Geoff Blum

Is the offense on a hot streak, cold streak?

And how are they playing?

And right now the Cubs may be playing a little bit less than what they anticipated or have been in the past.

you know, the first month and a half of the season.

So this could be a good time for the Astros to go through because they're depleted with injuries.

But the pitching staff is starting to come around a little bit.

And Spencer Arrighetti is a unique.

story this year for us because we've lost Hunter Brown, Frambois Valdez left to free agency.

So we were kind of looking for an identity in this rotation.

And Spencer Arriguetti didn't break with the team out of spring training, but now he is our ace.

He has been phenomenal in five or six starts with the Astros.

He's kind of taken that bull by the horns.

He's got a unique arm angle that's a little bit lower, three-quarter on the side.

He is a self-professed hunter of strikeouts.

He loves to go out there and get swings and misses.

And his curveball this season has been absolutely dominant because of that arm angle.

So it should be fun to see what he's able to do here in the Windy City against the Cubs, who maybe aren't swinging the bats as well as they have been.

Yeah, you know, they just got Jeremy Pena back in the fold.

He'll be at shortstop, but you lose Carlos Correa for the season with a torn ligament in his ankle.

And Altuve just went on the shelf with an oblique injury.