I understand the frustration but what was Stearns to do? Outside of trading away farm pieces, there isn't a lot more he can do, as the Brewers currently sit at the 19th highest payroll according to Sportrac, just behind the Tigers and Twins, both considerably larger markets.
Maybe it's time to push all the chips into the middle of the table and trade the farm but outside of that move, Stearns doesn't have a ton of wiggle room to make big moves to shore up any part of the team. He's working in the margins, mostly, because it's all he can do.