The Atlanta Braves are heading into what appears to be the final season of the Brian Snitker era, with retirement looming on the horizon. There’s growing belief that if Snitker doesn’t retire on his own, Atlanta may choose to part ways with him following a disappointing year. “Because of that consistent recent success, Snit would normally be afforded a ‘mulligan’ year—even though going from the second-best preseason World Series odds to possibly the third-best odds of winning the draft lottery is a pretty serious mulligan,” Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller wrote. “At 69, though, he’s already the oldest manager in the National League by a several-year margin and was likely to retire at the end of this season, which is the last one in his current contract.”