The Braves are keeping their coaching setup intact for 2027, with Walt Weiss set to bring back the entire staff after one season at the helm, according to Jesus Cano of The Athletic.
“The Atlanta Braves will retain their entire coaching staff for the upcoming season, a team source familiar with the decision told The Athletic on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters,” Cano writes.
The move fits with how Atlanta’s first year under Weiss played out. The Braves came into the season after missing the playoffs in Brian Snitker’s final year as manager, then lost four-fifths of their rotation by April and still managed to win 94 games. That was enough to claim their first NL East title since 2023 and put Weiss in the mix as a National League Manager of the Year candidate.
A lot of the staff’s work has drawn praise, especially pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, whose impact has stood out in a season that could have gone sideways fast.
The one spot that’s drawn the most heat is hitting coach Tim Hyers. Hyers was carried over from Snitker’s staff, and the offense hasn’t produced at the level you’d expect from a lineup with this much talent.
Still, the bigger question is whether that’s really on Hyers or on the Braves’ long-running offensive identity. Atlanta has built its lineup around power, not patience.
The goal is extra-base damage, not manufacturing runs the old-fashioned way. Singles and sacrifice-style baseball aren’t really the point here, and the club has clearly decided it would rather live with strikeouts than abandon that approach.
That philosophy isn’t changing now. The Braves have made their bet on slugging, and they’re sticking with it. The Brewers showed this season that another path can work, winning more than 100 games while finishing 29th in home runs, but Atlanta doesn’t appear ready to follow that model.
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