Chatting with Brewers general manager Matt Arnold after a 103-win season (09.29.2026)
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Brewers general manager and president of baseball operations Matt Arnold joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss his path to becoming the leader of the best team in MLB. They discuss how he got here, his connection to the Tampa Bay Rays (the American League's best team and a spiritual sibling of the Brewers), Moneyball, his relationship with Dodgers GM and former colleague Andrew Friedman, the Tarik Skubal sweepstakes, doing business with a work stoppage looming and more.
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