Padres Hot Tub

Craig and John, joined for a period by Patreon subscriber Chris Garcia, argue like an old married couple over what the San Diego Padres' offseason priorities should be and if any of it matters with a lockout looming.

Craig and John get together to discuss the huge news that the Padres have agreed to a three-year deal with Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin to switch teams and become the manager of the San Diego Padres.

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro talk about Gary McCoy and an advantage the San Diego Padres could possibly take advantage of, then discuss Fernando Tatis Jr. officially declining to get surgery on his shoulder (that the team wants him to get), before getting into a the managerial candidates a little.

Gary McCoy has been a strength coach for multiple major league organizations, but in 2013 he was given the chance to completely change a Taiwanese baseball team's injury prevention protocol. Three years later he was invited back to run the conditioning program for the biggest franchise in Taiwan...and they had an injury-free season! There is a massive inefficiency in baseball right now, and it's i...

Craig and John get together to discuss Peter Seidler's interview with Ben & Woods, A.J. Preller's interview with Darren Smith, and the list of candidates that the Padres have to choose from for their managerial opening after Jayce Tingler's firing.

Craig and John talk about AJ Preller and talk to their Patreon subscribers about who their favorite managerial candidates are to take over for the fired Jayce Tingler.

At the end of another Padres season under .500, Craig and John get together to talk about where it all went wrong for this team and offer a quick glance at their offseason prospects.

After The Athletic put out an article about the Padres and AJ Preller, Craig and John jumped on Discord and chatted with some of their Patreon subscribers about it.

With just a few games left in the 2021 season but the San Diego Padres playoff hopes officially gone, Craig and John discuss the potential hiring of Ron Washington, the surprisingly good season by Manny Machado, what happened to the pitching staff and if there are systemic problems within the Padres organization.

Craig and John get together with their Patreon subscribers on Discord to talk through the final weeks of the disappointing 2021 San Diego Padres season.

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro declare the 2021 San Diego Padres season to be over and start attempting to figure out what happened, and what type of shakeup might be coming in the offseason.

Craig reads text questions from the Discord audience solo.

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get together to talk about the floundering San Diego Padres, whose season is probably over after getting swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers again. They figure out who is to blame and where to go from here, all with lots of cursing and bad feelings.

Craig and John are joined by a number of their Patreon subscribers during Thursday's lunch hour to talk about the frustrating Padres, how they could be fixed in the offseason, what type of damage they would do if they could make it to the playoffs, and how rituals play into the team's success.

Craig and John get together to discuss the recently fiesty San Diego Padres, after taking a series from the Houston Astros, and try to maintain optimism while repeatedly visiting some of the systemic issues the organization continues to show.

The San Diego Padres lost a game, which means everything is terrible and the sky is falling, so Craig and John got together with some of their favorite Patreon subscribers to bemoan the team and talk about the type of manager that might be able to get more out of this ballclub.

Craig and John get together to talk about the bumbling, stumbling San Diego Padres. The guys try to stay positive while talking about getting swept by the Dodgers and the team's continued poor handling of Ryan Weathers. Has the bullpen run out of gas? Can Paddack and Snell save this team? Why is Hosmer starting every day? How should you fan if the team is getting you down? We try and answer these...

Craig and John get together with some of their favorite Patreon supporters during the Padres-Dodgers game to talk about where the team is and what their path to the playoffs is, all while geeking out over Blake Snell's incredible start vs. the Dodgers.

Craig and John get together after the announcement of Larry Rothschild's firing as the pitching coach of the San Diego Padres to talk about how the team got here, what (if anything) happens now, and what it all means for Jayce Tingler.

Before the start of the Padres/Phillies game, Craig stops on the side of the road to talk with John and some Patreon subscribers about the lowly San Diego Padres, MacKenzie Gore's promising start, and how the team is still in a good position to make the postseason.

Craig and John get together after yet ANOTHER LOSS TO THE ROCKIES to discuss what is wrong with the broken Padres, if they've given up on their manager, what the closed door meeting was all about, and how bad the Jake Arrieta signing really is.

Craig and John get together with some of their favorite Patreon subscribers to talk about the Padres' embarrassing losses, a season that is fading away, and what could be causing all of the apathy.

The guys discuss a good weekend with solid pitching for the San Diego Padres before digging into the team moving Fernando Tatis Jr. to the outfield and how it's all caused by Eric Hosmer (and the trade for Adam Frazier).

Craig and John get together with a group of their favorite Patreon subscribers to talk about Mark Melancon blowing another save and if the team is unlucky or bad.

Craig and (a sick) John recap a terrible weekend for the San Diego Padres, including the trade deadline fiasco and Fernando Tatis Jr.'s injury, before finding some good news and running the starting rotation into the concern-o-meter.