President of baseball ops: David Stearns · GM: Matt Arnold
2021: made playoffs · 95–67. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin Burnes | 26 | pre-arb | 28 | 7.6 | 0.6 | +24.1 |
| Brandon Woodruff | 28 | arb | 30 | 4.7 | 3.3 | +12.1 |
| Freddy Peralta | 25 | arb | 29 | 3.8 | 1.2 | +11.2 |
| Willy Adames↔ TBR | 25 | pre-arb | 99 | 3.2 | 0.3 | +10.0 |
| Omar Narváez | 29 | arb | 123 | 2.8 | 2.5 | +6.5 |
| Kolten Wong | 30 | FA-elig | 116 | 2.6 | 7.5 | +1.0 |
| Josh Hader | 27 | arb | 60 | 2.6 | 6.7 | +1.8 |
| Luis Urías | 24 | pre-arb | 150 | 2.4 | 0.6 | +7.1 |
| Avisaíl García | 30 | FA-elig | 135 | 2.3 | 10.8 | -3.3 |
| Eric Lauer | 26 | pre-arb | 26 | 2.0 | 0.5 | +6.0 |
| Manny Piña | 34 | FA-elig | 75 | 1.8 | 1.6 | +4.2 |
| Adrian Houser | 28 | pre-arb | 28 | 1.5 | 0.6 | +4.4 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 35 | FA-elig | 78 | 1.5 | 17.0 | -12.1 |
| Christian Yelich | 29 | FA-elig | 117 | 1.4 | 14.0 | -9.4 |
| Devin Williams | 26 | pre-arb | 58 | 1.4 | 0.7 | +3.8 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 27 | pre-arb | 93 | 1.3 | 0.5 | +3.8 |
| Brad Boxberger | 33 | FA-elig | 71 | 0.8 | 0.1 | +2.5 |
| Jace Peterson | 31 | FA-elig | 94 | 0.8 | 0.6 | +2.1 |
| Brett Anderson | 33 | FA-elig | 24 | 0.8 | 2.5 | -0.1 |
| Eduardo Escobar↔ ARI | 32 | FA-elig | 48 | 0.7 | 2.5 | -0.4 |
| Brent Suter | 31 | arb | 61 | 0.5 | 1.6 | -0.0 |
| Aaron Ashby | 23 | – | 14 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +1.2 |
| Hunter Strickland↔ ANA | 32 | FA-elig | 35 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +0.7 |
| Rowdy Tellez↔ TOR | 26 | pre-arb | 56 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +0.8 |
| Pablo Reyes | 27 | pre-arb | 53 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +0.6 |
| Luke Maile | 30 | arb | 15 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.5 |
| Jake Cousins | 26 | – | 30 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.2 |
| Trevor Richards↔ TBR | 28 | – | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.4 |
| J.P. Feyereisen↔ TBR | 28 | – | 21 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| Jacob Nottingham↔ SEA | 26 | – | 5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.0 |
| Drew Rasmussen↔ TBR | 25 | – | 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.0 |
| Derek Fisher | 27 | pre-arb | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Mario Feliciano | 22 | – | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Blaine Hardy | 34 | arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Ryan Weber↔ BOS | 30 | – | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Corey Ray | 26 | – | 1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| John Axford | 38 | FA-elig | 1 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Patrick Weigel | 26 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Billy McKinney↔ LAD | 26 | – | 40 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | 28 | arb | 93 | -0.1 | 1.4 | -1.6 |
| Jandel Gustave | 28 | pre-arb | 14 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| Colin Rea | 30 | arb | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 35 | FA-elig | 2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Phil Bickford↔ LAD | 25 | – | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Orlando Arcia↔ ATL | 26 | arb | 4 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Miguel Sánchez | 27 | – | 28 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.8 |
| Justin Topa | 30 | pre-arb | 4 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.1 |
| Alec Bettinger | 25 | – | 4 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Hoby Milner | 30 | arb | 19 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -1.3 |
| Sal Romano↔ CIN | 27 | – | 1 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.7 |
| Tim Lopes | 27 | – | 7 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Angel Perdomo | 27 | pre-arb | 19 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.2 |
| Zack Godley | 31 | FA-elig | 2 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| John Curtiss↔ MIA | 28 | pre-arb | 6 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Josh Lindblom | 34 | FA-elig | 8 | -0.3 | 3.0 | -4.1 |
| Daniel Robertson | 27 | arb | 50 | -0.4 | 0.9 | -2.1 |
| Eric Yardley | 30 | pre-arb | 17 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -1.5 |
| Daniel Norris↔ DET | 28 | FA-elig | 18 | -0.4 | 1.1 | -2.5 |
| Travis Shaw↔ BOS | 31 | FA-elig | 56 | -0.5 | 1.0 | -2.5 |
| Keston Hiura | 24 | pre-arb | 61 | -0.8 | 0.3 | -2.9 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 31 | FA-elig | 134 | -1.7 | 6.5 | -12.1 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Willy Adames | 3.2 |
| Kolten Wong | 2.6 |
| Brad Boxberger | 0.8 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 0.7 |
| Aaron Ashby | 0.4 |
| Hunter Strickland | 0.3 |
| Player | 2020 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jedd Gyorko | 0.9 |
| David Phelps | 0.3 |
| Alex Claudio | 0.1 |
| Ben Gamel | 0.1 |
| Ray Black | 0.0 |
| Ryon Healy | -0.1 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2021, 2021–2027. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2021; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Cain | 35 | 8.099 | $17.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Christian Yelich | 29 | 7.069 | $14.0M | $24.3M | $24.3M | $24.2M | $24.1M | $24.0M | $23.9M |
