Friar Territory: a San Diego Padres podcast
Sep 15, 2026 · 37 min · 27 segments
The San Diego Padres are on a mission. Darren Smith and Marty Caswell welcome in Kyle Glaser to break down the Padres impressive eight-game winning streak, and all the different ways they're finding…
Kyle GlaserGuestDarren SmithHost
Marty CaswellHostUh, how about the Padres? This is the hottest team in Major League Baseball, an eight-game winning streak as we're recording.
The projection sites are giving them about an 80, 85% chance of making the postseason.
Kyle, what do you make of the recent results and the recent events for the Pads?
They're doing what good teams do, winning every which way, at home, on the road.
Whether guys are stepping up, whether guys are slumping, they're finding ways to win no matter what, and that is the sign of a good team.
Since July 24th, almost eight weeks now, the Padres have the best record in baseball.
Not the Rays, not the Brewers, not these teams that you look up like, "Man, they won again." The Padres, the best record in baseball.
They've vaulted from out of the playoff race to into playoff position, but it's more than that.
It's not like this is just like, oh, they're getting hot in a short sample at the right time.
It's been almost eight weeks now where I, I'm a big believer in you are what your record says you are, and the record says the Padres have been the best team in Major League Baseball for nearly the last eight weeks.
Kyle, what has been the most convincing part of their turnaround? Like, when you look back those, the past couple months or so, is it the offense? Is it the pitching? Is it the, hey, the return of, the surprising turn for me, of Nick Pivetta? What's the one or two things that's made you like, "You know what? This is a legitimate playoff team"?
Uh, how about the Padres? This is the hottest team in Major League Baseball, an eight-game winning streak as we're recording.
The projection sites are giving them about an 80, 85% chance of making the postseason.
Kyle, what do you make of the recent results and the recent events for the Pads?
They're doing what good teams do, winning every which way, at home, on the road.
Whether guys are stepping up, whether guys are slumping, they're finding ways to win no matter what, and that is the sign of a good team.
Since July 24th, almost eight weeks now, the Padres have the best record in baseball.
Not the Rays, not the Brewers, not these teams that you look up like, "Man, they won again." The Padres, the best record in baseball.
They've vaulted from out of the playoff race to into playoff position, but it's more than that.
It's not like this is just like, oh, they're getting hot in a short sample at the right time.
It's been almost eight weeks now where I, I'm a big believer in you are what your record says you are, and the record says the Padres have been the best team in Major League Baseball for nearly the last eight weeks.
Kyle, what has been the most convincing part of their turnaround? Like, when you look back those, the past couple months or so, is it the offense? Is it the pitching? Is it the, hey, the return of, the surprising turn for me, of Nick Pivetta? What's the one or two things that's made you like, "You know what? This is a legitimate playoff team"?
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