Padres President of Baseball Operations and General Manager AJ Preller joined the show on a Friar Friday! Listen here as AJ talks about the team's hot start to the year, we get updates on the long list of injured players on the roster, and AJ even breaks some news after the team sent starting pitcher Kyle Hart down to AAA. Download the Audacy app here: https://go.audacy.com/973thefansd/download
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