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Craig Counsell To Depart Brewers For Club With Existing Manager

By Darragh McDonald | November 6, 2023 at 12:22pm CDT

Manager Craig Counsell is departing the Brewers but won’t be joining the Mets, as many had expected. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that he is joining an unidentified team that already has a manager in place.

It had been reported in recent weeks that Counsell had been drawing widespread interest, as his contract with the Brewers just expired after the 2023 season. He interviewed with the Guardians and Mets and garnered interest from the Astros, though a return to the Brewers seemed to still be possible. However, today has brought a series of surprising twists, with the Guardians hiring Stephen Vogt, the Mets bringing aboard Carlos Mendoza and Counsell apparently departing for some mystery club that doesn’t even have a current vacancy.

Shortly after this post was published, the mystery team was revealed to be the Cubs. Find more details in this post.

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  1. bigeasye

    2 years ago

    That’s messed up!

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    • RobM

      2 years ago

      It appears it’s the Cubs.

      Reply
  2. mattob

    2 years ago

    Please be the Mariners

    Reply
    • myaccount2

      2 years ago

      I’m betting it won’t be the M’s. We have too much tied into JD/Servais, plus the players would revolt. Considering they’ve already been unhappy with personnel moves, I doubt ownership/FO wants to further alienate the roster.

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    • jjd002

      2 years ago

      Servais is a such a bad manager. You guys need to drop him.

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      • myaccount2

        2 years ago

        What is your evidence for suggesting he is such a bad manager? Bullpen management? Because that’s pretty much the only insight fans have into how good or bad a manager is.

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  3. Fgh

    2 years ago

    Counsell going to cubs or cardinals probably

    1
    Reply
  4. Saint Nick

    2 years ago

    Please be Braves.

    2
    Reply
    • NashvilleJeff

      2 years ago

      You beat me to the punch there Nick.

      1
      Reply
    • getrealgone2

      2 years ago

      I was hoping that too. Then my hopes were dashed in minutes.

      2
      Reply
  5. denny816

    2 years ago

    Use some of that saved TA money Jerry!

    Reply
  6. reno24

    2 years ago

    Yankees? Cardinals? White Sox?

    Reply
    • RobM

      2 years ago

      None of them!

      1
      Reply
  7. raydh

    2 years ago

    My guesses:
    1. Marlins (seems like something they would do).
    2. Cardinals (makes sense, current manager sucks)
    3. Cubs

    Longshot: Phillies

    1
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    • Backup Catcher to the Backup Catcher

      2 years ago

      Phillies got to Game 6 of the WS last year and Game 7 of the NLCS this year. Why would Dombro fire Thomson?

      Reply
  8. phenomenalajs

    2 years ago

    That’s quite odd. If you follow the language of the tweet, a logical conclusion would be that he could be the new bench coach for the Yankees. I’d be very worried if I were Aaron Boone.

    Reply
  9. vtadave

    2 years ago

    Dodgers?

    Reply
  10. myaccount2

    2 years ago

    I’m betting it won’t be the M’s. We have too much tied into JD/Servais, plus the players would revolt. Considering they’ve already been unhappy with personnel moves, I doubt ownership/FO wants to further alienate the roster.

    Reply
  11. nwwh

    2 years ago

    Bochy to retire and hand off to Counsell?

    Reply
    • rangerfan4ever

      2 years ago

      That’s what I was thinking

      Reply
  12. MLB Top 100 Commenter

    2 years ago

    Dodgers or Yankees will set new record for posters on MLBTR

    Or could Bochy retire on top?

    1
    Reply
  13. nwwh

    2 years ago

    Bochy retires, Counsell takes over.

    Reply
  14. DarkSide830

    2 years ago

    Welcome to Philly!

    Reply
  15. barrybonds1994

    2 years ago

    Probably the Marlins and Skip Schumaker is going to the Padres

    Reply
  16. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    2 years ago

    It’s the Cubs baby
    twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/17215950112703652…

    Reply
  17. Farian

    2 years ago

    It’s the Cubs, per Rosenthal.

    1
    Reply
  18. Digdugler

    2 years ago

    Welcome to the Jays

    Reply
  19. jjd002

    2 years ago

    Cubs

    1
    Reply
  20. Farian

    2 years ago

    Attanasio should be tarred and feathered for this.

    1
    Reply
  21. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    2 years ago

    What happened to my comment? It was deleted.

    Reply
  22. MattTheRed

    2 years ago

    Aaron Boone a little worried? Cardinals maybe.

    Reply
  23. terry g

    2 years ago

    Cubs???!!

    Reply
  24. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    2 years ago

    It’s the Cubs

    Reply
  25. Buzzz Killington

    2 years ago

    I’m gonna guess the Cubs. I’m 100% sure I’ll be right. Only time will tell though.

    1
    Reply
  26. AllAboutBaseball

    2 years ago

    Nice move Cubbies

    Reply
  27. ib6ub9

    2 years ago

    From one mess to a bigger mess. Have fun.

    Reply
  28. ayeah

    2 years ago

    Once again the writer’s rumor mill proves to be wrong and the “mystery team” swoops into make the writer’s look like fools again.

    Why does anyone read their articles? It’s all a money making gimmick for you to read their articles.

    Reply
  29. angt222

    2 years ago

    Wonder how many people read this and hoped it was the Yanks lol.

    Reply
  30. Backup Catcher to the Backup Catcher

    2 years ago

    CC gets big cheese and stays in the Midwest. Has a tough job, but the suits know it, so he’ll have a long leash.

    Might not have been that long of a leash in NY. Mets wanna win now. Cohen downplays ’24 as a transition year, but that guy didn’t become rich being content to finish second or third!

    Cubs will sign some FA and grab a wild card slot this year. Should have had one last year but Ross came up short at crunch time. Not surprised Cubs are moving on from him.

    Reply
  31. Flipsithflop

    2 years ago

    Astros would be foolish to not go find Jim Hickey and hire him as the new manager.

    Reply

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