BOMBSHELL: Albert Pujols EMERGES as Candidate for Padres | Will MLB Legend SAVE San Diego?

BOMBSHELL: Albert Pujols EMERGES as Candidate for Padres | Will MLB Legend SAVE San Diego?

On today’s Monday mailbag episode, the biggest Padres’s question as of right now is who will fill their managerial vacancy. Can MLB legend Albert Pool Holes actually be the solution that nobody saw coming? [Music] You are Locked on Padres’s, your daily San Diego Padres’s podcast, part of the Locked On Network, your team every day. Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another edition of Lockout Bodies Podcast, which is part of the Lock Podcast Network, your team every day for Monday, October 27th. As always, I’m your host with sometimes the most, Javier Reyes. And I’ve been covering this team for for I think six years now. Not just for this podcast though, but various other outlets, including just baseball.com, chief among them. Today’s episode, guys, is brought to you by Game Time. Download the Game Time app, create an account, and use code locked on MLB for $20 off your first purchase. Be sure to go check that out, and be sure to go check me out on the socials. You know, I’m at Javapo, J A V I P N O. Feel free to also check out the YouTube for the show if you want to see my face and just a visual platform because apparently that is all the the bees these days is the YouTube format uh for podcasts, which is very weird. It’s almost like an oxymoron, but nonetheless, very very cool indeed. Today’s episode guys, we are breaking down uh the news about Albert Pooh Holes uh emerging as a potential candidate. We’re going to talk about that, how I feel about him, and another potential cate that has also emerged in the news as of late and then get to some of your mailbag questions that cover a host of different topics and whatnot. And I love getting into that. So, let’s begin. Uh Albert Poohles, um I’m going to kind of freebase this a little bit and just kind of just talk with my my gut feelings on this. So, I’ve been following the news lately, as anybody else has. And apparently, he has emerged as a potential candidate for the Padres’s, right? Everybody probably knows who Albert Pooh is. One of the best players to ever play baseball. He is a first ballot like Hall of Fame type of player. He’s amazing. And in response, actually, they actually asked Tatis, our boy, uh, about this he actually gave a response gladi, you know what I mean? He said, “Of course.” Did you guys like my Spanish there? I don’t have to use it much on the podcast, but um that’s what his response was in response to the the kind of pool holes rumors and whatnot. Um and I think that you know everybody would of course be interested. I was listening to an interview with I believe Aiden Gonzalez um on 97.3 the fan and he basically emphasized that you know the first and foremost for foremost thing that you have to understand about Albert Puh holes is he really is greatly greatly revered uh in MLB circles amongst players I imagine especially and that makes sense right like this is a I mean baseball players love that stuff right like look at Stephen vote he got a position right this is there there’s the fraternity in sports as we all know in every sport that athletes are going to respect other athletes And a player like Pooh Holes who don’t get me wrong, he was always a home run guy. Like that is what he is known for. That is like a thing that he was good at. But he sometimes doesn’t get credit for being a little bit more uh than a home run guy, right? Like this was a guy who was so good at just drawing walks, having a high batting average, right? Like his career batting average is 296, career 374 on base. Like he did it all. Like this is a first bout of fame player, but I don’t think he always got credit for his his skills at the plate. And people, as Aiden also brought up, really rever not just his legend, his stature, but also that he had like a lot of in-game intelligence, a lot a lot of baseball intelligence, right? And I think that that absolutely matters. Um, when it comes to uh how players like other legends, right? It’s not just that he was a personality or he had some big moments. It’s also that like he was just a student of the game, I think, and that gives him a leg up. And I think that my opinion on whether or not he should be the Padres’s manager, I I’ve I I said this before, my everydayers know this, but I kind of don’t know what the Padres’s need, right? So, I’m not looking for anyone in particular. I do think someone who’s a little bit more forward thinking and progressive. I think someone who, you know, that would be my initial standpoint, is someone who’s going to be a little bit wild, right? Someone who’s going to change up the lineup a bunch, who’s going to have Tatis bat fifth one day. I’m almost tempted to say that’s how radical I want to go. Obviously, that would be a step too far. Tatis should be a top of the lineup type of player, but that’s just an example, right? Gabe Kappler I’ve brought up on this show. Not someone that I’d want to hire as the Padres’s manager, but there is something to be said for, you know, Gabe Kappler had some problems. I understand that. But that team won like 108 games one year and all those players were like random players with the exception of