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Brewers MIL

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GM: Sal Bando

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.75× league · TAB -7.9
-7.9TAB — talent above budget21st/28
-9.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)22nd/28
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars25th/28
-5.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag15th/28
38%dead money %21st/28
0.426win %23rd/28
22.9roster fWAR22nd/28
-6surplus $M (value vs cost)16th/28
$24Mpayroll $M21st/28

Roster

CFRobin Yount 114GDarryl Hamilton 49GAlex Diaz 12G
LFGreg Vaughn 94GDarryl Hamilton 31GKevin Reimer 28G
RFTom Brunansky 71GDarryl Hamilton 70GB.J. Surhoff 14G
SSPat Listach 95GJuan Bell 62GDickie Thon 28G
2BBill Spiers 104GJuan Bell 47GDickie Thon 22G
3BB.J. Surhoff 121GKevin Seitzer 79GDickie Thon 25G
1BJohn Jaha 150GKevin Seitzer 31GB.J. Surhoff 8G
STARTERSCal Eldred 2.9WARJaime Navarro 2.4WARAngel Miranda 1.6WARBill Wegman 1.2WARMike Boddicker 0.5WAR
CDave Nilsson 91GTom Lampkin 60GJoe Kmak 50G
DHKevin Reimer 80GGreg Vaughn 58GDickie Thon 10G
BULLPEN★ Doug Henry 17svJesse Orosco 0hGraeme Lloyd 0hMike Fetters 0hJim Austin 0hCarlos Maldonado 0hMike Ignasiak 0hMatt Maysey 0h
CDave Nilsson 91 · Tom Lampkin 60 · Joe Kmak 50
1BJohn Jaha 150 · Kevin Seitzer 31 · B.J. Surhoff 8
2BBill Spiers 104 · Juan Bell 47 · Dickie Thon 22
3BB.J. Surhoff 121 · Kevin Seitzer 79 · Dickie Thon 25
SSPat Listach 95 · Juan Bell 62 · Dickie Thon 28
LFGreg Vaughn 94 · Darryl Hamilton 31 · Kevin Reimer 28
CFRobin Yount 114 · Darryl Hamilton 49 · Alex Diaz 12
RFTom Brunansky 71 · Darryl Hamilton 70 · B.J. Surhoff 14
DHKevin Reimer 80 · Greg Vaughn 58 · Dickie Thon 10
SPCal Eldred 2.9 · Jaime Navarro 2.4 · Angel Miranda 1.6 · Bill Wegman 1.2 · Mike Boddicker 0.5
BP★ Doug Henry 17 · Jesse Orosco 0 · Graeme Lloyd 0 · Mike Fetters 0 · Jim Austin 0 · Carlos Maldonado 0 · Mike Ignasiak 0 · Matt Maysey 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.

1993 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Greg Vaughn 27 arb 1545.0 1.8 +2.3
Darryl Hamilton 28 arb 1353.3 1.0 +1.7
Cal Eldred 25 pre-arb 362.9 0.2 +2.2
Jaime Navarro 26 arb 352.4 2.1 -0.1
Jesse Orosco 36 FA-elig 572.0 1.0 +0.6
B.J. Surhoff 28 FA-elig 1481.8 2.5 -1.0
Robin Yount 37 FA-elig 1271.7 2.7 -1.3
Angel Miranda 23 pre-arb 221.6 0.1 +1.2
Bill Wegman 30 FA-elig 201.2 2.4 -1.4
Kevin Seitzer↔ OAK 31 FA-elig 471.0 0.2 +0.5
Pat Listach 25 pre-arb 980.9 0.3 +0.4
John Jaha 27 pre-arb 1530.6 0.1 +0.4
Graeme Lloyd 26 pre-arb 550.6 0.1 +0.3
Ricky Bones 24 pre-arb 320.5 0.2 +0.2
Troy O'Leary 23 – 190.5 – –
Mike Boddicker 35 – 100.5 – –
Joe Kmak 30 pre-arb 510.3 0.1 +0.1
Teddy Higuera 35 FA-elig 80.3 3.2 -3.0
Jose Valentin 23 pre-arb 190.2 0.1 +0.1
Dave Nilsson 23 pre-arb 1000.2 0.1 +0.0
Carlos Maldonado 26 arb 290.2 0.1 +0.0
Mike Ignasiak 27 – 270.2 – –
Mike Fetters 28 arb 450.1 0.2 -0.1
Mark Kiefer 24 pre-arb 60.1 0.1 -0.0
Josias Manzanillo↔ NYM 25 pre-arb 100.0 0.1 -0.0
Jim Austin 29 pre-arb 31-0.0 0.1 -0.2
Rafael Novoa 25 – 15-0.1 – –
Juan Bell↔ PHI 25 arb 91-0.1 0.1 -0.2
William Suero 26 pre-arb 15-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Doug Henry 29 pre-arb 54-0.2 0.2 -0.4
Alex Diaz 24 pre-arb 32-0.2 0.1 -0.3
Dickie Thon 35 FA-elig 85-0.3 0.2 -0.5
Matt Maysey 26 – 23-0.3 – –
Tom Lampkin 29 arb 73-0.3 0.1 -0.4
Matt Mieske 25 pre-arb 23-0.4 0.1 -0.4
Tom Brunansky 32 FA-elig 80-0.4 1.1 -1.4
Bill Doran 35 FA-elig 28-0.4 1.3 -1.7
Kevin Reimer 29 arb 125-0.6 0.7 -1.2
Bill Spiers 27 arb 112-1.9 0.8 -2.3

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Angel Miranda1.6
Graeme Lloyd0.6
Troy O'Leary0.5
Mike Boddicker0.5
Joe Kmak0.3
Teddy Higuera0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
Paul Molitor4.3
Chris Bosio3.8
Scott Fletcher2.4
Darren Holmes1.0
Dan Plesac0.6
Dante Bichette0.5

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$24.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1993, 1993–1999. 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 (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Teddy Higuera358.000$3.2M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Robin Yount3719.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
B.J. Surhoff286.000$2.5M$2.5M$425kFREE AGENT
Bill Wegman308.000$2.4M$2.4M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Bill Doran3511.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Tom Brunansky3212.000$1.1M$825kFREE AGENT
Jesse Orosco3614.000$1.0M$775kFREE AGENT
Dickie Thon3514.000$250kFREE AGENT
Kevin Seitzer317.000$235k$675k$939k$986kFREE AGENT
Mike Boddicker3513.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Jaime Navarro264.000$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Vaughn274.000$1.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Darryl Hamilton285.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Bill Spiers274.000$750kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Reimer295.000$725kFREE AGENT
Mike Fetters284.000$240kARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Lampkin295.000$120kFREE AGENT
Juan Bell254.000$119kARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Maldonado263.000$110kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Pat Listach251.000$350kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Henry292.000$212kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Bones242.000$190kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cal Eldred252.000$175kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Austin292.000$150kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Nilsson231.000$122kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Jaha271.000$118kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Diaz241.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
William Suero261.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Graeme Lloyd260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Kiefer240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Kmak300.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Mieske250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Angel Miranda230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Valentin231.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josias Manzanillo252.000$68kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Ignasiak272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Maysey26–—
Rafael Novoa25–—
Troy O'Leary230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 1993; 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.