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Brewers MIL

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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.75× league · TAB -3.3
-3.3TAB — talent above budget19th/30
-4.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)19th/30
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars23rd/30
-8.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag29th/30
37%dead money %17th/30
0.457win %20th/30
27.4roster fWAR21st/30
-5surplus $M (value vs cost)14th/30
$78Mpayroll $M22nd/30

Roster

CFCarlos Gómez 145GLogan Schafer 28GNorichika Aoki 2G
LFRyan Braun 59GLogan Schafer 56GKhris Davis 34G
RFNorichika Aoki 149GLogan Schafer 13GCaleb Gindl 5G
SSJean Segura 144GJeff Bianchi 20GYuniesky Betancourt 3G
2BRickie Weeks Jr. 95GScooter Gennett 59GJeff Bianchi 19G
3BAramis Ramirez 80GYuniesky Betancourt 59GJeff Bianchi 42G
1BYuniesky Betancourt 68GJuan Francisco 67GSean Halton 25G
STARTERSYovani Gallardo 2.0WARMarco Estrada 1.6WARKyle Lohse 1.5WARTyler Thornburg 0.8WARWily Peralta 0.8WAR
CJonathan Lucroy 126GMartín Maldonado 47GBlake Lalli 1G
DHAramis Ramirez 5GJonathan Lucroy 3GKhris Davis 2G
BULLPEN★ Jim Henderson 28svBrandon Kintzler 26hMichael Gonzalez 11hRob Wooten 8hBurke Badenhop 5hMichael Blazek 0hMike Fiers 0hJimmy Nelson 0h
CJonathan Lucroy 126 · Martín Maldonado 47 · Blake Lalli 1
1BYuniesky Betancourt 68 · Juan Francisco 67 · Sean Halton 25
2BRickie Weeks Jr. 95 · Scooter Gennett 59 · Jeff Bianchi 19
3BAramis Ramirez 80 · Yuniesky Betancourt 59 · Jeff Bianchi 42
SSJean Segura 144 · Jeff Bianchi 20 · Yuniesky Betancourt 3
LFRyan Braun 59 · Logan Schafer 56 · Khris Davis 34
CFCarlos Gómez 145 · Logan Schafer 28 · Norichika Aoki 2
RFNorichika Aoki 149 · Logan Schafer 13 · Caleb Gindl 5
DHAramis Ramirez 5 · Jonathan Lucroy 3 · Khris Davis 2
SPYovani Gallardo 2.0 · Marco Estrada 1.6 · Kyle Lohse 1.5 · Tyler Thornburg 0.8 · Wily Peralta 0.8
BP★ Jim Henderson 28 · Brandon Kintzler 26 · Michael Gonzalez 11 · Rob Wooten 8 · Burke Badenhop 5 · Michael Blazek 0 · Mike Fiers 0 · Jimmy Nelson 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2013 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Carlos Gómez 27 FA-elig 1476.7 4.3 +13.7
Jonathan Lucroy 27 arb 1476.6 0.8 +16.9
Jean Segura 23 pre-arb 1464.0 0.5 +10.2
Norichika Aoki 31 pre-arb 1552.2 2.0 +3.8
Scooter Gennett 23 – 692.0 0.2 +5.1
Yovani Gallardo 27 FA-elig 332.0 7.8 -2.5
Ryan Braun 29 FA-elig 611.6 8.5 -4.1
Marco Estrada 29 arb 211.6 2.0 +2.3
Kyle Lohse 34 FA-elig 331.5 11.0 -6.9
Khris Davis 25 pre-arb 561.3 0.5 +3.1
Aramis Ramirez 35 FA-elig 921.3 10.0 -6.5
Brandon Kintzler 28 arb 711.2 0.5 +2.9
Tyler Thornburg 24 pre-arb 190.8 0.3 +1.9
Wily Peralta 24 pre-arb 320.8 0.5 +1.6
Caleb Gindl 24 pre-arb 570.7 0.2 +1.6
Martín Maldonado 26 pre-arb 670.4 0.5 +0.7
Tom Gorzelanny 30 FA-elig 430.4 2.8 -1.8
Francisco Rodríguez↔ BAL 31 – 250.3 0.7 +0.1
Rob Wooten 27 pre-arb 270.3 0.2 +0.6
Jim Henderson 30 pre-arb 610.2 0.5 +0.0
Burke Badenhop 30 arb 630.1 1.6 -1.2
Jimmy Nelson 24 – 40.1 0.1 +0.2
Jeff Bianchi 26 pre-arb 1000.0 0.5 -0.4
Chris Narveson 31 FA-elig 2-0.0 0.8 -0.9
Michael Blazek↔ STL 24 – 7-0.1 0.0 -0.2
Sean Halton 26 – 42-0.1 0.2 -0.4
Josh Prince 25 pre-arb 8-0.1 0.1 -0.4
Logan Schafer 26 pre-arb 134-0.2 0.5 -1.0
Hiram Burgos 25 pre-arb 6-0.2 0.2 -0.8
Rickie Weeks Jr. 30 FA-elig 104-0.2 10.0 -10.6
Donovan Hand 27 – 31-0.5 0.3 -1.6
Blake Lalli 30 pre-arb 16-0.5 0.1 -1.4
Alfredo Figaro 28 pre-arb 33-0.5 0.6 -1.9
Juan Francisco↔ ATL 26 arb 89-0.6 0.4 -2.0
Michael Gonzalez 35 FA-elig 75-0.7 2.2 -4.0
Mike Fiers 28 pre-arb 11-0.7 0.5 -2.3
John Axford↔ STL 30 arb 62-0.7 4.1 -6.1
Álex González 36 FA-elig 41-0.9 1.5 -3.9
Johnny Hellweg 24 pre-arb 8-0.9 0.1 -2.5
Yuniesky Betancourt 31 FA-elig 137-1.8 0.9 -5.8

