Craig and John review the San Diego Padres 2021 opening day roster and preview the upcoming season with their best case scenario, worst case scenario, and real predictions for the team's record.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat

Fun with Spring Training Stats!

Mar 23rd, 2021 1h 3m

Craig and John do their annual deep dive in Spring Training stats and wonder their meaning while also discussing pitchers hitting, the designated hitter, Kirby Yates being hurt, and John's theory that the team got secretly vaccinated.See omny

A terrifying look at the Padres' depth

Mar 16th, 2021 1h 21m

Craig and John go over some of the injuries the San Diego Padres are dealing with at Spring Training and talk about the concerning lack of depth the team has at certain positions before diving into a conversation about the rule changes being ex

Opening Day plans?

Mar 9th, 2021 1h 2m

Craig and John go through a number of news items surrounding the Padres, including stadium naming rights, fans potentially being let in for Opening Day, and the backup plans for Eric Hosmer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spring Training isn't baseball, but it looks like it

Mar 2nd, 2021 1h 11m

Craig and John get caught up on all things Padres after a couple of Spring Training games, and start previewing the upcoming season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LIVE Mailbag: SD-MIL trade ideas

Feb 26th, 2021 1h 1m

Craig and John try something new! The guys get together on the Locker Room app to talk with some of their listeners and take questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EMERGENCY: Tatis Jr. signs 14-year contract!!

Feb 18th, 2021 1h 23m

Craig 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i

New bullpen arms & remembering the early 00s Padres

Feb 16th, 2021 1h 5m

Craig 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.See omnystudio.com/listener fo

REACTION: Trevor Bauer to the Dodgers

Feb 9th, 2021 50m 58s

Craig 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Celebrating Uncle Teddy

Feb 2nd, 2021 1h 19m

Craig 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

REACTION: Padres trade for SP Joe Musgrove

Jan 19th, 2021 47m 19s

Something 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

MTPGA: Snell, Kim & Darvish (Oh my!)

Dec 29th, 2020 1h 43m

Craig and John get together to discuss the San Diego Padres trading for Blake Snell, signing Ha-Seong Kim, and then trading for Yu Darvish.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Non-tender deadline recap

Dec 4th, 2020 55m 36s

Craig 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat

Go Young or Go Home

Nov 17th, 2020 46m 21s

After 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 b

Padres Offseason Preview: Into the Cold Winter

Nov 3rd, 2020 1h 11m

Craig 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 systemSee omnystudio.com/listener fo

2020 Padres Season Review

Oct 13th, 2020 1h 21m

Craig 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for

Padres/Dodgers NLDS Preview Extravaganza

Oct 6th, 2020 1h 21m

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get together to discuss the upcoming playoff series between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THEY DID IT! Padres defeat Cardinals and move on to NLDS

Oct 3rd, 2020 35m 37s

This 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Padres/Cardinals series preview & 2020 Padres season review

Sep 29th, 2020 1h 14m

Craig 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 upsta

PREVIEW: MTPGA pre-playoffs mailbag!

Sep 25th, 2020 14m 28s

Craig 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)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in

IT'S HOT TUB TIME: Padres in the playoffs!

Sep 23rd, 2020 1h 10m

Craig 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pirate MTPGA: Watching Padres-Dodgers and cursing a bunch

Sep 16th, 2020 1h 31m

Craig 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pirate MTPGA! Hosmer's injury and trade fits

Sep 10th, 2020 1h 6m

MTPGA is homeless, at least for the moment, but that won't keep the boys from podcasting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MTPGA TRADE DEADLINE REVIEW: The Golden Era Begins!

Aug 31st, 2020 1h 27m

Craig 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 w

MTPGA Mailbag: Trade Deadline Looms

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 21m

With the trade deadline just hours away, Craig Elsten and John Gennaro answer questions that Padres fans tweeted in to the @PadresHotTub account.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.