Mets manager Buck Showalter speaks to the media before Game 1...

Mets manager Buck Showalter speaks to the media before Game 1 of the Wild Card Series at Citi Field on Oct. 7. Credit: Newsday/William Perlman

LAS VEGAS — Buck Showalter, who guided the Mets through a season in which they won triple-digit games but blew a double-digit-game division lead, is a finalist for National League Manager of the Year, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced Monday.

The others up for the honor are Atlanta’s Brian Snitker and the Dodgers’ Dave Roberts.

Showalter, 66, has won Manager of the Year three times previously, once a decade for longer than some of his current players have been alive: 1994 with the Yankees, 2004 with the Rangers and 2014 with the Orioles.

A fourth would tie him with Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox for the most times receiving this award, which was first given out in 1983.

In his first year with the Mets, Showalter had his winningest season in 21 as a major-league manager. The Mets went 101-61, second in regular-season wins in franchise history and a 24-win improvement over the 2021 club.

But the Mets blew it at the end, losing the NL East to Atlanta after leading almost the entire season and falling in the best-of-three NL Wild Card Series to the Padres. Their division lead peaked at 10 1⁄2 games in early June. They also were up seven in mid-August and 2 1⁄2 with less than two weeks to go.

Like the other major awards — MVP, the Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year — Manager of the Year is determined by a vote of 30 BBWAA members, two from each market in each league. Ballots are due before the start of the postseason.

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