Brewers President of Baseball Operations David Stearns has often described his strategy for the club as a three-fold approach: acquire, develop, and retain talent.
Under Stearns, the organization has excelled on the acquisition and development fronts. Since 2017, they have finished above .500 in four of five seasons, cracked the 95-win mark twice, and made four consecutive postseason appearances. They have produced a three-headed monster atop their rotation in Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, and Freddy Peralta and built one of the best late-inning duos in baseball in Josh Hader and Devin Williams.
In terms of retaining talent, the Brewers extended Christian Yelich on the largest contract in franchise history and locked up Peralta prior to his 2021 breakout.