Welcome To The John Kentera Show, San Diego Sports Talk welcome everyone to San Diego Sports Talk the John Cana show on YouTube you can also follow me on Facebook at John Cantera and on X at coacha 44 and we would certainly appreciate if you'd subscribe we're work on our way towards 2,000 subscribers would' like to hit that number and continue to grow and want to thank everyone for all their great comments uh I got a couple of things I want to share with you number one I know a lot of people are saying hey coach you got to get uh a microphone aside from your iPods well I got news for you it's ordered and we're going to get that here real real soon and also real soon we're gonna have a live show where we'll be able to take uh comments during the program so stay tuned for that as the Padre's work their way towards the playoffs we're working our way uh into a podcast land and want to thank everyone it's uh been a very nice run a very surprising run I really didn't know what to expect but I thank you very much for all the positive comments and throughout the course of the program we're going to bring up different topics and on our YouTube page if you would you know send us a comment about you know your thoughts on the Padres or a certain player or something going on around San Diego in the Sports World I always like to keep up on everything that's going on I I try to uh cover it from uh the amateur ranks a high school to college to Pros but I I can't be everywhere but I certainly appreciate if you want to drop me a note whether it be on Facebook or on X or on our YouTube uh comments always looking forward to that again please subscribe and again you can follow me on Facebook at John Cana and on X at coach Cana 44 well we got a lot to cover a big win for the Padre's on Tuesday night game one of a brief two game series against the Seattle Mariners Padre's went out there and they had their 36 come from behind Victory they fell behind early two Recap Game 1 In Seattle nothing but they rallied they walked away with a 7 to3 Victory they out hit the Mariners on Tuesday night 11 to10 and a lot to cover regarding Manny manado setting the all-time franchise record for home run surpassing my old buddy Nate Colbert Nate held that record for 50 years 163 career home runs and Manny now has 164 in a Padre's uniform there were a lot of uh a lot of stars on on Tuesday night we got to talk about Manny Manny had another big night and he is just putting together an incredible season right now you go back to the Tuesday night game six inning the two-run Homer is 26 of the Year 164th of his career uh breaking that franchise record and uh he he's just putting together a great year I mean uh is batting average is going up Manny Machado Breaks Franchise Record For Home Runs and and I'm going to share some numbers with you that are just going to just knock you out out of your chair I mean Manny matado this year now on the year is hitting 276 with 26 bombs and 94 RBIs and he's got an Ops of 801 but the thing that's even more impressive listen to this Manny in his last 67 games has 61 RB I mean he's become an RBI machine and then you go back to his previous 66 games and you can say well you know he's coming off the shoulder or you know he's got a hand problem hey you know what whatever it is the guy has really picked it up but in the previous 66 games from March 30th to June 19th he had 29 RBIs 29 RBI he was not having a good year and now all of a sudden he's got 61 ribbies in his last 67 games and just doing a marvelous job playing the usual great Third Base I don't know if he's gonna win the Gold Glove he hadn't won a gold glove in the National League you know they Aeron won it what 10 straight years of course Manny won a couple over there with the Baltimore Orioles and cab Brien Hayes is won one for the Pittsburgh Pirates I don't know Manny will get one this year or not he dhed early in the year I don't know what goes into that but I just know the guy playing great baseball and the Padres are going to make the playoffs it would be a Monumental collapse if the Padres don't make the playoffs they got a two and a half game lead right now in the wild card and you're running out of ball games and they even cut into the the Dodger lead Dodgers got beat for the second straight night on Tuesday night by the Chicago Cubs Padre's four and a half games back in the division but a lot of things that have to happen for them to win the division but uh they're going to the playoffs but Manny just putting up some incredible numbers right now hotter in a baker apron uh we got to talk about UD Darvish U Darvish out since May 29th uh came back in his first Rehab start it wasn't even a rehab start they he didn't make one down in the minor leagues they just threw him out Evaluation Of Yu Darvish there in the big leagues he went two and two thirds that first time out against Detroit didn't Fair all that well but man he gave up a couple of solo homers on Tuesday night but after that uh last three Innings he