On Friar, A San Diego Sportswrap Podcast

The San Diego Padres have a four-game series against the New York Mets this weekend. Is this a make it or break it series? Including what do the Padres have to do to take home at least 3 victories. The fellas will discuss that. Plus, what will the addition of Fernando Tatis Jr. do to the team? Could it help or hurt? Lastly, they react to pitcher Matt Waldron being optioned to Triple-A. They will talk about it all.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres have never been on a hot streak like this - 19 wins in 22 games?! The guys discuss how they've caught fire. Is Jackson Merrill the NL Rookie of the Year? The hype train has left the station. Can he rip the award from Paul Skenes? David Peralta is mashing. Martin Perez is shoving. Joe Musgrove is back. The bullpen finally got a breather. And the DBacks are keeping pace atop the Wild Card race.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres swept another Wild Card contender, and as Mike Shildt said after the finale, "Grit squad strikes again." The guys discuss a club that seems to find a way no matter the circumstances - a stark contract to last season. Jackson Merrill continues his Rookie of the Year push and the guys have an idea for the award. How do the bullpen and rotation look with Joe Musgrove's imminent return? And the NL West title is very much within reach.

The Padres are trending in a great direction. A.J. Preller made some useful additions at the deadline, and then Mike Shildt's team capped a very impressive start to the second half with a sweep of the Dodgers. The NL West is in play. The bullpen looks nasty. Musgrove and Tatis are working their way back. After a rollercoaster of a first half is it safe to get excited?On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

Another live pod from Oggi's! Dylan did it! The second no-hitter in Padres history. The guys discuss his gutty performance. Was his day almost over after seven innings? And a couple Xander Bogaerts bobbles? Amazing! Plus, the Padres took series in Cleveland and Washington to start the second half. What does their stellar last week mean for the upcoming Trade Deadline?On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

After a rollercoaster of a first half, what will the next 63 games bring? Derek and Darnay offer up some predictions for the next two and a half months. What will A.J. Preller pull off at the deadline? Which stars will show up? Can Cy Young Cease come back full time? Will Profar and Merrill keep playing at an All-Star level? And how will it all shake out in the Wild Card race? The guys take a stab at all that and more!On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

Sammy Levitt joins the show! What's it like having a front row seat to all these walk off wins? Late game heroics fueled the Padres' hot streak. But Arizona slowed them down over the weekend. Mike Shildt doesn't think the bullpen is a problem, but the numbers suggest otherwise. Is that the biggest need at the Trade Deadline? Five All-Stars! The entire outfield! He shares his takeaways from getting to know Jackson Merrill, Jurickson Profar and the crew headed to Arlington.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.Summary

The Padres might be separating themselves in the NL Wild Card race. That should impact their plans for the upcoming Trade Deadline. Will there be prospect huggin' or prospect dealin'? Seems like a good time to catch up with our good friend John Conniff from MadFriars. He discusses the familiar deadline dilemma - who could be part of a deal, and who should be off limits? Salas, Snelling and Lesko are having down seasons - what's the story there, and who has stood out? Plus, John had a debt to pay thanks to Jackson Merrill. Jurickson Profar is an All-Star starter. And James Wood has arrived.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres came home and wet on a tear. Jurickson Profar is playing like an All-Star starter. Manny is looking Manny-esque. Kyle Higashioka is hitting bombs left and right. Mike Shildt's club continues to show some scrap and it's winning them games. So will this key stretch turn out to be a turning point? The guys discuss that, and what we make of injury updates on Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and others.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres are back home from a tough road trip. Derek lets us know the vibe in the clubhouse ahead of the Brewers series? Manny didn't hustle. But then he did. And now everyone is writing and talking about it. Should we be made at him? Darnay think it's all overblown. Apparently Matt Waldron is the Padres' stopper. And everyone is injured.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres finally swept a series, and took care of a bad baseball team the way they should. Jackson Merrill walked it off, Donovan Solano had a massive swing, and Michael King shoved. Fernando Tatis Jr.'s hitting streak ended, but for a good cause. Two straight walk off wins! Could this be a turning point?On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres are coming off being swept three games by the Angels. They are now the only team in the MLB to not have a sweep this season. After the series, is it fair to say that they are just a .500 team? They have lost four games in a row and welcome a four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Is Manny Machado headed to the IL? Plus, an update on pitcher Joe Musgrove and the latest on his shoulder injury.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

Padres missed out on their first series sweep of the season against the Marlins. Then Mike Shildt got defensive with reporters again. MLB.com Padres beat writer AJ Cassavell rejoins the pod. Is it fair to call their season a rollercoaster? Shildt wants to control the narrative, and thinks he should be getting different questions. Are they simply a .500 team or will they turn a corner in June? Jeremiah Estrada is awesome. And Fernando Tatis Jr. is showing signs of breaking out.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

All Luis Arraez does is hit. As the Padres took back-to-back series on the road, the Padres' new leadoff man stacked multi-hit games and fueled an impressive week for Mike Shildt's club. The guys discuss the prolific hitter, Xander Bogaerts' injury, an infield shakeup, Fernando's quiet season, Jeremiah Estrada, and Juan Soto's return to Petco Park.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres followed their best two week stretch of the season with a dud against the Rockies. Did they fall flat, or did a surging Colorado team simply play a little better? That's what Mike Shildt wants us to believe. Darnay and Todd discuss Shildt pushing back on reporters after Wednesday's 8-0 loss. Why the manager is more frustrated with reporters than he is with his team. Is there merit to what he said? Will he ever criticize his guys? And why was his response so different from that of the players? Plus, Manny speaks candidly about his elbow and the staff comes back to earth.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres have provides reasons for optimism along with cause for concern. Balance it out and you've got a .500 ballclub at the quarter point of the season. Derek discusses what we've learned so far, and the guys hear what fans are most hopeful about and what has them most worried. Dylan Cease, Jurickson Profar, Xander Bogaerts and the bullpen all make their way into the conversation.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

Friday brought the latest A.J. Preller bombshell. Long coveted hitting maestro Luis Arraez is a Padre and made history with Saturday's four-hit debut. What makes him special and why he'll be a boost to the lineup. Derek and Darnay discuss his fit in the lineup and on the field, and the latest crop of prospects headed out of the system. How does all of it impact the Padres outlook in 2024?On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

The Padres won a series against the Reds but there are some issues that need addressing. We figure out how concerning some slow starts are and which players will turn things around in the long run.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

Yes, we would have loved to have seen a series win in Colorado against the bad Rockies. No, we should not be disappointed with a split. National baseball writer Kyle Glaser lends his expertise to what the Padres have done so far, what they need moving forward, and why it's OK to get Coors Fielded sometimes.On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.

One of our favorite guests is back! Rob Friedman is better known as Pitching Ninja and he returns to share his insight on the Padres' new look rotation. Michael King flirted with a No-No Wednesday. Dylan Cease looks like the ace of the staff. But Joe Musgrove has been shaky and Yu Darvish is on the IL. On Friar is available on YouTube! Watch new episodes here.To join the conversation, tweet your Padres or San Diego sports thoughts and questions to Darnay (@DarnayTripp), Derek (@DerekNBCSD) and Todd (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD).Catch NBC 7's Padres analysis and more San Diego sports coverage at NBC7.com/SportsWrap. Sports Wrap's weekly TV show airs Sunday night on NBC 7 San Diego at 11:35pm.