2026 MLB Manager of the Year: White Sox’s Will Venable, Brewers’ Pat Murphy win BBWAA awards

Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable and Brewers manager Pat Murphy were named the Managers of the Year in their respective leagues on Tuesday night as part of the BBWAA's awards week. Murphy is the first manager to ever win the award in three consecutive seasons.

The annual awards, which also include Manager of the Year, Reliever of the Year, Cy Young and MVP, are voted on by 30 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (that's two per MLB city in each league). Votes were submitted before the beginning of the playoffs, meaning that only regular-season contributions are taken into account.

Murphy, manager of the World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers, has been voted the National League Manager of the Year, the Baseball Writers Association of America announced on Tuesday. He is the first person to win three consecutive Manager of the Year awards and the tenth person with three Manager of the Year wins in total.

Ballots for the BBWAA's awards are submitted between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the postseason. They are regular-season awards and Milwaukee's World Series win did not factor into the voting.

Of course, Murphy did not need the…

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