Talking Friars: A San Diego Padres podcast

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres final two games against the Colorado Rockies before getting into what A.J. Preller and Bob Melvin said about the report that came out Tuesday on the major disconnect between the two. Subscribe for year round Padres/San Diego Sports content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJHFZPJpuyVyG_skyD0F6w?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter (Padres Content):...

There was a report that came out Tuesday in The Athletic from Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal that discussed the problems going on between the front office and coaching staff in San Diego. A.J. Preller and Bob Melvin's relationship is being compared to a toxic relationship between two parents and it has become "one of the worst-kept secrets in baseball". Why would Melvin want to stay after the season...

Manny Machado told the media Monday that he expects to have elbow surgery soon and it would sideline him for 6-7 months. This season is unofficially over so why is he continuing to play? Plus, Padres fans set a single season franchise attendance record. Props to y'all! Subscribe for year round Padres/San Diego Sports content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJHFZPJpuyVyG_skyD0F6w?sub_confirmatio...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres weekend series in Oakland against the A's. Near the end of the show, Ben gives you the latest around San Diego sports! Subscribe for year round Padres/San Diego Sports content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJHFZPJpuyVyG_skyD0F6w?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter (Padres Content): https://twitter.com/talkingfriars Twitter (Personal): https://t...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on Kevin Acee's detailed piece that he published Friday morning on the San Diego Padres clubhouse/culture issues. Manny Machado, who is known as the team's unofficial captain, was the main player focused on in this piece and it doesn't seem like he holds himself or his teammates accountable enough. Machado admitted the Padres didn't want it bad enough this year li...

The Boston Red Sox fired their chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom on Thursday and he's viewed as one of the great minds in baseball so should Peter Seidler take this opportunity to go get Bloom and move on from A.J. Preller? Subscribe for year round Padres/San Diego Sports content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJHFZPJpuyVyG_skyD0F6w?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter (Padres Content): https://twitter...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on Yu Darvish being shut down, Joe Musgrove wanting to pitch one more time in 2023 and the San Diego Padres series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manny Machado and Juan Soto had big nights in the series opener, as both homered and Machado passed Tony Gwynn on the Padres all-time HR list. The former All-Star third baseman did admit he is considering having surge...

Ben Fadden sits down with San Diego Sports 760's Jim Russell to discuss all of the good performances from this Padres season and how those make this year that much more disappointing. Plus, is Manny Machado a good leader and should we be concerned about SDSU after their bad loss vs. UCLA? Catch Jon and Jim weekdays 3-6pm on their new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JonandJim760 Subscribe...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres weekend series in Houston against the Astros. Blake Snell, who reportedly could command $200 million in free agency, pitched another quality start on Friday night and was backed up by a great offense. Too bad they haven't been able to do it consistently enough in 2023. Near the end of the show, Ben gives you the latest around San Diego spor...

The San Diego Padres were three games under .500 at the trade deadline and entering Friday's series against the Houston Astros, they are nine games under. So clearly in hindsight adding pieces at the deadline wasn't the right thing to do but what if they got a redo at the deadline? Would have A.J. Preller sold instead of trying to make a losing team a little bit better? Plus, there's a report out...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres series loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Fernando Tatis Jr. showed up big time on his bobblehead night and Pedro Avila had a strong start in front of a sellout crowd. The Padres got dominated by Zack Wheeler on Wednesday. Plus, Gary Sanchez says he wants to stay in San Diego. Is that going to be an easy thing to make happen? Subscribe for...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres wild Labor Day loss to the Philadelphia Phillies before getting into the injuries that have continued to pile up this season at the big league and now minor league level. Subscribe for year round Padres/San Diego Sports content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJHFZPJpuyVyG_skyD0F6w?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter (Padres Content): https://twi...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres weekend series against the San Francisco Giants. Juan Soto helped spark the offense on Friday and Saturday, as he homered in both games. Blake Snell continued to pitch like an NL Cy Young award winner, as he shutout SF in 6 innings of work over the weekend. Plus, there was a report about why Austin Nola has been struggling this season. Bob...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres losing to the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, Yu Darvish being shut down for the time being, Jurickson Profar coming back into the organization on a minor league deal and Robert Suarez dropping his appeal and taking the ten game suspension. Plus, the New York Mets shook up their front office big time this week...should San Diego do the sa...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres final two games in St. Louis against the Cardinals. They had multiple leads on Tuesday night but ended up losing for the 11th time in extra innings. Why are they so bad in extras this year? Then Josh Hader was in line for the save in the series finale but another kick in the nuts came San Diego's way. Plus, Yu Darvish isn't with the team, a...

