According to Jesus Cano of The Athletic, Walt Weiss will not be making any changes to the Braves coaching staff going into 2027.

“The Atlanta Braves will retain their entire coaching staff for the upcoming season, a team source familiar with the decision told The Athletic on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters,” Cano writes.

This isn’t all that surprising, or all that disappointing, after just one year under Walt Weiss in which you could argue the Braves overachieved. Atlanta wasn’t a playoff team a year ago in Brian Snitker’s final campaign as manager. Then they lost four-fifths of their rotation by April, yet still somehow won 94 games on the way to their first NL East crown since 2023.

Because of that, Weiss is a National League Manager of the Year candidate, and most of his staff hires looked brilliant — none more so than pitching coach Jeremy Hefner.

If there’s one area that’s been under scrutiny, though, it’s hitting coach Tim Hyers. He was a holdover from Snitker’s staff, and the results just haven’t been good enough for a team with as much offensive talent as the Braves.

But is that a fault of Hyers’ coaching, or of the philosophy the Braves have lived and died by long before he was ever hired in Atlanta?

The Braves’ entire lineup is boom or bust. All they care about is slugging for extra bases. There are very few guys interested in singles or moving runners over. They’d rather strike out than change their all-or-nothing approach, and the Braves built their entire lineup that way on purpose.

The Brewers proved with a historic season that there are other ways to win, winning over 100 games despite finishing 29th in home runs, but this stubborn approach from the Braves doesn’t seem like it’s changing anytime soon.

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