Laurila: Q&A with David Stearns on his vision for building the Brewers
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on November 24, 2015:
The Milwaukee Brewers have had nine winning seasons during David Stearns’ lifetime. Over that span, they’ve won 90 or more games just four times. Their last World Series appearance was in 1982, three years before the 30-year-old Harvard graduate was born. He has his work cut out for him.
Stearns stepped into one of baseball’s most challenging jobs when he took over as Milwaukee’s general manager at season’s end. The Brewers play in MLB’s smallest market, and they compete in its toughest division. On the heels of a competitive 2014 campaign, they went into this past season with high hopes, only to limp to the finish line with a record of 68-94.
A native of New York, Stearns spent the past the three seasons in Houston, where he was the Astros’ assistant general manager.
Read the full article here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/david-stearns-on-his-vision-for-building-the-brewers/
- Related link: Watch the SABR 44 Decision Sciences Panel with David Stearns, Jeff Luhnow, and Sig Mejdal (2014)
Originally published: November 24, 2015. Last Updated: November 24, 2015.