Scott Hennessey added another award to a season already full of them for Oklahoma City.
The manager of the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets was named Pacific Coast League manager of the year on Saturday after steering the club to the league’s best record and the PCL championship, which gave the franchise its second title in four years. Oklahoma City then finished the job Saturday night with a 10-inning win over International League champion Rochester in the Triple-A championship game.
For Hennessey, the honor also marked another milestone in a long run with the Dodgers organization. This is his 20th year with the club.
He began as an amateur scout in 2007, shifted into player development 10 years later, then spent seven seasons managing Double-A Tulsa before taking over in Oklahoma City for the past two years. He also guided Tulsa to a Texas League championship in 2018.
Hennessey was not the only Dodgers minor league manager recognized this season. Eric Wedge earned manager of the year honors at Double-A Tulsa, and Jair Fernandez was named manager of the year at High-A Great Lakes. Before Hennessey, the last Dodgers minor league manager to win PCL manager of the year was Damon Berryhill in 2015, during Oklahoma City’s first year affiliated with the club.
The Dodgers also came up just short in their push for an MVP at all four full-season levels. Colorado Rockies outfielder Zac Veen claimed the PCL MVP award after putting up a .327/.402/.635 line with a 145 wRC+, 24 home runs and 65 extra-base hits in 100 games for Albuquerque.
James Tibbs III was in the mix for that award, but instead landed on the PCL All-Star list. He hit .287/.409/.532 with a 140 wRC+, 30 home runs, 65 extra-base hits and 108 walks in 141 games. Tibbs led the league in walks, total bases with 278, and extra-base hits, tied with Veen, while finishing second in home runs, runs scored with 109 and RBI with 107.
Oklahoma City also had two more All-Stars. Christian Romero was selected as a starting pitcher after posting a 4.06 ERA over 135 1/3 innings, with 115 strikeouts and 49 walks in 30 games, including 22 starts.
Reliever Seth Halvorsen, acquired from the Rockies in July, was the other Comets representative. In Triple-A overall, Halvorsen had a 1.32 ERA with eight games and 26 appearances, striking out 37 and walking 11 in 27 1/3 innings.
In 10 games with Oklahoma City, he recorded five saves, allowed only one unearned run in 9 2/3 innings, and struck out 13 while walking four.
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