Walt Weiss Made Strong Case for 2026 Manager of the Year
Oct 7, 2026; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss walks to the mound during the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game four of the NLDS for the 2026 MLB Playoffs at Truist Park.
Key points
- But this from Mauricio Dubón sums it all up: https://t.co/qcPYgTDdCQ — Baillie Burmaster (@baillie_burm) October 8, 2026 Walt Weiss Proved He’s the Right Man for the Job The Manager of the Year Award is voted on before the postseason starts, so the body of work is exempt from the Division loss to the Dodgers.
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- This was in a year in which each of the nominees had a strong but different case to take home the Award.
I mean, he grabbed a bunch of misfits and turned them into NLDS…Walt is one of the reasons we’re here.” The #Braves players raved about Walt Weiss and his first year as the team’s manager.
But regardless of whether Walt Weiss won the NL Manager of the Year or not, he has proven that the job is not too big for him.
Additional details
- A Shadow of a Doubt Walt Weiss took over f or Brian Snitker, who retired after the 2025 season after serving as Snitker’s bench coach for several years.
- Speaking after their Division Series loss, Mauricio Dubon said, “If he doesn’t win Manager of the Year, I don’t know…what …we’re looking at.
- He had an up-close and personal look at the heartbreak of defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020, before defeating the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series and the Houston Astros the very next year on the road to capturing a World Series ring the very next year.
- Milwaukee Brewers Manager Pat Murphy has made a habit of taking home hardware.
- Philadelphia Phillies interim Manager Don Mattingly took a team that was multiple games below.500 and looked dead in the water to a postseason berth.
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