It could be a rift with MA…..it could be he thinks he’s done everything he can to win it all with the Brewers but thinks his best chance is with a bigger market team? Shouldn’t discount the possibility of a long term big money deal either……Craig never had this kind of leverage as a player and he never made big money.
I could be wrong…..maybe he’s just using this as leverage and planned to stay all along……..I hope that’s the case…..but when managers decide to take it to free agency it seems to me something is going on…….if he retires then it all makes sense……but if reports are true that he plans on managing next year are accurate……..then that’s a whole new kettle of fish.
Hopefully we don’t find out until after the World Series.