Buster Posie who had another great season. Brandon Crawford randomly knew how to hit, right? Like I’m just saying that that was a team that mixed and matched that had all these random players brought in and I don’t think Kappler gets enough credit for that. But more importantly than that is just I I just I would like to see something different for this team. I don’t want necessarily a manager who’s going to go in there and say, “Oh, well, Xander Bogarts is great. He’s a legend. He’s been good for a long time. I’m just going to trust him for 90 games. Luis Rise, he’s a three-time batting champ, right? I’m just going to be like, I don’t care if he has a 620 OPS over the last month and a half. He’s still going to stay as the number two hitter. Yes, that is me complaining about Mike Schill a little bit. I would like some mix and matching. I’d like a little bit of creativity because it’s just something that this team hasn’t tried before. I’ve been making this case for the Padres’s and their philosophy and their strategy as an organization for a while, which is just let’s try something new a little bit. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not 100% in that direction because they did try something new. They brought on AJ Prowler. they do all these trades and now they are the Padres’s on a national stage on a cultural story that they become because they changed things initially. So I do want to give a lot of faith uh to an extent of just being like you know what maybe they should just be like let’s just stay with our big star you know stars and scrubs type of strategy and maybe it could work and it almost worked before right so I could see that but at the same time I just look at this team and say you know maybe we don’t have to do all the big big big moves at the deadline or in free agency instead you do some under the radar stuff look at them last year they did under the radar moves last year with Salano and Profar and then Kashoka was part of the Janu trade, but in in in some sense they traded one player for a bunch of other, you know, decent players and Gisham too, who ended up being good the second year. But even still, uh it was like a different way of building the team. Instead, you said we already have the stars. We don’t have to just go star hunting. So, I want to take that philosophy and apply it a little bit to the managerial vacancy, which is like, let’s not get someone who’s just an extension of the front office. Let’s not get someone who’s just this old guy who keeps it simple, maybe like a Mike Schill, right? And don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti- Mike Schill, but I I just kind of want to try a different strategy, right? Melvin and Schill, those were like old heads, right? Those are the old school guys. So, what if you try someone a little bit new school and I would be a little bit worried that Albert Puhol would be a little bit more of the old school approach, right? No, no, it’s totally possible that he comes out. Look, I’m a Chargers fan. Greg Robin, right, offensive coordinator. He’s always been running the ball his entire career and all of a sudden this year he’s throwing the ball. It’s possible that Albert Pool could be like, “Yeah, I’m going to try some new things. I’m going to have different lineups. I’m going to bring out guys in a different way.” And yes, that could absolutely be helpful. And I do think it matters if players are going to have someone in that locker room to just really respect, especially for a locker room like the Padres’s, right, with so many big personalities with Manny, with Tatis, with with Merryill, and not in like any diva sense, but just like a these are big personalities. They’re big players. you Michael King and and Joe Musgrove and and a lot of great relievers, right? There are some big um personalities on this team. So, I am wondering would have a a presence like Albert Pooh Holes. Nobody is going to be like, “Oh, I don’t respect that guy. Like, why would I listen to that guy?” He’s he’s the dude, right? And Tatis apparently really good relationship with him. Like he he adheres him as evidenced by his his uh voice of approval for if he was brought on as a manager, he’d be like, “Of course, I’m all in on that.” So, it’s tough, but at the same time, like basically, I hope what you guys understand is I’ve illustrated that I don’t know necessarily what direction. If you’re someone who’s like, “We just need a locker room leader presence guy,” I totally get that. If you’re someone who’s like, “Let’s have someone who’s creative and can do different things with players and maybe a little bit of an out of left field hire that isn’t related to Prowler.” I’m also a fan of that, too. It’s a really tough conversation, and I don’t have the answer. So, I’d love for you guys to leave in the comments below uh of this video. Uh, hit me up on there and then I would gladly uh hear your takes on the Padres’s managerial position. But we’re not done yet, guys. 