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Brewers MIL

200980–82 (0.494)
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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
$84M
Surplus $M
-11
Win %
0.494
TAB
-3.6
WAB
-0.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
29.6
Dead money %
52%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-4.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJason Kendall133
RMike Rivera34
BCarlos Corporán1

1B

LPrince Fielder162
RCasey McGehee3

2B

BFelipe López⇄66
LCraig Counsell50
RRickie Weeks Jr.35
RCasey McGehee22
LFrank Catalanotto3
LHernan Iribarren2

3B

RCasey McGehee71
LCraig Counsell43
LMat Gamel27
LHernan Iribarren1

SS

RJ.J. Hardy112
RAlcides Escobar37
LCraig Counsell27

LF

RRyan Braun158
LFrank Catalanotto7
LChris Duffy3
LJody Gerut⇄3
LBrad Nelson1
RJason Bourgeois1
LHernan Iribarren1

CF

RMike Cameron147
LJody Gerut⇄42
LCorey Patterson⇄6
LChris Duffy5
RBill Hall⇄1

RF

RCorey Hart112
LJody Gerut⇄37
LFrank Catalanotto31
RJason Bourgeois6
LChris Duffy2
RCasey McGehee1
LBrad Nelson1

DH

LMat Gamel6
RCasey McGehee3

Starters

RYovani Gallardo3.1 WAR
LManny Parra0.8 WAR
RCarlos Villanueva0.5 WAR
RDave Bush0.3 WAR
LChris Narveson0.3 WAR
RMike Burns0.0 WAR
RJeff Suppan-0.2 WAR
RBraden Looper-0.2 WAR
RSeth McClung-1.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RTrevor Hoffman37 sv
RTodd Coffey28 h
RDavid Weathers⇄21 h
LMitch Stetter20 h
RClaudio Vargas⇄11 h
RMark DiFelice10 h
RSeth McClung5 h
RChris Smith0 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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Felipe Lopez2.1
Trevor Hoffman1.7
Casey McGehee1.6
Claudio Vargas0.3
Chris Narveson0.3
Frank Catalanotto0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
CC Sabathia5.0
Ben Sheets4.3
Gabe Kapler1.7
Russell Branyan1.3
Ray Durham1.1
Brian Shouse0.4