| Avisaíl García | 30 | 7.167 | $10.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kolten Wong | 30 | 7.045 | $7.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 31 | 8.000 | $6.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eduardo Escobar | 32 | 8.128 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brett Anderson | 33 | 11.135 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Manny Piña | 34 | 10.000 | $1.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Freddy Peralta | 25 | 2.090 | $1.2M | $2.5M | $3.7M | $5.7M | $8.1MCLUB | $8.0MCLUB | FREE AGENT |
| John Axford | 38 | 8.118 | $339k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jordan Zimmermann | 35 | 12.000 | $100k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brad Boxberger | 33 | 7.033 | $100k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Zack Godley | 31 | 6.000 | $100k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hader | 27 | 3.115 | $6.7M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Omar Narváez | 29 | 4.089 | $2.5M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brent Suter | 31 | 3.161 | $1.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Daniel Vogelbach | 28 | 5.000 | $1.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Daniel Norris | 28 | 5.073 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Travis Shaw | 31 | 5.053 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Daniel Robertson | 27 | 3.029 | $900k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jace Peterson | 31 | 4.149 | $570k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Hunter Strickland | 32 | 5.033 | $350k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Orlando Arcia | 26 | 4.047 | $222k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Luke Maile | 30 | 4.099 | $142k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Blaine Hardy | 34 | 4.108 | $28k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Colin Rea | 30 | 3.085 | $15k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Woodruff | 28 | 2.161 | $3.3M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Josh Lindblom | 34 | 2.151 | $3.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Devin Williams | 26 | 1.056 | $681k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Corbin Burnes | 26 | 2.049 | $608k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Adrian Houser | 28 | 2.010 | $584k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Luis Urías | 24 | 1.120 | $575k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Hoby Milner | 30 | 2.015 | $570k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Justin Topa | 30 | 0.050 | $521k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tyrone Taylor | 27 | 0.098 | $472k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Angel Perdomo | 27 | 0.028 | $463k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Eric Lauer | 26 | 2.057 | $451k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jake Cousins | 26 | 0.000 | $319k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Keston Hiura | 24 | 1.114 | $317k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Willy Adames | 25 | 2.105 | $305k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Pablo Reyes | 27 | 0.127 | $279k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jandel Gustave | 28 | 2.096 | $261k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Miguel Sánchez | 27 | 0.000 | $261k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Derek Fisher | 27 | 2.061 | $260k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Eric Yardley | 30 | 1.040 | $233k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jacob Nottingham | 26 | 1.026 | $192k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Drew Rasmussen | 25 | 0.128 | $180k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| J.P. Feyereisen | 28 | 0.108 | $160k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Rowdy Tellez | 26 | 2.012 | $151k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ryan Weber | 30 | 2.138 | $143k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Aaron Ashby | 23 | 0.000 | $138k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Billy McKinney | 26 | 1.107 | $79k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Trevor Richards | 28 | 2.098 | $78k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Alec Bettinger | 25 | – | $64k | ||||||
| Patrick Weigel | 26 | 0.011 | $58k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| John Curtiss | 28 | 1.045 | $55k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Corey Ray | 26 | 1.004 | $9k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Sal Romano | 27 | 2.125 | $7k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Phil Bickford | 25 | 0.008 | $7k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mario Feliciano | 22 | 0.000 | $3k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tim Lopes | 27 | – | — |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Brewers 2021; 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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