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Brewers MIL

200675–87 (0.463)
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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2006, 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
$62M
Surplus $M
+4
Win %
0.463
TAB
+0.5
WAB
-4.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
32.2
Dead money %
24%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-3.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2006 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RDamian Miller98
RMike Rivera44
RChad Moeller29
RVinny Rottino1

1B

LPrince Fielder152
RJeff Cirillo13
RCorey Hart2

2B

RRickie Weeks Jr.92
RTony Graffanino⇄50
RJeff Cirillo12
RBill Hall4
RChris Barnwell3

3B

LCorey Koskie70
RDavid Bell⇄53
RJeff Cirillo42
RBill Hall11
RChris Barnwell3
RVinny Rottino3

SS

RBill Hall127
RJ.J. Hardy32
RTony Graffanino⇄10
RChris Barnwell5
RJeff Cirillo3

LF

RKevin Mench⇄40
RCorey Hart26
LGabe Gross20
RBrady Clark3
RVinny Rottino2
LDrew T. Anderson1

CF

RBrady Clark114
LGabe Gross33
LTony Gwynn Jr.19
LLaynce Nix⇄10
RBill Hall7
RCorey Hart6

RF

LGeoff Jenkins133
RCorey Hart37
LGabe Gross8
RBrady Clark7
LDrew T. Anderson1

DH

LPrince Fielder1
RRickie Weeks Jr.1

Starters

RDave Bush4.0 WAR
LChris Capuano3.8 WAR
RBen Sheets3.7 WAR
LDoug Davis2.1 WAR
RTomo Ohka0.9 WAR
RCarlos Villanueva0.3 WAR
RBen Hendrickson0.2 WAR
LDana Eveland0.1 WAR
RGeremi Gonzalez⇄0.0 WAR
LZach Jackson0.0 WAR
LJorge De La Rosa⇄-0.0 WAR
RRick Helling-0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RFrancisco Cordero⇄22 sv
RJose Capellan16 h
LBrian Shouse⇄15 h
RMatt Wise14 h
RDan Kolb6 h
RDerrick Turnbow4 h
RRick Helling2 h
RGeremi Gonzalez⇄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 2005)

PlayerfWAR
Dave Bush4.0
Gabe Gross2.4
Corey Koskie1.7
Tony Graffanino1.5
David Bell0.8
Francisco Cordero0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2005)

Player2005 fWAR
Lyle Overbay2.3
Russell Branyan1.1
Gary Glover0.8
Wes Helms0.7
Junior Spivey0.6
Julio Santana0.5

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 2006; everyone else is shown as a 2006 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Dave Bush 2006 +4.0 +69.6 0.4 +69.2 $0.1M 2.19× –
Chris Capuano 2006 +3.8 +66.6 0.5 +66.2 $0.1M 2.19× –
Bill Hall 2006 +5.1 +61.5 0.4 +61.0 $0.1M 1.51× –
Ben Sheets 2006 +3.7 +64.3 9.6 +54.7 $2.6M 2.19× –
Gabe Gross 2006 +2.4 +22.9 0.3 +22.6 $0.1M 1.22× –
Doug Davis 2006 +2.1 +25.4 3.2 +22.2 $1.5M 1.49× –
Carlos Lee↔ 2006 +1.5 +14.7 5.4 +9.3 $3.6M 1.22× –
Jeff Cirillo 2006 +1.4 +6.5 0.8 +5.6 $0.6M 0.58× –
Tony Graffanino↔ 2006 +1.5 +6.6 1.0 +5.6 $0.6M 0.56× –
Corey Koskie 2006 +1.7 +11.8 6.2 +5.5 $3.6M 0.85× –
Francisco Cordero↔ 2006 +0.5 +4.9 1.5 +3.4 $3.3M 1.34× –
Rickie Weeks Jr. 2006 +0.9 +4.2 1.2 +2.9 $1.3M 0.56× –
Tomo Ohka 2006 +0.9 +7.4 4.5 +2.9 $5.0M 1.02× –
Prince Fielder 2006 +0.7 +3.0 0.3 +2.7 $0.5M 0.56× –
Carlos Villanueva 2006 +0.3 +2.7 0.3 +2.3 $1.0M 1.02× –
J.J. Hardy 2006 +0.5 +2.7 0.4 +2.3 $0.7M 0.61× –
David Bell↔ 2006 +0.8 +3.6 1.7 +1.9 $2.2M 0.58× –
Corey Hart 2006 +0.3 +1.9 0.3 +1.6 $1.2M 0.83× –
Geoff Jenkins 2006 +1.3 +8.8 7.8 +0.9 $6.0M 0.83× –
Dana Eveland 2006 +0.1 +1.1 0.3 +0.8 $2.4M 1.02× –
Damian Miller 2006 +0.9 +3.6 3.2 +0.4 $3.7M 0.52× –
Justin Lehr 2006 +0.0 +0.1 0.3 -0.3 $24.0M 0.67× –
Jorge De La Rosa↔ 2006 -0.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Laynce Nix↔ 2006 -0.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 – 0.83× –
Jose Capellan 2006 -0.0 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Jared Fernandez 2006 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Matt Wise 2006 -0.0 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Rick Helling 2006 -0.0 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Derrick Turnbow 2006 -0.0 -0.1 1.0 -1.1 – 1.34× –
Dan Kolb 2006 +0.1 +0.8 2.0 -1.2 $13.4M 0.67× –
Mike Adams 2006 -0.2 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Chris Spurling↔ 2006 -0.2 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Brady Clark 2006 +0.2 +1.1 3.2 -2.1 $18.9M 0.83× –
Brian Shouse↔ 2006 -0.2 -1.9 0.7 -2.5 – 1.34× –
Chad Moeller 2006 -0.5 -2.0 0.7 -2.7 – 0.52× –
Kevin Mench↔ 2006 -0.5 -3.3 0.9 -4.2 – 0.83× –
Allan Simpson 2006 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Ben Hendrickson 2006 +0.2 +1.3 – – – 1.02× –
Chris Barnwell 2006 -0.5 -2.3 – – – 0.61× –
Chris Demaria 2006 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Mabeus 2006 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Dennis Sarfate 2006 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Drew T. Anderson 2006 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.83× –
Geremi Gonzalez↔ 2006 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Joe Winkelsas 2006 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Rivera 2006 +0.3 +1.3 – – – 0.52× –
Tony Gwynn Jr. 2006 -0.4 -2.6 – – – 0.83× –
Vinny Rottino 2006 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.58× –
Zach Jackson 2006 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+32.2+380.961.2+323.1—

