Snitker won't return as Braves manager in 2026

Brian Snitker, who guided the Braves to the 2021 World Series championship, volition not instrumentality arsenic manager aft Atlanta failed to marque the postseason for the archetypal clip since 2017.

The Braves announced the extremity of Snitker's 10-year tally arsenic manager Wednesday, adding that helium volition stay with the enactment successful an advisory relation successful 2026.

Snitker informed the Braves of his determination Tuesday, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Snitker, whose declaration expired aft this season, has been with the Braves enactment successful immoderate capableness arsenic a player, manager and manager since 1977.

He was named interim replacement to then-Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez successful May 2016 and was elevated to the imperishable relation earlier the commencement of the 2017 season.

"I've teetered connected the obstruction [about retirement]," Snitker said aft the Braves' last crippled connected Sept. 28. "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."

The Braves went 76-86 this season, finishing 4th successful the National League East and ending a streak of 7 consecutive postseason appearances. That tally included six consecutive NL East titles from 2018-2023 and the franchise's archetypal World Series triumph since 1995.

Braves wide manager and president of shot operations Alex Anthopoulos said connected Sept. 8 that Snitker, 69, volition beryllium a "Brave for life" but did not spell into item astir the manager's future.

Snitker said helium 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.

The Braves went 811-668 successful their eight-plus seasons nether Snitker.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.