The Brewers have promoted common supervisor Matt Arnold to president of baseball operations, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. “Since becoming a member of our group in 2015, Matt Arnold has been instrumental in growing a tradition and course of that has led to seven postseason appearances over the previous eight seasons,” stated Brewers proprietor Mark Attanasio, including, “We’re pleased with what Matt has achieved and much more excited for what the longer term holds below his management.” McCalvy notes that Arnold’s tasks atop the entrance workplace won’t change, although he’ll now maintain each the president of baseball operations and GM titles.
Arnold was employed in October 2015 by then-president of baseball operations David Stearns and was promoted to GM in November 2020. Stearns would step down from his function after the 2022 season, resulting in Arnold being put in control of the entrance workplace, however nonetheless with the GM title. Clearly, the membership is impressed together with his leads to the years since for him to obtain this promotion. For the reason that begin of 2023, the Brewers have posted a file of 282-204 (.580) and completed in first place within the NL Central in yearly. This yr’s 97-65 (.599) file was the most effective within the majors. The membership misplaced within the Wild Card Collection in 2023 and 2024 however made it to the NLCS in 2025, although they had been swept by the Dodgers in 4 video games.
Whereas Arnold’s tasks with the Brewers are unchanged, he’ll presumably get a elevate to go together with his new title. Extra importantly, his promotion additionally prevents different golf equipment from providing the president title to rent him away from Milwaukee. Groups typically enable their executives to interview with different groups if they’re provided a promotion. By selling Arnold themselves, the Brewers are signaling their confidence in his management and securing their entrance workplace as they appear to proceed their latest dominance within the NL Central.
This yr, the Brewers completed ninth within the majors with a 107 group wRC+ whereas scoring 806 runs, which ranked third. As a bunch, the group succeeded by avoiding strikeouts and getting on base, with a 20.3% strikeout price that was tied for fourth-lowest within the majors and a 9.1% stroll price that was tied for fifth-best. The group noticed 5 certified hitters – Brice Turang, Christian Yelich, Sal Frelick, William Contreras, and Jackson Chourio – end with a wRC+ of at the very least 110. The final of them, Chourio, was signed to an eight-year, $82MM extension earlier than he debuted within the huge leagues, which was the most important pre-debut extension at the moment. Chourio has rewarded the group’s religion with a 115 wRC+ and a mixed 6.9 fWAR from 2024-25, and the contract appears like will probably be a spotlight of Arnold’s tenure atop the baseball ops division.
In fact, the Brewers are also called a powerful pitching group, and that power was on full show in 2025. The group pitched to a collective 3.59 ERA, a mark solely bested by the Rangers (3.49), whereas hanging out opposing hitters at a price of 23.7%, which was tied for sixth within the majors. Along with lacking bats, Brewers pitchers additionally excelled by limiting arduous contact. The group allowed arduous hits at a price of simply 38.6%, which was second-best behind the Reds, whereas opponents hit for a mean exit velocity of simply 88.9 mph, which tied for fourth-best. The rotation was led by ace Freddy Peralta, who posted a 2.70 ERA and struck out an above common 28.2% of hitters in 176 2/3 innings. Quinn Priester, Jose Quintana, and Chad Patrick all posted ERAs below 4.00, whereas Jacob Misiorowski confirmed promise in 15 appearances (14 begins). The bullpen additionally excelled in 2025. Headlined by Abner Uribe, Trevor Megill, and Aaron Ashby, Brewers relievers tied for sixth within the majors with an ERA of three.63 and posted the ninth-best strikeout price at 23.3%. Peralta, Uribe, and others had been within the group earlier than Arnold took over as head of baseball ops, however Priester, Quintana, and Megill (acquired in 2023) stand out as stable additions below his tenure.
Finally, the membership’s sustained efficiency over 2023-25 was sufficient for the membership to provide Arnold his promotion. The group will certainly be searching for extra of the identical in 2026. Yelich and Contreras are below membership management by at the very least 2027, whereas Chourio, Turang, and Frelick are below management by at the very least 2029. The membership ought to fare nicely offensively subsequent yr with these 5 within the lineup. The pitching is rather less sure. The group holds mutual choices on Quintana and Brandon Woodruff, who did nicely upon his return from damage however is predicted to depart this winter. Mutual choices are nearly by no means picked up anyway, although the membership could look to retain Quintana for the again of the rotation on one other one-year deal.
The Brewers have traditionally run a low payroll in comparison with different groups. RosterResource has them at $123MM in payroll in 2025, which ranks twenty second within the league. The membership holds an $8MM membership choice on Peralta. That’s virtually a discount for a participant of his caliber, however he has been floated as a commerce candidate lately. For his half, Arnold downplayed the potential for a Peralta commerce within the membership’s end-of-season presser. “To be trustworthy, it’s not on the entrance of my thoughts,” he stated throughout the convention. The membership may also see the departures of Woodruff, Rhys Hoskins (assuming his personal mutual choice isn’t picked up), and Shelby Miller, who mixed for $24MM in payroll in 2025. If Arnold retains Peralta and reinforces the rotation by trades or low-cost signings, the Brewers will look to win the NL Central and make one other deep postseason run in 2026.
