A mystery team emerged and lured Craig Counsell from Milwaukee.
After being pursued by the Mets, Counsell is leaving the Brewers for their NL Central rival Cubs, The Athletic’s Ken RosenthalCounsell is replacing David Ross, the beloved member of their 2016 championship team that broke the franchise’s more-than 100-year World Series drought, who had been managing the Cubs since 2020.
Despite being in one of the smallest markets, the Brewers have made the playoffs five of the past six seasons with Counsell as skipper.Getty Images Because he grew up in Milwaukee and is raising his family in the area, there had been thought that it would take a very compelling financial package and baseball situation to lure him away.
Milwaukee and Chicago are about 90 minutes apart, so it could be conceivable that he could do some sort of hybrid living and commuting situation, without having to move his school-age kids.The Cubs finished 83-79 this season, nine games behind the Brewers for first in the NL Central.that the Mets landed on Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza after missing out on the Counsell sweepstakes.
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