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Brewers MIL

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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.93× league · TAB -2.6
-2.6TAB — talent above budget20th/30
+1.0WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)15th/30
3.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars28th/30
-4.4dead WAR — sub-replacement drag9th/30
17%dead money %4th/30
0.506win %15th/30
30.8roster fWAR19th/30
-19surplus $M (value vs cost)18th/30
$105Mpayroll $M14th/30

Roster

CFCarlos Gómez 145GLogan Schafer 14GGerardo Parra 12G
LFKhris Davis 134GGerardo Parra 27GLogan Schafer 17G
RFRyan Braun 134GGerardo Parra 109GLogan Schafer 17G
SSJean Segura 144GElian Herrera 14GJeff Bianchi 10G
2BScooter Gennett 119GRickie Weeks Jr. 62GElian Herrera 7G
3BAramis Ramirez 126GMark Reynolds 42GElian Herrera 11G
1BMark Reynolds 91GLyle Overbay 83GJonathan Lucroy 19G
STARTERSMatt Garza 2.1WARKyle Lohse 1.8WARYovani Gallardo 1.5WARMike Fiers 1.4WARWily Peralta 1.1WAR
CJonathan Lucroy 136GMartín Maldonado 42GMatt Pagnozzi 1G
DHAramis Ramirez 5GRickie Weeks Jr. 2GRyan Braun 1G
BULLPEN★ Francisco Rodríguez 44svWill Smith 30hJonathan Broxton 23hZach Duke 12hRob Wooten 11hBrandon Kintzler 8hJeremy Jeffress 6hTyler Thornburg 5h
CJonathan Lucroy 136 · Martín Maldonado 42 · Matt Pagnozzi 1
1BMark Reynolds 91 · Lyle Overbay 83 · Jonathan Lucroy 19
2BScooter Gennett 119 · Rickie Weeks Jr. 62 · Elian Herrera 7
3BAramis Ramirez 126 · Mark Reynolds 42 · Elian Herrera 11
SSJean Segura 144 · Elian Herrera 14 · Jeff Bianchi 10
LFKhris Davis 134 · Gerardo Parra 27 · Logan Schafer 17
CFCarlos Gómez 145 · Logan Schafer 14 · Gerardo Parra 12
RFRyan Braun 134 · Gerardo Parra 109 · Logan Schafer 17
DHAramis Ramirez 5 · Rickie Weeks Jr. 2 · Ryan Braun 1
SPMatt Garza 2.1 · Kyle Lohse 1.8 · Yovani Gallardo 1.5 · Mike Fiers 1.4 · Wily Peralta 1.1
BP★ Francisco Rodríguez 44 · Will Smith 30 · Jonathan Broxton 23 · Zach Duke 12 · Rob Wooten 11 · Brandon Kintzler 8 · Jeremy Jeffress 6 · Tyler Thornburg 5

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.

2014 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jonathan Lucroy 28 arb 1537.4 2.0 +19.8
Carlos Gómez 28 FA-elig 1485.7 7.0 +9.7
Matt Garza 30 FA-elig 272.1 12.5 -6.3
Kyle Lohse 35 FA-elig 311.8 11.0 -5.7
Scooter Gennett 24 pre-arb 1371.7 0.5 +4.6
Aramis Ramirez 36 FA-elig 1331.7 16.0 -11.1
Yovani Gallardo 28 FA-elig 331.5 11.2 -7.0
Khris Davis 26 pre-arb 1441.4 0.5 +3.7
Mike Fiers 29 – 141.4 – –
Martín Maldonado 27 arb 521.3 0.5 +3.3
Rickie Weeks Jr. 31 FA-elig 1211.3 11.0 -7.3
Zach Duke 31 FA-elig 741.3 0.8 +2.8
Wily Peralta 25 pre-arb 321.1 0.5 +2.8
Ryan Braun 30 FA-elig 1351.1 10.0 -6.7
Mark Reynolds 30 FA-elig 1301.0 2.0 +1.0
Jimmy Nelson 25 pre-arb 140.8 0.2 +2.2
Gerardo Parra↔ ARI 27 arb 460.5 1.5 +0.1
Will Smith 24 pre-arb 780.5 0.5 +0.9
Rob Wooten 28 pre-arb 400.5 0.5 +0.8
Jeremy Jeffress↔ TOR 26 arb 290.4 0.5 +0.8
Jonathan Broxton↔ CIN 30 FA-elig 110.3 1.2 -0.5
Jean Segura 24 pre-arb 1460.1 0.5 -0.1
Tom Gorzelanny 31 FA-elig 230.1 3.0 -2.5
Tyler Thornburg 25 pre-arb 270.1 0.5 -0.3
Matt Pagnozzi 31 – 1-0.0 – –
Alfredo Figaro 29 – 6-0.1 – –
Elian Herrera 29 pre-arb 69-0.1 0.5 -0.7
Jim Henderson 31 pre-arb 14-0.1 0.5 -0.8
Héctor Gómez 26 – 15-0.1 0.1 -0.5
Lyle Overbay 37 FA-elig 121-0.2 1.5 -2.0
Jason Rogers 26 pre-arb 8-0.2 0.1 -0.6
Matt Clark 27 – 16-0.2 0.1 -0.6
Logan Schafer 27 arb 65-0.2 0.5 -1.2
Irving Falu↔ SDP 31 pre-arb 11-0.3 0.0 -0.8
Caleb Gindl 25 pre-arb 8-0.3 0.0 -0.8
Marco Estrada 30 FA-elig 39-0.4 3.3 -4.4
Wei-Chung Wang 22 – 14-0.4 0.5 -1.7
Francisco Rodríguez 32 FA-elig 69-0.6 3.2 -5.0
Brandon Kintzler 29 arb 64-0.6 0.5 -2.4
Jeff Bianchi 27 pre-arb 29-0.7 0.5 -2.7

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

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.3111.000$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

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 2014; 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.