The Braden Surprenant Show On Demand

Braden and Frank take a look at the Padres as a whole after 30 games in the 2026 season before taking a lighter look at their loss to the Cubs yesterday and a few stories from softball at the Poway SportsPlex last night

It turned out to be a rough night for the Padres offense as they couldn't get enough going often enough to overcome another hot offensive night for the Chicago Cubs as the series goes to a rubber game. Braden is here to take a look at the key takeaways from last night's game, Walker Buehler's performance and whether or not last night's start brought him closer to Germán Márquez in the battle for t...

Braden and Frank break down today's lineup against the Chicago Cubs before further discussing why Jackson Merrill could be the perfect leadoff hitter for this team as he gets his first crack at it today

Braden takes a look at the Padres starting rotation and what they've done this season and compares it against the averages of the starting rotations from all 12 playoff teams from 2025 before going over today's lineup against the Chicago Cubs

Last night showed that pesky can beat power as the Padres take the first game of this three-game series against the Chicago Cubs in their first meeting since last year's Wild Card Series behind nine runs on 14 hits. Braden is back from Stagecoach to break down the series opener against the Cubbies including a rough win for Randy Vásquez, the end of Mason Miller's scoreless innings streak and a pot...

Braden takes final calls on Jake Cronenworth and Germán Márquez before comedians Josh Nelson and Louie Centanni join the show for some Padres-Cubs banter before the middle game of the series

Braden takes another look at Jake Cronenworth's swing metrics and how he has been changing his swing over the last week since our last deep-dive before callers weigh in and wondering whether or not Germán Márquez has overtaken Walker Buehler in the starting rotation battle

Braden recaps his weekend at Stagecoach before diving into the struggling Nick Castellanos and Jake Cronenworth and looking at the bench options for the Padres and why they can afford to wait on the bench changes

Braden returns from Stagecoach to discuss last night's Padres win over the Cubbies and the controversial fair/foul call in the 9th inning that could've lead to an even bigger inning for the Cubs

A fun weekend in Mexico City had a bit of a surprising and sour end after what seemed like a sure sweep turned into a surprising series split against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Matt Skraby is here to fill in for Braden today and will discuss the Padres series in Mexico City against Arizona before diving into the top storylines coming out of the weekend such as the great start from Germán Márquez, t...

Skraby discusses Germán Márquez and his standing against Walker Buehler in the rotation before bringing up the guys that are coming up through the organization and who they could possibly replace

Skraby is joined by Fort Wayne TinCaps broadcaster Jaden Taylor to give his first update of the season on the Padres High-A affiliate before Frank breaks down San Diego FC's loss to the Portland Timbers over the weekend

Skraby gives his flowers to Luis Campusano for his hot start to the season and then discusses what the Padres could do with Jake Cronenworth before today's Sports Thread

Matt Skraby is here to sub in for Braden and discusses the Padres series in Mexico City against the Diamondbacks before diving into Germán Márquez's start on Saturday and the growing "Legend of the Reaper"

This week's Epic Padres Roundtable examined the team's offensive struggles, how concerned fans should be and what realistic expectations should be for Lucas Giolito.

Another slow night for the Padres offense at lead in Denver as the Rockies really took Walker Buehler to task and ran him off early in the contest leading to a Thursday matinée rubber match. Braden is here for a short show today as we will break down what happened in Denver last night before quickly turning our attention to this afternoon's game. We will also take a look at Walker Buehler's outing...

It wasn't the classic Coors Field game we've come to expect last night, but the Padres came away with the win to match their 2025 pace after the first 23 games of the season. Braden is here to take a look at last night's game and take a deeper dive into Randy Vásquez's stellar performance to earn his second win of the season. We will also go over some of the new rumors that have come out about the...

Braden and Frank finally take a look back at last night's Padres win with a dive into Randy Vásquez's outing, a recap of the Manager Report with Craig Stammen from this morning and a preview of tonight's second game in Denver

Braden is joined by Mark Neville from Sports San Diego to discuss a new basketball tournament coming to San Diego before taking a look at some of the latest news coming out about the Padres reported sale to José E. Feliciano

Braden and Frank work through the potential decisions that the Padres will have to make as the Padres add Lucas Giolito while needing to make room for Griffin Canning, Jeremiah Estrada, Yuki Matsui and more on the roster

Braden and Frank discuss the breaking news of the Padres signing pitcher Lucas Giolito and tossing around the contract, where and how he fits into this Padres team and what could be expected out of Giolito as he builds up in Lake Elsinore

Today marks the beginning of "Hell Week" for Padres pitchers as the full rotation will get a turn in Denver, Colorado before heading South to play in Mexico City where the ball is expected to fly and take its time coming back down to Earth. Braden is here to discuss the Padres series opener against the Colorado Rockies before taking a look at how the Padres have been able to manage the start to th...

Braden and Frank take a look at the proposed College Football Playoff expansion before previewing the series against the Colorado Rockies and asking why does Dinger look like a Cosmic Brownie

Braden dives into the analytics surrounding Fernando Tatis Jr. and how his power numbers have dipped before looking at how the Baltimore Orioles' prospect hugging has created more problems than benefits for them

Braden and Frank continue their conversation about who the Padres could have hitting leadoff before taking a look at the starting rotation as a whole and today's Sports Thread