The Atlanta Braves stayed in-house to find their latest skipper.

Atlanta announced Monday that it has hired Walt Weiss to take over as the 49th manager in franchise history.

Weiss, 61, has been a part of the Braves organization for 11 seasons and had served as the team’s bench coach since 2018. He was a player with Atlanta from 1998 to 2000, appearing in 286 games with the club, earning an all-star nod in that ’98 campaign.

A 14-year MLB veteran, Weiss spent time with Oakland, Florida, Colorado and Atlanta as a player, winning AL Rookie of the Year in 1988 and the 1989 World Series with the Athletics.

This will be Weiss’s second time managing an MLB team. He previously served as the Rockies manager from 2013 to 2016. In those four seasons, he went 283-365 and never finished higher than

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