President of baseball ops: David Stearns
2018: made playoffs · 96–67. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
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.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Yelich | 26 | arb | 147 | 7.7 | 7.0 | +19.1 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 32 | FA-elig | 141 | 6.0 | 14.0 | +6.3 |
| Travis Shaw | 28 | arb | 152 | 3.7 | 0.6 | +12.0 |
| Jesús Aguilar | 28 | arb | 149 | 3.0 | 0.6 | +9.7 |
| Josh Hader | 24 | pre-arb | 55 | 2.6 | 0.6 | +8.4 |
| Jhoulys Chacín | 30 | FA-elig | 36 | 2.4 | 8.8 | -0.4 |
| Manny Piña | 31 | FA-elig | 98 | 1.8 | 0.6 | +5.6 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 30 | FA-elig | 73 | 1.7 | 1.7 | +4.1 |
| Junior Guerra | 33 | pre-arb | 31 | 1.5 | 0.5 | +4.5 |
| Wade Miley | 31 | FA-elig | 16 | 1.3 | 2.5 | +2.1 |
| Brent Suter | 28 | pre-arb | 21 | 1.3 | 0.6 | +3.9 |
| Erik Kratz | 38 | arb | 67 | 1.1 | 0.4 | +3.3 |
| Ryan Braun | 34 | FA-elig | 125 | 1.0 | 20.0 | -16.6 |
| Keon Broxton | 28 | pre-arb | 51 | 1.0 | 0.2 | +3.1 |
| Freddy Peralta | 22 | – | 16 | 0.9 | 0.5 | +2.7 |
| Corey Knebel | 26 | arb | 57 | 0.9 | 3.6 | -0.5 |
| Jonathan Villar↔ BAL | 27 | arb | 87 | 0.7 | 1.6 | +1.0 |
| Mike Moustakas↔ KCR | 29 | FA-elig | 54 | 0.7 | 2.0 | +0.5 |
| Brandon Woodruff | 25 | pre-arb | 19 | 0.7 | 0.6 | +1.8 |
| Domingo Santana | 25 | arb | 85 | 0.7 | 0.6 | +1.7 |
| Hernán Pérez | 27 | FA-elig | 132 | 0.6 | 2.0 | -0.0 |
| Gio Gonzalez↔ WSN | 32 | FA-elig | 5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | -0.2 |
| Joakim Soria↔ CHW | 34 | FA-elig | 26 | 0.5 | 3.5 | -2.0 |
| Eric Thames | 31 | FA-elig | 96 | 0.5 | 5.0 | -3.5 |
| Zach Davies | 25 | arb | 13 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +0.7 |
| Jordan Lyles↔ SDP | 27 | FA-elig | 11 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +0.9 |
| Curtis Granderson↔ TOR | 37 | FA-elig | 19 | 0.3 | 0.8 | +0.3 |
| Jacob Barnes | 28 | pre-arb | 49 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +0.5 |
| Taylor Williams | 26 | pre-arb | 56 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +0.4 |
| Dan Jennings | 31 | arb | 72 | 0.2 | 0.8 | +0.1 |
| Oliver Drake↔ ANA | 31 | arb | 11 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.6 |
| Corbin Burnes | 23 | – | 30 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Xavier Cedeño↔ CHW | 31 | arb | 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| Tyler Saladino↔ CHW | 28 | arb | 52 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| Adrian Houser | 25 | pre-arb | 7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +0.2 |
| Jorge López↔ KCR | 25 | – | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Alec Asher | 26 | pre-arb | 2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Jacob Nottingham | 23 | – | 9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Ji Man Choi↔ TBR | 27 | pre-arb | 12 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Brett Phillips↔ KCR | 24 | – | 15 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Nate Orf | 28 | pre-arb | 15 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Chase Anderson | 30 | arb | 30 | -0.0 | 4.8 | -4.8 |
| Mike Zagurski | 35 | arb | 2 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Orlando Arcia | 23 | pre-arb | 119 | -0.0 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
| Nick Franklin | 27 | pre-arb | 1 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| Jonathan Schoop↔ BAL | 26 | arb | 46 | -0.1 | 3.0 | -3.2 |
| Aaron Wilkerson | 29 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
| Jett Bandy | 28 | arb | 24 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -1.2 |
| Brad Miller↔ TBR | 28 | arb | 27 | -0.2 | 1.6 | -2.4 |
| J.J. Hoover | 30 | – | 2 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
| Boone Logan | 33 | FA-elig | 16 | -0.3 | 1.9 | -2.8 |
| Eric Sogard | 32 | FA-elig | 55 | -0.7 | 2.4 | -4.9 |
| Matt Albers | 35 | FA-elig | 34 | -0.9 | 2.5 | -5.5 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Christian Yelich | 7.7 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 6.0 |
| Jhoulys Chacín | 2.4 |
| Wade Miley | 1.3 |
| Erik Kratz | 1.1 |
| Freddy Peralta | 0.9 |
| Player | 2017 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Neil Walker | 1.0 |
| Matt Garza | 0.7 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 0.5 |
| Jared Hughes | 0.5 |
| Tommy Milone | 0.1 |
