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Brewers MIL

201283–79 (0.512)
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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2012, 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
$96M
Surplus $M
+6
Win %
0.512
TAB
+8.3
WAB
+1.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
42.1
Dead money %
30%
Depth Players
11.0
Dead WAR
-4.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2012 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJonathan Lucroy88
RMartín Maldonado69
RYorvit Torrealba⇄5

1B

RCorey Hart103
LTravis Ishikawa43
LMat Gamel20
LTaylor Green18
BBrooks Conrad⇄7
LGeorge Kottaras⇄6
RMartín Maldonado4
BCésar Izturis⇄1
RCody Ransom⇄1

2B

RRickie Weeks Jr.152
RCody Ransom⇄6
LTaylor Green4
RJeff Bianchi4
REdwin Maysonet3
REric Farris2

3B

RAramis Ramirez143
LTaylor Green13
RJeff Bianchi6
REdwin Maysonet1
LMat Gamel1

SS

RJean Segura⇄44
RÁlex González24
REdwin Maysonet18
RJeff Bianchi14
BBrooks Conrad⇄1

LF

RRyan Braun151
LNyjer Morgan19
LNorichika Aoki13
LLogan Schafer2
REric Farris1

CF

RCarlos Gómez128
LNyjer Morgan53
LNorichika Aoki19
LLogan Schafer5

RF

LNorichika Aoki107
RCorey Hart53
LNyjer Morgan27
LTravis Ishikawa3
LLogan Schafer2

DH

RAramis Ramirez3
RRickie Weeks Jr.2
RRyan Braun2
LGeorge Kottaras⇄1
LNyjer Morgan1
LTaylor Green1

Starters

RZack Greinke⇄3.7 WAR
RMarco Estrada2.8 WAR
RMike Fiers2.5 WAR
RYovani Gallardo2.2 WAR
RShaun Marcum1.2 WAR
RWily Peralta0.7 WAR
LRandy Wolf⇄0.6 WAR
RMark Rogers0.6 WAR
RJosh Stinson-0.1 WAR
LChris Narveson-0.2 WAR
RTyler Thornburg-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJohn Axford35 sv
RFrancisco Rodriguez32 h
RJim Henderson14 h
RJose Veras10 h
LManny Parra9 h
RKameron Loe7 h
RLivan Hernandez⇄2 h
RTim Dillard1 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 2011)

PlayerfWAR
Aramis Ramirez5.4
Norichika Aoki2.4
Jim Henderson0.8
Wily Peralta0.7
Mark Rogers0.6
Jose Veras0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2011)

Player2011 fWAR
Prince Fielder4.7
LaTroy Hawkins0.7
Jerry Hairston Jr.0.7
Craig Counsell0.4
Takashi Saito0.2
Mark Kotsay0.1

