The Baseball Writers A sociation of America announced that Guardians skipper Stephen Vogt and Brewers manager Pat Murphy were named the respective leagues Managers of the Year. Both men took the award after leading their teams to Central division titles in year one. Vogt took the reins for the Guardians within a year and a half of retiring as a player. He spent one season on Seattles staff as bullpen coach before Cleveland tabbed him to replace future Hall of Famer Terry Francona. Vogt took over a team that had a much weaker rotation than the Guardians customarily sport, especially after went down two starts into the season. Expectations outside the organization generally werent very high. Cleveland neverthele s ran away with the AL Central. They built a lead as big as nine games by the end of June and didnt look back. The Guardians cruised to a 92-win season, taking 16 more games than they had in 2023. They outscored opponents by 87 runs, largely on the strength of an elite bullpen. Vogts relief group easily led the majors with a 2.57 earned run average. The Guardians nabbed the #2 seed in the American League to secure a first-round bye. Awards voting occurs before the start of the postseason, so the playoffs werent a factor in these honors. Cleveland held serve by defeating the upstart Tigers in the Division Series. They dropped a five-game set to the top-seeded Yankees in the Championship Series. While it didnt end as hoped, it was a much more succe sful season than most people envisioned. Vogt rather handily won the support of voters. He nabbed 27 of the 30 first-place selections. Kansas Citys Matt Quatraro and Detroits A.J. Hinch were the only others to Derrick Coleman Jersey receive a first-place vote in the America League. Quatraro and Hinch finished second and third, respectively. Joe Espada, Aaron Boone, Mark Kotsay, Rocco Baldelli and Alex Cora all appeared on at least one ballot. The story was much the same in the National League. Murphy was in his first year at the helm. Like Vogt, he took over for one of the sports most respected managers. Craig Counsell departed to sign with the Cubs, leaving Murphy in charge of a dugout for the first time since an interim stint with the Padres in 2015. As with Cleveland, Milwaukees formerly vaunted rotation had been thinned by injury and trades. The Brewers got succe s out of unheralded starters and . Their bullpen was arguably the best in the National League. Despite losing for the first half of the season, Milwaukee relievers led the NL with a 3.11 ERA that trailed only Clevelands mark overall. The Brewers outscored opponents by 136 runs to post a 93-69 record. They e sentially replicated their results from Counsells final season and grabbed their third NL Central title in four years. Milwaukees year ended with a bitter defeat. Williams blown save against the Mets in the Wild Card round left them with a first-round exit for the second straight year. Thats not a factor in the voting, of course, and its not as if anyone would fault Murphy for turning to his star closer in that situation anyhow. Murphy rather remarkably becomes the first Brewers manager to win the award. Counsell has surprisingly never won that honor. As with Vogt, Murphy took 27 of 30 first-place spots. San Diegos Mike Shildt, New Yorks Carlos Mendoza and Philadelphias Rob Thomson each picked up one first-place nod. Shildt and Mendoza placed second and third, respectively. Torey Lovullo landed in fourth overall, while Thomson rounded out the top five. Brian Snitker, Dave Roberts and Oli Marmol also received votes. Full courtesy of the BBWAA. Tyler Johnson Jersey