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Hernandez recently completed reading from the athletic cardinal recently completed his 14th season as the Padres’s primary color analyst on Spanish language television and radio broadcast. After a decade long playing career with the Dodgers, Padres’s and St. Louis Cardinals, the Venezuelan native managed the Tauros dewana and to the Mexican summer league posties in 2004. He worked the next three years as a catching coordinator for the Padres’s. served as Venezuelan winter ball manager of the Leonus dela Karakas uh from 2006 to 2008 and reunited with former Padres’s general manager Kevin Towers as a catching coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2010 to 2013. That’s its coaching experience, but he’s also been around the organization and being bilingual in theory also helps him meeting other players, being kind of familiar with it. That’s kind of what the article gets into. But I think what I love is it’s just his attitude in quotes, I want to be a champion at San Diego. I want to be a champion manager. I want as a player and I don’t want to have just the name manager. I want to have the name of a winning manager. I don’t want to compare myself to somebody else. But I want to do it because I was born to play baseball, man. I come here to play baseball all my years, all my career that I have in this beautiful country is baseball, right? And he he goes on to talk about that and I think it’s interesting. So the first thing that I think of note to talk about this emerges as a candidate is one, love the confidence, love the former player. Same thing. Now, I would probably wager that a former player like Pooh Holes would probably carry a little bit more cache. And most importantly, you got around the sport around the Kevin Towers regime. So, there’s not as much of an a relationship with AJ Prowler, uh, I would imagine. And don’t get me wrong, he’s been around the team, but maybe not as much. And what do we know about AJ Prowler is that he has a history of of being attached and connected and giving opportunities to play people that he’s been with before. and since the last two people that the Padres have had as manager, it’s possible they might be like, “All right, well, we tried that. Now we’re going back to my hole of people that I like, right? It’s totally possible, but I think that the other thing with Hernandez here is just it’s been a while since he’s been 100% directly involved in the game.” But then again, like I just said in the first segment, maybe something new is necessary. So, it’s at least a candidate that is worth talking about. Um, I don’t think that I would put him super high up on it, but I respect the confidence. Like some having someone who’s just going out and contacting the athletic and being like, “Yeah, I want to interview. Let’s do this. And I’ve been around the team. I know I’d be great. I want to be a legend. Oh, I love San Diego.” All that sort of stuff is rare is at least worth talking about, right? And I don’t know, guys. I really don’t know who’s going to be the Padres’s manager. I in some ways I’m almost tempted to say who cares. There are times when I’m like, who cares? just because I have no idea what direction they should go in and I frankly don’t know have any idea um who it’s going to end up being. I predicted Scott Service just because I thought with the connection to Prowler and with them bringing him on as a as an assistant a special assistant first that’s what they did with Schult too after Schult was fired by the Cardinals this case ser Scott Service with the Seattle Mariners. Um so it’s tough but uh we’re going to have to see we’re going to have to see how it plays out man. But with that all said, let’s start unpacking some of your bailbag comments and questions. Remember, you can send your comments and questions in the description of the YouTube the comment section actually. Feel free to reach out on there. Uh, and I will respond to all of them, including some of the trolls. Right. Let’s talk really quickly though. Eric Munos999 says, “Biggest reason I’m glad Schult is gone is because Arise is booty.” He says, “Um, yeah, this, of course, is response to Friday’s, uh, player review for Luis Arise. I know some people were annoyed. Someone said, “Why aren’t you hyping up the Padres’s?” To that person, I say, “It’s not my job.” Right? Like, I’m supposed to analyze and keep you up to date on whatever the latest goings are. Um, I think that, yeah, I think that my biggest beef with Schill is that he could be a little bit stubborn and sometimes refuse to change things up. The reason why I don’t kill him for that is because they still won 90 games and last year they won 93. So, it’s hard for me to hate on a manager for that. It’s not his fault that Manny Machado is the worst player of the worst really superstar player of his class to be in the playoffs, right? Like, this is a guy with a sub 700 OPS in the postseason, right? He just had that one two home run home run and that was it. So, I’m just saying it’s not the manager’s fault, but um I would be I’d be curious to see, right? I’m going to be really curious to see. By the way, uh according to Jim Bowden of The Athletic, um and we’re going to be talking about free agents, by the way. Don’t worry. I know a lot of you want to hear about free agents. We’re going to talk about him, but uh he actually projected Luis Arise for two years 30 million. So again, all of that keep harassing me about Arise. If he’s really that great, why is that what he’s projected to get? That’s what I would say to those people. Um that being said though, two