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Episode 69: Sean Newcomb, MLB Draft and more with Matt Powers 13.06.2017 30:31

Brad is joined by TC's Matt Powers to break down the MLB Draft to this point and additional topics include Sean Newcomb, Bartolo Colon, Matt Adams and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 68: Julio Teheran, Adonis Garcia and more with Scott Coleman 05.06.2017 48:44

Brad is joined by TC's Scott Coleman to discuss Julio Teheran's struggles, the Emilio Bonifacio era, Adonis Garcia's return and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 67: Pitching woes and more with Carlos Collazo 29.05.2017 51:02

Brad is joined by old pal Carlos Collazo to discuss Matt Kemp, Atlanta's sudden cold streak, starting pitching issues, Jim Johnson and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 66: Freddie Freeman, Matt Adams and more with Gaurav Vedak 22.05.2017 51:20

Brad is joined by Talking Chop's own Gaurav Vedak to discuss the Freddie Freeman injury, the Matt Adams trade, minor league story lines, Rio Ruiz and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 65: Tyler Flowers, bench bats and more with Joe Lucia 15.05.2017 50:23

Brad is joined by Joe Lucia of Awful Announcing to discuss Atlanta's recent play, Tyler Flowers' strong performance, the absence of bench bats, pushing prospects quickly and (much) more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 64: Recent futility, pitching woes and more with Scott Coleman 08.05.2017 40:48

Brad is joined by Scott Coleman to discuss a brutal week of results, the woes of the pitching staff, Brian Snitker's public tactics and much more. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 63: Matt Kemp, Dansby's struggles and more with Scott Coleman 01.05.2017 45:06

Brad is joined by Scott Coleman to discuss Atlanta's streaky nature, Dansby Swanson's struggles, Matt Kemp's hot bat and much more. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 62: Major League struggles and Minor League hope with Eric Cole 24.04.2017 50:36

Brad is joined by Eric Cole to discuss Atlanta's losing streak, Brian Snitker's managerial prowess, Freddie Freeman and a wide-ranging Minor League breakdown. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 61: SunTrust Park, Ender Inciarte and more with Scott Coleman 17.04.2017 43:42

Brad is joined by Scott Coleman to discuss the opening of SunTrust Park, a four-game winning streak, Ender Inciarte's sudden power surge and much more. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 60: Early season reactions with Cory McCartney and Zach Dillard 11.04.2017 23:58

Brad is joined by Cory McCartney and Zach Dillard of FOX Sports South to react to the first six games, take stock of where we are and discuss their new television venture, Chopcast Live. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 59: Six games in the books 10.04.2017 23:56

Brad flies solo from an undisclosed location. Topics include the 1-5 start, Bartolo Colon, Matt Kemp's injury, the Ryan Howard signing and (much) more. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 58: Opening Day roster, predictions and more 02.04.2017 52:24

Brad is joined by old friend Carlos Collazo for a final podcast before Opening Day. Topics include the Opening Day roster, minor league rotations and comprehensive predictions in advance of the 2017 season. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 57: Rotation preview, position battles and more 27.03.2017 57:32

Brad is joined by Scott Coleman to break down the 2017 starting rotation, position battles on the bench and in the bullpen, Rio Ruiz's arrival timeline and much more. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 56: Rotation unveiling, mailbag and more 20.03.2017 28:34

Brad goes solo to talk about the Braves unveiling the starting rotation, the return of Dansby Swanson and Julio Teheran and your mailbag questions. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 55: The Lineup Preview, NCAA Tournament talk and more 13.03.2017 1:04:39

Brad and Carlos preview the 2017 Atlanta Braves lineup, which is a nice way of saying they pour cold water on all of your offensive expectations for the team this season. They offer up a few thoughts on the NCAA Tournament (having recorded on Selection Sunday) and also get into a few mailbag questions. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

Episode 54: Bullpen Preview, Ronald Acuna and more 06.03.2017 45:58

Brad is joined by Scott Coleman to break down the 2017 bullpen options. Beyond that, topics include Dustin Peterson's injury, strong starts from Ronald Acuna and Max Fried, the potential platoon at third base and much more. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 53: The Bench Preview 26.02.2017 49:00

Brad and Carlos begin the 2017 preview series by taking a look at the Braves bench group. Warning: this is the scariest position group of the team by far. It's not pretty. We also touch on the Fangraphs prospect list, talk Spring Training and take listener questions. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 52 (1 Year!): Spring Training talk, Baseball Prospectus' top 100 and the Mailbag 19.02.2017 45:01

It's one year of the Talking Chop Podcast! Brad and Carlos celebrate by doing the same thing they do every week: talk about the Braves. We touch on Sean Rodriguez' injury, Jim Johnson and Arodys Vizcaino in the bullpen, the backup first base spot, John Coppolella's Fox Sports South interview, take listener questions and more. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about you...

Episode 51: Breaking down the Brandon Phillips trade 13.02.2017 38:02

Brad and Carlos spend a majority of the show breaking down the Braves trade for Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips. We give our thoughts on Phillips as a player at this point in his career, the outlook for 2B now without Sean Rodriguez for a while and some possible ramifications for Ozzie Albies. We also touch on Baseball America's Top 100 list, which features eight different Braves prospects. *...

Episode 50: A Candid Braves Conversation, with Kevin McAlpin 06.02.2017 34:02

Braves Radio Network and 680 The Fan reporter Kevin McAlpin joins the show! Kevin breaks down what it's like being a Braves reporter in the offseason, gives us his thoughts on the team's winter moves and talks about what he's looking forward to in Spring Training. Finally, there's talk of a tandem bike ride with Mark Bowman. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your...

Episode 49: Analyzing Top 100 prospect lists, with Scott Coleman 30.01.2017 51:42

Brad and Carlos are joined by Talking Chop's longest-tenured writer, and smartest person, Scott Coleman. The three start the podcast off with some chat about Braves legends Jeff Francoeur and Kris Medlen before diving into the Top 100 prospect lists from ESPN's Keith Law and MLB Pipeline. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Episode 48: Kurt Suzuki, the Mallex Smith trade and prospect talk with Gaurav Vedak 23.01.2017 35:19

Brad and Carlos are joined by Gaurav Vedak, one of Talking Chop's own prospect savants. Topics include the Kurt Suzuki signing, Atlanta players in the World Baseball Classic and the Mallex Smith trade. Lastly we pester Gaurav about the Braves farm system and make him tell us who "his guy" is. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Episode 47: Infield rumors, Freddie Freeman's status among first basemen and more 09.01.2017 44:32

Brad and Carlos discuss Freddie Freeman's status among other MLB first baseman, talk a little bit about Matt Wisler and then jump into all the infield rumors that hit this week. To round out the show we take a few listener questions. *Music by longzijun: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 46: Ender Inciarte's extension, the biggest stories of 2016 and more 02.01.2017 45:28

Brad and Carlos get together on New Year's day to talk about Ender Inciarte's contract extension, the constant Matt Wieters rumors, Freddie Freeman and the biggest Braves stories of 2016. After all that we take a few listener questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 45: Preseason Top-25 prospect list and more with Eric Cole 19.12.2016 49:13

Brad is joined by prospect guru Eric Cole to discuss John Danks, Mike Foltynewicz, TC's top-25 prospect list and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices