Episodes

  • Episode #28: Five Pitches That Defined April

    Episode #28: Five Pitches That Defined April
    Apr 30 2024
    Episode #28 of Pads Above Replacement breaks down the good, the bad, and the bubbling for Padres pitchers in the month of April. It's been an uneven month to start the year, and while there are some bright spots, there are other key weapons that are causes for concern.

    Watch the show on YouTube! https://youtu.be/HG_lnV6a1_I

    You can access our notes document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cqcu-Um9Gg3-bKWTkorQv5HCpMiZs71m0vVFLX5hzAA/edit?usp=sharing

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    50 mins
  • Episode #27: Dylan Cease

    Episode #27: Dylan Cease
    Mar 18 2024
    Pads Above Replacement awakens from its slumber because AJ Preller demanded more episdoes, apparently. Hosts John Precoda and Raphie Cantor go in-depth on the newest Padre and potentially their new ace, Dylan Cease.

    Cease's Fangraphs page: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/dylan-cease/18525/stats?position=P

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    53 mins
  • Episode #26: The Padres 2024 Bullpen

    Episode #26: The Padres 2024 Bullpen
    Jan 19 2024
    Pads Above Replacement makes its occasional reemergence from hibernation to chat about the Padres 2024 bullpen. Hosts John Precoda and Raphie Cantor go in-depth on the mistakes the team made under Bob Melvin, and what holes still exist for Mike Shildt and Ruben Niebla's arm barn as they look ahead to Peoria.

    Watch the show on YouTube! https://youtu.be/jx9YoGDzngA
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Episode #25: The Juan Soto Trade Deep Dive

    Episode #25: The Juan Soto Trade Deep Dive
    Dec 11 2023
    Raphie Cantor and John Precoda are back! (for now) The PAR boys emerged from their winter hibernation to break down the Juan Soto Trade from a value standpoint and get into the finer analytics details of the players coming back to San Diego.

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    Watch the show on YouTube! https://youtu.be/hBBCwkbQjvI
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode #24: The Closing Window Myth

    Episode #24: The Closing Window Myth
    Oct 19 2023
    Raphie Cantor and John Precoda are back with some spicy stat-driven takes! John has something to say to all those fans who think the window closes at the end of 2024. This discussion includes deeper dives into WAR projections, playoff fields, farm system correlation to success, payroll, and more.

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    44 mins
  • Episode #23: How to Run Out of Pitching

    Episode #23: How to Run Out of Pitching
    Sep 11 2023
    In Episode 23 of Pads Above Replacement, Raphie Cantor and John Precoda dive DEEP into the nerdy numbers behind what causes teams like the Padres to run out of pitching, and John has a new benchmark rule for quality that the Padres should be striving for.


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    40 mins
  • Episode #22: To Tank or Not to Tank?

    Episode #22: To Tank or Not to Tank?
    Sep 4 2023
    In Episode 22 of Pads Above Replacement, Raphie Cantor and John Precoda break down the terrible choice the Padres must grapple with for the remainder of the 2023 season. They break down how the Padres should go about doing it, the value to be gained/lost, and why the Padres may have ended up here in the first place.

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    Watch the show on Youtube! https://youtu.be/_STYkCnn9d4
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    42 mins
  • Episode #21: Manny Machado

    Episode #21: Manny Machado
    Aug 28 2023
    In Episode 21 of Pads Above Replacement, Raphie Cantor and John Precoda get back to their PAR roots and dive into a long awaited player-specific episode -- Manny Machado. What makes Manny Manny at the plate? And to what degree is his future linked to the Padres?

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    1 hr