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I agree with all of this especially the last sentence. Whoever is brought in is unfortunately going to have to understand how to smartly and forcefully coddle Acuna. It doesn't appear Snitker ever figured it out so he was totally hands off with him.

Terry McGuirk is 74 now, and doesn't appear to be anything more than a bean counter at this point. I doubt he has any meaningful input here.

Obviously Buck Showalter is out there, but he seems like someone unwilling to adjust to the modern game also. I see Dave Martinez mentioned, didn't realize he was 61. His record with the Nationals is 500-622. While it's true much of that was during a rebuild, I do remember some underwhelming...

It doesn't matter now, but my hope is AA was going to let Snit make the decision for himself to retire, and if not, have to have a tough conversation with him about not coming back. It would appear Snit chose to make the decision himself.

Thats what the ESPN article speculates as well. But it's just speculation. Does anyone recall much about Ross when he managed the Cubs? I just know it didn't work out. DeRosa I don't see why he should even be considered. Does he have management experience?

AA will finally have the opportunity to choose his own guy. He's kind of been saddled with Snit since he got here, and had no opportunity to fire him since they've made the playoffs every year besides this one. He's handled it admirably, but now he really needs to make the right choice.

Weiss should be given a token interview if he wants the job, but should not be under serious consideration. Him and Fredi should both leave after a new manager is chosen.

Well his job is to fill seats, and the Braves drew nearly 3 million fans again. I highly doubt he is on the hot seat. There doesn't appear to be any pressure to win in Atlanta.

Interesting that other teams have been having their GMs speak to the media for end of season press conferences, but we haven't heard anything out of the Braves yet.

This thread made me realize how long I've been hanging around these boards. My earliest memories of joining the Shanks board was 2005 NLDS. I literally followed along to the 18 inning playoff game against the Astros for the entire game thread. Sad to see message boards like this dying out. You...

It sucks to see Fried have such a good outing in his first postseason game for the Yankees, especially after how many disastrous outings he had for the Braves in the playoffs. At least we'll always have world series game 6.

Was just reading an article on MLBTradeRumors about Ron Washington and if he's coming back to coach the Angels next year. An interesting thought I hadn't considered was brought up, in that teams may be hesitant to bring on a new manager next year because of the impending lockout in the year...

Looks like Morton is now listed as the probable starter for Sunday.

That's true, but there has also been serious underperformance which is more concerning.

I agree with this. I mean, just watching the games and observing him in the dugout, he looks disconnected. There is no visible connection to his players, who it appears he just lets them go about their business without interjecting.

Another article on Waldrep's stuff https://pitcherlist.com/hurston-waldrep-is-finding-his-groove/

Great Waldrep article on Fangraphs today. Even addressing some of the pre draft hype towards his pitches. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/i-am-declaring-victory-i-was-right-about-hurston-waldrep-all-along/

Speaking of dodged bullets. D'Arnaud having a rough year in Anaheim

Poll on mlbtraderumors today https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/08/poll-nl-rookie-of-the-year-check-in.html

I don't see him selling either. But my thoughts are that's for the fan base, in hopes of keeping attendance up. Feels like there is a large portion of the fan base who is dumb enough to believe the team is still a contender this year.