Padres President of Baseball Operations and General Manager AJ Preller joined Ben & Woods on Friar Friday! Listen here as AJ talks about the upcoming postseason and how to balance resting guys vs playing for a higher seed, Randy Vasquez’s great start last night, the team’s offensive identity, and MUCH more! Download the Audacy app here: https://go.audacy.com/973thefansd/download
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