The Minnesota Twins announce that interim manager Tom Kelly will be the club’s skipper next season. Kelly, who replaced Ray Miller at the end of the 1986 season, will compile a losing record (1140-1244) but win two World Championships during his 16-year tenure as the Twins manager.
St. Louis Cardinals reliever Todd Worrell, who led the National League with 36 saves, is named Rookie of the Year. Worrell had helped St. Louis to the 1985 World Series as a late-season call-up but was still a rookie this season as defined by the BBWAA.
In yet another unwise trade of prospects for aging veterans, the Yankees deal pitchers Brian Fisher, Doug Drabek and Logan Easley to the Pirates for pitchers Rick Rhoden, Cecilio Guante and Pat Clements. Drabek will win the National League Cy Young Award in 1990.
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