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 .