Francona wins AL MOY award for third time

Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona was named American League Manager of the Year connected Tuesday for the 3rd clip successful his career.

Francona received 17 first-place votes for 112 points. Baltimore Orioles skipper Brandon Hyde came successful 2nd with 9 first-place votes, 9 seconds and 7 3rd portion Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais came successful 3rd with 1 first-place vote, 8 seconds and 14 thirds.

Francona, 63, led the youngest squad successful shot to a part title, making it to the 2nd circular of the postseason aft beating the Tampa Bay Rays successful the chaotic paper round.

It's Francona's 3rd manager of the twelvemonth grant -- each with Cleveland -- aft taking location the grant successful 2013 and 2016. He conscionable completed his 22nd play managing successful the large leagues aft stops successful Philadelphia and Boston earlier becoming the Guardians skipper successful 2013.

Cleveland wasn't expected to marque the postseason successful 2022, considering their deficiency of acquisition and violative firepower, but Francona got his players to bargain into a interaction oriented discourtesy portion playing stellar defence and moving the bases successful an assertive manner. The effect was a 92-70 regular play grounds aft winning 80 games the twelvemonth prior.

Francona has 1874 vocation regular play wins on with 2 World Series titles.

Hyde, 49, was the antheral down the Orioles archetypal winning play successful 7 years, guiding Baltimore to an 83-79 record. He did it with a rag tag radical of pitchers, galore of whom were released oregon DFA'd by different teams. Hyde has been the Orioles manager since 2019.

Servais, 55, guided the Mariners to their archetypal playoff berth successful 2 decades, ending the longest postseason drought successful baseball. Seattle won 90 games for the 2nd consecutive play portion beating the Toronto Blue Jays successful the chaotic paper circular earlier losing to the eventual champion, Houston Astros.

Servais was besides nominated for manager of the twelvemonth successful 2021, losing retired to Rays manager Kevin Cash.