Brewers’ Matt Arnold becomes first to win MLB Executive of the Year Award twice
Arnold became the first Brewers GM to win the award a year ago.
Updated: 9:48 PM CST Nov 13, 2025
To say the Milwaukee Brewers have good leadership would be an understatement. Just days after Brewers manager Pat Murphy took home his second National League Manager of the Year award, newly promoted President of Baseball Operations Matt Arnold was named the 2025 MLB Executive of the Year Award winner on Nov. 13.Arnold becomes the first executive to win the award twice. He also won the award a year ago. The Executive of the Year Award began in 2018. It’s voted on by executives from all 30 clubs at the start of the postseason.Arnold constructed the 2025 Brewers roster, which ended up setting a franchise record in regular-season wins, 97, and finished with the best regular-season record in baseball this year.Some of the notable transactions made by Arnold this year include acquiring Andrew Vaughn from the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Civale, trading former Brewers closer Devin Williams to the New York Yankees for Caleb Durbin and trading for Quinn Priester from the Boston Red Sox early in the season. Durbin went on to finish third in the 2025 National League Rookie of the Year voting. Vaughn recorded a .868 OPS with the Brewers this season and helped them advance to the National League Championship Series. Quinn Priester finished the regular season with a 13-3 record and 3.32 ERA in 29 games and 24 starts as a pitcher.Arnold just completed his 10th season with the Brewers. He joined the organization as vice president and assistant general manager on Oct. 14, 2015. He was promoted to senior vice president and assistant general manager in 2019. Arnold was named general manager in 2020 and began leading baseball operations in 2022 after David Stearns stepped down as president of baseball operations. Arnold was promoted to his current position, president of baseball operations, on Oct. 23, 2025, while also serving as the organization’s general manager.Top HeadlinesWaukesha School Board votes to close three elementary schoolsMilwaukee mother arrested in connection with 3-year-old son’s deathLooming ban on hemp-based THC products could ‘devastate’ Wisconsin businessWATCH President Trump signs bill to end historic government shutdown
MILWAUKEE —
To say the Milwaukee Brewers have good leadership would be an understatement. Just days after Brewers manager Pat Murphy took home his second National League Manager of the Year award, newly promoted President of Baseball Operations Matt Arnold was named the 2025 MLB Executive of the Year Award winner on Nov. 13.
Arnold becomes the first executive to win the award twice. He also won the award a year ago.
The Executive of the Year Award began in 2018. It’s voted on by executives from all 30 clubs at the start of the postseason.
Arnold constructed the 2025 Brewers roster, which ended up setting a franchise record in regular-season wins, 97, and finished with the best regular-season record in baseball this year.
Some of the notable transactions made by Arnold this year include acquiring Andrew Vaughn from the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Civale, trading former Brewers closer Devin Williams to the New York Yankees for Caleb Durbin and trading for Quinn Priester from the Boston Red Sox early in the season. Durbin went on to finish third in the 2025 National League Rookie of the Year voting. Vaughn recorded a .868 OPS with the Brewers this season and helped them advance to the National League Championship Series. Quinn Priester finished the regular season with a 13-3 record and 3.32 ERA in 29 games and 24 starts as a pitcher.
Arnold just completed his 10th season with the Brewers. He joined the organization as vice president and assistant general manager on Oct. 14, 2015. He was promoted to senior vice president and assistant general manager in 2019. Arnold was named general manager in 2020 and began leading baseball operations in 2022 after David Stearns stepped down as president of baseball operations. Arnold was promoted to his current position, president of baseball operations, on Oct. 23, 2025, while also serving as the organization’s general manager.
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