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GM: Douglas Melvin (since 2003)

2009 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-0.9
WAB — wins above budget
-3.6
TAB — roster Talent above budget
80–82 (0.494)
record
-12M
surplus $M (value/$)
29.6
roster fWAR
$83.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Prince Fielder 25 arb 162 5.9 7.0 +7.0
Ryan Braun 25 pre-arb 158 5.0 1.0 +10.9
Mike Cameron 36 FA-elig 149 4.1 10.0 -0.2
Yovani Gallardo 23 pre-arb 31 3.1 0.4 +6.9
Craig Counsell 38 FA-elig 130 2.2 1.0 +4.2
Felipe Lopez↔ ARI 29 FA-elig 66 2.1 1.5 +3.5
Trevor Hoffman 41 FA-elig 55 1.7 6.0 -1.9
Casey McGehee 26 pre-arb 116 1.6 0.4 +3.4
Rickie Weeks Jr. 26 FA-elig 37 1.3 2.5 +0.7
J.J. Hardy 26 arb 115 1.0 4.7 -2.3
Manny Parra 26 pre-arb 27 0.8 0.4 +1.4
Todd Coffey 28 arb 78 0.7 0.8 +1.0
Mark DiFelice 32 pre-arb 59 0.7 0.4 +1.2
Mike Rivera 32 FA-elig 41 0.6 0.4 +1.1
Corey Hart 27 arb 115 0.5 3.2 -2.0
Carlos Villanueva 25 arb 64 0.5 0.4 +0.7
Mat Gamel 23 pre-arb 61 0.4 0.4 +0.5
Alcides Escobar 22 pre-arb 38 0.4 0.4 +0.5
Dave Bush 29 arb 22 0.3 4.0 -3.2
Jason Kendall 35 FA-elig 134 0.3 5.0 -4.2
Claudio Vargas↔ LAD 31 FA-elig 28 0.3 0.3 +0.4
Chris Narveson 27 21 0.3
Frank Catalanotto 35 77 0.1
John Axford 26 7 0.1
Mike Burns 30 15 0.0
Carlos Corporán 25 1 0.0
Mitch Stetter 28 pre-arb 71 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Jason Bourgeois 27 24 0.0
Hernan Iribarren 25 pre-arb 12 0.0 0.4 -0.4
David Riske 32 FA-elig 1 0.0 4.2 -4.2
Jesus Colome↔ WSN 31 5 0.0
Josh Butler 24 3 -0.1
Bill Hall↔ SEA 29 FA-elig 76 -0.2 4.8 -5.2
R.J. Swindle 25 6 -0.2
Jeff Suppan 34 FA-elig 30 -0.2 12.8 -13.2
Tim Dillard 25 2 -0.2
Braden Looper 34 FA-elig 34 -0.2 4.8 -5.3
Chris Duffy 29 arb 19 -0.3 0.4 -1.0
Jorge Julio 30 FA-elig 15 -0.3 0.9 -1.6
David Weathers↔ CIN 39 FA-elig 25 -0.3 1.3 -2.0
Corey Patterson↔ WSN 29 11 -0.3
Brad Nelson 26 pre-arb 19 -0.5 0.4 -1.5
Jody Gerut↔ SDP 31 FA-elig 85 -0.5 1.2 -2.3
Chris Smith 28 35 -0.5
Seth McClung 28 FA-elig 41 -1.0 1.7 -4.0

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (73%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for MIL
Christian Yelich201828.6
Freddy Peralta201517.3
Jeromy Burnitz199617.1
William Contreras202216.4
José Valentín19929.9
Josh Hader20158.8
Chris Capuano20038.5
Rob Deer19857.9
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Michael Brantley200820.0
Kevin Bass198217.5
José Valentín200017.3
Drew Rasmussen20219.1
Danny Darwin19868.0
Brett Lawrie20107.7
Khris Davis20167.4
Fernando Viña19996.7