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Brewers MIL

200368–94 (0.420)
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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2003, 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
$31M
Surplus $M
-1
Win %
0.420
TAB
-8.3
WAB
-3.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
16.3
Dead money %
38%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-8.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2003 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

REddie Pérez102
RKeith Osik78

1B

RRichie Sexson162

2B

REric Young Sr.⇄108
RKeith Ginter53
RBill Hall18
REnrique Cruz6
RRickie Weeks Jr.4

3B

RWes Helms130
RKeith Ginter40
REnrique Cruz2
RBill Hall1

SS

RRoyce Clayton141
RBill Hall18
REnrique Cruz13
RKeith Ginter2

LF

LGeoff Jenkins123
RBrady Clark25
RMark Smith12
LJohn Vander Wal6
LBrooks Kieschnick3
LScott Podsednik3
LPeter Zoccolillo3
RKeith Ginter2
LJason Conti1

CF

LScott Podsednik123
RBrady Clark6
LJason Conti1

RF

LJohn Vander Wal83
RBrady Clark82
LJason Conti19
LScott Podsednik13
LPeter Zoccolillo4
RMark Smith3

DH

LBrooks Kieschnick4
REric Young Sr.⇄1
LGeoff Jenkins1

Starters

RBen Sheets3.2 WAR
LGlendon Rusch2.3 WAR
RMatt Kinney1.5 WAR
LDoug Davis⇄0.3 WAR
RTodd Ritchie0.2 WAR
LMatt Ford0.1 WAR
RDave Burba0.0 WAR
RWes Obermueller-0.0 WAR
RDave Manning-0.2 WAR
LLuis Martinez-0.2 WAR
LWayne Franklin-0.3 WAR
RRuben Quevedo-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDan Kolb21 sv
RLuis Vizcaino9 h
RLeo Estrella9 h
RBrooks Kieschnick2 h
LShane Nance1 h
RMike DeJean⇄0 h
LValerio de los Santos⇄0 h
RCurtis Leskanic⇄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 2002)

PlayerfWAR
Scott Podsednik3.2
Matt Kinney1.5
John Vander Wal1.2
Wes Helms0.9
Dan Kolb0.9
Brooks Kieschnick0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
José Hernández4.5
Matt Stairs1.7
Alex Ochoa1.0
Lenny Harris0.8
Tyler Houston0.7
Ray King0.5

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 2003; everyone else is shown as a 2003 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ben Sheets 2003 +3.2 +50.4 0.4 +49.9 $0.1M 1.96× –
Scott Podsednik 2003 +3.2 +41.2 0.3 +40.9 $0.1M 1.60× –
Geoff Jenkins 2003 +3.1 +40.0 5.2 +34.8 $1.7M 1.60× –
Richie Sexson 2003 +3.6 +34.1 5.1 +28.9 $1.4M 1.20× –
Glendon Rusch 2003 +2.3 +27.5 4.2 +23.2 $1.8M 1.49× –
Matt Kinney 2003 +1.5 +18.3 0.3 +18.0 $0.2M 1.49× –
John Vander Wal 2003 +1.2 +8.3 0.6 +7.7 $0.4M 0.83× –
Eric Young Sr.↔ 2003 +1.2 +6.4 1.6 +4.8 $1.4M 0.69× –
Wes Helms 2003 +0.9 +4.2 0.6 +3.6 $0.6M 0.58× –
Keith Ginter 2003 +0.7 +3.1 0.3 +2.8 $0.4M 0.56× –
Keith Osik 2003 +0.6 +2.5 0.5 +2.0 $0.8M 0.52× –
Eddie Pérez 2003 +0.4 +1.7 0.5 +1.2 $1.3M 0.52× –
Brady Clark 2003 +0.2 +1.4 0.3 +1.1 $1.5M 0.83× –
Matt Ford 2003 +0.1 +0.6 0.3 +0.3 $2.6M 0.67× –
Todd Ritchie 2003 +0.2 +1.2 1.1 +0.1 $7.6M 1.02× –
Curt Leskanic↔ 2003 +0.3 +1.7 1.8 -0.1 $5.7M 0.67× –
Rickie Weeks Jr. 2003 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.56× –
Shane Nance 2003 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Jason Conti 2003 -0.2 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 – 0.83× –
John Foster 2003 -0.3 -1.5 0.3 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Jayson Durocher 2003 -0.4 -2.4 0.3 -2.7 – 0.67× –
Wayne Franklin 2003 -0.3 -2.4 0.3 -2.8 – 1.02× –
Mike DeJean↔ 2003 -0.3 -1.7 1.3 -3.0 – 0.67× –
Valerio De Los Santos↔ 2003 -0.4 -2.3 0.8 -3.1 – 0.67× –
Alex Sanchez↔ 2003 -0.6 -3.8 0.1 -3.9 – 0.83× –
Royce Clayton 2003 -0.8 -3.8 1.5 -5.3 – 0.61× –
Luis Vizcaino 2003 -0.5 -5.4 0.4 -5.8 – 1.34× –
Jeffrey Hammonds↔ 2003 -0.6 -4.2 1.8 -6.0 – 0.83× –
Enrique Cruz 2003 -1.3 -6.3 0.3 -6.6 – 0.61× –
Bill Hall 2003 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Brooks Kieschnick 2003 +0.7 +3.6 – – – 0.67× –
Dan Kolb 2003 +0.9 +9.5 – – – 1.34× –
Dave Burba 2003 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
David Manning 2003 -0.2 -1.5 – – – 1.02× –
Doug Davis↔ 2003 +0.3 +2.2 – – – 1.02× –
Leo Estrella 2003 -0.5 -5.7 – – – 1.34× –
Luis Martinez 2003 -0.2 -1.9 – – – 1.02× –
Mark Smith 2003 -0.5 -3.3 – – – 0.83× –
Mike Crudale↔ 2003 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Peter Zoccolillo 2003 -0.6 -3.7 – – – 0.83× –
Ruben Quevedo 2003 -0.5 -3.8 – – – 1.02× –
Wes Obermueller 2003 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+16.3+202.830.9+175.9—