years 30 million for a rise is a a decent deal. I’ve talked about this on Friday. A decent deal if you are a a team that has a lot of stuff in your lineup. You’ve already got enough power and maybe you don’t have enough budget. not a bad thing to be like, maybe he can we can get him back to what he used to be. And if you’re a bad team, you might want to sign him, too, and then flip him at the deadline for something if he turns back to what he was before. It’s just a it’s a lowrisk type of contract potentially for him. But anyway, um we’ll see how that pans out. But yeah, man, Arise was very bad this year. Um uh Robert Birdie 9938, speaking of Arise, also had some takes. He said, “Arise is a really good dude and he would have been fine if the rest of the lineup around him was slugging and driving in runs. Unfortunately, our lineup was really bad in the slugging department. He was incredibly frustrating to watch when there were runners in scoring position less than two outs and he would hit a fly ball to left or right and that would kill the rally. His defense was okay, but nothing impressive. I actually disagree. I think it was pretty bad. But you’re right, not the worst in the world. Uh I expect him to be let go and he will be okay in another team that can use his limited skill sets. Yeah, I think I really don’t think he’ll be awful. Like I really think the right team it just I’ve been watching baseball for a long time. He’s not old, which I think is important. the reason why he’s not going to get paid big time and if you’re a team that really needs a smash free agent, that’s not the direction I would go in. The fact that he’s hitting the ball softer than ever, like for a guy who never hit the ball hard in the first place, that’s really concerning. Um, and we’ll see. Like there was a lot of bloop singles this year whenever he did hit the singles and that’s not good, right? But anyway, really curious to see how he goes. Um, we got a comment from Sam Ardace Samardace. I don’t know how to say this. 2522. He says, “Get Aaron Boon.” Um, Aaron Boon as manager for the Padres’s would make next to no sense. Um, he hasn’t been fired and for those who don’t know and don’t follow and aren’t in the New York area, having WFA on your radio while you drive. Um, he’s hated here and I think most importantly is Aaron Boon. The reason everyone hates him I think the most is because the Yankees as an organization, their primary thing isn’t winning anymore. It’s investing and viewing it as a business. And I think the Yankees fans are going insane because they’re like, “We just know that nobody will pay. Like, we’ll never have new people. They could lose, miss the playoffs, whatever. Uh Cashman won’t go anywhere, right? Uh Boon won’t go anywhere.” And that’s the unfortunate thing. So Boon’s just not going to be available. So I don’t think this is a possibility for the Padres’s. And I also wouldn’t love it, right? I just don’t think that him as a game in-game manager has been that impressive. I think he’s been carried a little bit by some superstar players like your Aaron Judge, your Juan Sodto. I think last year in the World Series starting Nester Cortez or not even starting him, using Netor Cortez in that situation when he hadn’t pitched in two months to go up against Freddy Freeman is one of the worst manager decisions I’ve seen in a long time. I don’t care what the numbers tell you. I don’t care if there were worse players in your bullpen. Guy hadn’t pitched in two months and he’s a starter. Why’ you use a Sorry, not to rant about Aaron Boon, but I don’t see that as a possibility. I’d much rather go uh down the route of, you know what, Pooh Holes doesn’t necessarily have the most managering experience, but screw it. He’s a friend. He’s a a baseball legend. I’d much rather go in that direction. But that’s just me. But we’re not done yet, guys. We got more mailbag questions to answer. Starting with Just kidding. 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Uh we got like I’m not I’m not out of ideas, guys. Don’t worry. Right. And yes, I will be ignoring the World Series as much as possible because I really do think that the Dodgers are going to win as I talked about with my boy Paul Holden last week. Go check that out. crossover with the lockdown Rocky’s host. Um, speaking of Rockies, Ramen Murray also said Rockies need to hire Bob Melvin as manager so he could add another NLS team to his resume of the other ones he’s managed. I feel for Rocky’s fans having to watch a really bad team year in and year out. At least they have a nice ballpark and great beer to drink. Um, that would be really funny by the way if Melvin went to the Rockies that he’s now managed three of the teams at NL West. That would be really funny. Um, but in all seriousness, yeah, like I I bring this uh comment up also, guys. Whenever you’re down, whenever you’re down, just be thankful. We ain’t Cincy. Frankly, we ain’t Milwaukee. Yes, I said it. We ain’t Milwaukee. We’re not Cleveland. We’re not Tampa. We’re not the Rockies. We’re not the A’s. We’re not the uh the Reds even. You could argue. We’re not the Cardinals. There’s a lot of teams in worse positions than the Padres’s in Major League Baseball right now. even if they’re in a dicey one at least and again at least they put together a good