As the Braves get set to report to Atlanta's Truist Park & Gwinnett's Coolray Field for the resumption of play, our MLB analysts break down the recently released player pool. They go over any surprises, how the Braves will organize the DH position & also how they plan to work their pitching staff with the expanded rosters. The podcast concludes with a little impromptu edition of Survivor, as Will, Joe & Caleb all seem to vote someone off the Braves' "pitching island".

With Monday's announcement that Rob Manfred will implement a season, the Batter Up! Podcast got together to figure out whether or not the decision comes too late for the "casual fan". They talk about the opportunities missed by having a delay to the season, along with the hurdles COVID-19 might provide to completing a shortened season.

The guys discuss the comments of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on ESPN Monday night and how that changed the prospects of a potential 2020 season happening. They also discussed who a 2020 season cancellation hurts the most on the Braves and also review the Braves selections in last week's first-year player draft.

This week's Batter Up! Podcast addresses specifically how the Braves will manage and structure a 2020 season. Discussions  range from how the season impacts players under team control as opposed to those under one-year contracts, as well as how long of a leash players will find themselves on. The guys also discuss the latest round of negotiations between MLB owners and the MLBPA, who remain at an impasse.

Will Palaszczuk, Joe Patrick & Caleb Johnson discuss a critical week in the baseball negotiations. They all feel the two sides will find some common ground and discuss where the middle point of final negotiations might take place. The three also go into why it's imperative a deal gets done this week
in order to have baseball in July. They also add their provisional and experimental rules they'd like to see implemented if the season were to happen.