The Atlanta Braves held their press conference introducing new skipper Walt Weiss earlier today, providing details around the new manager’s hiring. Here’s round-up of some of the notable points made during the press conference as well as the subsequent media rounds that took place after its conclusion.

Among the highlights: • The team gave Weiss a three-year contract with a fourth year option. • The team’s coaching staff has not yet been determined. Alex Anthopoulos called it a “front-burner” priority. • The decision to hire Weiss was made on Monday. • Weiss indicated that he’d use information provided to help him as manager, when asked about leveraging analytics, also saying he had evolved with the game. • Weiss switched uniform number from 4 to 22, the number he wore during hi

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