Padres Hot Tub – Details, episodes & analysis

Craig Elsten and Chris Reed are joined by dozens of PHT patrons live after yet another dramatic walkoff win for the San Diego Padres. Down 2-0 in the 8th and in danger of losing 3-of-4, the Padres came off the deck with Jurickson Profar's two-run HR, then saw Jackson Merrill walk it off against Edwin Diaz in the 9th. It was a 4-3 week but vibes are very high. 

Craig, Chris, and Raphie talk to an ECSTATIC crowd of PHT patrons after the Padres completed the season sweep of the Nationals with Dylan Cease no-hitting them in a 3-0 Padres victory. The PHT Annual Annual Member Drive is on! patreon.com/padreshottub

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⁃ Upgrade at the $5 level, and you’ll receive 20% off one Waldron Cauldron shirt
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Again, as part of our annual membership drive, patrons must upgrade DURING membership drive to an ANNUAL membership to receive the listed perks.

Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor gather after the Padres are swept out of Milwaukee and salvage a series opener in St. Louis -- but this season is finished. How should the Padres move forward? Just how powerful are the incentives for completely tanking? And what should the rest of the Padres 2023 season look like?


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In Episode 21 of Pads Above Replacement, Raphie Cantor and John Precoda get back to their PAR roots and dive into a long awaited player-specific episode -- Manny Machado. What makes Manny Manny at the plate? And to what degree is his future linked to the Padres?

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Craig, Chris, and Raphie chat with a group of PHT Patrons on the PHT Discord to discuss egos, sage ceremonies, Shohei Ohtani, and much more as the Padres head to Milwaukee with their season hanging on by a thread.

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Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor gather after a potentially season-ending series in which the DBacks took 3 of 4 from the Padres and decimated their playoff odds. But first, we start with a new segment - Positivity Corner! After all that, they spend the second half of the show on AJ Preller -- his Carpenter comments, his barrage of minor league promotions, and where his fate may lie.

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In Episode 20 of Pads Above Replacement, Raphie Cantor and John Precoda turn to the Padres 2023 preseason ZiPS projections and compare how their pitchers have fared compared to what was expected. What are the team trends? How have individual players changed? Opposing hitters hate this ONE trick!


Spreadsheet for reference: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ttn7JoKpl4TMT4nT-T2gHqqNewh-zeYJ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112991917124570452661&rtpof=true&sd=true


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Craig, Chris, and Raphie chat with some PHT patrons as the Padres drop the series opener to Zac Gallen and the Dbacks 3-1 as the lights on the Padres playoff hopes grow dimmer by the day.

Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor catch up on a weekend in Arizona which likely brought the Padres 2023 playoff hopes to an unremarkable end. They get into the specifics of what makes this team so frustrating. Then, they give away a Blake Snell autographed ball. Finally, they welcome on Dallas McLaughlin of The Kept Faith to talk about his new album (available here) before getting into the big picture question of how to fix the Padres in 2024. Plus, a new theme song for 2023.

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