Padres Hot Tub

Good things come in threes. Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor continue their annual three-part series of season prediction pods with the glass half-full this week - the optimism episode. After catching up on the Padres as they enter their final (!) week of spring training, each of the hosts gives their take on the best-possible outcome (within a shred of reason) of the 2024 Padres. They'll return next week with the final actual for-real predictions episode. 

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Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor gather with PHT patrons for our patron-only call-in show Group Therapy. This week, we discussed the Padres bullpen's relative strengths, the holes in OF and the Padres' over-reliance on unproven prospects. Listen in!

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It's a tradition unlike any other. Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor begin their annual three-part series of season prediction pods with the bad news first - the pessimism episode. After tending to some news around Peoria and MLB, each of the hosts gives their vision for the worst-possible outcome (within reason) of the 2024 Padres. They'll return next week with the optimism episode.

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Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor come to you after the Padres have dropped four of their five first meaningless games in Spring Training - let's overreact! Jackson Merrill! Jakob Marsee/Jose Azocar! Joe Musgrove! Michael King! These are names and these names are sure playing baseball. But there are still holes on this team. How do we fill them? Tune in to find out!

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Chris Reed and Raphie Cantor are joined by a gaggle of PHT patrons on the night before the Padres begin their abbreviated set of spring training games.

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Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor talk on the Monday following the surprising announcement from the Padres that Xander Bogaerts would be moving to second base this season, clearing the way for Ha-Seong Kim to retake shortstop. What does that mean for each of those players futures, plus those of Jake Cronenworth and Jackson Merrill? Plus, catching up on the emergence of Eric Kutsenda to the media, other signings around the league, and some odd names still on the board.

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Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor gather on the Monday after pitchers and catchers reported to Peoria for the start of spring training. They chat about the inevitable signing of Jurickson Profar, the center field hole, vibes from Joe Musgrove and an amazing intro to Yuki Matsui. Then, they are joined by Fangraphs RosterResource creator and lifelong Padres fan Jason R.R. Martinez to chat about his career, his amazing work tracking tons of information for every team, and his one thing that makes the Padres organization different from all 29 others.

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Hosts Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor are joined by Madfriars contributor and PHT patron Ben Davey! Ben's top 30 prospect list releases on madfriars.com on Tuesday Feb. 6th, and Ben was nice enough to join us and go in-depth on the Padres farm as the team prepares for pitchers and catchers to report next week.

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Craig Elsten and Raphie Cantor hold the Hot Tub while Chris Reed is on the IL with an Eric Hosmer-level stomach bug. They discuss the signing of veteran lefty reliever Wandy Peralta on a 4 yr/$16.5M deal (with opt-outs after each year) before moving onto discuss how to shore up the team with the remaining limited funds, a Pham-tom rumor, and how the Korea series may affect the Padres for the worst.

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Craig, Chris, and Raphie gathered on our virtual stage for patrons after watching the 1995 classic hangout comedy FRIDAY directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker.

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