Mike Girsch

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Mike Girsch
Education University of Notre Dame
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Employer St. Louis Cardinals
Title General manager
Term2017–present
Predecessor John Mozeliak

Michael Girsch is an American baseball executive. He is the Vice President of Special Projects for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball.

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Career

Girsch graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor of science in mathematics in 1998 [1] and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a Master of Business Administration in 2003. [2] [3] He worked in valuations for Boston Consulting Group in Chicago. [2]

In 2005, wanting to pursue a career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Girsch wrote an academic paper on the valuation of MLB draft picks and sent it to teams. John Mozeliak, the general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, responded and hired him in 2006 as the coordinator for amateur scouting. [1] He was promoted to director of baseball development in 2008 and to assistant general manager in 2011. [4]

In 2017, the Cardinals promoted Mozeliak to the new position of president of baseball operations and promoted Girsch to general manager. [5] [6] As general manager, he signed Paul DeJong, Paul Goldschmidt, and Matt Carpenter to contract extensions. [7] [8] [9] The Cardinals signed Girsch to a multi-year contract extension on October 17, 2022. [10] After the end of the 2024 season, Girsch was given the new title of Vice President of Special Projects.

Personal life

Girsch is from Hinsdale, Illinois, and graduated from Benet Academy. He and his wife, Kelly, live in Webster Groves, Missouri, and have four children. [11]

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  2. 1 2 "The Moneyball Approach Takes The Football Field". Forbes. May 3, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ jim S. (November 21, 2013). "Q&A: Michael Girsch, St. Louis Cardinals Assistant General Manager | FanGraphs Baseball". Fangraphs.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ Langosch, Jenifer (January 20, 2016). "Cardinals promote John Mozeliak, Mike Girsch". M.cardinals.mlb.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ Goold, Derrick. "Cardinals promote Mozeliak, name Girsch general manager | Derrick Goold: Bird Land". stltoday.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "St. Louis Cardinals promote John Mozeliak to president, Michael Girsch to GM". Espn.com. June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ Sheinin, Dave. "As chasm grows between MLB teams and players, Cardinals and Paul DeJong may have found a bridge". The Washington Post . Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ Acquavella, Katherine; Perry, Dayn (March 23, 2019). "Cardinals, Paul Goldschmidt agree to five-year, $130 million extension". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  9. ↑ Langosch, Jenifer (April 10, 2019). "Matt Carpenter, Cards reach 2-year extension". MLB.com. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
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