Top 3 Atlanta Braves Candidates for New Manager

Who will lead the Atlanta Braves into their next era? Jake Mastroianni breaks down his top picks for the coveted manager position, starting with Detroit Tigers bench coach George Lombard Sr. The analysis dives into Lombard’s Braves roots, David Ross’s Cubs tenure, and Rocco Baldelli’s Twins exit. Key topics include each candidate’s leadership style, analytics approach, and potential impact on stars like Ronald Acuña Jr. Plus, get the latest on MLB coaching searches and a surprising shake-up in the Braves’ pitching development staff. Tune in for expert insights on who might be steering the Braves’ ship next season.

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0:00 Intro: Top 3 Braves manager candidates

5:11 George Lombard: Top choice for Braves manager

10:15 David Ross: Second choice with some concerns

15:21 Rocco Baldelli: Third choice with potential

24:01 Other MLB teams’ managerial searches update

25:32 Braves let go pitching development director

28:37 Listener suggestions and final thoughts

11 comments

  3. I like lumbard. Being bilingual should almost be a requirement imo for all managers. The ability to communicate with your players is paramount. I’d be shocked if a lot of these former players who are now managing can’t at least speak rudimentary Spanish. 2 years of high school Spanish the basics and working in construction since college and now owning a company it’s been insane how helpful it’s been.

  5. My list starts with Travis D’arnoud. I know it’s not happening but when I think who would be the absolute BEST guy to lead our team for the next 5-10 years that’s who I keep circling back to. A staff of D’arnoud, wash as bench coach, chipper jones as hitting coach, kranny stays as pitching coach, Andruw jones at 3rd, and Andrelton Simmons at 1st, that would be awesome. We would be the most prepared team in baseball.

    Now realistically I would put gibbons as the favorite. He checks a lot of boxes but isn’t young. After him Lombard, flaherty, Rickey weeks, Ross, Weiss, and derosa are all candidates to get interviewed. Bochy makes sense to me. We are in our window to win. We need a captain, I would not be surprised if aa went with a vet manager but it’s aa, we could list 30 names and his guy might not be on there.

  7. Longtime sports writer Peter Gammons always spoke very highly of George Lombard and his entire family back when the Braves drafted Lombard.
    Gammons was then writing and speaking on talk shows out of Boston. So the personality and the character are there, according to Gammons.

  10. Jake, what is wrong with Joe Maddon? He has won a world series for the Cubs and seems to be popular with the players. I think l would like either Maddon or Weiss #1and the other as #2. Lombard as #3.

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