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Originally Posted by Amazin69
tl;dr: Feh. Snitker was robbed.
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Now that you mention it,
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Under Snitker’s direction, Atlanta, which had won the 2021 World Series, erased what had been a 10.5-game deficit to Showalter’s Mets to win the National League East in the season’s final week.
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That was quite a feat, holding that team together, not panicking, and persevering to pull it out in the end. What happened in the postseason is immaterial, but Snitker's regular season does seem to outshine what Showalter achieved.
But then, I believe that I have read that MOTY awards factor in expected wins based on the strength of team rosters; perhaps the BBWA committee felt that Snitker
underachieved most of the year and Showalter
overachieved based on what was expected of their teams.
Or maybe I am giving the BBWA
way too much credit.
