{"id":583021,"date":"2026-02-20T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/583021\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:09:13","slug":"milwaukees-pat-murphy-agrees-to-extension-after-managing-brewers-to-2-straight-division-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/583021\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy agrees to extension after managing Brewers to 2 straight division titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX \u2013 Milwaukee\u2019s Pat Murphy has agreed to a multi-year contract extension after leading the Brewers<\/a> to division titles and getting selected as NL manager of the year<\/a> each of his first two seasons.<\/p>\n

Murphy\u2019s contract had been set to expire at the end of the season if he hadn\u2019t agreed to an extension. He had taken over as Milwaukee\u2019s manager after predecessor Craig Counsell let his contract run out after the 2023 season and then signed a lucrative deal<\/a> with the rival Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n

The Brewers didn\u2019t release terms when announcing the deal Friday. The Athletic, which first reported Murphy\u2019s new deal, said he now has a three-year contract with a club option for 2029.<\/p>\n

\u201cPat Murphy has been an incredible partner and leader here for over a decade,\u201d Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled that we have been able to come up with a framework that keeps Murph with the Brewers for years to come and maintains the special relationship that we have established. I look forward to continuing the pursuit of a World Series championship with Murph and his staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murphy, 67, owns a 190-134 record as Milwaukee\u2019s manager and has helped the Brewers wildly outperform preseason forecasts each of the last two years. The Brewers earned a franchise-record 97 wins last season, won a third straight NL Central title and beat Counsell\u2019s Cubs in the NL Division Series before getting swept in the NL Championship Series by the eventual World Series-winning Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n

The Brewers went 93-69 and won the NL Central championship in 2024 before losing an NL Wild Card Series to the New York Mets.<\/p>\n

Murphy is the first Brewers skipper ever to get named NL manager of the year, and he has done it each of his two years in Milwaukee. The only other people ever to get selected as manager of the year in consecutive seasons are Atlanta\u2019s Bobby Cox (2004-05), Tampa Bay\u2019s Kevin Cash (2020-21) and Cleveland\u2019s Stephen Vogt (2024-25).<\/p>\n

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