Brian Snitker has been named NL manager of the year after guiding the Atlanta Braves to the team’s first winning season, postseason berth and division title in five years.
Snitker is the first Braves manager since Bobby Cox in 2005 to be named manager of the year and accomplished the feat with a young club that most predicted to finish in the middle of the pack in the NL East.
Snitker, who managed for years in the Braves’ minor league system, led the big-league club to a 90-72 season that ended with a loss in the NLDS to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He beat out fellow finalists Craig Counsell of the Milwaukee Brewers and Bud Black of the Colorado Rockies.
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