From the AJC:
There may not be a lot of breathing room, according to president of baseball operations John Hart, which will make matters more challenging.
“I think we’ve got a good feel for where we are with our club and what we’re doing,” he said. “There’s not a great level of flexibility, but there’s enough, as far as the personnel. We’ve seen a lot of the young guys that we wanted to get up here this year, we were able to actually do it. We’ve been force-feeding a lot of the other kids that are getting closer that you might see again next year. That’s a good thing. But we kind of know where we’re at here. I don’t think whether we get a new general manager or not, he’s not going to know us as well as we know ourselves.
“Not necessarily payroll,” Hart clarified. “Listen, there’s some things we can do. There’s going to be a lot of opportunities that are going to present itself.”