Buck Showalter has been named the National League Manager of the Year, becoming the first Mets’ skipper in history to win the award. Voted on by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America prior to the start of the postseason, this is the fourth win for Showalter overall, having won three times in the American League as the manager of the Yankees in 1994, the Texas Rangers in 2004 and the Baltimore Orioles in 2014.
In his first year in Queens, Showalter guided the Mets to a 101-61 record, the second-best record in team history. It was only the fourth time the Mets reached the 100-win mark and the first time since 1988.