Padres Hot Tub
522 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 100 ratingsCraig Elsten talks about the San Diego Padres.
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LIVE Mailbag: SD-MIL trade ideas
February 26, 2021 15:05 - 1 hour - 56 MBCraig and John try something new! The guys get together on the Locker Room app to talk with some of their listeners and take questions.
EMERGENCY: Tatis Jr. signs 14-year contract!!
February 18, 2021 06:01 - 1 hour - 76 MBCraig and John are joined by Corey Stewart as they attempt to react to every single part of the news of Fernando Tatis Jr. signing a 14-year contract worth about $340 million with the San Diego Padres.
New bullpen arms & remembering the early 00s Padres
February 16, 2021 16:37 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBCraig and John, with the intention of doing a short episode about the Padres adding Mark Melancon and Keone Kela, end up talking for over an hour and playing some guessing games about the early 2000 Padres teams.
REACTION: Trevor Bauer to the Dodgers
February 09, 2021 17:07 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBCraig and John get together in the hot tub to discuss Trevor Bauer signing with the Dodgers, along with the rules agreed upon by MLB and the MLBPA heading into the 2021 season.
Celebrating Uncle Teddy
February 02, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBCraig and John finally get around to discussing the retirement from the Padres booth for Ted Leitner before diving into their complicated relationships with Eric Hosmer and Chris Paddack.
REACTION: Padres trade for SP Joe Musgrove
January 19, 2021 13:30 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBSomething of an emergency podcast episode, with Craig and John discussing the Padres trading for Joe Musgrove to bolster their rotation, along with rumors of the team maybe signing back Jurickson Profar.
MTPGA: Snell, Kim & Darvish (Oh my!)
December 29, 2020 06:36 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBCraig and John get together to discuss the San Diego Padres trading for Blake Snell, signing Ha-Seong Kim, and then trading for Yu Darvish.
Non-tender deadline recap
December 04, 2020 14:52 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBCraig and John get together for a special late-week MTPGA to talk about what the Padres, and the rest of MLB, did at the non-tender deadline and what it could mean for the rest of the offseason.
Go Young or Go Home
November 17, 2020 15:43 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBAfter news of Mike Clevinger's Tommy John surgery, and low hopes about Dinelson Lamet's elbow, Craig and John talk about some possible paths forward this offseason for the San Diego Padres and make their own suggestions on how the team should be approaching the 2021 MLB season.
Padres Offseason Preview: Into the Cold Winter
November 03, 2020 06:27 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro report from the very beginnings of the MLB offseason and talk about:-MLB's lack of direction-Major award finalists-Non-tenders and free agency-The state of the Padres farm system
2020 Padres Season Review
October 13, 2020 05:42 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro go back over the positives and the negatives from the San Diego Padres' 2020 season before digging into the offseason decisions facing the team's front office in the coming months.
Padres/Dodgers NLDS Preview Extravaganza
October 06, 2020 05:08 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro get together to discuss the upcoming playoff series between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers.
THEY DID IT! Padres defeat Cardinals and move on to NLDS
October 03, 2020 21:28 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBThis is the Patreon post-game show that was published Friday night. To get these right after the playoff games end, subscribe at patreon.com/mtpga.
Padres/Cardinals series preview & 2020 Padres season review
September 29, 2020 16:17 - 1 hour - 68 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro get together before the start of the playoff series between the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals to talk about their concerns, keys to the series, and to reflect on the (short) season that was for the upstart Friars.
PREVIEW: MTPGA pre-playoffs mailbag!
September 25, 2020 22:23 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBCraig and John get together virtually to answer questions from Padres fans before the start of the final series of the year against the Giants. (Subscribe at patreon.com/MTPGA to get the full episode)
IT'S HOT TUB TIME: Padres in the playoffs!
September 23, 2020 16:28 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBCraig and John react to the Padres clinching a playoff berth for the first time since 2006 and talk about what the final week of the season means.
Pirate MTPGA: Watching Padres-Dodgers and cursing a bunch
September 16, 2020 16:32 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBCraig Elsten visits the summer studio to talk to John Gennaro while the Padres nearly put together another late-game comeback against the Dodgers but fall short.
Pirate MTPGA! Hosmer's injury and trade fits
September 10, 2020 17:13 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBMTPGA is homeless, at least for the moment, but that won't keep the boys from podcasting.
MTPGA TRADE DEADLINE REVIEW: The Golden Era Begins!
August 31, 2020 22:41 - 1 hour - 80 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro recap all the comings and goings over the last 36 hours, as the San Diego Padres added an ace pitcher (Mike Clevinger), along with new starters at DH (Mitch Moreland) and catcher (Austin Nola/Jason Castro), and a whole new bullpen.
MTPGA Mailbag: Trade Deadline Looms
August 28, 2020 22:37 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBWith the trade deadline just hours away, Craig Elsten and John Gennaro answer questions that Padres fans tweeted in to the @PadresHotTub account.
