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Brewers MIL

201482–80 (0.506)
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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2014, 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
$105M
Surplus $M
-19
Win %
0.506
TAB
-2.6
WAB
+1.0
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
30.8
Dead money %
17%
Depth Players
3.0
Dead WAR
-4.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2014 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJonathan Lucroy136
RMartín Maldonado42
RMatt Pagnozzi1

1B

RMark Reynolds91
LLyle Overbay83
RJonathan Lucroy19
LMatt Clark9
RJason Rogers4
RMartín Maldonado2

2B

LScooter Gennett119
RRickie Weeks Jr.62
BElian Herrera7
RJeff Bianchi4
RHéctor Gómez1

3B

RAramis Ramirez126
RMark Reynolds42
BElian Herrera11
RJeff Bianchi9
RHéctor Gómez6
BIrving Falu⇄3

SS

RJean Segura144
BElian Herrera14
RJeff Bianchi10
RHéctor Gómez7
BIrving Falu⇄2

LF

RKhris Davis134
LLogan Schafer17
LGerardo Parra⇄8
BElian Herrera7

CF

RCarlos Gómez145
LLogan Schafer14
BElian Herrera7
LGerardo Parra⇄4
RRyan Braun1

RF

RRyan Braun134
LGerardo Parra⇄34
LLogan Schafer17
BElian Herrera15
LCaleb Gindl6
RMark Reynolds3
LScooter Gennett1

DH

RAramis Ramirez5
RRickie Weeks Jr.2
RCarlos Gómez1
RJonathan Lucroy1
RRyan Braun1

Starters

RMatt Garza2.1 WAR
RKyle Lohse1.8 WAR
RYovani Gallardo1.5 WAR
RMike Fiers1.4 WAR
RWily Peralta1.1 WAR
RJimmy Nelson0.8 WAR
RMarco Estrada-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RFrancisco Rodriguez44 sv
LWill Smith30 h
LZach Duke12 h
RRob Wooten11 h
RBrandon Kintzler8 h
RJeremy Jeffress⇄6 h
RTyler Thornburg5 h
LTom Gorzelanny0 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 2013)

PlayerfWAR
Matt Garza2.1
Zach Duke1.3
Mark Reynolds1.0
Gerardo Parra0.5
Will Smith0.5
Jeremy Jeffress0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Norichika Aoki2.2
Burke Badenhop0.1
Chris Narveson-0.0
Michael Blazek-0.1
Sean Halton-0.1
Josh Prince-0.1

