Cubs manager Craig Counsell admits a 'big gap' exists between the Brewers and the rest of the NL Central division.

When the Chicago Cubs made Craig Counsell the highest-paid manager in baseball history, thus pilfering the leader of the rival Milwaukee Brewers in the process, this is not the end result the front office had in mind.

The Cubs’ first-year manager might have been at his most animated all season in throwing down a challenge to the entire organization.