The Road to Atlanta

By The Road to Atlanta Staff

What's The Road to Atlanta about?

The Road to Atlanta is a podcast devoted solely to the minor league system of the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Braves prospects. You can find our work over at Talking Chop and soon on our flagship website which we will announce once it's finished. Enjoy!

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The Road to Atlanta episodes:

03.09.2018
Episode 33 - Talking Braves prospects with special guest Kiley McDaniel
In this episode of Road to Atlanta, the R2A crew were joined by none other than current prospect analyst emeritus and former member of the Braves front office Kiley McDaniel. We covered a WIDE range of prospects and topics in...
01.16.2018
Episode 32 - A pre-2018 in-depth look at the Braves farm system with JJ Cooper
In this week's episode, we had a very special guest as Baseball America's JJ Cooper joined us to talk Braves prospects and minor league baseball in general. We covered a WIDE range of topics to our favorite players from Rome's...
12.15.2017
Episode 30 - Projecting prospects and talking Braves with Dan Szymborski
In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, special guest, advanced stats guru, and digital dandy Dan Szymborski joined us on the podcast. We could have easily talked to him for hours and not cover everything, but Dan talked about...
12.01.2017
Episode 29 - Talking baseball with special guest LHP Max Fried
In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, you don't have to suffer through listening to us ramble too much as Max Fried stopped by to chat with us. Max was incredibly generous with his time as we talked about...
11.22.2017
Episode 28 - The Braves punishments and narrating our pain
In a special, somewhat NSFW episode of Road to Atlanta, Gaurav, Garrett, Matt, and Eric get together to discuss the punishments handed down to the Braves. It was somewhat an airing of grievances as we narrated our pain and sadness,...
11.07.2017
Episode 27 - Offseason Prospect Q&A with Eric and Gaurav
In this episode of Road to Atlanta, Garrett had to sit out due to illness that he brought back from the Great White North so Gaurav and I took a TON of listener questions covering a lot of different topics...
10.06.2017
Episode 26 - Discussing the Rise and Fall of John Coppolella
In this episode of Road to Atlanta, we discuss the scandal that has surrounded the Braves this week including the resignation of John Coppolella and the MLB investigation into the Braves' international signings. We air out our frustrations a bit...
08.29.2017
Episode 25 - Talking Rome Braves Baseball with special guest Kevin Karel
In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, Rome play by play announcer and all-around great guy Kevin Karel stopped by for a bit before having to get on the road to talk some Rome Braves baseball and the prospects...
08.24.2017
Episode 24 - Talking Prospects and the Danville Braves with special guest Nick Pierce
In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, we are joined by Danville play by play broadcaster and all-around great guy Nick Pierce to talk prospects. In particular, we dig deep on the Danville roster as Nick shares his insights...
08.17.2017
Episode 23 - We are back talking promotions, Florida, and top prospect shenanigans
We are back ladies and gentlemen! Garrett and I get caught up on all (well...most)of the goings-on in the farm system, recap our scouting trip to Florida which was filled with baseball, rain, some despair, and a lot of fun,...
07.11.2017
Blake Scott interviews a rehabbing Sean Rodriguez
Special guest, friend of the program, and M-Braves broadcaster Blake Scott sat down with the Braves' Sean Rodriguez to talk about how his rehab is going as well as to go over his goals for 2017 and beyond. Enjoy!
06.30.2017
Episode 21 - Belated Draft Recap and Previewing Our Top Prospects with Matt Powers
In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, we return from our exhaustion and technology inducted hiatus to give our belated thoughts on the how the draft went for the Braves and talk about the players we like the most....
06.08.2017
Episode 20 - Final Pre-Draft Braves Thoughts with Matt Powers
In this week's episode, we enlisted our fellow Talking Chop writer and outstanding human being Matt Powers to come on and talk about the upcoming MLB Draft. We talked about the top candidates for the Braves to take #5 overall...
06.02.2017
Episode 19 - Acuna-mania, Cumberlandism, and talking mock drafts with guest Doc Herbert
In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, we were joined by esteemed member of Braves fam Doc Herbert (@BravesHerbert for the uninitiated). We recapped the goings-on in the minors and then talked with Doc about the plethora of mock...
05.18.2017
Episode 18 - Talking MLB Draft Prospects with Baseball America's Carlos Collazo
In this week's episode of Road to Atlanta, we briefly cover the big goings on in the minors before beginning our dive into our coverage of the MLB Draft. Our good buddy Carlos Collazo from Baseball America came on the...
05.12.2017
