Friar Talk: A Padres Podcast

Finally breaking down this World Baseball Classic by going through the most stacked rosters! After that (33:20) , we go over the Joe Musgrove injury, the Odor signing, and any other Padres related news.

Our Captain is back! After the Manny convo, we talk about Juan Soto and the new pitch clock that has been implemented in Spring Training before a few random topics to end the show on. 

The season is right around the corner!!

A LONG discussion about Manny Machado, then some talk about the best postions battles to watch in Spring Training, and finally Matt and Isaac end the episode off with the Padres Spring Training trivia and breakdown on the only acceptable favorite cereal choices. 

We go over the projected bullpen and Michael Wacha signing in depth, before rounding out the show with our NL Central and NL East Predictions. 

Matt does a solo live to discuss the Yu Darvish extension that went down yesterday morning and go over the contract details and what they mean.

Pumped to be back after a couple weeks off. Sorta a mailbag/news update episode in this one.

Tonight, we talk about the excitement for the season, the giveaway schedule dropping, Juan Soto contract extension rumors, and wrap it up by talking about championship weekend. Lot of questions from the chat as well!

Going over how Ethan Salas will impact the Padres farm, some potential 2023 contributors, and the youth in the system. After we talk Padres, we get a bit into the NFL Divisional Round and then talk about the upcoming World Baseball Classic. 

Isaac does a solo live to talk about the recent Ohtani report and answers a bunch of questions from the chat. 

What's left for the Padres after signing Nelson Cruz???

Today we go over a couple recent signings and the Padres 40 Man Roster, list our top 5 teams for 2023, and the talk NFL Wild Card Weekend. 

We go over the rumored interest in Pablo Lopez, Johnny Cueto, & Aroldis Chapman and then get into a bunch of questions from the chat. 

The guys go live to talk about potential Profar reunion as well as Bryan Reynolds requesting a trade, before wrapping up the stream by listing their top 5 lineups. 

Little late, but today we talk about added Seth Lugo as a starter and what we think about signing Matt Carpenter over Brandon Drury. 

Chase and Matt discuss potential trades for Jake Cronenworth and Ha Seong Kim, as well as a bunch of pitchers that may be trade options. 

Matt and Isaac go live to talk about some Tatis trade rumors and what they can do after signing Xander Bogaerts. Also, sorry about the connection issues on my end, no clue why that was happening.

The Padres add probably the best pure hitter in the game. Funny how the stream ended 15 minutes before the big splash we were all waiting for. 

Lot to unpack with all these Winter meeting signings and rumors. Had an awesome first livestream of the offseason!

If the Padres are trying to spend big this offseason, then an ace should be their top priority. We recorded before the deGrom signing, sorry about that!

He's been linked crazy to the Padres...does it make sense and how much would it improve this team?

Today we talk about a guy that has so much potential, and whether or not the Padres can take a chance on him. 

What should the Padres do now that Abreu is off the board? Run it back?

Here's a guy a lot of fans want to see in a Padres uniform. Could it happen?

Each of us three gives our favorite trade candidate for the Padres this offseason. Three guys who could make a massive difference for this ball club.