Talking Friars: A San Diego Padres po...
For fans of the San Diego Padres.Ben Fadden talking about the San Diego Padres--and a little bit about other San Diego Sports! Former guests include MLBN's Matt Vasgersian, Lauren Shehadi & Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, former Padres Clayton Richard and Heath Bell, Padres radio voice Jesse Agler, 97.3 The Fan's Steven Woods & Paul Reindl, & San Diego Sports 760's Marty Caswell, Jon Schaeffer & Jim Russell!
Ben has been a diehard Padres fan since he was a kid & his family has had season tickets since he was 13. He’s been through the ups & the downs—from being at Petco Park when the Dodgers beat the Padres on Opening Day in 2016 15-0 to being in the upper deck when the Padres beat LA in the 2022 NLDS. He can’t wait to be here with you when the Padres finally win it all!
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Talking Friars Ep. 194: 3 Padres Who Should Be ...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you three San Diego Padres players who deserve to be heading to Dodger Stadium later this month for the All-Star Game. One of the three might be a surprise to you. There are also a few other players that deserve props for what they’ve done over the first 83 games of the season. And since we’re about halfway through, Ben thought it was a good time to go over the playoff picture so the episode ends with him going over the eight NL playoff contenders (remember only six make it). Are the Padres still in a good spot despite losing eight of their last ten games?
50 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 193: Padres vs. Mariners Ser...
Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres mini two game series at home against the Seattle Mariners. All aspects of the game on Monday were bad and Mike Clevinger took the mound on Wednesday.
62 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 192: Padres got embarrassed ...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. There wasn’t many things that went right. If the starting pitching pitched well, the offense didn’t show up and when the starting pitching struggled early, it felt like the game was over.
71 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 191: Reacting to the Padres ...
The Padres new uniform is out. What do you think of it??
15 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 190: The Padres Freaking Cho...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden reacts to the San Diego Padres latest series against the Arizona Diamondbacks before looking forward to a big series at Dodger Stadium this weekend. The Padres losing a game where they had a six run lead was embarrassing but Jake Cronenworth and Mike Clevinger were amazing on Wednesday! Feel free to give your thoughts on the series in the comments below!
63 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 189: Padres still lowballing...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden reacts to Dennis Lin’s latest mailbag article in The Athletic where he answered questions about where the Joe Musgrove extension talks stand, if the Padres would bring back Sean Manaea in an extension, which starting pitcher would A.J. Preller be most willing to trade, two starters the Padres might be interested in acquiring before the deadline, which players San Diego was going to deal in a Jose Ramirez trade this past spring and more!
60 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 188: Padres lose 3 at home v...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden reacts to what happened during the San Diego Padres vs. Philadelphia Phillies series this weekend at Petco Park. Jake Cronenworth didn’t play on his bobblehead night, Austin Nola beat his brother Aaron, Bryce Harper got hurt and the bullpen just had a bad day on Sunday.
60 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 187: Let’s f-ing go San Diego!
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his reaction to the entire San Diego Padres series versus the Arizona Diamondbacks. Yu Darvish and Sean Manaea pitched great, Jorge Alfaro officially became a San Diego legend and Fernando Tatis Jr. started swinging a bat despite the Padres not telling us.
56 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 186: MLB.com’s Jim Callis Ta...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with MLB prospect/draft guru Jim Callis to talk about the Padres bringing up C.J. Abrams again, what’s going on with James Wood, when Esteury Ruiz might be called up and which players the Padres have been interested in leading up to the MLB Draft!
28 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 185: Manny's hurt +the Rocki...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his reaction to all three games the San Diego Padres played this weekend at Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies. We found out Joe Musgrove probably won’t be making his next start, C.J. Cron and Charlie Blackmon continued to kill San Diego, Jake Cronenworth kept raking and Manny Machado’s going to be out for an undefined amount of time.
54 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 184: Reacting to Jake Peavy,...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on what former MLB outfielder David Justice, MLB Network host Greg Amsinger and former Padres starter Jake Peavy told me during the MLB Draft Combine at Petco Park on Friday. Justice didn’t seem to fully believe in the Padres, Amsinger would give Joe Musgrove a HUGE pay day in an extension and Peavy wants Musgrove to be starting the All-Star Game!
37 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 183: Padres bring out the br...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres amazing series sweep in Chicago against the Cubs! The offense scored 41 runs in four games, Jake Cronenworth is insanely on fire at the plate and Joe Musgrove had another quality start!
57 min
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REACTION: Tatis Timeline Pushed Back + Padres v...
