Stearns steps down
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Is this a precursor to a move somewhere else (likely the Mets) this offseason? Or does he collect his check for a year and then leave?
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"Stepping down" doesn't mean his contract is voided. Now we work out a trade with the Mets. Otherwise Stearns has to wait a year.
Maybe he wants a year off before taking the Mets gig.
Maybe he wants a year off before taking the Mets gig.
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Kind of glad it’s happening. Got sick of hearing every offseason about him going to New York. Just go already lmao.
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With Arnold being bumped up we'll hire a new GM, or promote someone to it. But Arnold will call the shots just as Stearns did after he was bumped up to POBO.
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Stearns and Yelich to the Mets for a bag of balls.
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The Brewers unearthed a gem. I've loved listening to David Stearns talk baseball for the last 7 years. Simply put, he absolutely crushed it in Milwaukee. Best of luck to him in NY with an actual World Series contending payroll. MLB is unfair and stupid.
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I hope he gets the credit he deserves once everyone has a chance to reflect and move past how last season ended.
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Turk Nowitzki wrote:I hope he gets the credit he deserves once everyone has a chance to reflect and move past how last season ended.
Lots of Twitter fools saying he was "forced" to step down because of the Hader trade.
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MickeyDavis wrote:Turk Nowitzki wrote:I hope he gets the credit he deserves once everyone has a chance to reflect and move past how last season ended.
Lots of Twitter fools saying he was "forced" to step down because of the Hader trade.
I will say this.
As someone who defends every move Stearns makes because I trust the process of a good sports mind - it was one of the weirdest ones I saw combined with the deadline, even if I believe it will help them in the long-run.
Now knowing that Stearns probably knew these were his last 2 months in Milwaukee, maybe he was setting his buddy up for success in the future.
Probably better than the alternative of emptying the cupboard in his last ride, unless of course it led to a title.
And of course the assertion you mention is stupid.
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JimmyTheKid wrote:MLB is unfair and stupid.
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Astros would be strange unless they're building a superteam GM group and Stearns wants to go back there. They seem to be running pretty well right now.
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We need a Brewers superfan to seduce Jeff Bezos and get him to buy the Brewers.
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Sad day. Stearns did many great things here. Hoping Arnold brings in someone from TB
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Hopefully he wants a new job now vs taking a year off. Would be nice to get some compensation out of this.
Happy for all the good work and sorry to see him go but figured this was coming eventually.
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Two things:
1. Finally. It feels like our older brother has been telling us for three years that mom and dad are getting a divorce, while we just continue on in blissful ignorance playing with our trucks. Just rip the band aid off.
2. All of this.
1. Finally. It feels like our older brother has been telling us for three years that mom and dad are getting a divorce, while we just continue on in blissful ignorance playing with our trucks. Just rip the band aid off.
2. All of this.
JimmyTheKid wrote:The Brewers unearthed a gem. I've loved listening to David Stearns talk baseball for the last 7 years. Simply put, he absolutely crushed it in Milwaukee. Best of luck to him in NY with an actual World Series contending payroll. MLB is unfair and stupid.
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It will be interesting to see what he can do with a large payroll. Maybe we let him out a year early in exchange for absorbing Yelich's contract wherever he ends up. I wish.
I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it.
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I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it.
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Don't blame Stearns for leaving (and of course he's leaving).
The guy was one of those savant genius GM's and did an amazing job here. But he could see the writing on the wall. Every season his owner struggles to cobble together a $100mm payroll for him to work with. And now Yelich will take up $25+ million of that payroll for years to come. The Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, etc. just write off the Yelich contract as a round error, a price of doing business.
There was no upside here left to his career. Just downside, trying to manage to repeat what he did the prior seven seasons, with an even smaller payroll ($75mm +/- after you net our Yelich)
The guy was one of those savant genius GM's and did an amazing job here. But he could see the writing on the wall. Every season his owner struggles to cobble together a $100mm payroll for him to work with. And now Yelich will take up $25+ million of that payroll for years to come. The Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, etc. just write off the Yelich contract as a round error, a price of doing business.
There was no upside here left to his career. Just downside, trying to manage to repeat what he did the prior seven seasons, with an even smaller payroll ($75mm +/- after you net our Yelich)