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In addition to winning the National League Manager of the Year award, Davey Johnson bolstered his Hall of Fame credentials in 2012. The former Jackson Mets manager (Texas League champions, 1981) led the Washington Nationals to 98 wins — most in the majors — and a division title, which is the sixth Johnson’s teams have captured. Johnson, who now has two manager of the year awards (Baltimore, 1997), has won only one World Series ring as a manager (New York Mets, 1986). But those can be hard to come by. Just ask Bobby Cox. Johnson has won 2,283 games as a big-league skipper for five different organizations. He has posted an outstanding .564 winning percentage. Fast approaching 70, he’ll give it a go again with the Nats in 2013. They’ll be good, a World Series contender. Count on that. And don’t be surprised if Johnson gets a Cooperstown call a few years down the road. P.S. Yunel Escobar, the onetime Mississippi Braves shortstop, apparently wore out his welcome in Toronto just as he did in Atlanta. He is a key piece in the blockbuster Toronto-Miami trade. Escobar batted just .253 this year (after a .290 mark in 2011) and created more off-field distractions. He lives in the Miami area, so maybe he’ll be happy there, though considering the plight of the Marlins, probably not so much on the field. … 2012 M-Brave Todd Cunningham (.254) went 3-for-4 with an RBI for Hermosillo in the Mexican Pacific League on Tuesday, and ex-M-Brave Matt Esquivel (.206) blasted his third homer, a game-winner, for Navojoa in the MPL. … Atlanta has one catcher, ex-M-Braves star Brian McCann, on its current roster, and McCann is expected to miss the start of the 2013 season after recent shoulder surgery. Might the Braves rush 2012 M-Braves catcher Christian Bethancourt to The Show next spring? They’ve fast-tracked a number of players recently.