Make The Padres Great Again

Craig Elsten and Chris Reed get together for the first PHT of 2023! WIthin, they discuss: Fernando Tatis Jr back in San Diego, cleared to resume baseball activityHave we gotten to the point where we’re underrating FTJ?Padres sign glove-first sloppy Adam EngelPadres sign broken-elbow former prospect Brent HoneywellLin: Padres against “self imposed spending threshold”Trent Grisham, the player the discord can’t stop talking aboutSchrodinger’s Center FielderRIP Nate Colbert

Members of the Padres Hot Tub Patreon community receive our interview podcast, Have a Drink, weekly in their podcast feed. This week, we're unlocking Have a Drink for all subscribers, in order to better introduce Chris Reed. Chris, a working actor best known for his multi-season role on Sons of Anarchy, has been a member of the PHT community for a while now. Craig Elsten and Chris have a real conversation about the ups and downs of working in Hollywood searching for gigs, and each reveal their weirdest moment at a gig. Chris will be joining Craig for the next PHT baseball podcast next week, please enjoy this conversation as a get-to-know-you!

Craig Elsten opened up the PHT Group Therapy stage on Friday night for patrons to say their goodbyes to John Gennaro, and to talk about the future of the community.

Craig and John get together one last time to talk about the San Diego Padres. They go through the news around the league regarding guys that we hoped might sign with the Padres before digging through A.J. Cassavell's predictions for the upcoming season.

Craig and John aren't done yet! The guys get together at John's house to talk through the San Diego Padres signing Matt Carpenter, Pedro Severino and Seth Lugo.

You can expect VERY little baseball conversation in this episode. Instead, John explains why he's leaving Padres Hot Tub and talks with Craig about what the future of the podcast/community might be without him.

While Craig and John were podcasting about the MLB Winter Meetings and the Padres striking out on Trea Turner and Aaron Judge, news broke that the team signed star SS Xander Bogaerts to an 11-year deal and sent the podcast off the rails.

Craig and John talk about the news coming out of the first day of the MLB Winter Meetings, including Trea Turner signing with the Philadelphia Phillies for $300M and the news that the San Diego Padres had offered him more.

Craig and John go over a bunch of Padres-related news before digging into their player review of Austin Nola.

Craig and John dig through the Jose Abreu rumors and discuss the San Diego Padres 2023 payroll before doing a full review of Blake Snell.

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro talk about the San Diego Padres re-signing Robert Suarez and Nick Martinez before talking through some 1B options and doing a thorough review of Ha-Seong Kim's 2022 season (along with ideas for what to do with him in 2023).

Craig and John talk about the year Jake Cronenworth had, and really his entire career with the San Diego Padres, before getting into a deep discussion about if now is the right time for the team to consider trading him.

Craig and John start the pod with news about a couple of opt-outs (Profar & Suarez) and some questions about what is going on with Nick Martinez before transitioning into a review of Trent Grisham and some debate about his future with the San Diego Padres.

Craig Elsten is joined by Padres Hot Tub patrons live on our Discord server to talk about the Padres offseason beginning, how we feel about the World Series so far, and of course Fernando Tatis Jr.

Heading into the offseason, Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get together to discuss some of the pressing questions that need to be answered about (and by) the San Diego Padres before the start of spring training.

Craig and John turn their attention to the San Diego Padres' postseason and walk through each of the players for something of a report card on their performance, and determine who was the team's MVP of the playoffs.

Craig and John will reflect on a pretty special San Diego Padres season in a regular episode of the Padres Hot Tub this week, but this one is just talking about the fateful game 5 and the Bryce Harper home run that sent the Padres home by themselves.

After a disappointing loss by the San Diego Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies in game 4 of the NLCS, Craig and John talk to some patrons on the PHT Discord server about the game and what lies again.

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get together with their patrons on the PHT Discord server and find some silver linings from the Padres' 4-2 loss to the Phillies in Game 3 of the NLCS.

John Gennaro kicks off the show with a recap of an epic 8-5 win by the San Diego Padres over the Philadelphia Phillies in game 2 of the NLCS before Craig joins and talks about his experience of being at the game. All along the way, the guys are joined by patrons from the PHT Discord server!