Why Pat Murphy is the perfect kind of manager for the Brewers
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Murph is the central character of this squad in a very unique way.
What Murph is saying is, we are a ragtag group of misfit parts.
We are the rejects.
We do stink physically, like, we are not up to snuff compared to the mighty Dodgers, but we're gonna beat them anyway.
And I think that that is a very easy thing as a fan to latch on to, and I am excited for the fans of Milwaukee who get to hop on this thrill ride.
Now, how good is this team in the long run?
Can they up the Cubs in the division?
Can they make a run in the playoffs for the first time since 2018?
Last year, when we were having sort of similar conversations about how the Brewers are doing this, they had Willy Adonis, who was a shortstop with 30 homers.
They had Jackson Currio, who was one of the best players in baseball in the second half.
They had William Preras, who was a top three catcher in the sport, if not top two catcher in the sport last year.
They had Christian Jalich with a 150 OPS plus, right?
So that was even though the rest of it was still kind of like hodgepodge, that was enough star power to where you could understand why that was a division winner.
Now, I know a lot of those players are still here, but they're not performing like that.
And so on one hand, you could say, well, that's the upside because if these guys heat up, now we are talking about clearly one of the best teams in baseball.
But the fact that they have amassed already almost one of the best teams in baseball, or one of the best records in baseball with this assortment of statistics, it's astounding, and that is why they deserve all the credit.
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