Ben Fadden is joined by San Diego Sports 760's Jon Schaeffer to discuss the San Diego Padres season unofficially being over, Jake Cronenworth's 2023 season, if San Diego needs to trade Juan Soto after the season, if A.J. Preller can fix this mess and San Diego State's first win of their college football season over the weekend! You can watch "Jon and Jim" weekdays 3-6 pm on YouTube: https://www.yo...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres first game in St. Louis against the Cardinals before getting into the report that came out Monday by Ryan Phillips of The Big Lead which detailed some of the issues going on in the organization. Plus, Yu Darvish was placed on the IL with right elbow inflammation. Should he be shut down? Subscribe for year round Padres/San Diego Sports conte...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres getting swept by the Milwaukee Brewers. Xander Bogaerts and Juan Soto homered on Saturday but it wasn't enough in the Friars' 20th one-run loss this season. It looked like San Diego was playing in a Little League game on Sunday. Also, Jake Cronenworth landed on the injured list with a fractured wrist so what's next for him? Near the end of...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in game one of their three-game series before getting into a comment Bob Melvin made Friday morning on Ben and Woods about his future. Plus, Robert Suarez is appealing his suspension but does he have a chance to win it? Near the end of the show, Ben gives you the latest around San Diego sports! Subscribe for ye...

The Chicago White Sox did something this week that they should've already done and that was relieve president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn of their duties. It was years of underperforming and the roster never reached its potential. Should the San Diego Padres follow in Chicago's footsteps and let go of A.J. Preller? Plus, Shohei Ohtani has torn his UCL so there's going to be some unc...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres series win over the Miami Marlins. Blake Snell and Seth Lugo started on Tuesday and Wednesday. Robert Suarez got ejected for having sticky stuff on him so what happens now? Plus, an update on how some Padres top prospects did in their first action with Double-A San Antonio. Near the end of the show, Ben gives you the latest around San Diego...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres' series opening win over Ryan Weathers and the Miami Marlins. Ha-Seong Kim and Manny Machado went deep as the offense exploded early on. Can they continue to play like this and is this series a must-sweep? Special guest Joe Dreamz also joins the show. Near the end of the show, Ben gives you the latest around San Diego sports! Subscribe for...

Before the San Diego Padres get their next series started against the Miami Marlins, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres deciding to promote Ethan Salas, Robby Snelling, Graham Pauley, Jakob Marsee and Nathan Martorella to Double-A San Antonio, Dylan Lesko and Samuel Zavala to High-A Fort Wayne and Dillon Head to Single-A Lake Elsinore! Subscribe for year round Padres/San Die...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the Padres final two games of their four-game set at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Juan Soto came so close to hitting a walk-off grand slam in game one and the Dbacks actually hit one in game two for the knockout blow. Near the end of the show, Ben gives you the latest around San Diego sports! Subscribe for year round Padres/San Diego Sports content: h...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the Padres first two games against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the possibility of Jackson Merrill being called up in September by San Diego. Does that make sense and where would he play? Near the end of the show, Ben gives you the latest around San Diego sports! Subscribe for year round Padres/San Diego Sports content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJHFZPJ...