Melvin leaving Brewers GM post

Melvin served as the Brewers general manager for the past 13 years.

During Melvin’s 13-year tenure, the Brewers reached the playoffs twice (2008, 2011) and finished under.

Melvin was named general manager of the Brewers in 2003, and built a losing ball club into a near.

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Melvin, who has been the Brewers general manager since September, 2002, will remain in his current position until Milwaukee makes a new general manager hire. Selecting Rickie Weeks, Yovani Gallardo and Ryan Braun in his first three drafts as a member of the Brewers’ front office, Melvin aided the franchise’s efforts in finishing with an 81-81 record in 2005 ending a stretch of 13 consecutive losing seasons.

The Brewers surprised most of baseball with a 20-7 start to the 2014 season and led the NL Central for 150 days before an epic collapse left them out of the playoffs. “How to best utilize his skill set will depend on who comes in [to fill the GM vacancy]”. The team never got going in 2015 and is mired in the division basement. 500 team year in and year out. Over a 10-year run, to do that is an accomplishment if you look at where we had been historically as an organization before he got here. “It’s just changed”. His final few moves as GM give hope for the future, as the team’s farm system has been replenished due to the Carlos Gomez and Gerardo Parra trades. It has been an interesting season to say the least for Milwaukee. The left-hander signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees the following offseason. The righty from Canada was 16-4 with a 3.87 ERA over 55 appearances at the Double-A level.

Counsell, 44, had a 15-year major league career, playing with four different teams including the Brewers.

The former pitcher also has an impressive front-office resume. But after owner Tom Hicks signed Alex Rodriguez to a $252 million contract, the Rangers couldn’t take the next step and Melvin was ousted after the 2001 season.