Daniel Jeremiah

And then he wasn't actually there because he had already left to go to WBC by the time that we got there.

But it was the way that guys were speaking so highly of him and what he's putting in.

And like I said, we're going to see the strikeout rate that is high, but we're also going to see a whole lot of bombs happening.

They should be a playoff team, plain and simple.

You should be going to the playoffs with the Cubs this season.

And it was something I talked about with my co-host, Ryan Dempster, who's very locked in and keyed in with the Cubs.

And I was also at Cubs camp with Jake Peavy.

And I really like...

the Pete Crow Armstrong extension because it keeps him locked in.

It gives him the security.

He's already a superstar in Chicago.

It was something that I've talked to PCA multiple times about.

I was like, can you even go out in Chicago anymore?

Like, can you go to a restaurant and not get recognized?

And the answer is no.

And I don't know the last time

you kind of had that excitement around a young player.

Like, you know, during that World Series run for the Cubs, those guys, when they went out, they were mobbed.

The Chris Bryants and the Anthony Rizzos, they were superstars.

They were rock stars in the city.