was U darish and really looked good I mean second start since May 29th gave up a two solo homers ended up going five innings seven hits two runs both earned no walks five strikeouts but here's the key and this is you darish in a nutshell he faced 20 batters on Tuesday night and had first pitch strikes to 19 of them can't get any better than that and I'm not saying he gonna do that next time out it's a work in progress we'll see how he feels Wednesday Thursday Friday we'll see how he comes out of his next start but the guy takes good care of himself and you know you gotta get his feet wet I mean being out on a Major League man is not that easy going against these Dynamite hitters I mean some of the best in theame game uh when they pitching on regular rest and regular rotation they go out there and they get banged around so I was very very encouraged on Tuesday night by UD darish very encouraged so we'll see where it goes but man even if he doesn't start in the playoffs if he could come out of the bullpen for a couple of innings you know uh give the bullpen a little bit of a breather you know almost go with two starters maybe a Michael King maybe a UD darish or Dylan c a UD darish and then you know you get to the back end of your rotation uh of your Bullpen but that was a very encouraging sign on Tuesday night okay we got to talk about Xander Bogarts you know I for one was not for moving him off a shortstop he he played fine in 2023 he Xander Bogaerts Back At Shortstop was fine yeah maybe he doesn't have the range the range factor and everything they look at but the guy makes the routine play and the routine play is the one that normally beat you when you're not making it but you know what I think he had some consternation about moving back to shortstop number one the footwork you got make a lot longer throw it's a different uh throwing motion you know your arms at a different angle but the Padres they probably told him when uh Hassan Kim went down hey you know we gotta get you take some ground balls at short and you know he's a team guy he moved over to Second without a big fuss he didn't uh claw and scratch and you know pound his feet on the ground okay he went over there and did what was best for the ball club and then he missed significant time because of the shoulder injury but you know they got him into three games briefly at shortstop you go back the last Sunday played the last four Innings at shortstop and really I think this is the best lineup I you may maybe you give up a little bit defensively but you're not giving up anything as far as experience don't how to play hitters I'm fine with this in fact I think he may be your short stop again in 2025 I don't know if Hassan Kim is coming back they've got to work out a deal to bring him back and I don't know if Hassan Kim's coming back this year they kind of slowed him down you know he was throwing on on Saturday and they kind of slowed him down that shoulder just wasn't right now they're saying maybe another week or two who knows uh you know another week or two may lead to three weeks or four weeks or five weeks we'll have to wait and see maybe I don't know if hosan Kim will be back until he gets back we don't know but Xander Bogart's moved over there and Xander's not having a great year offensively I was looking at his numbers hitting 263 nine homers 36 RB and Ops of 682 he's a better player than that but you know he he's contributed there no doubt about it but has he been the impact guy that we hope when the Padres signed him and gave him that long-term contract no he hasn't and I'm a Xander Bogart's fan but you got to be honest he not having a great year but you know he's a contributing factor he's making the line move and this ball Club is playing good solid baseball okay so we covered them and now I want to tell you a little bit about our our sponsors we got two great sponsors gr jetto farm and garden supply 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arrives now I want to make this statement and I don't Luis Arraez Looking For Third Straight Batting Crown want people to uh say I'm bagging on Luis arise because I'm not he's my type of guy quite frankly because the guy puts the ball in play Never strikes out he's gone over well over a hundred plate appearances now without striking out he struck out twice since the All-Star break but he's not Tony Gwyn okay and I know everybody wants to make comparisons that he's Tony Gwyn he's not Tony Gwyn okay now he's on his way and I would be shocked if he doesn't win his third consecutive batting title starting play on Wednesday night he's hitting 318 the next closest qualified hitter in the National League is Marcel Ozuna from the Atlanta Braves and Marcel Ozuna is hitting 305 and when you've garnered this many at bats it's going to be hard to go down a whole lot and it's going to be really hard to go up a whole lot and Marcel Ozuna would have to get redh hot here the last you know 15 16 games to be able to catch Lis arise or arise it have to go uh over