Some fans would say that a manager has very little to do
with the overall outcome of a game. Some fans would argue that a manager has
little-to-no outcome on the team’s wins and losses throughout the season. Some
fans didn’t watch Aaron Boone fumble through the American League Division Series
in 2018. Aaron Boone did not win Manager of the Year in 2018, despite his team
winning 100 games and beating the Oakland Athletics in the AL Wild Card Game,
but these two men here will likely win the award for their respective teams in
2019.
If you read my predictions post for the 2019 season these
two Manager of the Year Award candidates should be simple to predict. In the
American League, I had one team taking a huge step forward in their rebuild,
adding a bunch of wins onto their total from the 2019 season. Rocco Baldelli of
the Minnesota Twins, the youngest manager in Major League Baseball at just age
37, will lead this team into the 2019 season and will ultimately win the award
in his first season at the helm.
If you read my standings, postseason, and World Series
predictions you also know that I had a bit of a surprise team not only winning
their division but winning the National League pennant as well. No team has
ever won a NL Penannt, and I am assuming this, but I feel confident in saying
it, without a great manager, and the Brewers won’t this season either without Craig
Counsell. Congrats on the award and the trip to the Fall Classic.
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