Episode 17 - The Promotions of Weigel, Acuna, and Gohara made us feel things
In this week's episode of The Road to Atlanta, we discuss the high profile and exciting promotions of Ronald Acuna, Patrick Weigel, and Luiz Gohara along with recapping the goings on in the minor leagues. Also, if you listen closely,...
05.05.2017
Episode 16 - It isn't always easy....plus some prospect talk
In this week's episode, Garrett, Gaurav, and Eric talk about the recent good work from Lucas Sims and Sean Newcomb and the recent struggles of some other prospects. Also, there is a little bit of time travel due to some...
04.27.2017
Episode 15 - Thanks Again, Seattle...and other minor league nuggets with guest Wayne Cavadi
In this week's episode, after a brief hiatus last week, the normal goofballs you are used to hearing are joined by prospect writer Wayne Cavadi where we get caught up on the early goings on of the minor league season...
04.13.2017
Episode 14 - Recapping the Opening Week in the Minors
In this week's episode of The Road to Atlanta, Gaurav and Eric recap the first week of the minor league season. We went level by level highlighting the good, the really good, and the not so good from the first...
04.06.2017
Episode 13 - The Big Braves Minor League Roster Preview Podcast
In this week's episode of The Road to Atlanta, we embark on a marathon journey as we preview each of the Braves' minor league affiliate rosters. We talked about what we were surprised to see, who we like, who we...
03.23.2017
Episode 12 - Nitpicking the Braves Top Prospects
In this week's episode, we go off the rails repeatedly as we go through a few of the Braves top prospects and decide to nitpick a bit. We go deep as we highlight some of things that we want them...
03.16.2017
Episode 11 - The Braves International Prospects and the International Market with Ben Badler
In this week's episode of The Road to Atlanta, Garrett and Eric get a chance to sit down with Baseball America's Ben Badler and talk all things international prospects and the international market. For all of you that want your...
03.08.2017
Episode 10 - How to Scout Pitchers....or at least how we do it
In this week's episode, we take a bit of a break from our positional breakdowns to talk a bit about how we scout pitchers. From basic eye test stuff to delivery considerations to issues regarding their approach to just evaluating...
03.02.2017
Episode 9 - Left-handed pitching prospects with special guest Grant McAuley
In this episode, we are joined by our good buddy Grant McAuley from 92.9 The Game and Around the Big Leagues to talk some left-handed pitching prospects. From Max Fried impressing early in spring training to the southpaws coming out...
02.24.2017
Episode 8 - Right-handed Pitching Prospects and Spring Training Update with Guest Kevin McAlpin
In this week's episode of The Road to Atlanta, we are first joined by special guest and Atlanta radio All-Star Kevin McAlpin where he updates us on the goings-on down at Spring Training. After that, we go into detail on...
02.16.2017
Episode 7 - A look back at the trades that rebuilt the Braves farm system
In this, the 7th episode of The Road to Atlanta, Gaurav, Garrett, and Eric first talk about the launch of the website arm of this operation, www.theroadtoatlanta.com, and how it almost killed us. Then we took a look back at...
02.07.2017
Episode 6 - Reviewing and Previewing the Braves' Rookie Ball Affiliates
In this episode, pathogens and a difficult Super Bowl claimed Gaurav's voice. However, Garrett and Eric leave him behind heartlessly to talk about the rookie ball seasons down in Danville and the GCL. All the Pache, 2016 draft, and even...
01.30.2017
Episode 5 - Reviewing and Previewing the Rome Braves with David Lee
In this week's episode of The Road to Atlanta, we are joined by the Augusta Chronicle's and Baseball Prospectus' David Lee who stopped by to help us talk about the 2016 Rome Braves as well as to preview the low-A...
01.24.2017
Episode 4 - Reviewing and Previewing the Carolina Mudcats and Florida Fire Frogs
In this episode of The Road to Atlanta, Garrett, Gaurav, and Eric sit down to talk about the rough 2016 for the Braves high-A affiliate as well as what to expect from the new high-A in 2017, the Florida Firefrogs....
01.16.2017
Episode 3 - Reviewing and Previewing the Mississippi Braves with Kyle Tait
We got the honor of having the great Kyle Tait, voice of the Mississippi Braves, come by to continue our series where we review each level of the Braves minor leagues and then make predictions for the level in 2017....
01.10.2017
Episode 2 - Reviewing and Previewing the Gwinnett Braves
In the 2nd episode of The Road to Atlanta, Gaurav, Garrett, and Eric begin a series of podcasts where they review each level of the minor leagues as to what happened in 2016 and then make their predictions for the...
01.04.2017
Episode 1 - THE Braves Minor League Podcast is Here!
In this, the first episode of The Road to Atlanta podcast, Eric, Gaurav, and Garrett talk about how they got into covering the Braves minor leagues, the tentative plans for Road to Atlanta, and then we talked a WHOLE LOT...

