Talking Friars: A San Diego Padres podcast

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the huge news that came out this morning involving Juan Soto. He rejected a $440 million offer from the Washington Nationals so their GM Mike Rizzo is making Soto available to other teams via trade. San Diego Padres GM A.J. Preller has the assets to get a deal done but what is it going to take? Find out in this episode!...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars Ben Fadden gives his thoughts on the San Diego Padres four game series against the Colorado Rockies. The offense came alive on Monday, we might have a closer problem, Esteury Ruiz had an eventful big league debut, the team meeting before Wednesday’s game didn’t work and Blake Snell couldn’t throw consistent strikes in the series finale. ---------------------...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Producer of Ben & Woods Paul Reindl joins the show to discuss the San Diego Padres trade deadline needs, how difficult it will be for A.J. Preller to make significant additions, which players on the roster need to step up, his confidence level in the Padres working out a Joe Musgrove extension and more! ------------------------------------------------------...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives his thoughts on everything that went down during the San Diego Padres latest series against the San Francisco Giants. Jurickson Profar suffered a nasty looking injury, Jorge Alfaro hit his third walk-off at Petco Park this season, the boys looked great in their first City Connect game, Brent Rooker finally made his Padres debut on Saturday...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden had the pleasure of talking with MLB Network’s Alanna Rizzo. They discussed how the MLB Draft Combine went, how the Padres can get on the same level as the Dodgers, where she believes Manny Machado stands in the NL MVP race, how much the Padres need to offer Joe Musgrove per year if they don’t want him testing free agency and if it’s worth it to...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you three San Diego Padres players who deserve to be heading to Dodger Stadium later this month for the All-Star Game. One of the three might be a surprise to you. There are also a few other players that deserve props for what they’ve done over the first 83 games of the season. And since we’re about halfway through, Ben thought it was a goo...

Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres mini two game series at home against the Seattle Mariners. All aspects of the game on Monday were bad and Mike Clevinger took the mound on Wednesday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAGLIONE BROS  Visit gaglionebros.com to view their entire menu and find their two location's phone numbe...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, I give you my thoughts on the San Diego Padres series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. There wasn’t many things that went right. If the starting pitching pitched well, the offense didn’t show up and when the starting pitching struggled early, it felt like the game was over. Thank goodness they won on Sunday. Feel free to leave your thoughts on the series in...

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On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden reacts to the San Diego Padres latest series against the Arizona Diamondbacks before looking forward to a big series at Dodger Stadium this weekend. The Padres losing a game where they had a six run lead was embarrassing but Jake Cronenworth and Mike Clevinger were amazing on Wednesday! Feel free to give your thoughts on the series in the comment...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden reacts to Dennis Lin’s latest mailbag article in The Athletic where he answered questions about where the Joe Musgrove extension talks stand, if the Padres would bring back Sean Manaea in an extension, which starting pitcher would A.J. Preller be most willing to trade, two starters the Padres might be interested in acquiring before the deadline,...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden reacts to what happened during the San Diego Padres vs. Philadelphia Phillies series this weekend at Petco Park. Jake Cronenworth didn’t play on his bobblehead night, Austin Nola beat his brother Aaron, Bryce Harper got hurt and the bullpen just had a bad day on Sunday. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his reaction to the entire San Diego Padres series versus the Arizona Diamondbacks. Yu Darvish and Sean Manaea pitched great, Jorge Alfaro officially became a San Diego legend and Fernando Tatis Jr. started swinging a bat despite the Padres not telling us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with MLB prospect/draft guru Jim Callis to talk about the Padres bringing up C.J. Abrams again, what’s going on with James Wood, when Esteury Ruiz might be called up and which players the Padres have been interested in leading up to the MLB Draft! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAGL...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his reaction to all three games the San Diego Padres played this weekend at Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies. We found out Joe Musgrove probably won’t be making his next start, C.J. Cron and Charlie Blackmon continued to kill San Diego, Jake Cronenworth kept raking and Manny Machado’s going to be out for an undefined amount of t...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on what former MLB outfielder David Justice, MLB Network host Greg Amsinger and former Padres starter Jake Peavy told me during the MLB Draft Combine at Petco Park on Friday. Justice didn’t seem to fully believe in the Padres, Amsinger would give Joe Musgrove a HUGE pay day in an extension and Peavy wants Musgrove to be sta...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres amazing series sweep in Chicago against the Cubs! The offense scored 41 runs in four games, Jake Cronenworth is insanely on fire at the plate and Joe Musgrove had another quality start! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTUBE Subscribe to the Talking...

Ben Fadden reacts to the Padres saying Fernando Tatis Jr. hasn't been cleared to swing a bat yet before previewing tonight's Padres vs Cubs matchup! You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/kZwBySRKdwM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of the Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with former San Diego Padres pitcher Andy Ashby to talk about his nephew, Aaron, pitching for the Milwaukee Brewers, if he thinks this year’s Padres team has enough to make it to the World Series, how the starting pitching position has evolved since he played, how he’d approach extension negotiations with the Padres if he was Joe Mus...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives his thoughts on the San Diego Padres series split with the Colorado Rockies. Joe Musgrove continued to throw shutouts, Manny Machado was huge in the first two games of the series and MacKenzie Gore finally hit a rough patch this weekend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAGLIONE BROS Vis...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with NBC’s Darnay Tripp to discuss Fernando Tatis Jr.’s rehab, the big league return timeline for San Diego Padres relievers Jose Castillo and Michel Baez, Ha-Seong Kim’s struggles, if Trent Grisham could lose his starting center field job and if the Padres should think about trading Blake Snell. Plus, Ben and Darnay also talked a little...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his reaction to the San Diego Padres series against the New York Mets. Blake Snell sucked on Monday (should the Padres trade him?), New York Mets fans whined after Pete Alonso got hit on Tuesday, Yu Darvish and Adrian Morejon were tremendous and two former teammates pitched against one another on Wednesday. -----------------------------...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Jacob Zimmermann and Ben Fadden discuss all that went on in the last two games in Milwaukee for the San Diego Padres. MacKenzie Gore is probably the second best starter in the rotation right now, Jake Cronenworth looks like he’s getting hot and Mike Clevinger returned to the mound on Sunday in the series finale! ---------------------------------------------...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives his thoughts on Joe Musgrove’s near no-hitter in the San Diego Padres 7-0 win tonight before getting into the extension conversation. Musgrove deserves lots of props for his play this year and deserves a ton of money via either an extension or a free agent contract. Ben also had to talk about the embarrassing series opening loss. ----------...

On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas broadcaster Tim Hagerty to discuss what recent call up Nomar Mazara could bring to the San Diego Padres, what’s wrong with Ryan Weathers and Dinelson Lamet, when Yusmeiro Petit might get called up, Jose Castillo’s timeline, why C.J. Abrams isn’t getting a ton of reps in the outfield and if we should be su...