Padres Hot Tub

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro catch up on all things Padres baseball, including a lengthy debate on C.J. Abrams and how the team should be preparing for his arrival.

Craig and John talk about the San Diego Padres' international signings class, play some trivia, and then fill out The Athletic's Padres Fan Survey.

Craig and John get together (over the internet) to discuss a bevy of San Diego Padres news items, including a trade, players tendered, players non-tendered aaaaaaand have you seen the rest of the NL West?

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 in the field of injury prevention. Find out the biomechanical secrets that major league GMs and strength coaches are afraid to implement in this interview! (Also, someone PLEASE tell Peter Seidler to hire this man!!)

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.