Craig Counsell’s right-hand man, bench coach Pat Murphy, is about to switch him as supervisor, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported late Monday. Counsell departed Milwaukee to turn out to be Cubs supervisor earlier this offseason and the duo will likely be eternally tied collectively within the baseball world.
Bench coach Pat Murphy, 64, began his teaching profession at Maryville, the place he was the pinnacle baseball coach and likewise an assistant soccer coach. He was later the pinnacle baseball coach at Notre Dame, the place he coached, amongst others, future World Collection champion Counsell, who graduated in 1992. Murphy coached Notre Dame by way of 1994 after which was Arizona State’s head coach from 1995-2009.
From there, Murphy joined the Padres as a particular assistant of baseball operations. He served as a supervisor within the Padres’ minor-league system at a number of stops earlier than finally taking on because the interim supervisor of the big-league membership when Bud Black was fired on June 16, 2015. Murphy went 42-54 the remainder of the best way earlier than the Padres employed Andy Inexperienced on a everlasting foundation for the 2016 season.
It was then that Murphy joined Counsell’s teaching workers in Milwaukee. Counsell had taken over the Brewers throughout the 2015 season and reworked the teaching workers the following offseason with Murphy changing into his trusted bench coach.
The Brewers, who went 92-70 throughout 2023 and gained the division for the second time in three years, face a franchise-changing offseason as they determine what to do with looming free brokers Corbin Burnes and Willy Adames, who each hit the market after 2024.
Having Murphy elevated from the No. 2 place within the dugout to supervisor will give them a bit of continuity as they appear to choose up the items after Counsell’s departure to the division-rival Cubs.
Could 3 will mark the primary time Counsell and Murphy face off since their cut up, because the Cubs host the Brewers for a three-game sequence that weekend. The primary time Counsell returns to Milwaukee as Cubs supervisor is Could 27.
