Former Padre Greg Garcia joined the Epic Padres Roundtable to discuss Ethan Salas' potential role in the postseason as well as who presents the best and worst matchup for the Padres in the Wild Card round.

It took Ethan Salas 15 at bats before collecting his first Major League hit in San Francisco over the weekend. It only took him three more at bats to hit his first Major League Homerun as the Padres beat the Rockies in game three of this four-game series. Braden is here with a pre-pregame show today as we will only have time to take a look back last last night's Ethan Salas Game™ before getting you ready for the final game of the series before the Padres return home to face Miami

Colorado hasn't been a fun place for the Padres over the last number of years and last night proved to be no different as the Padres lose their eight-game winning streak at the hands of Kyle Freeland and Ryan Feltner. Braden is here to discuss last night's Padres loss to the Rockies including a seven-run outing from the bullpen, a decent start from Walker Buehler and how the Wild Card race stacks up. We will also continue our conversation from yesterday about which team will the most potent in the Wild Card round of the postseason and how that could effect who the Padres may want to face off against. We will be joined by Padres analyst, Bob Scanlan a day early this week with our shortened show on Thursday and local comedian Josh Nelson will close out the show in-studio to promote his upcoming show

Braden and Frank preview game three for the Padres in Colorado against the Rockies before local comedian Josh Nelson joins the show in-studio to discuss the latest about the Padres and to promote his upcoming shows and Frank gets to let loose on his New York Mets

Braden and Frank go through today's Sports Thread before getting side-tracked with the unveiling of San Diego State Football's new jersey and our instant thoughts as well as another tricky Mid-Day Sports Standoff

Braden and Frank discuss the unveiling of San Diego State's new alternate logo ahead of the debut of a new uniform this weekend and we compare offense and pitching of all playoff teams in the second half of the season

Braden and Frank discuss last night's Padres loss to the Colorado Rockies while also taking a look where the National League Wild Card standings shake up and we will be joined for our best segment of the week a day early as Bob Scanlan joins the show

The Padres took another step to clinching a playoff spot for a third-straight year by clinching their fifth-straight winning season by outlasting the Colorado Rockies last night in the first game of the series. Braden is here to take a look at last night's Padres win including Casey Mize's outing, more positive output from Ty France and Jackson Merrill and Arizona's walk-off win against Miami at home. We will also be discussing Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill's impact on the Padres with their high-level play right now, Mason Miller's high usage and how the Padres supporting cast ahs played just as impactful a role as their stars this season. We will also dive into last night's Monday Night Football game between the Broncos and Chiefs as well as what we learned from Week 1 of the NFL season

Braden and Frank compare the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs strengths and weaknesses against each other and asking which asset wins in the playoffs before looking at Ethan Salas' usage thus far and wondering why he hasn't been a bigger part of the team

Braden and Frank run through this week's NFL overreactions before discussing how a team may rest guys and how to handle a roster when you have your playoff spot and seed locked up as well as a tricky Mid-Day Sports Standoff