About this episode

The hosts engage in a debate about the current state of the Padres and key decisions facing the team.

Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, and Raphie Cantor welcome you to the esteemed halls of the Padres Debate Society, where they each are forced to take the sides of academic arguments they may or may not believe about the Padres. Is this the turning point of the season? Should AJ Preller keep his job? Should the team trade Ethan Salas? Listen one and all! Want to get this show and tons of others early and ad-free? Plus access to post game shows, our vaunted PHT Discord server and more? Become a patron at patreon.com/padreshottub

People in this episode

Hosts: Craig Elsten, Chris Reed, Raphie Cantor

Topics covered

• Padres
• baseball
• season debate
• AJ Preller
• trades
• team performance

Keywords

• Padres
• AJ Preller
• Ethan Salas
• baseball debate
• season turning point
• trades

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Padres Debate Society

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