Unless you’ve been living under a rock, sleeping off a very long playoff hangover caused by a Cubs-Indians World Series, you’re probably aware that the Braves announced that they were moving on from Roger McDowell as they head into their 2017 campaign. McDowell was the pitching coach in Atlanta for 11 seasons. His tenure began right as the streak of division titles ended, and he presided over the resurgent 2010-2013 team, as well as the 2014 decline and the onset of the rebuild over the last two seasons.
There have been rumblings (though I’ve yet to see a source come out and say it directly) that the Braves were looking for a different approach from the pitching coach position than what McDowell had provided to date.