| Wily Peralta | 0.1 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2018, 2018–2024. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2018; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Braun | 34 | 10.129 | $20.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Lorenzo Cain | 32 | 6.074 | $14.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jhoulys Chacín | 30 | 7.054 | $8.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joakim Soria | 34 | 11.000 | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Wade Miley | 31 | 6.044 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Albers | 35 | 10.141 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eric Sogard | 32 | 8.000 | $2.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Moustakas | 29 | 6.111 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Boone Logan | 33 | 12.000 | $1.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Gio Gonzalez | 32 | 10.000 | $1.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Curtis Granderson | 37 | 14.077 | $772k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Manny Piña | 31 | 7.000 | $560k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jordan Lyles | 27 | 6.001 | $223k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Yelich | 26 | 4.069 | $7.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Chase Anderson | 30 | 3.146 | $4.8M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jonathan Schoop | 26 | 4.027 | $3.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Hernán Pérez | 27 | 3.079 | $2.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jeremy Jeffress | 30 | 4.104 | $1.7M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brad Miller | 28 | 5.000 | $1.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jonathan Villar | 27 | 3.113 | $1.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Dan Jennings | 31 | 4.171 | $750k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Erik Kratz | 38 | 4.026 | $378k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Xavier Cedeño | 31 | 4.060 | $205k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| J.J. Hoover | 30 | 4.153 | $30k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Mike Zagurski | 35 | 3.055 | $29k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Thames | 31 | 2.063 | $5.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Corey Knebel | 26 | 2.151 | $3.6M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Domingo Santana | 25 | 2.079 | $572k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Zach Davies | 25 | 2.020 | $572k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Travis Shaw | 28 | 2.088 | $567k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Orlando Arcia | 23 | 1.062 | $560k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jacob Barnes | 28 | 1.123 | $559k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jesús Aguilar | 28 | 1.082 | $557k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Josh Hader | 24 | 0.115 | $556k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brent Suter | 28 | 0.161 | $556k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jett Bandy | 28 | 1.161 | $551k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Brandon Woodruff | 25 | 0.089 | $550k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Junior Guerra | 33 | 1.155 | $510k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Tyler Saladino | 28 | 2.087 | $507k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Taylor Williams | 26 | 0.031 | $489k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Freddy Peralta | 22 | 0.000 | $469k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nick Franklin | 27 | 2.147 | $428k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Corbin Burnes | 23 | 0.000 | $252k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Keon Broxton | 28 | 1.137 | $205k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Ji Man Choi | 27 | 2.000 | $167k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jacob Nottingham | 23 | 0.000 | $152k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Oliver Drake | 31 | 1.094 | $139k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jorge López | 25 | 0.015 | $81k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nate Orf | 28 | 0.062 | $64k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Alec Asher | 26 | 0.144 | $62k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brett Phillips | 24 | 0.053 | $56k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Adrian Houser | 25 | 0.013 | $41k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Aaron Wilkerson | 29 | 0.017 | $26k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 2018; 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.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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