It is looking more and more like 2021 was the anomaly for the Atlanta Braves. In the wake of them getting swept in the NLWCS at Petco Park to the San Diego Padres, it seems as though manager Brian Snitker is really starting to lose touch with reality. Snitker is a baseball lifer and a Braves legend, but to bring back the entire coaching staff after last year’s failures should make Braves Country mad.
Yes, injuries were a problem throughout, but so was Atlanta’s offensive approach throughout the entire season. Although the Braves regressed in the coaching staff department with Tom Godwin and Matt Tiuasosopo replacing Eric Young Sr. and Ron Washington, who left for the Los Angeles Angels, Kevin Seitzer should be under fire with how last season ended for the Braves as their hitting coach.
Braves legend Chipper Jones, who has worked with Atlanta hitters before, offered this a month ago.
“Having worked with Alex Anthopoulos, they want slug and they want guys who get on base at a high clip. They don’t promote enough, I think, the getting on base part. In order to score runs, you’ve gotta get those guys on base.”
Jones painted it bluntly for Atlanta while appearing on an early September episode of Casa De Klub.
