It’s rare that a general manager admits a mistake. It’s even more rare when one does it using the plain language Brewers GM David Stearns did when commenting on the non-tender of Jonathan Schoop.
It’s a quote that got a lot of attention and even some admiration on Friday night:
David Stearns looking at the Schoop trade in hindsight: "Look, it was a bad deal, and that's on me. We made a trade for a player we thought was going to be here for a year and a half, and I was wrong.