The Orioles were the most surprising team in all of baseball this year, winning 31 games more than they did last year without having made any significant outside-the-organization additions to the roster. That’s often the kind of thing that helps a manager win Manager of the Year. It didn’t work out that way for Brandon Hyde this year, though. He finished in second place behind three-time winner Terry Francona of the Guardians.
Francona finished with 17 first place votes and nine second place votes, which in the 5-3-1 point system is 112 points. Hyde’s nine first place, nine second place, and seven third place votes netted him 79 points.