Terry Francona of the Cleveland Guardians was named 2022 American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday night, while Buck Showalter of the New York Mets earned Manager of the Year honors in the National League.

Francona won the award for the third time (2013, 2016), all with Cleveland — joining Dusty Baker and Bobby Cox as the only managers to win the award three times with the same club.

Meanwhile, Showalter became the first man to win Manager of the Year four times with four different teams (New York Yankees in 1994, Texas Rangers in 2004, Baltimore Orioles in 2014). He joined Cox and Tony La Russa as the only four-time winners of the award in history.

Francona received 17 of the 30 available first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and finished with 112 total points. The Baltimore Orioles’ Brandon Hyde finished second with 79 points (nine first-place votes).

Scott Servais of the Seattle Mariners was third with 43 points and one first-place ballot, while Baker of the Houston Astros received more first-place ballots (three) but took fourth at 31 points.

“When you start hearing people talk about you personally, it makes you a little uneasy,” Francona said about the recognition on MLB Network. “But for the things it allows me to brag about in our organization, that part makes me really happy, whether it’s the players, the coaches, all the way to the clubbies, the trainers, the medical people. That’s the part that’s fun because we get to live it out every day.”

Francona guided the Guardians to a 92-70 record and the AL Central division title one year after they finished under .500 at 80-82.

Working with the youngest team in MLB, Francona’s Guardians won 24 of their final 30 games to blow past the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins and win the division.

“For younger guys … that are still trying to find their footing in our league, that’s pretty amazing that they were able to always put our team first,” Francona said. “And for that I had, and I still will have, a tremendous amount of respect for that group.”

In a very tight NL race, Showalter received eight of the 30 first-place votes from the BBWAA panel. His 10 second-place ballots and seven third-place picks helped him total 77 points and beat Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who also got eight first-place votes and finished with 57 points.

The Atlanta Braves’ Brian Snitker (55 points, seven first-place votes), the St. Louis Cardinals’ Oliver Marmol (44, five first-place votes) and the Philadelphia Phillies’ Rob Thomson (36, two first-place votes) rounded out the top five.

Showalter took over a Mets team that finished 77-85 last season and guided them to a 101-61 record, coming a tiebreaker away from winning the NL East. New York made its first playoff trip since 2016.

“You learn from (mistakes), you try to treat people the way you’d like to be treated and also try to share some things to help them get to where they want to go,” Showalter said. “I didn’t start coaching or managing with the idea I was gonna be a major league manager. You just take each job, you work the heck out of it and see if somebody thinks you can do something else. Every situation’s different and I was very fortunate to be asked by some really good people to join them (at the Mets) and I’m honored that we’re here today.”

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Joc Pederson accepted the San Francisco Giants’ $19.65 million qualifying offer on Tuesday and will be back with the team for a second season.

Pederson, 30, was an All-Star last season for the second time in his career. He batted .274 with 23 homers and 70 RBIs in 134 games.

Left-hander Martin Perez of the Texas Rangers was the only other player to accept a qualifying offer. A dozen other players declined before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline.

Pederson, a two-time All-Star outfielder, has 171 homers and 434 RBIs in 1,019 games over nine big league seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2014-20), Chicago Cubs (2021), Atlanta Braves (2021) and Giants. He has a .237 career batting average and is slugging .470.

Perez, 31, made the American League All-Star team in 2022 and finished 12-8 with a 2.89 ERA in 32 starts.

Players who officially rejected the qualifying offer are right-handers Jacob deGrom, Chris Bassitt and Nathan Eovaldi; left-handers Tyler Anderson and Carlos Rodon; catcher Willson Contreras, first baseman Anthony Rizzo, shortstops Xander Bogaerts, Dansby Swanson and Trea Turner and outfielders Aaron Judge and Brandon Nimmo.

The 12 players are free agents and their former clubs will receive compensation should they sign with a new team.

Rizzo reportedly re-signed with the New York Yankees on Tuesday, while Anderson signed with the Los Angeles Angels after playing last season for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Anthony Rizzo re-signed with the New York Yankees Tuesday for a two-year deal reportedly worth $34 million.

The team did not confirm financial terms, but multiple reports said the deal also includes a club option for 2025 worth $17 million with a $6 million buyout, adding up to $40 million guaranteed.

Rizzo, 33, joined the Yankees at the 2021 trade deadline in a deal with the Chicago Cubs. He returned on a one-year deal in 2022 and tied a career high of 32 home runs and had 75 RBIs over 130 games, including 115 starts at first base.

Rizzo was a three-time All-Star and won four Gold Gloves and one Silver Slugger while with Chicago, where he was part of the 2016 World Series-winning team.

In 12 MLB seasons with the San Diego Padres (2011), Cubs (2012-20) and Yankees, Rizzo is a lifetime .265/.366/.481 hitter with 283 home runs, 312 doubles and 889 RBIs in 1,536 games.

Signing Rizzo clears one of New York’s several offseason questions, chief among them the future of free agent Aaron Judge fresh off his record-setting 62-home run campaign.

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Free agent All-Star left-hander Tyler Anderson has agreed to a three-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.

The deal is worth $39-$40 million, per the reports.

The figure is important since Anderson turned down the Los Angeles Dodgers’ qualifying offer to remain a free agent. Whether he signs for more or less than $40 million determines the type of draft pick compensation the Angels would send the Dodgers in next year’s supplemental draft.

Anderson, 32, fashioned a career year with the Dodgers. He went 15-5 with a 2.57 ERA in 30 games (28 starts) this past season, earning his first All-Star nod. It was his only season with the Dodgers after signing a one-year deal worth $8 million last year.

Lifetime, Anderson is 44-43 with a 4.16 ERA in 147 games (141 starts) with five teams. He was selected No. 20 overall by the Colorado Rockies in the 2011 draft.

This year’s qualifying offer was $19.65 million.

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Houston Astros catcher Martin Maldonado underwent sports hernia surgery on Tuesday.

He posted a photo from a hospital bed on Instagram and texted “everything went great” to a Houston TV station.

The Astros confirmed after winning the World Series that he had been playing through the injury for months.

Maldonado, 36, also played with a broken bone in his right hand since being hit by a pitch on Aug. 28.

Maldonado batted .186 with 15 homers and 45 RBIs in 113 games in the 2022 regular season. He batted .207 with two RBIs in 11 postseason contests.

He is a career .209 hitter with 96 homers and 325 RBIs in 1,002 games over 12 seasons with five teams. He won a Gold Glove with the Los Angeles Angels in 2017.

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Left-hander Martin Perez accepted the Texas Rangers’ $19.65 million qualifying offer for the 2023 season.

The pitcher’s agent confirmed the news Tuesday, the deadline for players to accept the one-year deals, on social media.

Perez, 31, receives a significant salary spike after returning to Texas on a one-year, $4 million contract in 2022.

Perez made the American League All-Star team this season and finished 12-8 with a 2.89 ERA in 32 starts.

He is 75-77 with a 4.43 ERA in 253 games (223 starts) in 11 seasons with the Rangers (2012-18, 2022), Minnesota Twins (2019) and Boston Red Sox (2020-21).

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