Trades

Every graded 2003 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2003 · MIL / ARI
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$86.4M
Junior Spivey, Craig Counsell, Lyle Overbay, Chad Moeller, Chris Capuano, Jorge De La Rosa
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$86.4M
Richie Sexson, Shane Nance, Noochie Varner
MIL came out ahead by $86.4M
2003 · TBR / MIL
TBR · Chuck Lamar +$0.0M
Javier Valentín
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$0.0M
Jason Conti
Even trade
2003 · MIL / STL
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$4.0M
Mike Crudale, John Novinsky
STL · Walt Jocketty −$4.0M
Mike DeJean
MIL came out ahead by $4.0M
2003 · MIL / KCR
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$16.8M
Wes Obermueller, Alejandro Machado
KCR · Allard Baird −$16.8M
Curt Leskanic
MIL came out ahead by $16.8M
2003 · MIL / SFG
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$7.2M
Greg Bruso
SFG · Brian Sabean −$7.2M
Eric Young
MIL came out ahead by $7.2M
2003 · MIL / DET
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$2.4M
Chad Petty, Noochie Varner
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$2.4M
Alex Sánchez
MIL came out ahead by $2.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$31.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Richie Sexson286.000$5.1MFREE AGENT
Glendon Rusch286.000$4.2MFREE AGENT
Curt Leskanic3510.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Jeffrey Hammonds3210.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Eric Young Sr.3611.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Royce Clayton3312.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Mike DeJean326.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Todd Ritchie316.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
John Vander Wal3712.000$550kFREE AGENT
Eddie Pérez358.000$500kFREE AGENT
Keith Osik347.000$455kFREE AGENT
Dave Burba3613.000—$388kFREE AGENT
Brooks Kieschnick317.000—$380kFREE AGENT
Mark Smith339.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Geoff Jenkins285.000$5.2MFREE AGENT
Valerio De Los Santos305.000$816kFREE AGENT
Wes Helms275.000$575kFREE AGENT
Luis Vizcaino284.000$370kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Kinney263.000$318kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wayne Franklin293.000$315kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brady Clark303.000$312kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Keith Ginter273.000$301kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Conti283.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Davis274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Kolb284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Leo Estrella283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ruben Quevedo243.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Ben Sheets242.000$428kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jayson Durocher281.000$320kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Podsednik272.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Foster251.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Nance251.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Ford220.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Enrique Cruz210.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Sanchez262.000$102kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rickie Weeks Jr.200.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Hall231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Martinez23–—
Mike Crudale26–—
Wes Obermueller261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Manning30–—
Peter Zoccolillo26–—

Graphs

How each 2003 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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