Sterns: Ash 'going to stay' with Brewers

MILWAUKEE -- Longtime Brewers executive Gord Ash will remain with the club in an advisory and pro scouting capacity, general manager David Stearns said Monday.

Ash had been the Brewers' assistant general manager since November 2002, but was removed from that role last month as the newly hired Stearns shaped his front office. Stearns subsequently hired Matt Arnold as assistant GM, but he said he hoped Ash would remain in a different role. By last week, they had reached an agreement.

"He's going to be a very helpful advisor from a strategic thinking standpoint," Stearns said. "He'll also do some professional and Major League coverage for us once the regular season gets going. But Gord is going…