MTPGA: Mid-season (yes, seriously) Grades!
August 25, 2020 04:45 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro get together on a Padres' off-day to recap the team's 7-game winning streak and hand out grades half-way through the shortened season.
MTPGA Mailbag: Bullpen woes
August 21, 2020 21:08 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro answer questions from Padres fans on Twitter. Follow @PadresHotTub to take part in future episodes!
MTPGA: Don't mess with Tatis
August 19, 2020 13:41 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBFirst, this episode is a long one and is mostly about unwritten rules and how the Padres should be smashing them instead of coddling them.Second, the battery on the recording dohickey died, so this one ends suddenly after about an hour and twenty minutes of yelling. You're welcome.
MTPGA: A half-hearted split with the Dodgers
August 14, 2020 17:08 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro end up all over the place, trying to make sense of the San Diego Padres beating the Los Angeles Dodgers twice before losing the final two games of the season.
MTPGA Mailbag: Time for some changes?
August 06, 2020 21:09 - 49 minutes - 39.6 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro answer questions about the Padres from Twitter.
MTPGA: The Padres are the best team in baseball(?)
August 04, 2020 16:15 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro get together to reflect on the first 10 games of the short MLB season, counting the positives and negatives for the San Diego Padres while watching an impressive victory over the Dodgers.
MTPGA: Socially-distant baseball watchin'
July 29, 2020 16:04 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro get together, in-person but six feet apart, to celebrate the 4-1 San Diego Padres. The guys go through just about the entire roster after the Diamondbacks series, and during a win against the San Francisco Giants, and attempt to contain their excitement.
MTPGA: (Short) Season Preview
July 23, 2020 00:04 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro are ready to preview the start of the MLB short season after watching a single scrimmage between the Padres and Angels.
MTPGA: The Medium Happy Button
July 17, 2020 22:40 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBCraig and John discuss the San Diego Padres' trades for Jorge Mateo and Tim Hill, while saying goodbye to Ronald Bolaños and Franchy Cordero, and prepare for real baseball games happening in a week!
MTPGA: Keep the Padres healthy!
June 30, 2020 22:35 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro go over the San Diego Padres' player pool and talk about the team signing pitcher Cole Wilcox.
MTPGA: Baseball is back (for now)!
June 24, 2020 21:58 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro talk about MLB's planning 60-game season amid a pandemic, what it means for prospects, who will play DH, what the schedule will look like, how it affects the trade deadline, and come up with a "word of the day" game.
MTPGA: Is baseball coming back?
May 05, 2020 22:39 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB•Quarantine life update•4 stages to returning to sports with fans•A Padres thought experiment sent to us by @jakeloskutoff: if you could make one strategic change in Padres playoff history, what would it be?•The current float: three 10-team divisions that play only each other, playing in home parks without fans, by July. Meanwhile Dr. Fauci, “we may have to go without sports this year”. •How would it impact the Padres to play with: SF, AZ, LA, COL, LAA, SEA, OAK, TX, HOU? Finish 4th-5th?•Whil...
NERD ALERT: OOTP regular season recap
April 29, 2020 20:28 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBJohn Gennaro looks back at the 2020 season for his San Diego Padres, built and played through the game OOTP21, before the 1-game playoff vs. the New York Mets.
MTPGA: Tales from quarantine
April 10, 2020 15:51 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBWhile testing out some new software to allow for social distance podcasting, Craig and John talk about MLB's foolish plan to move all of baseball to Arizona, John's attempt to build a great Padres team in OOTP21, family, life, Saturday Night Live, Frozen, and a lot more. Enjoy!
NERD ALERT: The video game Padres!
April 03, 2020 19:45 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBWithout any real baseball, John Gennaro has been playing through the 2020 season with the San Diego Padres on Out of the Park Baseball 21. In this first episode, he attempts to get you caught up on everything you've missed in the first month of action.
MTPGA: What's a world without baseball?
March 31, 2020 22:53 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBCraig and John, isolated in their homes but connected via technology, talk about what the COVID-19 pandemic means for baseball, the San Diego Padres, themselves, and then try to liven things up by naming their five most underrated Padres players ever.
MTPGA: The Kings of Spring!
March 04, 2020 06:04 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro talk about how meaningful/meaningless Spring Training is for the San Diego Padres (and anyone anywhere, really) before discussing Eric Hosmer's terrible contract, comparing the Padres' organization to other teams in baseball, talking through the Brian Dozier signing, and dreaming about the starting rotation in San Diego in 2020.
MTPGA: Building a Super-Pen!
