Most rebuilding clubs are giving their managers the benefit of the doubt. The Philadelphia Phillies signed Pete Mackanin to a one-year extension with a club option in May. The San Diego Padres locked up Andy Green through 2021 in August. The Cincinnati Reds exercised Bryan Price’s option earlier this month.



But Brian Snitker, who is completing his 41st season in the Atlanta Braves’ organization and his second as manager? The Braves are letting him twist. John Hart, the team’s president of baseball operations, and John Coppolella, the general manager, are mulling whether to retain Snitker, and do not need to decide on his club option until five days after the World Series ends, according to major-league sources.



If the Braves believe change is necessary, it would be better to do it at the end of the season than wait until their first stumble next season, as the Reds might do with Price. If the Braves believe they made a mistake a year ago in choosing...