Road to Atlanta - Episode 22 - Getting caught up with the offseason, Rule 5 draft, and other MiLB shenanigans

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🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

We are BACK, welcome to the return of the Road To Atlanta podcast. We had to go a man down with Gaurav out this week, but our fearless host Eric Cole rallied the troops and Matt and Garrett joined him for a discussion of the minor leagues. With the recent Rule 5 draft there was plenty of things to talk about, with 40 man roster additions and a couple of minor league selections going down for the Braves. We also said goodbye to a few long time Braves prospects who may be leaving us in free agency and where they may find themselves in the coming season. The biggest news in the minor league circuit was the proposed contraction of 42 minor league teams, and we had a lengthy discussion about our concerns, minor league salaries, and the impact this could have on minor leagues players for the future. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are many different paths you can take, but there's only one road to Atlanta.
0:08.5	A high drive. Deep out to left field. He clubbed it. Brady twisting and turning, looking up and giving up.
0:13.8	It's a home run for Danby Swanson.
0:16.7	Player out towards shallow right. That's big trouble. Alby's going back. He dives and he makes the catch.
0:21.7	What a play, Ozzy Albies.
0:24.1	Swanson is headed for three.
0:25.8	He'll try for it inside the parker.
0:27.9	Relay throw comes toward the plate.
0:29.5	He'll score standing and it's his second inside the park home run of the season.
0:34.2	This is your weekly podcast dedicated to the Atlanta Braves Farm System.
0:38.9	Follow the show on Twitter at Road, the number two, Atlanta.
0:43.6	Now, hit the road with your host, Eric Cole, Garav Vidak, and Garrett Spang.
1:00.3	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Road to Atlanta, a podcast devoted solely to the Braves Farm System and Braves Prospects.
1:02.6	After a lengthy delay, I'm Eric Cole.
1:10.1	You may recognize me from my workover on Talking Chop.com, where I've been the deputy site manager for the last couple seasons and the minor league editor for the past half a decade or so.
1:16.4	Joining me this evening for a long-awaited and long-ass-for podcast is Matt Powers.
1:19.2	You can follow him on Twitter at Matt Powers 31.
1:21.3	He's our kind of a resident draft guru.
1:29.0	And if there's obscure prospects and lower-level prospects, he's definitely the guy that we kind of lean on to kind of find out information about.
1:32.8	As well as Garrett Spain, you can follow him on Twitter at Braves, M-I-L-L-B.
1:36.7	Garrett's been with me for just as long as I've been at Talking Shop,
1:39.2	and he's been, you know, an integral part to the minor league crew as well.
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