Ben Fadden reacts to the Padres saying Fernando Tatis Jr. hasn't been cleared to swing a bat yet before previewing tonight's Padres vs Cubs matchup!
18 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 182: Andy Ashby Talks Padres...
On the latest episode of the Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with former San Diego Padres pitcher Andy Ashby to talk about his nephew, Aaron, pitching for the Milwaukee Brewers, if he thinks this year’s Padres team has enough to make it to the World Series, how the starting pitching position has evolved since he played, how he’d approach extension negotiations with the Padres if he was Joe Musgrove, what it was like pitching in the World Series, his favorite Tony Gwynn story and who his favorite Padres teammate was!
27 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 181: Encouraging & disappoin...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives his thoughts on the San Diego Padres series split with the Colorado Rockies. Joe Musgrove continued to throw shutouts, Manny Machado was huge in the first two games of the series and MacKenzie Gore finally hit a rough patch this weekend.
61 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 180: Darnay Tripp Talks Snel...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with NBC’s Darnay Tripp to discuss Fernando Tatis Jr.’s rehab, the big league return timeline for San Diego Padres relievers Jose Castillo and Michel Baez, Ha-Seong Kim’s struggles, if Trent Grisham could lose his starting center field job and if the Padres should think about trading Blake Snell.
42 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 179: Padres vs. Mets Series ...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his reaction to the San Diego Padres series against the New York Mets. Blake Snell sucked on Monday (should the Padres trade him?), New York Mets fans whined after Pete Alonso got hit on Tuesday, Yu Darvish and Adrian Morejon were tremendous and two former teammates pitched against one another on Wednesday.
60 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 178: Jake Cronenworth is bac...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden discusses all that went on in the last two games in Milwaukee for the San Diego Padres. MacKenzie Gore is probably the second best starter in the rotation right now, Jake Cronenworth looks like he’s getting hot and Mike Clevinger returned to the mound on Sunday in the series finale!
73 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 177: Hats off to Joe Musgrov...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives his thoughts on Joe Musgrove’s near no-hitter in the San Diego Padres 7-0 win tonight before getting into the extension conversation. Musgrove deserves lots of props for his play this year and deserves a ton of money via either an extension or a free agent contract. Ben also had to talk about the embarrassing series opening loss.
63 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 176: Triple-A El Paso Broadc...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas broadcaster Tim Hagerty to discuss what recent call up Nomar Mazara could bring to the San Diego Padres, what’s wrong with Ryan Weathers and Dinelson Lamet, when Yusmeiro Petit might get called up, Jose Castillo’s timeline, why C.J. Abrams isn’t getting a ton of reps in the outfield and if we should be surprised that Luis Campusano isn’t getting more chances at the major league level.
28 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 175: Padres Struck Out Too M...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on the San Diego Padres getting swept by the St. Louis Cardinals. Steven Wilson was bad on Monday, home plate umpire Chris Segal helped St. Louis win on Tuesday and the Padres offense scored two runs today. Plus, there were some dumb tweeters out there this morning.
52 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 174: Padres Prospect Jack St...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden sat down with fellow Helix High School graduate Jack Stronach to discuss what made him appealing to the Padres going into the MLB Draft, his reaction to being selected by his favorite team, what it was like being a teammate of Blake Snell’s during one of Snell’s rehab starts this year, the improved minor league living conditions and more!
31 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 173: Off the Foul Pole & Pad...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on all that went down during the Padres last series of the home stand against the Pirates. Joe Musgrove was Joe Musgrove, Luke Voit came alive when they needed it most on Friday and Trent Grisham sent the fans home happy on Sunday! Plus, what’s up next on the Padres schedule?
40 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 172: Should the Padres start...
The San Diego Padres have been carried most of the season by their starting pitching. It isn’t likely that they’ll continue to be this dominant all season long so the offense is going to have to step up at some point. Trent Grisham, who is hitting .157 entering Friday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been a part of the offense as the starting center fielder but it’s worth asking if he should remain the starting center fielder over rookie Jose Azocar. Therefore, Ben Fadden chose to compare Grisham and Azocar’s stats during Episode 172 of Talking Friars to see if it would be worth giving Azocar more playing time!
19 min
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Talking Friars Ep. 171: Padres’ Manny Machado i...
On the latest episode of Talking Friars, Ben Fadden gives you his thoughts on a new list that came out about the most hated MLB players in 2022. Manny Machado is ranked #1 so I try to find out how this happened. Machado’s teammate, Fernando Tatis Jr., is also on the list. Who else is? Find out during the episode!
23 min