Welp. Looks like Brewers fans will have to get used to seeing Craig Counsell in Cubs red, white, and blue.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported early Monday afternoon that Counsell was signed away from the Brewers by the team’s rival to the south. The initial details of the contract are reported as five years and in excess of $40 million, making him the highest-paid manager in the MLB.
Per Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Brewers offered Counsell a contract in the neighborhood of $5.5 million per season, which still would have made him the highest-paid manager in the MLB.