When Joe Girardi won the National League Manager of the Year award back in 2006, he did it by squeezing 78 wins out of a then-Florida Marlins club that had no business winning 78 games. He did a lot with very little.
Girardi hasn't been faced with this same challenge since taking over as the manager of the New York Yankees in 2008. He's been blessed with a strong roster each year he's been in charge, and the Yankees have won 421 games (and counting) under his watch, not to mention a World Series.
Girardi has yet to finish any higher than third in the AL Manager of the Year voting during his time with the Yankees. The perception among baseball writers is that his job has been made easy by the talent on his roster.
This, of course, is quite true. However, things are a little different this year. The Yankees are a weaker team than they've been in some time, but you'd never know it from looking at their AL-best 37-25 record. At some point, Girardi has to be given credit for this.
How about now?
Here's a look at this week's AL Manager of the Year rankings. Rest assured, Girardi is in here somewhere...
Note: Feel free to check out last week's rankings.
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