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 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ryan Braun 2009 +5.0 +82.3 1.0 +81.2 $0.2M 2.05× –
Prince Fielder 2009 +5.9 +64.6 7.0 +57.6 $1.2M 1.37× –
Mike Cameron 2009 +4.1 +59.2 10.0 +49.2 $2.4M 1.79× –
Yovani Gallardo 2009 +3.1 +48.3 0.4 +47.9 $0.1M 1.96× –
Trevor Hoffman 2009 +1.7 +26.8 6.0 +20.8 $3.5M 1.95× –
Craig Counsell 2009 +2.2 +14.4 1.0 +13.4 $0.5M 0.82× –
Felipe Lopez↔ 2009 +2.1 +13.8 1.5 +12.3 $0.7M 0.82× –
Casey McGehee 2009 +1.6 +10.9 0.4 +10.5 $0.2M 0.85× –
Todd Coffey 2009 +0.7 +7.9 0.8 +7.1 $1.1M 1.34× –
Manny Parra 2009 +0.8 +6.1 0.4 +5.7 $0.6M 1.02× –
Carlos Villanueva 2009 +0.5 +5.2 0.4 +4.7 $0.9M 1.34× –
Rickie Weeks Jr. 2009 +1.3 +5.9 2.5 +3.5 $1.9M 0.56× –
Mark DiFelice 2009 +0.7 +3.6 0.4 +3.2 $0.6M 0.67× –
Mike Rivera 2009 +0.6 +2.7 0.4 +2.2 $0.7M 0.52× –
Alcides Escobar 2009 +0.4 +1.9 0.4 +1.5 $1.1M 0.61× –
Mat Gamel 2009 +0.4 +1.9 0.4 +1.5 $1.0M 0.58× –
Claudio Vargas↔ 2009 +0.3 +1.5 0.3 +1.2 $1.1M 0.67× –
Corey Hart 2009 +0.5 +3.6 3.2 +0.4 $6.0M 0.83× –
J.J. Hardy 2009 +1.0 +4.8 4.7 +0.2 $4.7M 0.61× –
Mitch Stetter 2009 +0.0 +0.2 0.4 -0.2 $11.6M 0.67× –
Hernan Iribarren 2009 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $27.0M 0.56× –
Dave Bush 2009 +0.3 +2.8 4.0 -1.2 $11.7M 1.02× –
Chris Duffy 2009 -0.3 -1.8 0.4 -2.2 – 0.83× –
Jorge Julio 2009 -0.3 -1.4 0.9 -2.4 – 0.67× –
Brad Nelson 2009 -0.5 -3.1 0.4 -3.5 – 0.83× –
Jason Kendall 2009 +0.3 +1.4 5.0 -3.6 $15.0M 0.52× –
David Riske 2009 +0.0 +0.0 4.2 -4.2 $602.8M 0.67× –
Jody Gerut↔ 2009 -0.5 -3.1 1.2 -4.3 – 0.83× –
David Weathers↔ 2009 -0.3 -3.1 1.3 -4.4 – 1.34× –
Bill Hall↔ 2009 -0.2 -1.2 4.8 -6.0 – 0.83× –
Braden Looper 2009 -0.2 -2.0 4.8 -6.8 – 1.02× –
Seth McClung 2009 -1.0 -5.2 1.7 -6.9 – 0.67× –
Jeff Suppan 2009 -0.2 -1.7 12.8 -14.4 – 1.02× –
Carlos Corporán 2009 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.52× –
Chris Narveson 2009 +0.3 +1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Smith 2009 -0.5 -2.8 – – – 0.67× –
Corey Patterson↔ 2009 -0.3 -2.0 – – – 0.83× –
Frank Catalanotto 2009 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.83× –
Jason Bourgeois 2009 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Jesus Colome↔ 2009 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
John Axford 2009 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Josh Butler 2009 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Burns 2009 +0.0 +0.4 – – – 1.02× –
R.J. Swindle 2009 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Tim Dillard 2009 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+29.2+343.283.5+263.7—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2009 · SDP / MIL
SDP · Fred Uhlman +$52.8M
Tony Gwynn
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$52.8M
Jody Gerut
SDP came out ahead by $52.8M
2009 · MIL / MIN
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$204.8M
Carlos Gómez
MIN · Bill Smith −$204.8M
J. J. Hardy
MIL came out ahead by $204.8M
2009 · LAD / MIL
LAD · Ned Colletti +$1.6M
Vinny Rottino
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$1.6M
Claudio Vargas
LAD came out ahead by $1.6M
2009 · MIL / ARI
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$3.2M
Felipe López
ARI · Josh Byrnes −$3.2M
Roque Mercedes, Cole Gillespie
MIL came out ahead by $3.2M
2009 · MIL / SEA
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$15.2M
Ruben Flores
SEA · Jack Zduriencik −$15.2M
Bill Hall
MIL came out ahead by $15.2M
2009 · MIL / NYY
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$0.0M
Chase Wright
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.0M
Eric Fryer
Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$83.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Jeff Suppan3414.000$12.8M$6.4MFREE AGENT
Mike Cameron3614.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Trevor Hoffman4116.000$6.0M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Jason Kendall3513.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Bill Hall297.000$4.8MFREE AGENT
Braden Looper3411.000$4.8MFREE AGENT
David Riske3210.000$4.2M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Rickie Weeks Jr.266.000$2.5M$2.8M$4.5M$10.0M$10.0M$11.0MFREE AGENT
Seth McClung286.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Felipe Lopez298.000$1.5MFREE AGENT$182k
David Weathers3918.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Jody Gerut316.000$1.2M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Craig Counsell3814.000$1.0M$2.1M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Jorge Julio308.000$950kFREE AGENT
Mike Rivera328.000$415kFREE AGENT
Claudio Vargas316.000$311k$900kFREE AGENT
Frank Catalanotto3512.000—FREE AGENT
Corey Patterson299.000—FREE AGENT
Jesus Colome318.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Prince Fielder254.000$7.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
J.J. Hardy264.000$4.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Bush295.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Corey Hart275.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Todd Coffey284.000$800kARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Villanueva253.000$447kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Duffy294.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Narveson273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Burns304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Ryan Braun252.000$1.0MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Parra262.000$426kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yovani Gallardo232.000$414kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mitch Stetter282.000$408kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark DiFelice321.000$403kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mat Gamel231.000$402kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Casey McGehee261.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alcides Escobar221.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Nelson261.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hernan Iribarren251.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Bourgeois270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Smith280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Axford260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Corporán250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
R.J. Swindle25–—
Josh Butler24–—
Tim Dillard250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2009 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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