{"id":243909,"date":"2025-10-22T16:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/243909\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:14:10","slug":"dodgers-danny-lehmann-reportedly-strengthened-candidacy-for-braves-manager-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/243909\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers&#8217; Danny Lehmann Reportedly &#8216;Strengthened&#8217; Candidacy for Braves Manager Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As the Los Angeles Dodgers prepare to play in their second consecutive World Series, bench coach Danny Lehmann appears to be moving up the rankings to become the next manager of the Atlanta Braves. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Per MLB.com&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/braves-manager-search-could-last-into-november?adobe_mc=TS%253D1761141733%257CMCMID%253D34491056706570326595259516904561695667%257CMCORGID%253DA65F776A5245B01B0A490D44%2540AdobeOrg&amp;affiliateId=mlbapp-ios_webview_news-index&amp;rsid=mlbios.at.bat.new.implementation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Mark Bowman<\/a>, Lehmann&#8217;s candidacy has &#8220;seemingly strengthened&#8221; in recent weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Braves job came open on Oct. 1 when the club\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/brian-snitker-will-not-return-as-braves-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">announced<\/a>\u00a0Brian Snitker, who had been their manager since May 2016, was stepping down and transitioning to an advisory role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This is arguably the most desirable managerial opening in MLB right now. Spencer Strider, Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., Austin Riley, Matt Olson, Spencer Schwellenbach, Drake Baldwin, Ozzie Albies and Michael Harris II are all under contract through at least the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Injuries took a significant toll on the team this season, contributing to their 76-86 record. Riley, Acu\u00f1a and Sean Murphy combined to miss 188 games. Bryce Elder was their only pitcher to make at least 25 starts and throw 150 innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Atlanta&#8217;s farm system, which\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/farm-system-rankings-2025-midseason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MLB.com<\/a>\u00a0ranked at No. 28 in a midseason update, does need an infusion of talent, but the big-league roster is so strong right now that the organization has time to build it back up while fielding a competitive team at the top level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Bowman noted the list of potential Braves&#8217; candidates has been dwindling recently, with David Ross, Mark DeRosa and John Gibbons not really considered strong options despite previously being mentioned as possibilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Lehmann has connections to Atlanta&#8217;s front office, particularly general manager Alex Anthopolous, that make him stand out. The 40-year-old began his coaching career as a video scout with the Dodgers in 2016 when Anthopolous was their vice president of baseball operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Dodgers have kept Lehmann on staff for 10 seasons, including each of the past three seasons as bench coach for manager Dave Roberts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Los Angeles Dodgers prepare to play in their second consecutive World Series, bench coach Danny Lehmann&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-243909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}