Brewers reportedly sign manager Pat Murphy to 3-year contract with option for 2029
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The Milwaukee Brewers are signing manager Pat Murphy to a three-year contract, The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reports. The deal is a new contract, not an extension because it reworks the final year on Murphy's previous agreement, according to Rosenthal.
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Murphy's contract was set to expire after the 2026 season, but he is now signed through 2028 with a club option for 2029. The agreement will include $8.95 million of new money and make Murphy one of the highest-paid managers in Major League Baseball, ESPN's Jeff Passan reports.
Murphy, 67, earned National League Manager of the Year honors for the past two seasons, during which the Brewers won 93 and 97 games, respectively, and two NL Central titles. He's the only manager besides Bobby Cox (2004-05 with the Atlanta Braves) to win the award in consecutive seasons.
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Milwaukee's 97-65 record last season was the best in MLB, despite being 6.5 games out of first place on May 25. But a second-half surge (41-25) boosted the Brewers to another division title. Milwaukee went on to lose to the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
With Murphy's contract up after after the season, Brewers team owner Mark Attanasio was asked earlier this week about a new deal for the manager. He evaded the issue, saying "we don't talk about contracts," but apparently had a new agreement in the works.
Murphy also avoided the topic of a new contract when asked about it before spring training.
"I called in yesterday and I have a locker," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Todd Rosiak. "When you've got the pink slip at the top of your locker, that's when you've got to make alternate plans... Right now, I'm not making other plans."
Prior to being named manager, Murphy was Craig Counsell's bench coach in Milwaukee for eight seasons. He was promoted when Counsell left to become the manager of the Chicago Cubs. The Brewers defeated the Cubs in last season's NLDS.
As Brewers manager, Murphy has compiled a 190-134 record. He also recorded a 42-54 record as interim manager for the San Diego Padres in 2015, taking over after Bud Black was fired.