ATLANTA (AP) — No matter the modest expectations from outside the team, Atlanta Braves management didn’t expect a rebuilding year to produce the worst record in the majors.

So with the team bottoming out, the Braves Tuesday fired manager Fredi Gonzalez.

Atlanta is in the midst of a dismal start that failed to meet even the lowered expectations of a rebuilding year, so Gonzalez felt the brunt of the disappointment and was sent packing in his sixth season.

The Braves, who play at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night, have lost two straight and eight of 10. They have baseball’s worst record at 9-28 and already are 13 ½ games out of first place in the NL East.

Brian Snitker, who has been manager of the Braves’ Triple-A Gwinnett team, will move up as interim manager. Snitker was Atlanta’s third-base coach from 2006 to 2013, also following Gonzalez in that role when Gonzalez was named manager of the Marlins.

Snitker also had two stints with Atlanta as the bullpen coach in 1985 and from 1988 to 1990.

The Braves also fired bench coach Carlos Tosca. Gwinnett pitching coach Marty Reed has joined the club as bullpen coach. Terry Pendleton will move from first base coach to bench coach and Eddie Perez will move from bullpen coach to first base coach.