It’s finally here. Baseball season begins Thursday.

In this edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Braves Report podcast, AJC beat reporter Justin Toscano and co-host Jay Black preview Atlanta’s opener in Washington.

Justin will explain why he thinks the Braves are better than they were last year and why it’s World Series or bust.

Braves first baseman Matt Olson joins the show to explain why he had such a good spring training. You’ll also hear from Max Fried on how he will handle his opening-day start.

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