Batter Up

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 a...

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'...

Will Palaszczuk, Joe Patrick & Caleb Johnson discuss the continuing negotiations between MLB & its players regarding their return to the field. The guys examine both sides of the argument and when a potential deal might need to get done to have baseball by Independence Day. They also discuss their bold predictions for the 2020 Braves and how things might develop over the next few seasons i...

On the latest installment of Batter Up!, Will Palaszczuk, Joe Patrick & Caleb Johnson update the progression of the MLB "return to play" negotiations including the addition of the health provisions set forth by the league. They discuss how the two sides will have to bend to come to a compromise, and how ultimately the worst case scenario of "no baseball" will be the onus to get a deal done. The gu...

Will Palaszczuk, Joe Patrick & Caleb Johnson discuss the issues dividing Major League Baseball and the Players Association as they negotiate the terms of the realignment of the 2020 season. The guys talk about how those issues can be resolved, and how ultimately the players can make it on the field by Independence Day. The discussion morphs into the on-field impacts of the proposal, and how th...

Episode Five of the Batter Up! Podcast has dropped with Will Palaszczuk, Caleb Johnson & Joe Patrick talking about Fox Sports Southeast's look back at the 1995 World Series and the thoughts the guys had about watching it. They also talk about the latest on when things might start up for baseball including how the financial ramifications might make things awkward between the owners and players....

The Batter Up! Podcast is back with Episode 4 with Will Palaszczuk, Joe Patrick & Caleb Johnson discussing more of the options that sports leagues are exercising when it comes to the resumption of play after the coronavirus curve is flattened. The guys also discuss how the Red Sox and Astros cheating scandals are a black mark on Rob Manfed's tenure as commissioner. The podcast takes a hard lef...

The Batter Up! podcast is back for Episode #3 with Will Palaszczuk, Joe Patrick & Caleb Johnson. The guys pick up where they left off the last podcast with chatter about their quarantine life and their culinary exploits during their time without sports. They also update the Braves financial situation and go into the way they structured their offseason. Do you feel better about the Braves now t...

Our baseball trio of Will Palaszczuk, Joe Patrick & Caleb Johnson are back for this year's second installment of Batter Up! The guys get into the logistics behind MLB's latest season start proposal, which includes playing games in Grapefruit & Cactus League Stadiums along with realignment. The guys also discuss how that format would suit the Braves, what effects it would have on player mov...

92-9 The Game has revived our Batter Up! Baseball Podcast, featuring 92-9 Host Will Palaszczuk, Update Anchor & Reporter Caleb Johnson and featuring Braves Insider Joe Patrick. Batter Up! will be your home for the latest insights on the Braves, listener questions & answers and other topics which come up during the baseball season. In the premiere episode of Season 2, the guys introduce the...

Here's Willie P with how his first segment would have sounded on 92-9 The Game after Game 6 of the 1995 World Series between the Atlanta Braves & Cleveland Indians.

Atlanta Braves Insider Joe Patrick joined The Morning Show to discuss, Marcell Ozuna, the team's interesting conundrum at third base, Felix Hernandez, and why there's a hurdle for King Felix to start the season with the big-league club that's not there for Kyle Wright and Sean Newcomb.

In the 7am hour Sam was joined by John Bednaroski from the Marietta Daily Journal who reported the great news from Freddie Freeman heading into the 2020 season.

HOF pitcher John Smoltz joined The Midday Show to talk about what's being going on around the league and the Atlanta Braves. Smoltz said in the game, we fall in love and out of love with players really fast (in talking about Josh Donaldson). He never felt the Braves were going to go to four years that Donaldson was looking for. The Braves got ahead of the market this offseason. He believes the Bra...

Our 92-9 The Game Braves Insider, Joe Patrick, joined Thomas Mott to talk about Mike Foltynewicz, who will pitch Tuesday and how the Atlanta Braves handled his promotion and Kevin Gausman's departure. Also... How Foltynewicz will deal with struggles and where would Folty fit in a Braves postseason rotation?

92-9 The Game Atlanta Braves Insider Joe Patrick joined Andy and Randy to preview their two-game series against the Royals and to talk about the approaching trade deadline. Joe said any team in a playoff contention scenario should be trying to bolster their roster. The issue the Braves have is timing when it comes to evaluating. He said he wants to see them add a starter but if nothing e...

In Episode 003 of the 92-9 The Game podcast about the Atlanta Braves, Joe Patrick and Knox Bardeen discuss the first three picks from the Atlanta Braves from Monday's 2019 MLB Draft, which starting pitchers have blossomed over their last 5-7 starts and just how hot Dansby Swanson is at the plate.

In Episode 002 of the 92-9 The Game podcast about the Atlanta Braves, Joe Patrick and Knox Bardeen discuss where the Braves stand in the National League pecking order, why relief pitcher Luke Jackson shouldn't be vilified and what the Braves might do when Ender Inciarte returns from injury.

In Episode 001 of the 92-9 The Game podcast about the Atlanta Braves, Joe Patrick and Knox Bardeen discuss Austin Riley's epic major league debut and Mike Soroka's emergence as this team's ace.

The 92-9 The Game "Spring Training Show" with former Braves outfielder Brian Jordan, beat reporter Joe Patrick and Andy Bunker sat down for an exclusive interview with Dansby Swanson. The Braves shortstop battled through a wrist injury last season and finally underwent surgery for it in November. Hear the moment Swanson was finally able to feel "normal." 

In Hour 3 of The Spring Training Show the guys talk about the lineup and finishing touches to the final roster

In Hour 2 of The Spring Training Show, the guys hear from Kyle Wright and talk about the overall health of the team.

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