When Brandon Hyde wins the 2022 AL Manager of the Year, he’ll be making history. I say “when” and not “if” because any other manager winning the award would be an absolute robbery. Don’t just take my word for it. Dan Connolly of The Athletic thinks so too. Of course, the Orioles players are backing their manager as well.
Now to the history part: since the award was introduced in 1983, no manager finishing in fourth place has ever won Manager of the Year. There have been seven winners from second-place teams, even two managers from third-place teams.