Braves stick to status quo in naming next manager

After a disappointing 2025 season, the Atlanta Braves were due for a shake-up. But the team's decision-makers have other ideas.

On Monday, USA Today MLB columnist Bob Nightingale reported that Walt Weiss, the Braves bench coach since 2018, has been promoted to manager after the team announced former manager Brian Snitker agreed to move into an advisory role on Oct. 1.

Atlanta Braves' decision to promote Walt Weiss to manager an uninspired choice 

The decision to move Weiss to manager is uninspiring and suggests the Braves are satisfied with the status quo. Atlanta entered the season as the biggest challenger to the Los Angeles Dodgers' repeat chances, according to ESPN. In its preseason MLB preview, the Braves were projected to finish 96-66 record and had a 91.1 percent chance of reaching the playoffs. Instead, they went 76-86 and were eliminated from postseason contention on Sep. 19, snapping a seven-year postseason run.

Since claiming the 2021 World Series, Atlanta has only won two playoff games, squandering 100-win seasons with NLDS exits in 2022 and 2023. Last season, the Braves went 89-73 before having the bottom fall out in 2025.

While the franchise has experienced plenty of success with Weiss, who previously spent four seasons as Colorado Rockies manager (2013-16), posting a 283-365 (.437) record, the Braves' declining win totals over the past two seasons would have made this offseason the perfect time to reset at manager. But instead, Atlanta made the safest choice imaginable.

Nightengale shared that Weiss was Snitker's choice for replacement, indicative of the pull the 2026 Braves Hall of Fame inductee still has within the organization.