MLB Wild Card live updates: Red Sox-Yankees scoreless in Game 3; Cubs, Tigers advance to Division Series

Are you ready for Craig Counsell’s return to Milwaukee for the NLDS? You may recall that the Cubs skipper spent nine seasons managing his hometown Brewers, leaving them after the 2023 season for the richest contract ever handed a manager: a five-year contract worth more than $40 million.

The managerial addition did not immediately vault the Cubs over the Brewers in the NL Central pecking order. The Brewers won the division by 10 games last year. They won again this year, but the Cubs won a more-than-respectable 92 games despite being without their ace, Justin Steele.