Never before has a manager in Major League Baseball won three straight Manager of the Year Awards.

Here in 2026, Milwaukee Brewers skipper Pat Murphy has a chance to make history.

Murphy was just nominated for his third straight National League Manager of the Year Award, and it would be extremely shocking to see him not come out victorious.

Once again, the Brewers weren't given any respect in the preseason projections, though Murphy will be the first person to tell you none of that matters.

As he said after advancing to the World Series, "They've got a bunch of Hall of Famers, we've got a bunch of gamers."

This Brewers team was a historic one, to say the least, and now Murphy just has to beat the Philadelphia Phillies' Don Mattingly and Atlanta Braves' Walt Weiss to make history. 

What Murphy has done with this Brewers organization is absolutely spectacular. The growth this team has had since moving on from Craig Counsell is hard to fathom, and it's Murphy who deserves a ton of praise.

There are a million people behind the scenes working incredibly hard to make sure this franchise even had a shot at winning it all this year. But, without the way Murphy leads this team, who knows if they would've even won the National League Central.

Murphy is now an NL Manager of the Year Award finalist for the third straight season, and there's no reason why Mattingly or Weiss should win it over him.

Voter fatigue is real, no doubt, and some would argue that's why Jackson Chourio won the Gold Glove Award over Ian Happ.

At the end of the day, no one can deny that this wasn't just the best season in Brewers history, but also was one of the most dominant postseason runs in recent memory.

As mentioned in the posts for Brice Turang, Jacob Misiorowski, and Trevor Megill, nothing done in the postseason matters for these awards.

Thankfully for Murphy, winning 103 regular season games should be enough to do the trick.

If Murphy emerges victorious, he'd join an exclusive club of managers who have won the award three times in their career: Dusty Baker, Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella, Joe Maddon, Bob Melvin, and Terry Francona.

Depending on how things go next year, or even in the years to come, Murphy could have a chance to be in rarified air alongside the only four time winners: Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox, and Buck Showalter.