29 FA-elig 100.1 0.2 -0.2
William Suero 25 pre-arb 180.1 0.1 -0.1
John Jaha 26 – 470.0 – –
Neal Heaton↔ KCR 32 FA-elig 10.0 0.0 -0.0
Jim Gantner 39 FA-elig 101-0.0 1.1 -1.2
Andy Allanson 30 – 9-0.0 – –
Jim Tatum 24 – 5-0.1 – –
Jose Valentin 22 – 4-0.1 – –
Franklin Stubbs 31 FA-elig 92-0.3 2.2 -2.4
Bruce Ruffin 28 FA-elig 25-0.3 0.5 -0.8
Ricky Bones 23 pre-arb 31-0.4 0.1 -0.4
Alex Diaz 23 – 22-0.5 – –
Tim McIntosh 27 pre-arb 35-0.7 0.1 -0.7

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

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

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 1992; 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.