Craig and Chris come together to discuss a great week in Padres baseball, as the team took care of business against their NL West rivals and brought the race for the division to a dead heat with a month to play.

Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor gather after the Padres were swept out of Los Angeles and now sit 2 games back in the NL West. Then, they are joined by Michelin-starred chef and Padres fan Drew Deckman to talk about his illustrious career, his love affair with baseball, and the road to getting Joe Musgrove and the Padres onboard with his vision.

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Craig, Chris, and Raphie gather as the Padres have played their way to 1st place in the NL West, one game ahead of the Dodgers who they will take on in LA this weekend.

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Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor are back with another edition of Padres Hot Tub after San Diego came up with a series win against a very good Red Sox team and pulled back within a couple of games of the Dodgers atop the NL West. They talk the series, Xander, bat tracking, and new changes coming to ticket prices and parking downtown.
 
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Raphie and John are back with the second part of the trade deadline trilogy, this one focusing on the Ryan O'Hearn / Ramon Laureano trade with Baltimore.

John and Raphie are finally back with a trilogy of episodes to break down AJ Preller's mad mad mad trade deadline. First up is the marquee trade, which sent Leo De Vries and others to the A's in exchange for Mason Miller and JP Sears

Craig, Chris, and Raphie on the Sunday after the post-deadline Padres assemble to win a series against the Cardinals and begin their race to the finish. They talk about AJ Preller's approach to team building before recapping this series and looking ahead.

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Craig, Chris, and Raphie were joined by 150 excited patrons as they broke down the Padres exciting trade deadline. This show was exclusively filmed on the Padres Hot Tub patron Discord server.








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Craig, Chris, and Raphie are joined by their favorite independent Padres writer, Dylan from Letters2AJ. They dive deep on the Padres strengths and weaknesses, Dylan Cease, the trade deadline, and more!








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Craig, Chris, and Raphie are joined by an army of patrons to chat about a huge variety of topics as the Padres fall to the Marlins 3-2 in a crucial series loss.

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The boys convene for their weekly grumbles and gratifications, a hat tip to Kevin Acee and Chappell Roan included.

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Craig, Chris, Raphie, and returning champion Justin Halpern (ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, HARLEY QUINN) come together as the Padres wrap the ceremonial first half of the 2025 campaign with a series win over the Phillies. They then embark on the 1st annual midseason Daddy awards.

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Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor join forces late after a Sunday night baseball win that lifted the Padres over the Rangers to discuss how the Padres have tinkered with their lineup and pitching deployment to be smarter. Plus, All-Stars, Darvish's return, Manny's 2,000 hit pursuit, and trivia!

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Craig and Chris talk about the lackluster week that was for the San Diego Padres and mourn the ghosts of the lamentable lineup, Then the boys - with Raphie's ratings- get out the Concern-o-meter and might surprise with their hopes for the unit.

Craig Elsten and Raphie Cantor (Chris Reed is on the IL) breakdown a winning Padres homestand against the Royals and Nats before diving into the Padres peculiar first half, which saw stellar pitching, not-so-stellar offense, a conundrum on the basepaths.

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Craig, Chris, and Raphie gather hot off of the Padres walk-off 3-2 win against the Royals thanks to timely hitting from Jose Iglesias and a strong Randy Vasquez outing.

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Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor gather immediately after the Padres salvage a win in Arizona, and immediately after the news breaks that Rafael Devers is now a Giant.

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Craig, Chris, and Raphie chatted with an army of patrons both during and after the Padres 11-1 victory over the Dodgers in which Dave Roberts sacrificed a young big leaguer's arm to punt a game.

Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor come to you as the Padres wrapped up a tight 4-3 road trip with a series win in the Good Land. The offense (besides a red hot Manny Machado) continues to stumble. The pitching is shining. So the question remains – just how good are the Padres as the Dodgers come to town?

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