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 2012; everyone else is shown as a 2012 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ryan Braun 2012 +6.8 +111.1 6.0 +105.1 $0.9M 2.05× –
Jonathan Lucroy 2012 +5.6 +57.4 0.5 +56.9 $0.1M 1.28× –
Aramis Ramirez 2012 +5.4 +62.0 6.0 +56.0 $1.1M 1.43× –
Zack Greinke↔ 2012 +3.7 +64.1 8.8 +55.4 $2.4M 2.19× –
Marco Estrada 2012 +2.8 +43.7 0.5 +43.3 $0.2M 1.96× –
Carlos Gómez 2012 +2.6 +32.8 2.0 +30.8 $0.8M 1.60× –
Norichika Aoki 2012 +2.4 +23.7 1.0 +22.7 $0.4M 1.22× –
Yovani Gallardo 2012 +2.2 +25.8 5.5 +20.3 $2.5M 1.49× –
Martín Maldonado 2012 +2.1 +12.6 0.5 +12.1 $0.2M 0.76× –
Corey Hart 2012 +2.2 +14.3 9.0 +5.3 $4.1M 0.81× –
Wily Peralta 2012 +0.7 +5.8 0.5 +5.3 $0.7M 1.02× –
Mark Rogers 2012 +0.6 +4.9 0.5 +4.4 $0.8M 1.02× –
George Kottaras↔ 2012 +0.6 +2.6 0.5 +2.1 $0.8M 0.56× –
Shaun Marcum 2012 +1.2 +9.7 7.7 +1.9 $6.5M 1.02× –
Logan Schafer 2012 +0.3 +1.9 0.5 +1.4 $1.7M 0.83× –
Manny Parra 2012 +0.3 +1.6 1.2 +0.4 $4.0M 0.67× –
Cody Ransom↔ 2012 +0.1 +0.5 0.3 +0.2 $3.0M 0.56× –
Rickie Weeks Jr. 2012 +1.6 +10.2 10.0 +0.2 $6.4M 0.82× –
Tim Dillard 2012 +0.0 +0.2 0.5 -0.2 $10.4M 0.67× –
Vinnie Chulk 2012 +0.1 +0.6 0.9 -0.3 $7.5M 0.67× –
Jose Veras 2012 +0.3 +1.6 2.0 -0.4 $6.6M 0.67× –
Mat Gamel 2012 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $32.1M 0.56× –
Yorvit Torrealba↔ 2012 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 – 0.52× –
Edwin Maysonet 2012 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 – 0.61× –
Eric Farris 2012 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 – 0.56× –
Jeff Bianchi 2012 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 – 0.61× –
Josh Stinson 2012 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Jean Segura↔ 2012 -0.2 -1.2 0.2 -1.3 – 0.61× –
John Axford 2012 -0.1 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 – 1.34× –
Taylor Green 2012 -0.2 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 – 0.56× –
Chris Narveson 2012 -0.2 -1.3 0.5 -1.8 – 1.02× –
Tyler Thornburg 2012 -0.4 -2.1 0.5 -2.6 – 0.67× –
Álex González 2012 +0.3 +1.5 4.2 -2.8 $14.3M 0.61× –
Cesar Izturis↔ 2012 -0.5 -2.2 0.8 -3.0 – 0.56× –
Randy Wolf↔ 2012 +0.6 +4.5 8.0 -3.5 $14.5M 1.02× –
Livan Hernandez↔ 2012 -0.6 -3.3 0.4 -3.8 – 0.67× –
Kameron Loe 2012 -0.2 -1.7 2.2 -3.9 – 1.34× –
Nyjer Morgan 2012 -0.4 -2.4 2.4 -4.7 – 0.83× –
Francisco Rodríguez 2012 +0.3 +2.7 8.0 -5.3 $31.8M 1.34× –
Brandon Kintzler 2012 +0.1 +0.5 0.5 -0.0 $5.4M 0.67× –
Travis Ishikawa 2012 +0.1 +0.5 0.5 +0.0 $4.4M 0.56× –
Brooks Conrad↔ 2012 -0.5 -2.3 – – – 0.56× –
Jim Henderson 2012 +0.8 +9.0 – – – 1.34× –
Juan Pablo Perez 2012 -0.3 -1.7 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Fiers 2012 +2.5 +39.4 – – – 1.96× –
Mike McClendon 2012 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+42.1+522.896.4+382.9—

Trades

Every graded 2012 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2012 · OAK / MIL
OAK · Billy Beane +$0.8M
George Kottaras
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$0.8M
Fautino De Los Santos
OAK came out ahead by $0.8M
2012 · TBR / MIL
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$1.6M
Raúl Mondesí
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$1.6M
Burke Badenhop
TBR came out ahead by $1.6M
2012 · MIL / ANA
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$24.0M
Jean Segura, Ariel Peña, Johnny Hellweg
ANA · Jerry Dipoto −$24.0M
Zack Greinke
MIL came out ahead by $24.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2012 payroll
$96.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2012, 2012–2018. 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 (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Rickie Weeks Jr.296.131$10.0M$10.0M$11.0MFREE AGENT
Corey Hart306.038$9.0MFREE AGENT
Zack Greinke287.057$8.8MFREE AGENT
Francisco Rodríguez308.150$8.0M$655k$3.2M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Randy Wolf3512.115$8.0MFREE AGENT
Aramis Ramirez3412.111$6.0M$10.0M$16.0M$8.3MFREE AGENT
Álex González3513.034$4.2M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Cesar Izturis3210.074$804kFREE AGENT
Livan Hernandez3714.097$443kFREE AGENT
Yorvit Torrealba3310.030$254kFREE AGENT
Juan Pablo Perez336.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Shaun Marcum305.128$7.7MFREE AGENT
Ryan Braun284.129$6.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Yovani Gallardo264.108$5.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Nyjer Morgan313.120$2.4MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kameron Loe304.133$2.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Veras314.128$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Gómez264.141$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Parra294.063$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Vinnie Chulk334.062$900kARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Ransom363.012$341kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brooks Conrad323.078—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (24)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Norichika Aoki300.000$1.0MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis Ishikawa282.072$525kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Axford291.170$525kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Narveson302.102$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Lucroy261.136$500kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marco Estrada282.035$486kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Dillard281.007$482kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Kintzler271.027$481kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mat Gamel261.059$481kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Logan Schafer250.028$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Stinson240.090$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Martín Maldonado250.028$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Bianchi252.066$480kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Rogers261.073$480kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edwin Maysonet300.118$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Farris260.002$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Thornburg230.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wily Peralta230.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Taylor Green250.124$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
George Kottaras292.149$478kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jean Segura220.000$167kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Henderson290.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike McClendon271.086—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fiers271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2012 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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