product and have been a team that clearly cares about winning baseball games. Just keep that in mind. Um next one though we got here um Nabla and Nevin uh says Silus Robert Shaw 8122. I snicker every time people talk about Bruce Bochi. The Padres’s did him and Flenry dirty. I love them. I grew up with them on the 84 team. Bochi ain’t coming back. That said, I am comfortable with Nabla and um I’m Phil Nevin as potential candidates. Service is highly probable. Don’t forget he was the Rangers uh he was with the Rangers as director of player development from 2004 to 2010 and Peller was head of international scouting from 2004 to 2014. Yeah, I agree. Naba and Phil Nevin totally fine. I think the only case that I would have against Nabla is just that he’s I think he’s done such a great job with the pitching that while there’s nothing about him in terms of experience that disqualifies him. whatsoever. I would just be wondering, man, I like having him cook with the pitchers, though. And if he’s the manager, would that take away from that? Maybe. Maybe. It’s possible. I wouldn’t hate it, but I’m just saying that would be an unfortunate uh loss for the Padres’s. It feels like he’d be taking a step forward and a step backwards potentially, which is why I’m against it. Um, somebody left a comment on my video about the Tatis player review from a couple weeks ago. He’s saying, “Jav, I may not have agreed with you on Tatis, but I loved your good bad on Manny. I appreciate your knowledge and breakdowns on the players. And FYI, I love Matty. Keep up the good work. And he said, “What I disagreed with was the numbers part, right?” Or not the numbers part, but his uninterested play and that swag he had is gone. He might as well not have even showed up against the Cubs. He’s undisiplined and going through the motions after his PD suspension. He has never been the same. Talked about this in the Padre’s prayer player review for Tatis. Um, I get it why people are upset with Tatis and thinking this. He looked like Griffy and instead he’s just a really great star. Again, top 10 and wins above replacement. He’s a very good all-around player who I still have hope for going forward. But I understand the frustration that he looked like a guy that was going to be 40 home runs, hit 280, have a 350, 360 on base, and and potentially on top of that his emergence as an amazing right fielder defensively that he was going to be that level of a star, like an eight-win player. and instead he’s just really good. But we’ll see how the rest of that sort of pans out. Um at Troy uh Troy Rice 3155 says, “Watching the Blue Jays mercy rule the Dodgers in game one has me praying for a hitting coach change. Our approach this season was terrible and we do have guys capable of pop. I would sell my soul to get David Popkins to San Diego. That would be for those who don’t know, he’s the Blue Jays hitting coach. Um, I think that there’s an argument to be made that getting the hitting coach right might be more important than the manager. I’m kind of with you on this. Heading into the season for the Padres’s, what did we hear from all the reports? You can go read Dennis Lynn, AJ Casfell, just see what they they added, right? Them, remember when um, Julie Guriel got at bats for this team? They prioritized seemingly uh, putting the ball in play and low strikeouts. That’s not a horrible thing to prioritize, right? But my issue is consistently having a great offense in the regular season, you need guys that are going to put the ball in the in the seats or hit for extra base hits, which is why the additions of guys like Arise to a degree, even a guy like O’Harn, that’s why I wonder like the Padres’s should be prioritizing power a little bit more. They have plenty of on base guys. They have been good in on base for a while now. In fact, the Padres’s, I don’t know if you guys knew that in terms of on base percentage as a team, that has not been the Padres’s problem for a very very long time. And it’s it’s it’s kind of frustrating, right? In terms of on base percentage this year, the Padres’s were 15th, right? That’s not too bad. It got worse as the season went on, right? Don’t get me wrong. But even before that, right, in 2014, they were, let’s see here, what what were what were they in on base percentage? They were they were 26. and on base percentage. Well, it’s interesting that they also really were the gate at putting the ball in the seats that year. But even still, for the most part, like remember when they traded for Gisham, the Padres’s when it comes to on base percentage hasn’t been like an enormous problem uh for the team. In fact, in 2023, their worst season, remember that they were first in on base percentage. So, it’s almost like that is not the number one goal. If you can just hit for extra base hits, less hits is better. And they just haven’t had guys driving dudes in. So, I think that having a different hitting coach and having a different philosophical strategy of being like, I’m okay if we add, let’s pretend not as good, but a Kyle Schwarb type, someone who’s still going to get on base a little bit, but they’re going to hit for power. Look at Gavin Sheets. He was such a big part part of this team this year, and he didn’t have it on base percentage, but he was a better player than Luis Arise because