Nolan Arenado is now a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. That sentence makes me want to hurl. Seriously, I want to puke and pretend that isn’t happening. The thought of Josh Hader having to go through Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt in the ninth inning is nightmare shit. The National League Central appeared to be for the taking. Pirates are rebuilding, Cincinnati Reds were spending like drunken sailors last year and now they’re in rebuilding mode. Milwaukee Brewers have enough talent where if they made one or two significant moves they could contend this year. Instead, they let the Cardinals go above and beyond and steal Arenado from Colorado plus Cubs now see an opportunity as well to contend. What the hell is David Stearns doing?

Brewers were said to be talking to Justin Turner and Eddie Rosario earlier this week. Rosario ended up signing with the Cleveland Indians for eight million for one year. Rosario likely chooses Cleveland over Milwaukee because of regular starting time and potentially familiarity in the division. Turner, the jury is still out on, but to overpay a 36-year old to be the third baseman of the team feels, unlike Stearns. It would be a good move to make but no matter what he does, the Arenado deal trumps all.

But the problem is the Brewers have been so quiet you would have thought they were dead. Yes, this week they popped up in the headlines a bit but the only two moves made were for another Eric Sogard and reliever coming off Tommy John. That’s it. I get budgets are tight, but you have Christian Yelich and a winnable division. It became much harder when the Cardinals got Arenado, but still with the Reds and Pirates, Milwaukee can contend especially if Chicago decides not do anything more than Joc Pederson. But Cubs see the window hence why they signed Pederson. Where the fuck are the Brewers?

Stearns has built a regular winner in Milwaukee, but he refuses to take that next step. If it were Mark Attanasio’s fault, Stearns would have found a way to leave as he has been courted for a few jobs. This is a two-way street with the Brewers. If the Milwaukee Bucks and Green Bay Packers continue to show signs of success, people are not going to accept a Brewers team that will need everything to go right in order to win 90+ games. People aren’t asking for Trevor Bauer. They’re asking for moves to make them a competitive baseball. To look at last year’s team and think you can win 88-95 games with that group is a slap in the fucking face of everyone who watched them last season.

There is still time to make moves and maybe Stearns dunks on me like Shaq to Chris Dudley in the coming days. For all of our sakes, let’s hope so.

Charlie.