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Open thread, 4/28-30, Battle of the rebuilds

The Braves and Brewers make for an interesting comparison. They transitioned from traditional GMs to young wunderkinds who undertook massive rebuilds. With each team about halfway through the process, now’s a good time to gauge their handiwork.

Return on assets

Before Milwaukee tapped David Stearns to be their GM in Oct. 2015, his predecessor did him a solid, trading Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers to Houston for a package highlighted by prospects Domingo Santana, Josh Hader and Brett Phillips. Santana has been okay in 136 games with the Brewers, homering 19 times with a .