Austin Bonta

But the Cubs obviously, obviously are very confident that they can fit Shota Imanaga's problems.

Otherwise, why would they give him the qualifying offer?

Oh, wait, they thought he was going to sign somewhere else.

Confident.

Here's what we know.

We know that that's $22.9 million of the Cubs' budget that they don't have available to them right now.

And if Zach Gallin, who's still out here looking for a job, was out here and the Cubs had an extra $22.9 million, maybe Zach Gallin was already a Cub right now.

If you could pick one thing he kind of did in the offseason to sort of move forward, what might it be?

It feels like the location has to be so precise for him to get away with what he was trying to get away with in the second half of the season.

And is that velocity going to tick up?

There's no indication that it will.

I mean, even in hearing that answer about Shota and what needs to happen for him to get back to the guy that he was, there was not a bullet.

that let you know, this has to happen.

It was more of a, he just has to get away from the game and get a feel back.

I don't like that.

Maybe the question is, how often do you want to let that ride?

Because the six-man rotation can kind of take away from...

having to deal with that every day and maybe five days rest as opposed to four days rest even can help show to regain something.

And you see, I'm kind of grasping at straws.

I feel like everyone in this situation is grasping at straws in the moment.