of the slugging. So, I think that’s something that they should absolutely prioritize. And yes, watching the Blue Jays, who of course lost in the second game, but you look at that team with Vlatty having a great season, with Springer having a great season, with Bob Bashette having a bounceback, with Alejandro Kirk having a bounceback, they have a really good lineup. And I am wondering would would a different change in philosophy instead of being like, let’s not swing at everything, let’s draw walks, let’s be like, you know what, if Xander Bog got struck out more, but he hit 20 home runs next year, I would absolutely take that. That is an a fair exchange. I just think that that gives you a higher floor for your offense. Um, last thing though that I want to get into and unfortunately we’re not going to finish all the mailbag questions. We got some on some free agent guys and we have some troll comments. But MVPs Stone Crest says window closing wrong. Look at the Mariners, Blue Jays, and Tigers. When was their window open? Cuz before this season, they seemed very closed to me. This is an amazing amazing point, guys. Remember when the Blue Jays, and I think I brought this up last week as well, but I want to talk about it one more time. Again, I already just mentioned, be grateful that you’re not the rest of those other organizations. But Seattle, everyone was saying, “Man, we blew it. We did not capitalize. We didn’t trade for some guys.” Guess what? They traded for some dudes. Went out there and they almost made the World Series if not for that George Springer home run. Shout out Puerto Rican Power. Um, and then the Blue Jays are a great example. Fifth and payroll. You extend Vlatty. you trade for Andre Jimenez who wasn’t even very good this year and yet they found themselves with a chance to go to the World Series. Now I think the National League is better than the American League and I think that that has a little bit to do with it. But for me that’s a great point. The Blue Jays, what had they done? They’d struck out on every free agent. They didn’t have a lot of farm system anymore, right? They gave up Gabriel Moreno. They lost some other some other big-time players. Bo Bashette did had a down season uh in 24, right? So, I look at that and say absolutely things can change at any time. The Blue Jays, don’t get me wrong, American League, they don’t have the Dodgers to deal with, right? The Yankees aren’t trying as much as they used to. But overall, it’s just important to remember that as long as you’re just in the mix, you have a chance, right? It’s not impossible that the Blue Jays beat the Dodgers in the World Series. I think it’s unlikely. I had the Blue Jays in five. I’m sorry, the Dodgers in five. That was my personal prediction. But I think that this guy makes a great point. those teams. I remember everyone saying, “Dang, the Blue Jays lost their window.” Remember when they had Marcus Simeon and I think it was it was Marcus Simeon finished top three in MVP and Robbie Ray win the Sai Young and they missed the playoffs. Everyone was like that was the best chance they had and they didn’t make it. Guess what? Now they’re in the World Series. So, that is a good thing that I’m going to leave y’all with. And now before concluding, let me just tell you rest of the week in terms of episodes. Tomorrow we’re going to talk about some of the biggest questions for the Padres’s. just giving you a little bit of update on, you know, what I think are the biggest questions for the Padres’s this off seasonason. Just my personal take on them. Then we’ve got Xander Bogart’s, Jay Croninworth, and Padres’s bullpen as a whole player reviews in the bag uh kind of being worked on in the process of it. And then we’re going to start breaking down via the athletic the top MLB free free agents uh for the offseason and talk about who is available and frankly just talk about the free agents because it’s just fun to talk about that and who might be a likely candidate for the Padres’s if any. Going to be a lot of fun guys. So don’t go anywhere and subscribe to the podcast where you get your podcast from and check out the YouTube. But until next time everybody you’ve been listening to the Lockout Potteries podcast the only pod that may be better than the pot dreas themselves. Remember to subscribe again. And last but not least, look forward to the player reviews. Stay golden and stay faithful, my fire faithful homies. Take care.

San Diego Padres’ managerial search heats up with surprising candidates. Is Albert Pujols the answer to the Friars’ dugout dilemma?

Host Javier Reyes breaks down the pros and cons of Pujols as a potential skipper, exploring his legendary status and relationship with other MLB stars. The discussion shifts to former Padres catcher Carlos Hernandez’s candidacy, before Javi reacts to some listener questions in the mailbag on the team’s offensive strategy, championship windows, the need for a new hitting coach, and more! go Padres.

0:00 Intro: Pujols as potential manager
5:05 What is the right managerial approach?
10:10 Carlos Hernandez as potential manager
15:15 Mailbag: Luis Arráez and…Aaron Boone?
20:21 Comparing Padres’ situation to other MLB teams
25:25 Last questions and previewing future episodes

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