the rest of the year I mean he's gonna win his third consecutive batting title think about that he won it two years ago at Minnesota and uh you know put up a really really nice numbers and Minnesota hit 316 that year to win the AL batting Crown last year with Miami he hit a whopping 354 to win the National League batting Crown he got a great chance great chance to win his third consecutive batting Crown when he starts getting to the fifth and sixth batting Crown then we'll revisit the Tony Gwyn comparisons Tony had more power than aise and Tony wasn't as we know wasn't a home run hitter uh but this guy can flat out put the ball in play and if you ever go on X and track down Lis arise I was watching a tape of him I I watch tape on hitters all the time I I'm fascinated by hitting and by pitching but hitting is so difficult nowadays with these guys throwing 100 miles an hour even though half of them don't know where it's going and they're off speed stuff is probably not all that great um watching him take baging practice is really really fun and when he got to the padrs I was really excited I like guys that put the ball in play I have a really hard time uh as a as a coach I had it as a player and I certainly have it as a fan of the Padres when guys strike out the Padres right now least strikeouts of any team in major league baseball this year that's why they're they're where they're at because they put the ball in play so I'm pulling for Louis arise to win that batting title okay two other player three other players I want to talk about Fernando tati Jr a big Knight Tuesday night two for five three-run Homer was 15 hitting Fernando Big Ball Game 276 15 bombs 40 RBIs but the Home Run was fantastic and it gave the Padres the lead and they never gave it up after that but how about that throw to throw out palano to end the fourth inning he's going to the right center field Gap and he's less than 100% I talked about it on the last podcast he's on he's not 100% And every day that he's in the lineup I'm thankful right now because I'm worried that they're going to have to you know really slow him down because that that hip just not right he doesn't have the explosion doesn't have the speed and the strength in that uh right leg right now but that play he made I don't know if there's anybody seriously I don't know if there's anybody else in baseball that could have made that play going to to right center field and throwing off balance a one hop shot to second base and they tag out palanco for the out to end the fourth inning wow that that that's pretty amazing that that's pretty amazing a lot of guys well a lot of guys wouldn't even have probably tried to make the throw let alone make it off balance that have tried to stop drive off their back leg that the runner palanco would have been safe by a mile but Fernando with that great arm strength great Body Balance great athleticism one hop shot and gets palanco at second base that that that's a great that's going to be on the Padre highlight reel this year that that was amazing okay the two other players I want to talk about was Xander Bogart's going over to shortstop and I talked about this like two weeks ago and then the Padres you know they they put this into play I mean I can see things ahead of time from having been around the ball field once or twice in my life and you know we called the Nick Ahmed signing even though he hasn't come up wouldn't be eligible for postseason play I said when he was still a member of the Dodgers that the Dodgers DFA Nick ahed Padres will probably sign him and you know they did and they could still bring him up he just wouldn't be eligible in postseason play and they'd have to make a roster move uh to bring him up you know for the last week or two might not be a bad deal but You' lose a player or you'd have to put a player on the 60-day iil but by moving Bogarts to Short Stop and sliding croner worth over like I mentioned you got Donovan Sano in her first base and he rewarded the Padres in the first game in Seattle two for three a walk scored two runs having a great year right now hitting 292 six homers 31 RB and the other thing you can do is when you got a tough right-hander on the mound you want to give Alo a night off you put a rise at first base left-hand hitter and you give David Peralta an opportunity to be the designated hitter you can't forget about peral he's come up with some big hits for this ball club and Mike Sheldon's done a really nice job all year long keeping people involved so this move of Bogart is gonna make this ball Club better it really is and I I really don't think they're giving up a whole lot defensively myself uh again I'm I'm partial to Bogarts Mason m did a great job no question about it defensively did a nice job laying down bunts moving Runners along he's 10 for 49 right now uh last what 13 plate appearances hadn't got on base they had to make a 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King in my opinion uh the Pitching Matchup For Game 2 In Seattle