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Originally Posted by JRX
So how much do people in Mil credit Stearns for building this team? I always question when media credits one person like nobody else works for the team.
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Stearns still gets love and always will for creating the blueprint...but Arnold has been (and deservedly so) viewed as the real mastermind of this current (and future) group. While prospects are just that - prospects until they actually prove their worth in the Show - he has drafted extremely well, and cultivated the right players from Latin America. The mid-season trades to acquire Vaughn and Priester have been almost unfathomably good. I mentioned before in this thread that the Brewers get ragged on by much of their fanbase for not spending much on the big league payroll...but they wisely spend on scouting and player development at all levels. Did Stearns build/install that? Maybe. But for the last four years Arnold has taken them to new heights.