Phillies manager Rob Thomson finished fifth 1`in National League Manager of the Year voting, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday night.
The Phillies’ interim-turned-full-time skipper actually got quite a few second-place votes, but still finished behind the winner in Buck Showalter, along with Dave Roberts, Brian Snitker and Oli Marmol:
Despite his role in turning the struggling Phillies around and taking the franchise to its first postseason since 2011, Thomson was not named a finalist for the award last Monday. Nominations instead went to Roberts, Snitker and Showalter.
Those three fronted the National League’s 100-plus-win teams in 2022, so it’s not as if they were undeserving of recognition.