Pendleton, Perez discuss new roles, Snitker

PITTSBURGH — Terry Pendleton and Eddie Perez would both like the opportunity to become the Braves’ next long-term manager. But neither objected to the club’s decision to name Brian Snitker the interim manager after Fredi Gonzalez was dismissed on Tuesday.

“I was good with it as soon as I knew it was [Snitker],” Perez said. “Like Bobby [Cox], I kind of look at him like a father figure.”

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Perez and Pendleton appreciate the fact that they will likely be among the top candidates later this year, when the Braves determine who will serve as their manager for the 2017 season and beyond. But for now, they are simply looking forward to the chance to handle new roles as members of Snitker’s first big league coaching staff.

When Snitker learned on Monday that he would be named interim manager, he immediately requested Pendleton to be moved from first-base coach to bench coach, a role that was vacated on Monday, when Gonzalez’s longtime right-hand man Carlos …

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