A’s vice president of baseball operations, Billy Beane, has been named 2018’s Executive of the Year by Major League Baseball. This is the first time that this honor has been awarded by MLB. Each team was allowed a single vote in the selection process with Beane receiving the most votes. He edged out Tampa Bay Rays’ senior vice president of baseball operations and GM Erik Neander and Milwaukee Brewers’ general manager David Stearns, who each received the same number of votes resulting in a second place tie.
Beane is no stranger to taking home awards. The Sporting News, the first to establish an award for Executive of the Year in 1936, has awarded Beane the honor twice — first in 1999 and again in 2012.