Brian Cashman Addresses Pat Murphy Ripping Yankees in Viral Video After Brewers' World Series Win

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he accepted Pat Murphy's apology after the Milwaukee Brewers' manager was caught on a hot mic questioning the Bronx Bombers' culture while speaking with Jake Bauers.

"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 Tuesday at the general managers meetings. "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."

After Bauers gifted Murphy with the baseball from the final out of the team's World Series-clinching win, the manager told the first baseman—who is a free agent this winter—that he was about to be "a rich f--ker" and to "just remember when you are on that horses--t [New York] Yankees team and you guys are all playing for yourselves? Just remember, say, 'This is the way we used to do it.'"

Murphy later clarified his remarks and said he reached out to Cashman to apologize.

"I tried to explain that I wasn't talking about the 2026 Yankees," he said during an appearance on the New York Post's "The Show" podcast last week. "I was just referring to the teams with a lot of money that sign a lot of players that sometimes end up not being that 'Little Engine that Could,' so to speak—more of a high expectation, 'I gotta get mine.' I regret saying it."

For Cashman and the Yankees it's water under the bridge, though New Yorkers are certainly hoping the Bronx Bombers pony up for some upgrades in free agency this winter.