With less than a month left in the MLB season, Matt Quatraro is the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to the AL Manager of the Year Award. With his Kansas City Royals eyeing a postseason birth for the first time since 2015, Quatraro and Bobby Witt Jr. have the club firmly in a Wild Card Spot, and they could even still challenge Stephen Vogt and his Cleveland Guardians for the AL Central title.
With that in mind, BetKansas.com is using our Kansas sports betting mindset to break down the odds on which AL manager could take home Manager of the Year honors in the junior circuit, with Quatraro standing tall currently.
AL Manager of the Year Odds 2024
Manager | Team | Odds |
|---|---|---|
Matt Quatraro | Kansas City Royals | -135 |
Stephen Vogt | Cleveland Guardians | -105 |
Alex Cora | Boston Red Sox | +2500 |
Rocco Baldelli | Minnesota Twins | +3000 |
Brandon Hyde | Baltimore Orioles | +6000 |
Joe Espada | Houston Astros | +10000 |
Aaron Boone | New York Yankees | +10000 |
*Odds according to FanDuel Kansas on Sept. 9 2024.
Currently, Quatraro is listed at -135 as the next AL Manager of the Year, with only Vogt (-105) looming as a true challenger on our odds board.
Quatraro is in his second season with the Royals but has K.C. in a much-improved position over last year’s disastrous 56-106 (.392) campaign in the Crossroads, putting the franchise squarely in the playoff picture with less than 30 regular season games to play.
Rounding out our AL MOY list are veterans of the trade like Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox (+2500), Rocco Baldelli of the Minnesota Twins (+3000) and Brandon Hyde of the Baltimore Orioles (+6000).
Still, it’s hard not to wax poetic on a team like the Royals that entered the year with win total over/under figures that ranged from 73.5 (BetMGM & FanDuel) to 74.5 (Bet365, Caesars Sportsbook and DraftKings).
AL Manager of the Year: Past 10 Managers To Win Award
Year | Manager | Team |
|---|---|---|
2023 | Brandon Hyde | Baltimore Orioles |
2022 | Terry Francona | Cleveland Guardians |
2021 | Kevin Cash | Tampa Bay Rays |
2020 | Kevin Cash | Tampa Bay Rays |
2019 | Rocco Baldelli | Minnesota Twins |
2018 | Bob Melvin | Oakland Athletics |
2017 | Paul Molitor | Minnesota Twins |
2016 | Terry Francona | Cleveland Guardians |
2015 | Jeff Banister | Texas Rangers |
2014 | Buck Showalter | Baltimore Orioles |
Since 2014, no manager from the Royals has won the AL Manager of the Year award, with the last AL Central skipper to do so being Terry Francona of the Cleveland Guardians two years ago.
Other recent AL Central winners include Baldelli in 2019, Paul Molitor of the Twins in 2017 and Francona again in 2016, though Royals fans can hope that 2024 will be the year that Quatraro brings the honor home to Kansas City.
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Q&As
For the American League Manager of the Year award, Royals manager Matt Quatraro (-135) is the heavy favorite to take home the award in the 2024 MLB season.
Author
Christopher Boan is a lead writer at BetKansas.com specializing in covering state issues. He covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years.
