Major League Baseball's end-of-the-year awards season is in full swing. On Sunday evening, the Gold Glove Award winners were announced, and the Milwaukee Brewers, despite having two finalists, came up empty-handed. Then, on Monday night, the Baseball Writers' Association of America released their finalists for the MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year awards. With a finalist for the NL Rookie of the Year in Caleb Durbin, the Brewers continued to demonstrate their aptitude for getting the most out of their young players.
The man charged with leading those young, budding stars to success also unsurprisingly found his name among the BBWA's list of finalists when it was released last night; for the second consecutive season, Pat Murphy has been named a finalist for the NL Manager of the Year Award.