The 2026 National League Manager of the Year was none other than Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy.

This marked the third straight season in which Murphy won the award. It's a historic three-peat that will be nearly impossible to top as never before has a manager been named the best in baseball for three straight seasons.

While Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wasn't a finalist, that doesn't mean he didn't have a few votes come his way.

In total, Murphy got 20 of the 30 first-place votes, and to no one's surprise, Roberts didn't get a single one.

Roberts finished the voting with seven points, six of which came from his two second-place votes.

One voter also threw a third-place vote his way, and Roberts ended up coming in fifth place behind Craig Stammen, Don Mattingly, Walt Weiss, and Murphy.

Exactly two-thirds of the first-place votes went Murphy's way, and then seven of the final 10 went to Weiss.

Mattingly, who finished third overall, got just one first-place vote while Stammen received two.

Roberts had the fourth most second-place votes, something that is quite surprising, knowing his two were more than Stammen's, who only received one.

Seven points isn't going to cut it to be Manager of the Year, but there's no doubt Murphy deserved every bit of this honor.

The question is, did Roberts deserve more than just three votes?

One would have to go back to 2016 when Roberts was named NL Manager of the Year in his first season with the Dodgers.

That honor came four years before the team won the modified 2020 World Series, but no one could argue with their dominance in 2024 or 2025.

Even with those World Series championships, Murphy still fell behind in voting to Murphy. When it comes to exceeding regular season expectations, no one was better than the Brewers skipper.

He could finally put that regular season claim to rest this season, especially when the Dodgers were shockingly swept by the Brewers in the National League Championship Series.

At the end of the day, it's a regular season award, but the Brewers finished with the best record in all of baseball these past two years with a far cheaper payroll than the Dodgers.

If Roberts wants to end his now decade-long drought, he's going to have to come out swinging in 2027.