He may not run them, but that's by his choice. He still bears the responsibility for them. He's the President of Baseball Operations, so he's accountable for the roster, the draft, the farm system, contracts, coaches...everything. Of course he is responsible for everything......but no GM runs the draft.........its funny when Melvin was here Jack Z got all the credit when we had good drafts.......when he left Seid got the blame for the bad drafts.....now we are blaming Stearns instead of the scouting director.