MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers have called a noon CT news conference at Miller Park, where they are expected to announce a contract extension for manager Craig Counsell.
An extension would remove Counsell's "lame-duck" status entering 2017 -- the final season of the three-year contract he signed after taking over for Ron Roenicke in May 2015. Both Counsell and Brewers general manager David Stearns were listed as attendees for Friday's media event.
The Brewers are 135-165 since Counsell took over as field manager, a tenure that marked the start of a full-blown rebuild and preceded the transition from longtime general manager Doug Melvin to Stearns.