diff --git a/.changeset/selfish-dryers-teach.md b/.changeset/selfish-dryers-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13ce78fb5784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/selfish-dryers-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@eth-optimism/batch-submitter': patch
+---
+
+Add status to generic error log to disambiguate errors
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/batch-submitter.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/batch-submitter.ts
index c2e2fb64f861..ffe2674e2c7b 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/batch-submitter.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/batch-submitter.ts
@@ -232,11 +232,30 @@ export abstract class BatchSubmitter {
       gasRetryIncrement: this.gasRetryIncrement,
     }
 
-    const receipt = await BatchSubmitter.getReceiptWithResubmission(
-      txFunc,
-      resubmissionConfig,
-      this.logger
-    )
+    let receipt: TransactionReceipt
+    try {
+      receipt = await BatchSubmitter.getReceiptWithResubmission(
+        txFunc,
+        resubmissionConfig,
+        this.logger
+      )
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.reason) {
+        this.logger.error(`Transaction invalid: ${err.reason}, aborting`, {
+          message: err.toString(),
+          stack: err.stack,
+          code: err.code,
+        })
+        return
+      }
+
+      this.logger.error('Encountered error at submission, aborting', {
+        message: err.toString(),
+        stack: err.stack,
+        code: err.code,
+      })
+      return
+    }
 
     this.logger.info('Received transaction receipt', { receipt })
     this.logger.info(successMessage)
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/tx-batch-submitter.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/tx-batch-submitter.ts
index 713c2a560aa8..8a8a041337fe 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/tx-batch-submitter.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/tx-batch-submitter.ts
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
     // Fix our batches if we are configured to. TODO: Remove this.
     batch = await this._fixBatch(batch)
     if (!(await this._validateBatch(batch))) {
-      this.logger.error('Batch is malformed! Cannot submit next batch!')
-      throw new Error('Batch is malformed! Cannot submit next batch!')
+      return
     }
     let sequencerBatchParams = await this._getSequencerBatchParams(
       startBlock,
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/exec/run-batch-submitter.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/exec/run-batch-submitter.ts
index e3f21a3139cd..627b63e9647c 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/exec/run-batch-submitter.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/exec/run-batch-submitter.ts
@@ -441,11 +441,29 @@ export const run = async () => {
       try {
         await func()
       } catch (err) {
-        logger.error('Error submitting batch', {
-          message: err.toString(),
-          stack: err.stack,
-          code: err.code,
-        })
+        switch (err.code) {
+          case 'SERVER_ERROR':
+            logger.error(`Encountered server error with status ${err.status}`, {
+              message: err.toString(),
+              stack: err.stack,
+              code: err.code,
+            })
+            break
+          case 'NETWORK_ERROR':
+            logger.error('Could not detect network', {
+              message: err.toString(),
+              stack: err.stack,
+              code: err.code,
+            })
+            break
+          default:
+            logger.error('Unhandled exception during batch submission', {
+              message: err.toString(),
+              stack: err.stack,
+              code: err.code,
+            })
+            break
+        }
         logger.info('Retrying...')
       }
       // Sleep