Trades

Every graded 2006 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2006 · TEX / MIL
TEX · Jon Daniels +$84.8M
Carlos Lee, Nelson Cruz
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$84.8M
Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench, Francisco Cordero, Julian Cordero
TEX came out ahead by $84.8M
2006 · MIL / TOR
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$0.8M
Corey Koskie
TOR · JP Ricciardi −$0.8M
Brian Wolfe
MIL came out ahead by $0.8M
2006 · MIL / TEX
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$1.6M
Brian Shouse
TEX · Jon Daniels −$1.6M
Enrique Cruz
MIL came out ahead by $1.6M
2006 · NYM / MIL
NYM · Omar Minaya +$0.8M
Mike Adams
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$0.8M
Geremi González
NYM came out ahead by $0.8M
2006 · PHI / MIL
PHI · Pat Gillick +$6.4M
Wilfrido Laureano
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$6.4M
David Bell
PHI came out ahead by $6.4M
2006 · MIL / KCR
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$1.6M
Tony Graffanino
KCR · Allard Baird −$1.6M
Jorge De La Rosa
MIL came out ahead by $1.6M
2006 · ARI / MIL
ARI · Josh Byrnes +$20.0M
Doug Davis, Dana Eveland, Dave Krynzel
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$20.0M
Johnny Estrada, Claudio Vargas, Greg Aquino
ARI came out ahead by $20.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2006 payroll
$61.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 2006, 2006–2012. 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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2006200720082009201020112012
Geoff Jenkins318.000$7.8M$7.3MFREE AGENT
Corey Koskie338.000$6.2MFREE AGENT
Carlos Lee307.000$5.4MFREE AGENT
Tomo Ohka307.000$4.5MFREE AGENT
Damian Miller369.000$3.2M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Brady Clark336.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Doug Davis307.000$3.2MFREE AGENT$4.2M
Dan Kolb317.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
David Bell3311.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Francisco Cordero317.000$1.5M$5.4MFREE AGENT
Derrick Turnbow286.000$1.0M$2.5M$3.4MFREE AGENT
Tony Graffanino3410.000$953k$3.2MFREE AGENT
Jeff Cirillo3612.000$850kFREE AGENT
Rick Helling3512.000$850kFREE AGENT
Chad Moeller316.000$700kFREE AGENT
Brian Shouse3713.000$658k$975k$2.0MFREE AGENT
Matt Wise306.000$650k$1.1MFREE AGENT
Geremi Gonzalez319.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2006200720082009201020112012
Ben Sheets275.000$9.6MFREE AGENT
Rickie Weeks Jr.233.000$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Mench284.000$882kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Capuano273.000$450kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Hall264.000$418kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jared Fernandez345.000$337kFREE AGENT
Chris Spurling293.000$317kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Laynce Nix253.000$182kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Rivera295.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2006200720082009201020112012
J.J. Hardy231.000$355kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Bush262.000$352kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Lehr282.000$337kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Adams272.000$335kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gabe Gross262.000$335kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Capellan252.000$330kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Prince Fielder221.000$330kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Corey Hart242.000$330kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dana Eveland221.000$327kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Villanueva220.000$327kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge De La Rosa252.000$217kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Winkelsas32–—
Allan Simpson282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Hendrickson25–—
Dennis Sarfate250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Mabeus27–—
Zach Jackson230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Demaria25–—
Tony Gwynn Jr.230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Barnwell27–—
Drew T. Anderson25–—
Vinny Rottino260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2006 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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