MLB Trade Rumors and News: Braves give manager Brian Snitker an extension

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• The Braves were surprisingly good this year and they looked primed to compete over the next few years. As a reward for that success, manager Brian Snitker received a multiyear contract extension that was quite deserved.
• The Brewers took a 2-1 NLCS lead over the Dodgers thanks to some big time pitching performances from Chacin and their lauded bullpen.
• Yankees’ shortstop and emoji linguist Didi Gregorius will undergo Tommy John surgerythis offseason, which was casually mentioned 40 whole minutes into a press conference. Aaron Boone is literally allergic to urgency.
• Adam Wainwright struggled with injuries and his own immortality this past season, but he will be will a Cardinal for at least one more season as he signed an extension yesterday.
• Diamondbacks reliever Brad Ziegler has announced his retirement after 11 seasons in the majors.
• The Nationals are already getting a jump-start on building their roster for next year, as they have acquired Kyle Barraclough from the Marlins.
• Our Wayne Cavadi has broken down the biggest five takeaways from the Yankees season.
• Winning 90 games with a roster full of rookies and reclamation projects is clearly a good way for a manager to earn a contract extension, as Kevin Cash proved when the Rays extended his deal through 2024 (with an option for 2025) on Monday.
• Erik Kratz wasn’t a name that one was looking to keep an eye on this postseason, but he has turned into one of the better stories during the 2018 playoffs.
• While baseball is still raging on, the winter is coming sooner than we think...and with it, hot stove season. Here’s a look at the biggest free agents this offseason and what we might see go down when baseball hits the Winter Meetings in Vegas.
• MLBDD’s Anthony Spaulding made the cases for the NL Silver Slugger candidates at each position.
• Brewers starting pitchers are the unsung heroes for Milwaukee this postseason.
• Andersen Pickard took a look at the teams that have under-performed expectations this season and how it happened.
• There are quite a few legitimate contenders in the National League this year, so our own Anthony Spaulding went through the obvious candidates for NL Manager of the Year.