2026 San Diego Padres Preview! (2/4 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Rankings, Waiver Wire
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Frank Stampfl is joined by Jake Garegnani (@JakeGaregnani on X), sports anchor and reporter at CBS 8 San Diego. Will Jackson Merrill bounce back? Why is Ramon Laureano being slept on? Can Randy Vasquez take a step forward?
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday
Download and Follow Fantasy Baseball Today on Spotify: https://sptfy.com/QiKv
Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CPTowers @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank
Join our Facebook group at
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Let's preview the San Diego Padres for 2026 up next on Fantasy Baseball Today. |
| 0:05.3 | Welcome to On the Beat, our mini team preview series here at Fantasy Baseball today. |
| 0:09.8 | I am Frank Stample, joined by Jake Gariani, who is a sports anchor and reporter for CBS 8 San Diego. |
| 0:17.1 | Make sure to give him a follow on X at Jake Gary Annie I'll spell that out for the people |
| 0:22.0 | looking for it G-A-R-E-G-N-A-N-I make sure we get that right Padre's off-season let's |
| 0:28.8 | start there there hasn't been too much movement this off-season first they brought |
| 0:32.9 | in former reliever Craig Stamin as their manager they re-ssigned Michael King, which they desperately needed for that rotation. |
| 0:40.5 | They also signed Korean infielder Sung-moon Song. And I know behind the scenes, you know, the Padres, the past couple of years, they've been dealing some things off the field in terms of ownership. |
| 0:49.9 | So I wasn't expecting them to make a ton of moves this all season. It still feels like maybe they could shore up the rotation a little bit. |
| 0:56.8 | But what do you think of the team the way that it's constituted right now? |
| 1:00.3 | Do you envision any other big moves coming this offseason? |
| 1:03.8 | Yeah, I think you laid it out pretty good there, Frank, |
| 1:05.9 | about what the offseason has been like for the San Diego Padres. |
| 1:09.2 | As far as answering that last question first, |
| 1:11.8 | I do think AJ Preller, the general manager and president of baseball operations, will definitely |
| 1:16.7 | make some moves. Even if the team is into spring training, you think about this team the last |
| 1:21.2 | couple of years. They signed Jurekson pro far during spring training. They signed Nick Povetta |
| 1:26.5 | during spring training. Those are two guys |
| 1:28.1 | you could argue in their respective seasons. We're the biggest piece of the San Diego Padres in those |
| 1:32.3 | years. AJ Preller always seems to be able to find that late piece. It makes a big difference for the |
| 1:37.2 | San Diego Padres. And there's a lot of pieces still out there in free agency that I think the |
| 1:42.4 | Padres have just been waiting to get cheaper and cheaper and cheaper to bring in. So I think they will most definitely bring in some |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBS Sports, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Rankings, Waiver Wire, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of CBS Sports, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Rankings, Waiver Wire and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.