What's The Road to Atlanta about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Road to Atlanta episodes:

Episode 33 - Talking Braves prospects with special guest Kiley McDaniel

Episode 32 - A pre-2018 in-depth look at the Braves farm system with JJ Cooper

Episode 30 - Projecting prospects and talking Braves with Dan Szymborski

Episode 29 - Talking baseball with special guest LHP Max Fried

Episode 28 - The Braves punishments and narrating our pain

Episode 27 - Offseason Prospect Q&A with Eric and Gaurav

Episode 26 - Discussing the Rise and Fall of John Coppolella

Episode 25 - Talking Rome Braves Baseball with special guest Kevin Karel

Episode 24 - Talking Prospects and the Danville Braves with special guest Nick Pierce

Episode 23 - We are back talking promotions, Florida, and top prospect shenanigans

Blake Scott interviews a rehabbing Sean Rodriguez

Episode 21 - Belated Draft Recap and Previewing Our Top Prospects with Matt Powers

Episode 20 - Final Pre-Draft Braves Thoughts with Matt Powers

Episode 19 - Acuna-mania, Cumberlandism, and talking mock drafts with guest Doc Herbert

Episode 18 - Talking MLB Draft Prospects with Baseball America's Carlos Collazo

Episode 17 - The Promotions of Weigel, Acuna, and Gohara made us feel things

Episode 16 - It isn't always easy....plus some prospect talk

Episode 15 - Thanks Again, Seattle...and other minor league nuggets with guest Wayne Cavadi

Episode 14 - Recapping the Opening Week in the Minors

Episode 13 - The Big Braves Minor League Roster Preview Podcast

Episode 12 - Nitpicking the Braves Top Prospects

Episode 11 - The Braves International Prospects and the International Market with Ben Badler

Episode 10 - How to Scout Pitchers....or at least how we do it

Episode 9 - Left-handed pitching prospects with special guest Grant McAuley

Episode 8 - Right-handed Pitching Prospects and Spring Training Update with Guest Kevin McAlpin

Episode 7 - A look back at the trades that rebuilt the Braves farm system

Episode 6 - Reviewing and Previewing the Braves' Rookie Ball Affiliates

Episode 5 - Reviewing and Previewing the Rome Braves with David Lee

Episode 4 - Reviewing and Previewing the Carolina Mudcats and Florida Fire Frogs

Episode 3 - Reviewing and Previewing the Mississippi Braves with Kyle Tait

Episode 2 - Reviewing and Previewing the Gwinnett Braves

Episode 1 - THE Braves Minor League Podcast is Here!