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Brewers MIL

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GM: Dean Taylor

Overview

REBUILD → steady
cheap & losing · year 9 in this regime · payroll 0.7× league · TAB -8.7
-8.7TAB — talent above budget22nd/30
-9.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)23rd/30
3.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars27th/30
-3.3dead WAR — sub-replacement drag6th/30
27%dead money %13th/30
0.420win %23rd/30
21.2roster fWAR23rd/30
-9surplus $M (value vs cost)15th/30
$44Mpayroll $M21st/30

Roster

CFDevon White 86GJeffrey Hammonds 46GJames Mouton 28G
LFGeoff Jenkins 104GJames Mouton 21GMark Sweeney 20G
RFJeromy Burnitz 153GJames Mouton 7GAngel Echevarria 5G
SSJosé Hernández 150GLuis Lopez 17GMark Loretta 9G
2BRonnie Belliard 96GMark Loretta 52GLuis Lopez 15G
3BTyler Houston 62GLuis Lopez 46GMark Loretta 39G
1BRichie Sexson 158GAngel Echevarria 10GTyler Houston 3G
STARTERSJimmy Haynes 1.7WARBen Sheets 1.1WARJamey Wright 1.0WARRuben Quevedo 0.7WARMac Suzuki 0.3WAR
CHenry Blanco 102GRaul Casanova 56GKevin Brown 16G
DHMark Loretta 4GRaul Casanova 1GAngel Echevarria 1G
BULLPEN★ Curt Leskanic 17svChad Fox 19hRay King 17hMike DeJean 8hMike Buddie 2hWill Cunnane 1hMark Leiter 1hLance Painter 0h
CHenry Blanco 102 · Raul Casanova 56 · Kevin Brown 16
1BRichie Sexson 158 · Angel Echevarria 10 · Tyler Houston 3
2BRonnie Belliard 96 · Mark Loretta 52 · Luis Lopez 15
3BTyler Houston 62 · Luis Lopez 46 · Mark Loretta 39
SSJosé Hernández 150 · Luis Lopez 17 · Mark Loretta 9
LFGeoff Jenkins 104 · James Mouton 21 · Mark Sweeney 20
CFDevon White 86 · Jeffrey Hammonds 46 · James Mouton 28
RFJeromy Burnitz 153 · James Mouton 7 · Angel Echevarria 5
DHMark Loretta 4 · Raul Casanova 1 · Angel Echevarria 1
SPJimmy Haynes 1.7 · Ben Sheets 1.1 · Jamey Wright 1.0 · Ruben Quevedo 0.7 · Mac Suzuki 0.3
BP★ Curt Leskanic 17 · Chad Fox 19 · Ray King 17 · Mike DeJean 8 · Mike Buddie 2 · Will Cunnane 1 · Mark Leiter 1 · Lance Painter 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.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jeromy Burnitz 32 FA-elig 1543.0 5.5 -0.7
Ronnie Belliard 26 arb 1013.0 0.3 +4.5
Richie Sexson 26 arb 1582.9 1.1 +3.6
José Hernández 31 FA-elig 1521.9 3.3 -0.3
Jimmy Haynes 28 FA-elig 321.7 2.2 +0.5
Geoff Jenkins 26 arb 1051.3 1.2 +0.8
Tyler Houston 30 arb 751.2 1.4 +0.6
Ben Sheets 22 pre-arb 251.1 0.2 +1.6
Jamey Wright 26 arb 341.0 2.4 -0.8
David Weathers↔ CHC 31 FA-elig 520.9 0.8 +0.7
Chad Fox 30 – 650.8 – –
Devon White 38 FA-elig 1260.8 5.0 -3.8
Mike DeJean 30 arb 750.7 0.9 +0.3
Ruben Quevedo 22 – 100.7 – –
Jeffrey Hammonds 30 FA-elig 490.6 6.5 -5.6
Henry Blanco 29 arb 1040.5 0.7 +0.2
Ray King 27 pre-arb 820.5 0.2 +0.6
Raul Casanova 28 arb 710.5 0.4 +0.4
Lou Collier 27 – 500.3 – –
Mac Suzuki↔ COL 26 arb 150.3 0.1 +0.3
Mark Loretta 29 FA-elig 1020.2 3.5 -3.2
Mike Buddie 30 – 310.2 – –
Mark Leiter 38 FA-elig 200.1 0.5 -0.3
Kyle Peterson 25 – 30.1 – –
Elvis Pena 26 – 150.1 – –
Luis Lopez 30 FA-elig 920.1 0.7 -0.6
Nick Neugebauer 20 – 20.0 – –
Will Cunnane 27 arb 320.0 0.3 -0.2
Kevin Brown 28 – 170.0 – –
Valerio De Los Santos 28 arb 10.0 0.3 -0.3
James Mouton 32 FA-elig 75-0.0 0.3 -0.3
Curt Leskanic 33 FA-elig 70-0.0 2.2 -2.2
Jeff D'Amico 25 arb 10-0.1 2.3 -2.4
Mark Sweeney 31 – 48-0.1 – –
Mike Coolbaugh 29 – 39-0.1 – –
Tony Fernandez↔ TOR 39 FA-elig 28-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Gus Gandarillas 29 – 16-0.1 – –
Paul Rigdon 25 pre-arb 15-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Jesse Levis 33 – 12-0.1 – –
Robert Perez↔ NYY 32 – 2-0.1 – –
Rocky Coppinger 27 – 8-0.2 – –
Lance Painter↔ TOR 33 FA-elig 13-0.3 0.6 -1.0
Angel Echevarria 30 arb 75-0.3 0.3 -0.8
Alex Sanchez 24 – 30-0.3 – –
Brandon Kolb 27 – 10-0.5 – –
Allen Levrault 23 – 32-0.9 – –

