{"id":75979,"date":"2025-08-11T01:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75979"},"modified":"2025-08-11T01:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:18:03","slug":"breaking-braves-dream-brian-snitker-replacement-might-be-a-former-star-no-one-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75979","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Braves\u2019 dream Brian Snitker replacement might be a former star no one expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-black font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\"><strong>Could the Braves turn to an all-time great as their next manager?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1151,y_248,w_1506,h_847\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/229\/01k2a31xq18m0mehmya1.jpg\" alt=\"Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker\" width=\"1506\" height=\"847\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">That sound you hear is the clock winding down on the\u00a0Atlanta Braves\u2019 frustrating, disappointing 2025 season. Less than two months remain until the 50-67 Braves officially put 2025 behind them, and the end may be nearing for veteran manager Brian Snitker. The expectation remains that Snitker, who turns 70 in October, will retire after nearly a decade leading the Braves.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Despite this year\u2019s struggles, it\u2019s hard to call anything but Snitker\u2019s Braves tenure a success, considering that he\u2019s won six division titles and, most importantly, a 2021 World Series title.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It\u2019s never too early to ask who will succeed Snitker in the Braves\u2019 dugout, assuming that these are his final weeks as Atlanta\u2019s manager. Will the Braves promote bench coach Walt Weiss, who previously managed the Colorado Rockies? Might Atlanta\u00a0pursue David Ross, a former Braves catcher and ex-Chicago Cubs skipper?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">You probably haven\u2019t heard legendary Braves center fielder Andruw Jones\u2019 name in those conversations, and understandably so. Jones, a five-time All-Star who is inching closer to entering the Hall of Fame, has never managed or served on a big-league coaching staff. However, he\u2019s set to manage the Kingdom of the Netherlands team in next year\u2019s World Baseball Classic, and it isn\u2019t unrealistic to wonder if the next step is him eventually leading the Braves.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Should the Braves hire Andruw Jones as their next manager?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Although Jones has never run a professional baseball team,\u00a0he already\u00a0sounds\u00a0like a manager\u00a0when discussing the 2026 Netherlands team. Rather than manage a team built from a single country, Jones is tasked with leading a squad featuring players from Curacao, Aruba, the Dutch Antilles, and Holland.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u201cEvery ego is out of the window,\u201d Jones told Major League Baseball\u2019s official website. \u201cWe win as a team, we lose as a team. We don\u2019t pinpoint who made a mistake or did not make a mistake.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\"><em>\u201cThis is a game of failure,\u201d Jones added. \u201cYou\u2019re trying to fail less than the other team, so [that] you can win. The clubhouse we have is a family, that\u2019s all it is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Braves will likely go in another direction than Andruw Jones<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">We\u2019re skeptical, though, that\u00a0Jones\u00a0will earn the opportunity to manage the Braves next season \u2014 and not solely because he\u2019s already committed to managing the Kingdom of the Netherlands squad. Atlanta still has a championship window, and hiring someone familiar with serving on a major-league coaching staff makes more sense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">That\u2019s not to say that the Braves\u00a0<em>must\u00a0<\/em>hire Weiss, Ross, or ex-Baltimore Orioles skipper Brandon Hyde. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros have done just fine with first-time managers, and Snitker didn\u2019t become an MLB manager until he was 60. With that said, the Braves are better off targeting a safer option, one capable of handling a star-heavy team with championship expectations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could the Braves turn to an all-time great as their next manager? 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