Some Personal Thoughts On Brian Snitker

[mfree80]

As we know, the baseball season is a marathon not a sprint. What happened in those first seven games has almost no bearing on what will happen at the end of the season.

The losses still count on the records, but beyond that, a lot of things will be different come playoff time. Just got to get there healthy.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

As we know, the baseball season is a marathon not a sprint. What happened in those first seven games has almost no bearing on what will happen at the end of the season.

The losses still count on the records, but beyond that, a lot of things will be different come playoff time. Just got to get there healthy.

this pretty much sums up the whole thing and closes the book on it imo...

 

[thewupk]

If this team had unlimited resources, I‘d be all in favor of renting 3 good players at the deadline for the playoff run, then get 4 new impact players in the offseason for the long term. But in the real world with limited resources, you have to ask what is the most prudent way to allocate them. Burning much of your dry powder on a good but flawed team in the hopes of pushing them past the Mets, Padres, Phillies, Cubs, Giants and Dodgers just doesn‘t seem prudent to me.

The Cubs, Padres and Giants are not better than the Braves. And it's arguable if the Mets and Phillies are too. Since starting 0-7 the Braves have the 2nd best record in the NL. And we're still missing our 2 best players.

 

[Enscheff]

Snit has always hurt the team, and it tends to become very apparent in October when opposing managers run circles around him. He is a negative that the talent on the roster overcomes because the collection of talent is exceptional.

I never understood the "he's a great leader of men" narrative because I've never seen any indication he leads these men in any way. Players seem to treat him like the beloved grandpa who gets pats on the head for remembering to take his pills every morning. Being adored and leading effectively are not the same thing, though it's easy to confuse them.

He's needed to be gone for years, but now is not the time. His decisions are going to cost the team 1 win per month, and 1 win in a playoff series that most likely ends the season...just like every season. Nobody who could realistically take over for him right now will be any better, so what's the point other than to stir up drama?

 

[Strike3urout]

The Cubs, Padres and Giants are not better than the Braves. And it's arguable if the Mets and Phillies are too. Since starting 0-7 the Braves have the 2nd best record in the NL. And we're still missing our 2 best players.

We are really arguing minutiae now. I‘ll summarize my 3 points of contention once more, then leave it at that.

1. I believe the Braves, as they are performing now and by what can be reasonably expected from the inured players returning to the squad, do not have a top-5 roster in MLB. Even if I‘m wrong, there‘s several teams in the NL alone that are close to them in talent and make it collectively difficult to just come out atop the NL: Mets, Phillies, Cubs, Giants, Padres, plus of course the Dodgers, who are clearly superior.

2. As a result, I don‘t think this is the season to go all-out trying to win another title, as far as trading for players or riding the star players so hard it could affect their future health. Thus, it is unlikely to make a difference whether Snit or someone else manages the rest of the season. The goal should be to build a winner for 2026 and beyond, with hopefully a fully healthy Acuna and Strider.

3. All of that doesn‘t mean that hope is lost for 2025, or that it can‘t be a fun season. 2023 was a lot of fun. 6 very entertaining months vs. 1 week of heartbreak. Nothing wrong with that.