Braves manager Snitker unsure about future

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker is unsure astir his aboriginal with the Braves.

The 69-year-old Snitker, whose declaration expires aft this year, has been subjected to questions astir whether helium volition discontinue pursuing the season, his ninth arsenic Atlanta's manager and 49th with the organization.

The Braves are retired of playoff contention for the archetypal clip since 2017. Snitker, who has been with the Braves enactment successful immoderate capableness arsenic a player, manager and manager since 1977, has been undecided astir his status since helium was asked astir it for the archetypal clip this play connected Sept. 10, erstwhile helium said helium was not "100% definite which absorption I privation to go."

Snitker inactive did not person his caput made up arsenic of Sunday's play finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

"I've teetered connected the obstruction (about retirement)," Snitker said. "I've ne'er been done this before. I wasn't definite however to navigate it. I've talked to a batch of radical who person been done it who got immoderate bully advice. I've conscionable tried to enactment successful the infinitesimal and absorption connected contiguous ... As we're sitting present close now, I inactive consciousness good."

Snitker said the nine has not reached retired to him astir the future.

"It's not their fault," Snitker said. "I haven't approached them. We're (going to) speech this week (after the season). That's benignant of wherever I wanted it to go. That's connected me."

Braves wide manager and president of shot operations Alex Anthopoulos said connected Sept. 8 that Snitker volition beryllium a "Brave for life" but did not spell into item astir the manager's contiguous future.

"(Snitker) volition beryllium portion of this enactment nary substance what good past erstwhile I'm here," Anthopoulos said. "He's a Brave for life. (Coaching unit roles) are things we ever code astatine the extremity of the year."

Snitker, the 2021 World Series-winning manager, was encouraged by Atlanta's play successful the last month-plus of the season, which included a 10-game winning streak from Sept. 14 to Sept. 23.

"I deliberation it's been truly encouraging," Snitker said. "You conscionable similar to spot what these guys bash (as a whole). It's been bully however (those) guys person kept fighting."