New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman stated that he accepted Pat Murphy’s apology after the Milwaukee Brewers manager was caught on a hot mic criticizing the Bronx Bombers’ culture during a conversation with Jake Bauers.
The Apology and Cashman’s Response
Cashman addressed reporters on Tuesday at the general managers meetings, noting that Murphy reached out very quickly despite celebrating the pinnacle of his professional career.
“He took the time on the greatest—within 12 hours, arguably some of the greatest times that he’s had walking this planet Earth outside of the birth of his kids—to realize that he said something that he regretted, that he’s caught on a live mic,” Cashman told reporters. “He wanted to take the time, track us down over here at the lowly Yankees to make sure he would apologize for that, so that meant a lot to me.”
Murphy’s Viral Comments
The controversy began when Bauers presented Murphy with the game ball following the final out of the team’s World Series-clinching victory. Murphy told the pending free agent first baseman that he was about to secure a lucrative contract and offered a critical piece of advice.
The manager told Bauers to remember, when he was on that “horses–t [New York] Yankees team” where players were “all playing for yourselves,” to tell his new teammates how things used to be done.
Murphy subsequently clarified his remarks during an appearance on the New York Post’s “The Show” podcast, explaining that he did not intend to target the 2026 Yankees specifically. Instead, he claimed he was referring generally to high-spending clubs with massive payrolls that lack a gritty, underdog identity and foster an individualistic “I gotta get mine” mentality.
Cashman and the organization consider the matter closed as the team looks ahead to the winter transfer window.
