Jeff Banister won the American League Manager of the year award last year during his first season as a manager. In my opinion he easily deserved the award last season. He took over a team that was that was in shock when Ron Washington suddenly resigned.
Also, it was a shock to many that the team passed on the interim manager Tim Bogar, who many thought was for sure the next manager of the Texas Rangers. That 2014 team was a disaster. It wasn’t due to a lack of talent, but a ton of injuries.