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 2014; everyone else is shown as a 2014 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Carlos Gómez 2014 +5.7 +93.3 7.0 +86.3 $1.2M 2.05× –
Jonathan Lucroy 2014 +7.4 +76.2 2.0 +74.2 $0.3M 1.28× –
Matt Garza 2014 +2.1 +25.2 12.5 +12.7 $5.9M 1.49× –
Scooter Gennett 2014 +1.7 +11.4 0.5 +10.9 $0.3M 0.82× –
Kyle Lohse 2014 +1.8 +21.4 11.0 +10.4 $6.1M 1.49× –
Khris Davis 2014 +1.4 +9.6 0.5 +9.1 $0.3M 0.83× –
Wily Peralta 2014 +1.1 +9.1 0.5 +8.6 $0.5M 1.02× –
Jimmy Nelson 2014 +0.8 +6.7 0.2 +6.4 $0.3M 1.02× –
Zach Duke 2014 +1.3 +6.7 0.8 +5.9 $0.7M 0.67× –
Martín Maldonado 2014 +1.3 +5.4 0.5 +4.9 $0.4M 0.52× –
Will Smith 2014 +0.5 +5.3 0.5 +4.8 $1.0M 1.34× –
Mark Reynolds 2014 +1.0 +4.5 2.0 +2.5 $2.0M 0.56× –
Gerardo Parra↔ 2014 +0.5 +3.6 1.5 +2.1 $2.8M 0.83× –
Rob Wooten 2014 +0.5 +2.4 0.5 +1.9 $1.1M 0.67× –
Jeremy Jeffress↔ 2014 +0.4 +2.3 0.5 +1.8 $1.1M 0.67× –
Jonathan Broxton↔ 2014 +0.3 +2.8 1.2 +1.5 $4.8M 1.34× –
Yovani Gallardo 2014 +1.5 +11.8 11.2 +0.6 $7.7M 1.02× –
Jean Segura 2014 +0.1 +0.7 0.5 +0.2 $3.6M 0.61× –
Tyler Thornburg 2014 +0.1 +0.4 0.5 -0.1 $6.5M 0.67× –
Héctor Gómez 2014 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 – 0.61× –
Jason Rogers 2014 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 -0.8 – 0.56× –
Jim Henderson 2014 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Matt Clark 2014 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 – 0.56× –
Elian Herrera 2014 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 – 0.83× –
Irving Falu↔ 2014 -0.3 -1.2 0.0 -1.2 – 0.58× –
Caleb Gindl 2014 -0.3 -1.7 0.0 -1.7 – 0.83× –
Logan Schafer 2014 -0.2 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 – 0.83× –
Tom Gorzelanny 2014 +0.1 +0.8 3.0 -2.2 $20.5M 0.67× –
Lyle Overbay 2014 -0.2 -0.8 1.5 -2.3 – 0.56× –
Ryan Braun 2014 +1.1 +7.4 10.0 -2.6 $9.0M 0.83× –
Wei-Chung Wang 2014 -0.4 -2.3 0.5 -2.8 – 0.67× –
Brandon Kintzler 2014 -0.6 -3.4 0.5 -3.9 – 0.67× –
Jeff Bianchi 2014 -0.7 -3.6 0.5 -4.1 – 0.61× –
Aramis Ramirez 2014 +1.7 +11.3 16.0 -4.7 $9.6M 0.85× –
Marco Estrada 2014 -0.4 -1.9 3.3 -5.2 – 0.67× –
Rickie Weeks Jr. 2014 +1.3 +5.7 11.0 -5.3 $8.7M 0.56× –
Francisco Rodríguez 2014 -0.6 -6.4 3.2 -9.7 – 1.34× –
Alfredo Figaro 2014 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Pagnozzi 2014 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.52× –
Mike Fiers 2014 +1.4 +11.1 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+30.6+308.8105.2+192.6—

Trades

Every graded 2014 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2014 · MIL / ARI
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$9.6M
Gerardo Parra
ARI · Kevin Towers −$9.6M
Mitch Haniger, Anthony Banda
MIL came out ahead by $9.6M
2014 · CIN / MIL
CIN · Walt Jocketty +$2.4M
Kevin Shackelford, Barrett Astin
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$2.4M
Jonathan Broxton
CIN came out ahead by $2.4M
2014 · TOR / MIL
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$34.4M
Marco Estrada
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$34.4M
Adam Lind
TOR came out ahead by $34.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$105.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2014, 2014–2020. 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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Aramis Ramirez3614.111$16.0M$8.3MFREE AGENT
Matt Garza306.149$12.5M$12.5M$12.5M$12.5MFREE AGENT
Yovani Gallardo286.108$11.2MFREE AGENT
Kyle Lohse3512.092$11.0M$11.0MFREE AGENT
Rickie Weeks Jr.318.131$11.0MFREE AGENT
Ryan Braun306.129$10.0M$13.0M$20.0M$20.0M$20.0M$19.0M$17.0M
Carlos Gómez286.141$7.0M$5.1MFREE AGENT
Francisco Rodríguez3210.115$3.2M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Tom Gorzelanny316.160$3.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Reynolds306.138$2.0MFREE AGENT
Lyle Overbay3711.009$1.5MFREE AGENT
Jonathan Broxton308.020$1.2M$5.5MFREE AGENT
Zach Duke317.054$850kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Marco Estrada304.035$3.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Lucroy283.136$2.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gerardo Parra274.145$1.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Héctor Gómez263.000$74kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fiers293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Jean Segura241.065$534kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wily Peralta251.033$515kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Henderson312.000$512kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Kintzler292.101$507kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Thornburg250.146$505kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Logan Schafer271.058$505kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scooter Gennett240.084$504kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Khris Davis260.104$503kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Will Smith242.000$502kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Martín Maldonado271.156$502kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Bianchi272.066$502kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Wooten281.023$501kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Elian Herrera292.010$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wei-Chung Wang220.000$500kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Jeffress261.017$460kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jimmy Nelson250.027$216kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Rogers260.163$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Clark27–$74k
Caleb Gindl250.098$30kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Irving Falu310.120$26kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Pagnozzi31–—
Alfredo Figaro292.155—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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