Padres Hot Tub

John Gennaro, and eventually Craig Elsten, chat with their patrons on the PHT Discord about the sad state of affairs surrounding the San Diego Padres and how responsible A.J. Preller is for the team's failures.

With John wrapping up his vacation, Craig is joined by guest host HJ Preller to discuss the Padres' struggles over the last week, and how for almost every issue, the answer is to ride it out and see what happens...plus, what clubhouse culture issues have been exposed by the trade deadline, and is "title or bust" still applicable to the 2022 Padres?

Craig Elsten talks to the PHT discord community on Sunday afternoon after a 2-1 win for the Padres over Washington, rallying for a 2-2 series split and a 4-3 season series win over the Nats.

Craig and John get together on Discord and chat with some of their patrons about Fernando Tatis Jr., A.J. Preller, Josh Bell, Eric Hosmer, Trent Grisham, Juan Soto and a bunch of other stuff.

John Gennaro is back from vacation and, after unsuccessfully attempting to record Padres Hot Tub on Monday evening, he's joined by Craig Elsten on the PHT Discord server to go over his thoughts on Fernando Tatis Jr.'s 80-game suspension for using a performance-enhancing substance.

Fernando Tatis Jr has tested positive for PEDs and the exciting, innocent start to his career has suddenly come to an end. General manager AJ Preller and Padres teammates are dropping the hammer on Tatis. The club looks good enough to still contend, but what happens to Fernando's career in San Diego, and to his career overall? Craig Elsten gathered the Padres Hot Tub Patreon subscribers live on Di...

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro chat with their patrons about what the team will do at 1B after this season, what a Juan Soto contract extension would look like, and the real value of Jake Cronenworth.

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro discuss the 2022 San Diego Padres, coming off a sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and take their temperature on the offense, the starting pitching staff, and Fernando Tatis Jr.

Craig and John are joined by a handful of their Patreon subscribers on the PHT Discord server for a fun conversation about the San Diego Padres' roster construction, future finances, and where the Juan Soto deal ranks in San Diego sports history.

After the Padres pulled off the biggest and best trade deadline deal in baseball history for Juan Soto and Josh Bell (after getting Josh Hader and doing a bunch of other great stuff), Craig and John met with Corey Stewart at Rouleur Brewing to talk about it. There are fights, there are laughs, and there is a lot of excitement about the future of the San Diego Padres. Enjoy this extra long episode!

After the Padres traded four players to the Milwaukee Brewers for all-star closer Josh Hader, John Gennaro jumped on Discord to chat with Craig Elsten and some of the PHT patrons about his thoughts on the trade and what it means for the next 24 hours.

Craig Elsten and guest co-host Corey Stewart talk about the state of the Padres heading into the trade deadline, and welcome in Patrons from the Patreon community to answer their questions. Included: how is Bob Melvin handling his bullpen, how should we emotionally prepare for the possibility of *not* getting Juan Soto, and is there a creative way to get Eric Hosmer off the club at low cost?

After two disappointing losses, one to the Mets and one to the freaking Detroit Tigers, Craig and John do their best to contain their anger and end up mostly yelling at the team to trade for Juan Soto. Do it. Trade for Juan Soto!

Craig and John play a game of "over or under" to figure out how the San Diego Padres will improve and which individual players will take a step forward or back.

Craig and John had plans to discuss a whole bunch of things about the Padres, but instead they end up just dreaming about a trade for Juan Soto for an entire hour.

The Padres lose to the DBacks 3-1 on Sunday but take 2 of 3 going into the break. We talk about it but most everyone wants to talk about Juan Soto.

-Is there one move that can improve the Padres enough for it to be worth the cost? -How are we going to look back at this season for Fernando Tatis Jr's career? -What are three reasons to stay excited about the Padres in the second half? These questions and many more are posed and answered by Craig Elsten and the PHT Discord audience.

Craig and John recap the last week or so of (bad) San Diego Padres baseball before getting into a very long discussion about what the Padres can, should and will do in the next few weeks leading up to the trade deadline.

Carlos Rodon shut down the Padres offense in a must-win game for the Giants, but the Padres' spotty defense and suspect late relief are of concern.

After a really great 6-3 win over the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres fans should've been doing victory laps about Manny Machado (who is back) or Blake Snell (who might also be back) but, instead, John jumped on the Discord to gripe and complain with others about Eric Hosmer's total lack of effort when it comes to playing professional baseball. His embarrassing defense was on full display a...

After yet another extra-inning win with yet another Jorge Alfaro walkoff hit, John jumps on the PHT Discord and does a post game show to discuss a rollercoaster of a game. While it was nice to see the Padres get a W, questions and concerns remain around the health of Jurickson Profar and the effectiveness of Taylor Rogers.

Craig and John get together at Bottle Rocket after the Padres were swept by the Seattle Mariners to look back at the last week and talk about what the team can do, should do, and will do to try and keep itself from going into a full collapse heading into the all-star break.

During the Padres-Dodgers game, John and Craig jump onto the Discord server and chat (mostly with each other) about Trent Grisham's ceiling, what to do when Fernando Tatis Jr. comes back, and A.J. Preller's options heading into the trade deadline.

After a week apart, Craig Elsten is back together with John Gennaro to talk about the San Diego Padres. The guys talk a lot about Manny Machado, what the team has done since his injury, their thoughts on Blake Snell, some potential ways in which the Padres could get Hosmer's contract off the books, and whether or not this offense is good enough going forward.

With Craig on vacation, John is joined by three patrons from the PHT Discord server (Hosmer Apologist, John Precoda & Tevin McReynolds) to talk through the Manny Machado injury, what to expect from C.J. Abrams, how to fix the bullpen and how the team will survive until the all-star break.