Paul Molitor Wins American League Manager Of The Year

I'm not sure anybody on this site can top that!  Thanks for your loyalty.

 

-From a 50-year fan.

How great - here I thought the fact that I was an usher at the first Twins game would give me the prize, but you beat me!  In the 1950's I would travel with my parents and grandparents to watch the Milwaukee Braves - Aaron, Spahn, Mathews, Burdette, Schoendeinst, Logan, Crandall, Bruton, Covington, Buhl... Loved them and they moved to some strange city where I lost contact and was happy to shift to the Twins! 

He will me my MOY when the Twins win in the postseason, and my MOD (decade) if they win the World Series. You say the vote is before the Postseason? Not in my world. Looks like whether one likes it or not, he might be around for at least a couple three years to get a chance to have his players make him look good, and he truly may improve, be a quick study, embrace the new world and get lots of help form the FO.

So Congrats just the same. It may be the less one sees someone work, the better they seem. Knowing too much might not be helpful in considering who one votes for.

I think the award is well deserved, though I wouldnt have complained a bit if Hinch had won it.

Like all awards, By Young, MAP, etc, it's based on this one season, not the year before. Was Molitor on watch for the 2016 debacle? Yes he was. But he was also the guy in charge for the 2015 season in which the team was in contention until the final week, with little to no FO support for the stretch. 2 out of 3 quality seasons for a rebuilding team tells me he's doing something right, even if I don't always agree with certain moves.

Couple quick hitters:

1] The team seems to like him, like one another, and play hard.

2] The youngsters are growing and developing under his watch. You can say this circumstantial, but it's still happening.

3] He was never a manager before at ANY level. From my own observations of the team and moves made, I see him learning and growing on the job. I actually thought he was a better manager the second half of the season than the first half from handling of his staff to lineup usage.

Congrats!