Aaron Boone became the first manager in MLB history to guide a team to 100 wins in each of his first two seasons as a manager.
He’ll find out Tuesday if that’s enough for him to win AL Manager of the Year.
The other two finalists for the award are Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash and Minnesota’s Rocco Baldelli.
Cash led the Rays to the playoffs despite a minuscule payroll, where they beat the A’s in the AL wild-card game to reach the ALDS, where they forced the Astros to beat them in five games. And Baldelli, in his first year as Twins manager, led Minnesota to 101 wins and the AL Central crown after the Twins finished six games under .