Craig and John are back together again to talk about the four (!) all-stars on the San Diego Padres, the 3-3 road trip to Cincinnati and Philadelphia, and a brief recap of the first half of the season.

Gaslamp Ball: for San Diego Padres fans

The Padres are All-Stars!

Craig and (a sick) John recap a terrible weekend for the San Diego Padres, including the trade deadline fiasco and Fernando Tatis Jr.'s injury, before finding some good news and running the starting rotation into the concern-o-meter.

Black Friday / Bleak Saturday

Craig and John get together on the PHT Discord server to talk to each other and their subscribers about what the Padres did (and didn't) accomplish before the trade deadline,.

GROUP THERAPY: Trade Deadline woes

Craig and John go over the Padres trade for Adam Frazier and what it means for Eric Hosmer before diving into the disappointing road trip and playing a game of concern-o-meter.

What's Hosmer's future with the Padres?

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get together with their Patreon subscribers to discuss the death of HeHeStreams, Blake Snell (maybe) finding himself on the road against the Marlins, and a crazy rumor about the Padres and Nelson Cruz.

GROUP THERAPY: What the hell is Preller doing?

Craig Elsten and John Gennaro get together to discuss the Padres' recent offensive success, the fallout of the shooting near the team's game against the Nationals, and the quickly collapsing San Diego Padres pitching staff and bullpen.

Is the Padres pitching a problem?

John and Craig get together on the PHT Discord server to chat with members of the community about the Padres on the eve of the second half of the season.

GROUP THERAPY: Is 3rd place good enough?

In this veeeerrrryyy long installment of Padres Hot Tub, Craig and John reset the perspective of the San Diego Padres during the all-star break before coming up with a list of potential trade targets for the team before the trade deadline in two weeks.

HOT TUB: Padres trade deadline targets

Craig and John get together to answer questions from the Padres Hot Tub Discord server, and are joined by a Patreon subscriber at one point. The topics range from Jayce Tingler's game management, AJ Preller's trade targets, Austin Nola's health, and a Padres supporters group.

GROUP THERAPY: Is Jayce Tingler good at his job?

Craig and a very grumpy John get together after the Padres' loss to the Reds to take questions and comments from Patreon subscribers, including an argument over the potential of Jake Cronenworth compared to other players on the team.

GROUP THERAPY: Who's in the Padres' "Core Four"?

Rick Romero (@RJsFro) joins John Gennaro to talk about the Padres going 9-1 on their home stand, led by an incredible offense and some truly awe-inspiring play by the superstars and non-superstars in the lineup. Also, things to look forward to on the upcoming road trip, and is Hosmer the worst player on the team?

The Padres offense is really, really good

It's quite a different tone from Craig Elsten (and, eventually, John Gennaro) on this episode, as he talks about the San Diego Padres sweeping the Dodgers and continuing their winning streak.

GROUP THERAPY: Riding high after sweeping the Dodgers

* Returning to a full Petco Park* How Manny and Tatis have truly changed the culture* Sweeping the Reds, Game-by-Game* Corey can't stop ripping Hosmer* Precoda's column on the sticky and the Dodgers' starters

Changing the Padres culture

Craig and John join the Discord in the middle of the afternoon to talk about Padres prospects, trading Eric Hosmer, pulling the team out of its tailspin, and more.

GROUP THERAPY: Can't fix the Padres

Craig and John get together for a weekly chat about the Padres. This one goes through the usual gripes about the team's offense, digging deeper into figuring out why they can't score runs, before talking about how MLB's new rules around pitchers using sticky stuff will affect the Padres starting rotation and bullpen.

How will MLB's sticky cleanup affect the Padres?

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