most consistent starter for the Padres this year 12-8 with a 310 erra going against rookie right-hander Brian woo who's 7-2 and a 2.36 ER one other guy I I wanted to mention here is Robert Suarez uh Robert U on Tuesday night went out and picked up his 302nd save and I was thinking about this when I was Robert Suarez Another 4 Out Save writing it down getting ready for the program that's his eighth save this year of four outs or more and for whatever reason it just popped into my head of Josh haer remember last year Josh hater didn't want to throw more than uh three outs and I know he got the big contract with Houston and you know that wasn't really being a team player I also realized when he was with Milwaukee they pitched his arm off and he was goingon to be a free agent at the end of last year uh but he didn't want to pitch four outs and Robert Suarez even though though I think he's probably been worn down at different points in time and the padrid have had an opportunity to give him some time off this year uh you know there there were a couple of months where didn't seem like we saw him a whole lot but and recently he's kind of you know given up a run here and there but he went out there in a very difficult situation on Tuesday night and I thought aside from Tanner Scott the bullpen performed very well on Tuesday night Tanner Scott had a rough going but uh you know they they bailed him out but Robert Suarez came in got a four out save and again his eighth four out or more save this year so I wanted to make sure I mentioned that because I'm a big Robert Suarez fan all right uh let's um take a look at the uh standings Dodgers are having all kinds of problems with NL West + Wildcard Standings the Chicago Cubs they've dropped the first two games of the series the Dodgers did get some good news on Tuesday night uh Yamamoto the big right-hander they signed last off season from Japan who's been out forever uh he came back and pitched really well on Tuesday night he went four Innings he was on a pitch count struck out eight in four Innings I think he threw 63 pitches but the Dodgers right now still in real good shape as we Whittle down the 2024 regular season a four and a half game lead over our Padres a five game lead over Arizona uh Giants having a lot of problems up there uh they've dropped six out of their last 10 uh they're 71 and 74 15 games back and then Colorado at 54 and 91 32 games back Padres right there though and remember Padre's have those games against the Dodgers the final regular uh season week they got three there and three in Arizona for the Padres is four and a half games back down the Wild Card Padres is sitting in pretty good shape right now at 82 and 64 two and a half game lead uh you got Arizona two two game lead and then you've got New York Mets and the Braves look like they're just kind of going back and forth uh both at 79 and 66 and I'll tell you what man the cuvies are playing good baseball right now they really are they've won six of 10 they've won three in a row uh sitting at 75 and 70 Craig council's ball Club really starting to put the uh pedal to the medal but I don't know if they've got enough to uh catch uh the people in front of them right now but a a four game uh uh uh Log Jam for the Cubs to try to get by Atlanta the Mets Diamondbacks and Padres we'll see where it goes okay let's talk just a little bit about college football Saturday night up in Berkeley Aztec will take the field once again against the California golden bearers now out of the ACC uh California golden bearers last College Football week they went down to Alabama they didn't play Alabama they played Auburn and they defeated Auburn and Hugh freees the head coach at Auburn just getting crushed this week just absolutely getting crushed uh but nonetheless Cal went in there and beat the Auburn Squad 21-4 they're an 18 and a half Point favored over the Aztec Aztec got shut out in the game that I was at 21 Nothing by Oregon State gonna be tough going to be a very tough uh uh game for the aex we'll see how far they've come in One Week by going up to uh Cal it's going to be a 7:30 kickoff on Saturday night USD 2 and0 they got a buy this week and then they'll go on the road coming up on September 21st they'll go up and take on North Dakota State uh following that game they'll open up a pfl play Pioneer Football League Play uh at Drake the following week so uh Brandon Moore the head coach second year head coach had to deal with a lot in his first year uh got his team off to a really really nice start we'll see if they can be a player in the Pioneer Football League uh this year they dominated it for so many years then last year uh really uh struggled Dr mightily I should say okay uh the fundraiser I'm going to on Saturday night second annual punchers in Little Italy amateur boxing showcase set to honor the great uh boxing promoter and great restaurant Punches In Little Italy tour Bobby D Philip a personal friend of mine uh that's going to take place at Washington element