Oh come on. Stearns' fault that Blazek sucked? He was great in the CS rotation, he was the logical choice to get a start in a pinch. What would you have done? Nelson, Anderson, and Garza have all been better than expected out of the rotation. They're down 2 starters. I'm done with the excuses for Stearns. He can wear his mistakes just like anyone else. He failed to find quality arms for this pen. He has failed to make in season adjustments like allowing your best options at SP actually be in the rotation. He can wear his mistakes. He's a grown man. This will be another wasted season for the historic Milwaukee Brewers. No one said he hasn't made mistakes, but blaming him for assembling a rebuilding pen for a rebuilding team is silly. They signed Feliz. They called up Hader in June and he has been great. They put Wily in the pen. They had patience with Hughes and Drake who were both great in June and most of July until the blowup games. They traded for Webb. They just went out and got Swarzak. Some of these moves worked, some didn't, but they were certainly trying. I hear plenty of blame for Stearns on the pen but rarely on any specific options on what should have been done. They've rotated plenty of guys through the pen -- Blazek, Webb, Marinez, Espino, Milone, and others. But people just assume Wang, Wilkerson, Archer, and others would be better. If the list B players had been called up and shelled we'd be blaming Stearns for not giving the lost A guys a shot.