Cleveland Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti was voted Major League Baseball’s Executive of the Year on Tuesday after his young team won the AL Central with a $68 million payroll that was 27th among the 30 teams.
Cleveland went 92-70 while using 17 players who made their major league debuts. The youngest team in the postseason, the Guardians lost a five-game division series to the New York Yankees.
Antonetti, 47, has been in charge of Cleveland’s baseball operations as general manager from 2011 to 2015 and president of baseball operations since October 2015.
In voting conducted by major league clubs before the postseason, Atlanta Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos was second and Seattle Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto was third.