David Stearns had his exit interview with the Milwaukee Brewers media over Zoom yesterday. Stearns explained a lot of things about the season and what to expect this offseason. Personally, I thought Stearns was very transparent in acknowledging the season didn’t go so well and certain players did not perform to standards they expected. One comment that I think might get taken out of context though was his note about the budget for 2021. Stearns did not have a great answer for what that might look like in 2021. This is completely fair, but considering last season, people might run with this in a negative manner.

David Stearns, asked whether the player payroll budget will be tighter in 2021: "I think it's a possibility."

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) October 5, 2020

Before you run to the hills and talk about the Brewers being cheap, you have to remember that they made zero dollars on revenue at Miller Park this season. Zero. That is a significant loss for the Brewers. Mark Attanasio talked about last year being in the red which seemed shaky to me last season. This year, he probably has a point. It is hard to see the Brewers successfully having a positive year revenue-wise without the fans. The same goes for all of baseball. But this could work out to the Brewers’ advantage.

Remember the whole reason they were able to add Mike Moustakas and Yasmani Grandal is baseball owners went through this phase where no one was getting paid. They did one or two-year deals. Owners changed course really after Bryce Harper and Manny Machado got paid. But with the lack of revenue this season, the contracts might revert where Milwaukee could get a steal for a guy that is usually worth a little bit more than what they signed him for.

Brewers need to rebuild certain parts of their offense on the fly. They need to be better at the corner infield spots and have more of a powerful offense that we saw in 2018. Hopefully, they can find a way back there.

Charlie.