I always enjoy these posts. I apologize if this is a crude starting point, but rather I just wanted to start the conversation. Also, if you have a more accurate rendition of the 2012 crew, please share.
This all was sparked by reading a Michael Hunt article, stating there is plenty we could do with Prince's salary # falling off the books - WRONG!
My best guess is that we'll see some sort of 3 man platoon with Green, Gamel and Mcgehee at 3rd/1st. Hopefully we can find some sort of shortstop beyond Yuni (you'll notice I assume he and Prince will not be back). Could there be an increase in player salary? Spend money to make money, I guess..
So without further adieu, here is my spreadsheet. Again, this is a rough spreadsheet that I used some info from:
1. http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/milwaukee-brewers.html
2. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/milwaukee_brewers/index.html
3. My intuition (most notably on the salary estimates per arbitration. I also probably was a bit generous on non-arb players, I'm sure. I always say err on the side of conservatism!)
Enjoy, be kind, go Brewers:
| 40 Man Probables | ||||
| Player (arb. #) | 2012 Salary | Arbitration Estimate | Buyout | |
| Zack Greinke | $13.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Francisco Rodriguez | $0.00 | $0.00 | $3.50 | |
| Randy Wolf | $9.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Corey Hart | $9.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Rickie Weeks | $10.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.00 | |
| Ryan Braun | $6.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Shaun Marcum (3) | $0.00 | $6.80 | $0.00 | |
| Yovani Gallardo | $5.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Carlos Gomez (3) | $0.00 | $3.00 | $0.00 | |
| Kameron Loe (2) | $0.00 | $2.50 | $0.00 | |
| Manny Parra (2) |
$0.00 | $1.50 | $0.00 | |
| Casey McGehee (1) | $0.00 | $1.50 | $0.00 | |
| Nyjer Morgan (1) |
$0.00 | $2.00 | $0.00 | |
| John Axford | $0.70 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Chris Narveson | $0.70 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| George Kottaras (1) |
$0.00 | $1.50 | $0.00 | |
| Zach Braddock | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Jonathan Lucroy | $0.70 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Marco Estrada | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Mat Gamel | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Taylor Green | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Wily Peralta | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Amaury Rivas | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Mark Rogers | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Cody Scarpetta | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Logan Schafer | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| $60.10 | $18.80 | $5.50 | $84.40 | |
| "Maybe's" (you decide) | ||||
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | $4.00 | |||
| Takashi Saito | $2.25 | |||
| Mark Kotsay | $1.00 | |||
| Craig Counsell | $1.00 | |||
| Josh Wilson (2) |
$1.00 | |||
| Mitch Stetter (1) |
$1.00 | |||
| $10.25 |
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