February 19, 2020 00:58 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBWe’re back! Why were we gone so long?Building a super-pen (Stammen, Pierce Johnson, trading for Emilio Pagan)Why Margot might hurt more than we thoughtThe Padres *don’t* trade for Mookie, and the Dodgers doNow will they trade Myers to the Red Sox?Who’s gonna play CF? Not Tatis, right?Any other trades before we open? Let’s talk about the Astros for a secondListener Q’s
MTPGA reviews the Tommy Pham/Hunter Renfroe trade
December 10, 2019 14:52 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBAs the MLB Winter Meetings begin, Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get together to review the San Diego Padres' trade for Tommy Pham and Jake Cronenworth from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Hunter Renfroe and Xavier Edwards.Later, the guys discuss what moves remain for A.J. Preller before the offseason comes to a close.
MTPGA: Goodbye, sweet prince!
December 05, 2019 15:33 - 1 hour - 45 MBIn this MEGA episode, Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get together to discuss:Soccer/Sockers banter (for 9 minutes!)Padres trade Luis Urias & Eric Lauer to the Brewers (REACTION!)Padres trade for Jurickson ProfarPadres sign Drew Pomeranz to a big contractDo these make the Padres better? Do they make them GREAT? Tune in and find out.
MTPGA: Plans to fix the Padres in one offseason
November 13, 2019 15:15 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBCraig Eslten talks about the San Diego Padres unveiling their new brown-and-yellow uniforms on Saturday night.Craig and John Gennaro talk about the Padres hiring of Larry Rothschild and who else might be getting replaced soon on the team's coaching staff.Craig and John make their pitches for how the Padres should spend their money this offseason, and throw out a few trade ideas as well.
REACTION: Padres hire Jayce Tingler to be their new manager
October 25, 2019 03:11 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro react to the news that Jayce Tingler has been hired to be the manager of the San Diego Padres. Was it a good hire? Was it a good process? What does it mean for A.J. Preller? What might it mean for the fans? All bases are covered in this reaction episode!
MTPGA: Managers and SD Media w/ HJ Preller
October 02, 2019 23:10 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBHJ Preller joins John for a chat about Ron Fowler's comments on the team's social summit, an update on the Padres' search for a new manager (including who the best candidates might actually be!), and a look at why most of the San Diego sports media treats the Padres the way that they do.
MTPGA: Padres Offseason Possibilities
September 18, 2019 14:11 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBCraig and John go through Dennis Lin's article on The Athletic about offseason possibilities for the Padres and discuss how they would prefer the team to handle their outfield, 2B, and catcher positions.
MTPGA: The Manager Draft
September 06, 2019 13:09 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro talk about why Andy Green needs to be replaced before taking turns making their picks for who the next manager of the San Diego Padres should be.
MTPGA: The Dog Days of Padres Baseball
August 28, 2019 13:56 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBAfter a week off, Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get back together to discuss whether there's anything left to discuss about the 2019 San Diego Padres.BANTER ENDS AT 08:40The guys discuss Austin Hedges' trade value (?), what the team is doing with Mejia, whether Cal Quantrill is better than Chris Paddack, Andy Green's future, and answer other questions that were sent in from listeners.
MTPGA: Too much banter w/ Dallas McLaughlin
August 14, 2019 13:59 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBDallas McLaughlin joins Craig and John for a conversation that spins out of control quickly and stays that way.-Running away with the circus (0:00)-Dallas shows up (4:30)-What has happened to Padres Twitter? (6:00)-BANDER END (18:00)-Is Manny Machado's contract good, bad, or great? (18:00)-Is Fernando Tatis Jr. having the best season in Padres' history? (23:30)-Do the Padres need to find a way to move Eric Hosmer? (34:00)
MTPGA: What a difference a week makes!
August 08, 2019 14:59 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBDid MLB make a mistake with the trade deadline changes? Can MLB be fixed to be as exciting as the NBA trade deadline?Who was Kirby Yates yelling at?Why you shouldn't make judgements on Dinelson Lamet just yet.Season comparisons: Paddack vs other SPsListener questions.
MTPGA: Padres 2019 Trade Deadline Review
August 01, 2019 05:37 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBCraig Elsten and John Gennaro are joined by Cesar Torres and Mrs. Gennaro to recap the moves the San Diego Padres did, and didn't, make at the 2019 MLB Trade Deadline.The gang wishes farewell to Franmil Reyes and discusses the trade that brought back Taylor Trammell, and then talks about why Kirby Yates wasn't traded and if the Padres needed to bring in a starting pitcher at this deadline. Later, they discuss moves that could be made in the offseason to make San Diego a 2020 contender.
MTPGA: A devastating road trip
July 24, 2019 14:52 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBCraig and John are back in the same city at the same time, and they battled the elements of the summer studio to talk about:-A devastating post-All-Star break for the San Diego Padres-If things have gone so bad that it's time for the Padres to sell on Yates (and what that should look like)-What the kids coming up (Urias, Morejon, Baez) means for this season-Has Margot figured it out finally?-Hosmer's terrible, and predictable, summer slump-"The Opener" and why it makes sense for San Diego