{"id":10507,"date":"2024-11-20T23:50:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T23:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10507"},"modified":"2024-11-20T23:50:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T23:50:41","slug":"breaking-murphy-downplays-moy-honor-already-focusing-on-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10507","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Murphy Downplays MOY Honor, Already Focusing on 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24322158_168400885_lowres.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After leading the Milwaukee Brewers to 93 victories, a National League Central Division title, and a sixth playoff berth in seven seasons, Pat Murphy was named the National League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America \u2014 the first Brewers manager to ever win the honor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But as far as Murphy is concerned, it\u2019s all just much ado about nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>\u201cTo be honest, it\u2019s a little embarrassing,\u201d Murphy said from the sidelines of a baseball field in Mesa, Arizona, where he was watching his 10-year-old son\u2019s baseball practice. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a great staff and we\u2019ve got young, hungry players and they made me look good.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=ByAndrewWagner&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1859023945418334315&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flastwordonsports.com%2Fbaseball%2F2024%2F11%2F20%2Fbrewers-pat-murphy-downplays-honor-focusing-2025%2F&amp;sessionId=4e876e65ae575677eb63a37a7628cc1015e59962&amp;siteScreenName=lwosbaseball&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1859023945418334315\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-24\">\n<div id=\"lwos_incontent_1\" align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x250\" data-google-query-id=\"CLm6j7m36okDFZLKFgUdg0gYKA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186,22512265771\/lwos_incontent_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Pat Murphy Shrugs Off Manager of the Year Honor, Looking Ahead to Next Year<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">While Murphy may shrug off the significance of the honor, it\u2019s hard to ignore the job he did \u2014 and the obstacles he had to overcome \u2014 in his first full season as a big-league manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The longtime college coach at Notre Dame and Arizona State joined the Brewers in 2016 to serve as bench coach to\u00a0Craig Counsell, his former player with the Fighting Irish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Most expected Murphy to follow Counsell to Chicago when he stunned the Brewers and their fans by bolting to take the Cubs\u2019 managerial job last fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Instead, after wowing general manager Matt Arnold in what Arnold admitted was initially a \u201ccourtesy\u201d interview, Murphy got the top job. His charge was to oversee what most expected to be something of a rebuilding year for the Brewers.<\/p>\n<h3>Obstacles Overcome<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Milwaukee was already heading into 2024 without one of its star starting pitchers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/woodrbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener nofollow\">Brandon Woodruff<\/a> would be out<\/p>\n<p>for most if not all of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery last October.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy took another blow just weeks before pitchers and catchers reported when Arnold\u00a0traded\u00a0staff ace\u00a0Corbin Burnes\u00a0to the Baltimore Orioles for a pair of top prospects. Then, the injury bug struck again during Cactus League play when All-Star closer\u00a0Devin Williams\u00a0underwent back surgery that would leave him sidelined until the All-Star Break, and outfielder\u00a0Garrett Mitchell\u00a0suffered a broken hand.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Murphy remained undaunted \u2014 a word that would\u00a0become a mantra\u00a0for his team. Milwaukee roared out of the gate with a season-opening sweep of the New York Mets, then kept on winning despite a stunning rash of injuries that led to Murphy using 17 different starting pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>And just when people were finally starting to take the Brewers seriously, fate dealt another blow when\u00a0Christian Yelich\u2018s resurgent season came to an abrupt end due to a\u00a0back injury\u00a0that kept him out for almost the entire second half.<\/p>\n<h3>Onto Next Season<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">None of that, though, mattered. Nor did the youth or inexperience of Milwaukee\u2019s roster. By the time it was all said and done, the Brewers ran away with the Central. They finished 10 games ahead of Counsell\u2019s Cubs and flirted with the NL\u2019s best record heading into the final weekend of the season before their playoff run came to a stunning end in Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series against the Mets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Arnold didn\u2019t mince words when asked about Murphy\u2019s efforts during his end-of-season press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt would be a crime if he\u2019s not named Manager of the Year,\u201d Arnold said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Murphy, though, is already turning his attention to next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>\u201cThis isn\u2019t the end game or some incredible achievement,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cThis is part of it but what do you do now, what\u2019s next? I\u2019m thinking about 2025 and what are the things we can do better, where our process can get better, and how we can squeeze a little more juice out of Player A or Player B.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m grateful to get recognized. It\u2019s nice and makes me look like I know what I\u2019m doing \u2026 but you\u2019re always trying to keep yourself in the right spot mentally so you disregard the good opinions and disregard the bad opinions and just be honest with yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After leading the Milwaukee Brewers to 93 victories, a National League Central Division title, and a sixth playoff berth in seven seasons, Pat Murphy was named the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking: Murphy Downplays MOY Honor, Already Focusing on 2025 - 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