Per ESPN, Walt's contract wasn't renewed before the end of the season and the team statement said he has decided to step down, but he didn't' really have a choice.Walt Weiss out in Colorado.
Walt also fully embraced sitting DJ LeMahieu a lot to win the batting title against Daniel Murphy who was hurt and couldn't play.
Said Weiss "It's a unique situation because Murphy's injured, he's not playing," Weiss said. "If he's playing, they could fight it out. I don't want DJ to lose a batting title that way [with Murphy not playing], so I'm going to pay attention to the math."
Also known as, "I don't think my guy is a good enough player to win the award, so I'll 'help' him by not playing him."
So I have about as much respect for that move and I do when Jose Reyes bunted for a hit in the final day and barely made it to first before removing himself from the game to win a batting title a couple years ago.
Fuck all these guys. Ted did it better and with class.