Braves likely to bring Snitker back for 2018

Bringing Snitker back is like being the San Diego/LA Chargers of the NFL. He will get you several .500 (8-8) years and mediocre draft picks (between 13-18 -- not getting any elite players), but he is not the answer to get over the hump.
 
He's not a playoff type manager in my eyes. I know Freeman and others have went and sung his praises to the front office but liking somebody only gets you so far.
 
I think Snitker better serves the organization in the minors. It's time to bring a fresh perspective in. No matter how many Bobby disciples we use, the 90s aren't going to happen again unless three of these young pitchers are hall of gamers and Acuna, Swanson and Albies reach their heights.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
You mean Bartolo who just threw a complete game?
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He's pitched to a 5.34 xFIP with the Twins, about the same as he did with the Braves. He's been the same pitcher, but sometimes things that are mostly random (BABIP, strand rate, HR per fly ball) will skew the outcomes one direction or the other. Especially over small samples.

It was lucky for the Braves he was unlucky while pitching for them. Otherwise he'd still be in the rotation and Newcomb and/or Sims would not be receiving auditions.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
I couldn't care less. He's just another pathetic signing from the front office that blew up in their face.
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But you have to realize John Hart knows him from way back and knows what kind of player and person he is. You just have to trust the process even when the outcome is not what we would like it to be.
 
I've advocated for a good rebuild for a while. I don't understand this intermingling of a barely serviceable manager and the need to push these teenagers so quickly. I love what they're doing and how they're responding, but Dansby is definitely a cautionary tale. If Snit is your manager of the present and future, why do I feel treadmill city even with all the prospects we have coming up?
 
Deester11 said:
I've advocated for a good rebuild for a while. I don't understand this intermingling of a barely serviceable manager and the need to push these teenagers so quickly. I love what they're doing and how they're responding, but Dansby is definitely a cautionary tale. If Snit is your manager of the present and future, why do I feel treadmill city even with all the prospects we have coming up?
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Improvement is never linear and predictable. The whole Dansby situation is much more on Hart than Snitker. 99.9% on Hart. But he's a good baseball man with lots of experience and he is surrounded by a bunch of other good baseball men. I must say though that every time he gives an interview, I find the material to be disturbing or comical, sometimes both.
 
Snitker should have never been hired in the first place. Good guy and capable manager, but not what this team needs.
 
nsacpi said:
Improvement is never linear and predictable. The whole Dansby situation is much more on Hart than Snitker. 99.9% on Hart. But he's a good baseball man with lots of experience and he is surrounded by a bunch of other good baseball men. I must say though that every time he gives an interview, I find the material to be disturbing or comical, sometimes both.
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***See Hawks comment. I didn't mind a bridge to stabilize the MLB team. But I'm of the mind that you identify the manager who will change the mental scope of the younger players. Knee jerk line ups, piss poor forward thinking irks me with Snitker.
 
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