When Brian Snitker announced that he was stepping down as the Atlanta Braves' manager, it was bittersweet. No one argued that Snitker had not meant a lot to the organization as a coach and manager and it was genuinely sad to see him call it quits. However, it wasn't a completely unexpected decision and his choice gave the Braves a chance to install a new manager and coaching staff with a different, perhaps better vision. The search for a replacement manager immediately got under way, but that search just got a lot more complicated.
Before Monday, the list of teams in need of a new manager was pretty long.