The Minnesota Twins, thanks to their amazing turn-around season, were able to add another award to their 2017 trophy case. It was announced Tuesday night that Paul Molitor is the 2017 recipient of the Baseball Writers of America Association’s American League Manager of the Year.
The rebound from a 100 loss season to American Wild Card was no small feat. And neither was winning the American League Manager of the Year for Molitor. Molitor’s competition for the award was a pair of 100 win managers in fellow finalists Cleveland Indians Terry Francona and Houston Astros A.