That was not the case though for the Red Sox and Dombrowski.
At the annual GM meetings earlier this month, Major League Baseball announced Oakland’s Billy Beane won the award, with Tampa Bay General Manager Erik Neander and Milwaukee’s David Sterns tying for second place.
Each team was given a single vote to cast for the award and had to be submitted by the end of the season, yet the league did not announce totals for any of the executives.
Beane undoubtedly had another impressive year with Oakland. His team won 97 games, reaching the AL Wild Card game, all while having the lowest payroll in the majors at $62.