MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold was chosen Major League Baseball’s executive of the year after constructing a roster that won a in the league’s smallest market.
The award is voted on by executives from all 30 MLB teams before the postseason. Arnold is the first Brewers official to win the honor.
Milwaukee went 93-69 and won the NL Central by 10 games after to the division-rival Chicago Cubs in the offseason. The Brewers lost a three-game to the New York Mets.
Arnold’s major moves included promoting bench coach to take over for Counsell as manager and signing young outfielder to an eight-year, $82 million contract before he’d ever played a game in the majors. Arnold also traded 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner for left-hander DL Hall and third baseman Joey Ortiz.
His acquisitions of Jared Koenig and Bryan Hudson solidified one of baseball’s top bullpens. Arnold signed to take over at first base and shored up Milwaukee’s rotation by acquiring and
Arnold, 45, joined the Brewers as vice president and assistant general manager in 2015. He was promoted to general manager in November 2020. When stepped down as president of baseball operations after the 2022 season, for him.
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