President - Baseball Operations and General Manager
Matt Arnold, 47, enters his 11th season with the Brewers and first as president of baseball operations and general manager after being promoted to his current position on October 23, 2025.
Arnold joined the Brewers on October 14, 2015 as vice president and assistant general manager. He was promoted to senior vice president and assistant general manager on June 1, 2019 and was named the 10th general manager in franchise history on November 19, 2020. Arnold began leading baseball operations on October 27, 2022 after David Stearns stepped down as president of baseball operations.
In his 10 seasons in the organization (2016-25), Arnold has helped lead the Brewers to the fifth-best record in the Major Leagues and second-best record in the National League (836-683, .550). During his time in Milwaukee, the team has qualified for the postseason seven times (2018-21, 2023-25) and has won five National League Central Division championships (2018, 2021, 2023-25). The Brewers have won at least 92 games in each of Arnold's three seasons overseeing baseball operations, including a franchise-record 97 victories in 2025.
Arnold was named 2025 MLB Executive of the Year, becoming the first executive to receive the honor twice. The award, which was introduced in 2018, is voted on by executives from all 30 clubs prior to the start of the postseason. In 2024, Arnold became the first Brewers executive to win the award. He has also been honored as MLB Executive of the Year by The Sporting News (2024-25) and Baseball America (2024).
Arnold constructed a roster in 2025 that produced a franchise-record 97 wins and posted the best record in baseball (97-65) as the team qualified for the postseason for the seventh time in the last eight seasons and won the National League Central for the third consecutive season. He made a series of transactions that contributed to the successful season, including acquiring key contributors pitcher Quinn Priester and first baseman Andrew Vaughn in trades.
Prior to joining the Brewers, Arnold spent nine seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, assisting then Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman and President of Baseball Operations Matt Silverman with player acquisitions, contract negotiations and player evaluations at all levels. His responsibilities also included strategic planning, foreign and domestic special assignments and coordinating advance scouting for the postseason. Additionally, he worked to develop the process of integrating science, biomechanics and human movement analysis within all levels of baseball operations. During his time in Tampa Bay, the Rays won over 90 games in five of six years from 2008 to 2013 and qualified for the postseason four times (2008, 2010-11, 2013), including the team’s first World Series appearance in 2008.
Arnold transitioned to Tampa Bay as a professional scout following the 2006 season after nearly five years in the Cincinnati Reds front office. During his tenure with the Rays, he was promoted to director of professional scouting in November 2009 and to director of player personnel in June 2015.
Arnold, who has 25 seasons of professional baseball experience, has also served roles with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2000), Texas Rangers (2002) and Cincinnati Reds (2003-06). In Cincinnati, Arnold served as assistant director of professional scouting with his duties including player analysis, financial planning and arbitration, and he was also involved in advance, amateur and professional scouting.
Originally from California, Arnold graduated from the University of California-Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2001. He merited academic honors, including Sport Management Student of the Year.