Elementary School in Little Italy last year they raised over 40,000 for uh the kids at Washington Elementary underprivileged kids doors open at 5:30 first bout six o'clock they're going to have 10 three round bouts ought to be a lot of fun uh four tickets you can go to Bobby de Bobby de.org or you can call 61942 8866 uh Bobby D Foundation nonprofit and again it supports the underprivileged student at Washington Elementary School foundation and again it'll be this Saturday night doors open at 5:30 and the the first punchers will be thrown at six o'clock second annual punchers in Little Italy amateur boxing showcase at Washington Elementary School in Little Italy okay the final thing I wanted to uh bring up and I try to do this each and every week the union tribute poll I have voted in this poll and have for many years there are 30 voters and uh just wanted to run through the top 10 here for you I'll start at number SD Union Tribune High School Football Rankings 10 El Camino they're two- one last week uh El Camino pounded Rancho buav Vista 48-2 number nine the La Hoya Vikings 3 and0 Vikings blew out Rick Jackson Madison warhawks 23-3 Mount Miguel Mount Miguel's really good and I'm not quite sure how they went from being ranked six in the county down to eight they dropped two spots with a a tough hardfought victory over La Hoya Country Day Mount Miguel 3 and 0 and they defeated La Hoya Country Day in a in a tight battle number seven carlbad two and one easily beat s Pall 42-2 Lacosta Canyon Sean sakall the head coach up there been there a number of years at Lacosta Canyon has his Mavericks at number six this week they're three and0 an outstanding win from Southern section opponent St many 28-4 Mission Hills at number five congratulations to Chris Hower winning his 200th game as a high school football coach he coached a couple of years the head coach at Vista moved over to Mission Hills and has put together an outstanding football program there and just a side note Chris Hower back many years ago when he was a JV coach at Vista used to be a Friday night reporter for me on my high school scoreboard show that I did for 25 years so congratulations to Chris Hower is Mission Hills Grizzlies two- one they got by the Oceanside Pirates 28-4 number four San Marcus 3 and0 blasted modern day Catholic 58 to4 Granite Hills who previously was number one they went on the road and took on H Gilbert Arizona ranked very highly in the Arizona area uh Gilbert Arizona defeated the Granite Hills Eagles 39-21 Granite Hills now two- one Cathedral Catholic they rolled to a 27-13 victory over p uh Mountain View of Arizona in the honor Bowl Cathedral Catholic now number two in the county at 3 and0 and number one this week Lincoln two- one they went on the road to Nevada and beat up on the number six team ranked in Nevada Coronado High School 51- 14 so the Union Tribune top 10 this week Lincoln number one Cathedral Catholic number two Granite Hills number three San Marcus number four Mission Hills number five lacasta number six carlbad number seven Mount Miguel number eight La Hoya number nine and El Camino number 10 so there you have it folks padr will play one more game in Seattle they'll be off on Thursday we'll have another podcast for you coming out on Friday morning get you ready for the series against the San Francisco Giants Thank You For Listening and just wanted to give give you a few numbers before I get out of here a pades with the win on Tuesday night again 82 and 64 on the year on the road now they're 42 and 29 they're five and three in the month of September they're one- two so far this year against the Seattle Mariners uh games remaining going into Wednesday night Padres have 16 games remaining they got one game in Seattle three up in San Francisco three at Petco Park against the Houston Astros on September 6 16th 17th and 18th and then the final home regular season series will be against the Chicago White Socks I'm looking for a sweep the white socks unbelievable how bad they are unbelievable when the pad R play play the white socks in three games at Petco Park on the 20th 21st and 22nd and then the final six games will be on the road three at Dodger Stadium and three in Arizona so we'll see how it shakes out but right now Padres is in I think really really good shape and just stay healthy more than anything else just stay healthy and until I revisit you on Friday I want to thank everyone for tuning in uh to YouTube San Diego Sports talk to John Cana show reminder you can uh send me messages on our YouTube page on the comments you can also send them to me on Facebook John Cana or on X coach Terra 44 and again please we're trying to get to 2,000 subscribers please help me out on that and again we'll talk to you again on Friday have a great uh few days folks and go Padres let's get that uh win against the Seattle Mariners and get a well-deserved off day on Thursday in the Bay Area and get ready for those San Francisco Giants on Friday night thanks again for tuning in byebye