Guardians' Vogt, Brewers' Murphy honored as top managers

The Milwaukee Brewers' Pat Murphy and Cleveland Guardians' Stephen Vogt were named Managers of the Year on Tuesday after leading their teams to the playoffs in their first full seasons managing.

A longtime college coach, Murphy took over in Milwaukee after Craig Counsell left to manage the rival Chicago Cubs. Under Murphy, the Brewers went 93-69 and finished 10 games ahead of the Cubs in the National League Central, the largest gap between first- and second-place teams in the 2024 Major League Baseball season.

The 40-year-old Vogt, who played for Milwaukee in 2017 when Murphy was the team's bench coach, steered Cleveland to a 92-69 record and a first-place finish in the American League Central. The Guardians made it to the AL Championship Series before losing to the New York Yankees.

Only once before had two managers in their first full seasons won Manager of the Year, according to the Elias Sports Bureau: 2019, when Minnesota's Rocco Baldelli won in his rookie season and St. Louis' Mike Shildt was in his first full year after taking over midseason in 2018. Murphy spent 96 games as interim manager for San Diego in 2015, while Vogt never had managed prior to this year after retiring from playing in 2022.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42492742/cleveland-guardians-stephen-vogt-named-al-manager-year

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Well-deserved picks.