Key additions (new vs 2012)

PlayerfWAR
Scooter Gennett2.0
Kyle Lohse1.5
Khris Davis1.3
Caleb Gindl0.7
Tom Gorzelanny0.4
Rob Wooten0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2012)

Player2012 fWAR
Zack Greinke3.7
Shaun Marcum1.2
George Kottaras0.6
Jose Veras0.3
Manny Parra0.3
Vinnie Chulk0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2013 payroll
$78.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2013, 2013–2019. 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 (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
Kyle Lohse3411.092$11.0M$11.0M$11.0MFREE AGENT
Aramis Ramirez3513.111$10.0M$16.0M$8.3MFREE AGENT
Rickie Weeks Jr.3010.000$10.0M$11.0MFREE AGENT
Michael Gonzalez3510.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Álex González3615.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Yuniesky Betancourt317.028$900kFREE AGENT
Francisco Rodríguez319.150$655k$3.2M$3.5MFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
Ryan Braun295.129$8.5MFREE AGENT
Yovani Gallardo275.108$7.8MFREE AGENT
Carlos Gómez275.141$4.3MFREE AGENT
Tom Gorzelanny305.160$2.8MFREE AGENT
Marco Estrada293.035$2.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Burke Badenhop304.116$1.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Narveson313.102$840kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (26)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
John Axford302.170$4.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Norichika Aoki311.000$2.0MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Lucroy272.136$750kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alfredo Figaro281.155$575kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fiers282.000$498kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Martín Maldonado260.156$494kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Henderson301.000$492kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jean Segura230.065$492kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Kintzler281.101$491kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Khris Davis250.000$490kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wily Peralta240.033$490kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Logan Schafer260.058$490kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Bianchi262.066$490kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Francisco261.156$356kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Donovan Hand27–$305k
Tyler Thornburg240.049$262kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Caleb Gindl240.098$228kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scooter Gennett230.000$225kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hiram Burgos250.071$187kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Wooten271.023$177kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Halton26–$169k
Johnny Hellweg240.042$112kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blake Lalli300.012$99kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Prince250.030$78kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jimmy Nelson240.000$75kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Blazek240.000$41kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 2013; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.