The Tampa Bay Rays manager may get lost in the shuffle this year as The American League Manager of the Year race is loaded this year. Managers from all over the league have been making extremely solid cases and it looked like it was going to be tough to pick a winner up until the season’s end.
First time leaders, Alex Cora and Aaron Boone, led the Red Sox and Yankees to over 100 wins and playoff positions, AJ Hinch took the Astros back to the American League Championship Series and a surprising first half saw the Seattle Mariners in the thick of playoff contention until the last month of the season.