The Brewers’ trophy case is about to get a lot more crowded.
After the World Series champions spent the past week showing off the Commissioner’s Trophy from St. Petersburg to Milwaukee to Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center, they now have a chance to collect more hardware when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America hands out its major awards next week. Milwaukee landed four finalists across the board Monday: Jacob Misiorowski for NL Cy Young, Pat Murphy for NL Manager of the Year, Brice Turang for NL MVP and Trevor Megill for NL Reliever of the Year.
The BBWAA finalists are the top three vote-getters in each category in each league, with ballots cast before the first pitch of the postseason. The awards will be announced on MLB Network at 6 p.m.
CT each night: Rookie of the Year on Nov. 9, Manager of the Year on Nov.
10, Cy Young and Reliever of the Year on Nov. 11 and MVP on Nov. 12.
Murphy is chasing a third straight Manager of the Year trophy after winning it in each of his first two seasons at the helm. He was the Brewers’ first winner in the award’s history, which began in 1983, after guiding Milwaukee to a division title in 2024.
Then he followed that by leading the club to a franchise-record, Major League-best 97 wins in 2025 and taking the honor again. Only 18 managers have won it more than once, and just four have done it in back-to-back years, including Stephen Vogt in the American League in 2024 and ’25.
No one has ever made it three in a row.
This year’s case is built on a season that kept defying the projections. The Brewers won a franchise-record 103 games and led the majors again, even though the most commonly cited preseason forecasts had them around 81-82 wins.
Murphy did it with a rotation loaded with pitchers who had less than two years of Major League experience, with rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt in the mix from June onward, and with players such as Jake Bauers, Garrett Mitchell, Jackson Chourio and Turang all turning in career years. Murphy kept putting the credit back on his roster.
“When people believe in themselves,” he said, “that gives you the greatest joy you can ever believe.”
Megill’s path has been a winding one, taking him from the Padres’ farm system to the Cubs to the Twins before he settled in with the Brewers and became one of the league’s most dependable relievers. His postseason work included the final six outs of Milwaukee’s first World Series championship, but the BBWAA awards are based on the regular season, and his regular season was plenty strong. He posted a 2.63 ERA with 30 saves and a 0.89 WHIP, fourth-best among qualifying relievers, while cutting his walk rate to a career-low 6.2 percent.
“He’s just really comfortable. He’s commanding the baseball.
I think this year, that’s the biggest difference,” Brewers pitching coach Chris Hook said. “This is just a guy who knows how to handle the situation.”
Misiorowski’s season was the kind that made a Cy Young race feel almost academic. The 6-foot-7, 24-year-old right-hander hit 105.5 mph on the radar gun and was the hardest starting pitcher to hit in history. He finished first in the majors in ERA at 1.80, strikeouts with 252, WHIP at 0.80 and opponents’ average at .157 over 174 2/3 innings.
His numbers put him in rare company. He joined Justin Verlander in 2019 and Pedro Martínez in 2000 as the only pitchers in history with at least 250 strikeouts and a WHIP of 0.80 or lower.
Elias Sports Bureau also noted that he became one of only four pitchers since 1950 - along with Sandy Koufax in 1965, J.R. Richard in 1979 and Mike Scott in 1986 - to lead the majors in ERA, strikeouts and opponents’ average.
His .157 opponents’ average was the lowest ever for a full season, topping Martínez’s .167 from 2000.
“He deserves everything that's coming his way,” said catcher and World Series MVP William Contreras. “He deserves the Cy Young that's coming his way and all the success he had this year.”
Turang’s rise has been building for a while, and Murphy saw it coming three years ago. The second baseman put together career highs in home runs with 21, RBIs with 100, on-base percentage at .366 and slugging percentage at .450, while also stealing 19 bases and playing Gold Glove defense. He was at his best in September, leading the majors with a .361 average and a .475 on-base percentage.
No matter where he lands in the voting, Turang will be the first Brewers infielder to finish in the top three in MVP balloting since Prince Fielder placed third in 2011, the year Ryan Braun won the award. He’ll also be Milwaukee’s first middle infielder in the top three since Robin Yount won the American League MVP at shortstop in 1982.
“He plays every day, whether he's injured or not. Plays every day,” Murphy said.
“He’s a force on the bases. Is a force at the plate.
Will get a bunt down when you need it. Hit a homer.
Hit a double. He’s a baseball rat.
This guy loves baseball. This year he went from ‘good player’ to, like, a dude.”
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