When this all happened, Murphy said of replacing Counsell, I was just very grateful.
Im just grateful to go to work every day and show up and attempt to impact somebody.
I want to be clear about that.
Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about it.
There’s torment and pain and torture, and then there’s being a present day Chicago sports fan.
It’s actually kinda impressive how sick and twisted it is when you really think about it.
And obviously congrats to Pat Murphy (Murph) on a remarkable debut season with the Brewers.
This was a slam dunk move.
That’s actually fucking crazy to think about.
I don’t want to complain online about how grown men coach sports.
Personally I think it’s some combination of everything.
There’s obviously a bigger curse brewing.
Obviously there’s a lot of bad luck and even a fair amount of stupid decisions.
The way this is headed, it may never get better in your lifetime.
Two decades from now you could find a perfectly even .500 franchise and even that feels ambitious.
Congratulations to Murph on winning Manager of the Year and reinforcing my own personal futility.
He also mashes left handed pitching and can give you legitimate power off the bench with little notice.
Patrick Wisdom is very much that guy.
- TRADE
Eli Morgan should be a reliable setup man with contract control thru 2027.
He had a sub-2.00 ERA last year in 40+ innings but saw a dip in strikeouts from career numbers.
We don’t love his fastball velocity but he’s got elite amounts of movement for a 4-seamer.
There’s still a long way to go for us to even take the field against Milwaukee.
But this move is a step in the right direction and that’s a good thing for the Chicago Cubs
