Don Wakamatsu finished in 4th place in the voting for the American League Manager of the Year Award. Wakamatsu led the Mariners to a 85-77 (52.5%) record in his first year as a major league manager in 2009. No one expected the Mariners to even approach .500 last season but Wakamatsu did a great job of coaching them up. The Mariners are going to likely improve the team over the winter so Wakamatsu will be expected to improve the record and there is no reason to think he can’t.