Bob Pompeiani

Austin Bechtel behind the glass.

And in front of me is Matt Clement as we're talking baseball.

And we're going to get into some basketball because Matt was very good at basketball back in the day and could have gone in that direction if he wanted to.

Instead, he ends up with a very nice career, especially with the Chicago Cubs.

But first, I want to get into this whole Connor Griffin situation because we keep hearing...

conflicting times about when he may be called.

Everyone knows he'll be up here at some point.

The question is when, Matt.

And most people seem to make a connection between his being promoted when he gets a contract extension, which doesn't have to happen.

It may not happen.

We saw yesterday Colt Emerson of Seattle, a really good young player who's 20, also plays shortstop.

Not nearly the same prospect level as Griffin.

He got $95 million plus more incentives guaranteed for eight years.

He said yes to that.

What do you think most likely will happen?

If you were to advise Connor, based on what you've gone through, based on what you see, I'm sure he wants to play regardless, right?

Right.

I mean, you're exactly right when it comes to a 19-year-old kid.

I mean, that's kind of money that you don't see very often.

You have a chance to get it, yet his agent would have another thing to say about that, I bet, given the years we're talking about beyond arbitration.