Craig Counsell leaving the Milwaukee Brewers to manage elsewhere was possible after the team allowed his contract to expire and for him to explore other opportunities. But leaving to manage the intradivisional rival Chicago Cubs? That came as a surprise.
While Counsell has joined the Cubs on a reported five-year, $40 million contract, his old team is still coming to terms with the sudden turn of a events.
“It kind of came out of nowhere,” Brewers ace Corbin Burnes said. “I think my reaction is the same as everyone in the organization and the fan base.