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Road to Atlanta - Episode 8 - 2019 MLB Draft Preview with Baseball America's Carlos Collazo May 24, 2019

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In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, it is all draft talk as Talking Chop alum and Baseball America's current draft guru Carlos Collazo comes on the show. We explore the currently thinking about the draft including the Braves' options with the 9th overall pick to start the show. After that we talk about specific guys who are trending up and down including Hunter Bishop, Josh Jung, Daniel Espino, and others as we all try to make sense of what is going to go down in a couple of weeks.

As an added bonus, Matt shows his love for Daniel Espino in his feud with Carlos while Gaurav and Carlos feud over characterizations from The Office....so basically it was just like old times. Enjoy!

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Episode 166: Successful homestand, Riley’s debut and more May 19, 2019

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Brad is joined by TC's Scott Coleman to discuss Austin Riley's debut, Freddie Freeman's brilliance, Atlanta's recent performance and much more.

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Road to Atlanta - Episode 7 - Braves prospect mailbag extravaganza with the fellas May 17, 2019

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In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, we take a week off from having guests on the show (fear not, Baseball America's Carlos Collazo will be on next week to talk draft stuffs) and took a bunch of questions from listeners on a wide array of topics. We discuss Austin Riley's call-up, several different angles on Drew Waters/Cristian Pache, the command issues we are seeing out of Kyle Wright and Ian Anderson, and a whole lot more. Plus, Matt has us revisit the offseason to talk about the "almost trade" for J.T. Realmuto because Matt is a sadist that enjoys pain and suffering. Enjoy!

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Episode 165: The Austin Riley decision and more May 13, 2019

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Brad is joined by Joe Lucia of Awful Announcing to discuss Austin Riley's breakout, the house of horrors in Los Angeles, starting pitching and much more.

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Road to Atlanta - Episode 6 - Talking Braves prospects and the 2019 Draft with MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis May 10, 2019

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In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, we had a really special guest. First, the three of us give you the usual update as to what is going on in the farm system with some of the top performers from the last week or so. Brace yourselves...there is a good bit of Austin Riley in the first segment as well as tidbits on members of the Mississippi rotation, Drew Waters and Cristian Pache, and Trey Harris who has been absolutely raking for Rome.

After that, we were fortunate enough to be able to bring Jim Callis from MLB Pipeline on to the show despite his busy schedule (and my pestering him constantly....sorry Jim). Jim talks to us a bit about some of the big position player prospects in the Braves system, gives a ton of insight into the state of power numbers in the minors (in particular in Triple-A) due to the baseballs being used, and then takes a dive with us into what we can expect to see from the 2019 MLB Draft from the Braves at least as an early glance. Jim was an absolute joy to record with and gave us a ton of insight. Enjoy!

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Episode 164: A timely sweep before a tough stretch May 06, 2019

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Brad is joined by Scott Coleman of Talking Chop to discuss Atlanta's weekend sweep, an up-and-down series prior to that, the schedule in the near future and much more.

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Road to Atlanta - Episode 5 - Quick Recap of the Braves MiLB action followed by a deep dive into the IFA market with Ben Badler May 03, 2019

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In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, we first do a quick recap of what we have seen in the minor leagues over the last couple of weeks including some newsworthy promotions, injuries, and top performances including Austin Riley smashing baseballs into orbit, a dark horse pitching prospect playing out of his mind, and more.

After that, we were joined by Baseball America's Ben Badler to update us on the state of the Braves and the international free agent market. We get a lot of questions about the players the Braves lost, what the Braves are currently doing to rebuild their international operations, etc. Ben covers all of that in more in a deep dive of an interview that you won't want to miss.

While you are at it, please make sure to subscribe to Baseball America. We love that whole team of folks over there and it is an incredible value for the service and information they provide. Supporting folks like them is important to us, you should do the same.

Anyways, enjoy the show!

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Episode 163: Wild bookends and a mess in between Apr 29, 2019

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Brad is joined by Eric Cole of Talking Chop to discuss a wild and crazy week for the Braves, with big-time highs and maddening lows.

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Road to Atlanta - Episode 4 - Discussing Braves MiLB Top Performers, Pitch Counts, and some predictions Apr 22, 2019

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In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, we cover an array of topics. First, we took at look at some of the top performers from down in the minor leagues including top prospects like Drew Waters and Cristian Pache as well as lesser known guys like Riley Delgado, Justin Dean, Trey Harris, and Rafael Ortega (with a minor tangent about the baseball being used in Triple-A). Then, we discuss how the Braves are currently managing pitchers' innings thus far in the 2019 season and we wrap things up with finishing up mailbag questions from last week and making some predictions for the weekend since we recorded this episode on Friday and needed to switch time slots with the Talking Chop podcast (which you should go listen to immediately if you have done so already. Enjoy!

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Episode 162: An unsightly sweep and a Friday washout (with Scott Coleman) Apr 20, 2019

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Brad is joined by Scott Coleman of Talking Chop to discuss a brutal week for the Braves, the fallout from the Arodys Vizcaino injury and much more.

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