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He's going to do a lot of good in the community.

You know that he's going to be a guy that is as visible as he has been this offseason, as you alluded to.

He has been everywhere before spring training.

You imagine that given his...

roots in the area i think his father's from naperville right so he does have some family here this is great for chicago it's great for the cubs and because of the way it's not just a player that's productive it's the person that comes with that and he's definitely somebody that embraces all that comes with being a cub and a visible part of that that that organization

Certainly life-changing.

And he was a guy who was making south of a million dollars.

I think he was at $890,000 this year.

They're scheduled to make that.

Yes.

And now, depending on the details that we'll likely get later today, I would imagine that his agency would like to get the numbers out there, provided they reflect a fair market deal.

And I don't think the Cubs signed this without doing that.

And the other thing that we have to at least address is that

Teams have been reluctant, or we ask the question constantly this offseason, how the looming work stoppage would affect the approach to investing in the future.

No, they talked about it.

But the Cubs have proceeded as if that's not an issue.

The $175 million invested in Bregman, now with the long-term commitment to Pete Crow Armstrong, it's as if that is something that the Cubs are willing to take on that responsibility knowing what everybody fears.

Is that a work stoppage looms?

Yeah, how does it feel to be heading into irrelevance in general?

Yeah, that's all they're talking about there.