MILWAUKEE (AP) — New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns finds himself in an unusual situation this weekend as he returns to American Family Field for the first time since leaving the Milwaukee Brewers. His current team is trying to clinch a postseason berth by beating the annual playoff contender he helped build. “I think at this point I have enough distance for it,” Stearns said before the Mets began a three-game series with the Brewers on Friday night.
“That roster has turned over pretty considerably since I’ve been in the seat here. I certainly know a lot of the people over there, I know a lot of the players over there, but I think there’s been enough distance at this point.” Stearns joined the Brewers in October 2015 as general manager and was promoted to president of baseball operations before the 2019 season.
He stepped down after the 2022 season and remained with the Brewers in an advisory role while Matt Arnold — his former right-hand man — took over as president of baseball operations. Stearns left Milwaukee entirely last fall to run baseball operations for the team he rooted for as a kid growing up in New York City. He believed this was his first time back at American Family Field since August 2023.
The Brewers opened the season by sweeping the Mets in New York, but the teams hadn’t faced each other since. Now they’re meeting again with the Mets’ season on the line. New York entered Friday just ahead of the Arizona Diamo.
