The Darren Smith Show

ESPN's Alden Gonzalez on why Tatis' return is the compelling story in baseball, how his return will be received, why the Padres haven't seen the full version of Tatis & why we're seeing the worst version of Soto.

Hour 1- Darnay Tripp's in for Darren, Tatis return nearly imminent, Padres disappointing weekend capped by disengagement call, Kevin Acee talks Tatis and confounding Juan Soto.

Padres beat reporter Kevin Acee discussed expectations around Fernando Tatis' impending return, the outlook on a healthy Tatis and Juan Soto's confounding struggles.

Hour 2- Padres analyst Mark Sweeney joins the show, Headlines We'll Never Get To includes Commanders being sold for 6 billion dollars, #AskDarren texts.

MLB analyst Mark Sweeney on the Padres stressful innings, Blake Snell's fastball command struggles, how teams are exploiting the Padres run game, why Bogaerts isn't hot yet & why Mets series fell short.

Hour 1- Darren's preparing for Europe, the biggest Padres predictions over the next 2 weeks includes Tatis leading in stolen bases, understanding why Keshad Johnson left Aztecs for transfer portal.

LA Times Lakers beat reporter Dan Woike discussed the ugly play-in-game win over the Timberwolves and te Lakers chances versus the Memphis Grizzlies.