Oakland’s Melvin, Atlanta’s Snitker voted top managers

NEW YORK >> Oakland’s Bob Melvin was voted Manager of the Year for the third time, winning the American League honor Tuesday after leading the Athletics to the playoffs despite the lowest opening-day payroll in the major leagues.

Atlanta’s Brian Snitker won the National League

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award following the Braves’ surprising first-place finish.

Melvin is the eighth manager to win three or more times and is one shy of the record shared by Bobby Cox and Tony La Russa. Melvin won with Oakland in 2012 and took the NL honor with Arizona in 2007.

His A’s went 97-65 — a 22win improvement over 2017 — even with a $68.6 million payroll Time Channel Event

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when the season began.

Boston’s Alex Cora was second after leading the Red Sox to a team-record 108 wins. Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash, whose innovation of using a reliever as an “opener” was copied by other teams — including Oakland — was next.

A 63-year-old baseball lifer who played in Atlanta’s minor league system from 1977-80,

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Snitker has spent 42 seasons with the Braves, managing at every level and serving as the big league third base coach from 2007-13. He was managing at Triple-A Gwinnett when he took over Atlanta in May 2016 after Fredi Gonzalez was fired for a 9-28 start.

The Cy Young Award votes will be announced Wednesday. The Phillies’ Aaron Nola is a finalist.

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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN >> Ryosuke Kikuchi drove in the go-ahead run on a squeeze bunt in a four-run ninth inning as Japan beat the MLB All-Stars 5-3 and took a 3-1 lead in their six-game exhibition series.

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