David Haugh

So you've got that as one of the tent poles.

I looked at Corbin Carroll's contract extension from 23.

That was eight years and one 11.

That's a couple of years ago.

So we'll see where it is, but very common occurrence to try and buy out the rookie contract and some of the arbitration years.

And maybe Corbin,

a year of free agency as well for Pete Crow Armstrong.

I join you in having the initial reaction of like, wow, I'm surprised Pete did that right now.

A little light, right?

Well, it's just, but if you're him, consider that you had the massively great first half, but then the big second half fall off.

And you're not exactly sure what kind of offensive player you're going to end up being.

You're not exactly sure.

And you're hopeful.

And the Cubs aren't exactly sure, but they're hopeful.

But like you said, if you're the Cubs, you know very well you've got a brilliant center fielder, probably the best one in all of baseball, a brilliant base runner, and a guy with a tremendous amount of pop.

And if you're Pete, you get that feeling of, ah, mom, dad.

We made it.

We made it.

I got guarantees of more than $100 million.

You know, we can all just know everything's going to be all right.