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Ben Sheets1.1
Chad Fox0.8
Devon White0.8
Mike DeJean0.7
Ruben Quevedo0.7
Jeffrey Hammonds0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
John Snyder1.2
Bob Wickman1.2
Jason Bere0.9
Charlie Hayes0.5
Steve Woodard0.3
Juan Acevedo0.2

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$43.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. 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 (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Jeffrey Hammonds308.000$6.5M$7.5M$6.4MFREE AGENT
Jeromy Burnitz328.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Devon White3816.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Loretta296.000$3.5M$4.0MFREE AGENT
José Hernández3110.000$3.3M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Curt Leskanic338.000$2.2MFREE AGENT$1.9M
Jimmy Haynes286.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
David Weathers3110.000$780kFREE AGENT
Luis Lopez308.000$700k$628kFREE AGENT
Lance Painter338.000$565kFREE AGENT
Mark Leiter3811.000$500kFREE AGENT
James Mouton327.000$300kFREE AGENT
Tony Fernandez3918.000$221kFREE AGENT
Jesse Levis339.000—FREE AGENT
Robert Perez327.000—FREE AGENT
Mark Sweeney316.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Jamey Wright265.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Jeff D'Amico255.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Tyler Houston305.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Geoff Jenkins263.000$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Richie Sexson264.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike DeJean304.000$910kARB 3FREE AGENT
Henry Blanco294.000$712kARB 3FREE AGENT
Raul Casanova285.000$400kFREE AGENT
Ronnie Belliard263.000$310kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Angel Echevarria305.000$280kFREE AGENT
Valerio De Los Santos283.000$275kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Will Cunnane274.000$255kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mac Suzuki265.000$145kFREE AGENT
Kevin Brown285.000—FREE AGENT
Lou Collier274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rocky Coppinger275.000—FREE AGENT
Chad Fox304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Buddie303.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Paul Rigdon251.000$225kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ray King272.000$220kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Sheets220.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Peterson252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Coolbaugh29–—
Ruben Quevedo221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Allen Levrault23–—
Brandon Kolb27–—
Gus Gandarillas29–—
Elvis Pena26–—
Alex Sanchez240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Neugebauer200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 2001; 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.