Jameson Taillon

And I think Shota and the Cubs are a great marriage, like watching him fall, like kind of come over here and get close with our pitching group and our catchers.

And, uh,

And I think Shota helps the Cubs a lot.

I think the Cubs help Shota.

I think it's a perfect marriage.

I think they work really well together.

And Shota makes us better.

Talk about a guy who, like, every day when you show up, you're just excited to hear from Shota, see what he's got today.

He's always in a great mood.

He's always got something.

And over the course of a season, that's important.

He's always bringing something to the table, making you laugh.

Yeah, I mean, we have to, like, pretty much fill our whole bullpen, which we did a really cool job of last year.

Like, what we thought our bullpen was going to be and where it ended.

Talk about a group of guys with some stories, like Drew Pomeranz.

Are you kidding?

Yeah, like Caleb Dielbar.

Are you kidding me?

Like, he's pitching huge innings for us in October.

Brad Keller, NRI, coming in and throwing the eighth and ninth inning in leveraged spots.