Laurence Holmes

And when he talked about what kind of player he is, it got me thinking about what the investment means and what kind of window is really opening for the Cubs.

This is part of Alex Bregman's opening statement.

So everything about Bregman, everywhere he's ever been, has been about pushing himself and his teammates to be the very best they can possibly be.

And he chooses this place after lots of careful conversation about, are you guys going for it or not?

What are you doing?

And because of the conversations that he had with this front office last year, like that played a significant, that's what he said, that he played a role in him doubling back when he had the opportunity.

But there is a standard that he's expecting.

And now the Cubs are signaling to him and to Boris Corr and to you, the fan, that this is a go for it time.

Like we've all kind of been urging them to do this.

The standard is now World Series.

You are announcing yourself as a team that should be expected to battle for the World Series right now and next year and the year after that and for the duration of this contract.

And when you sign somebody like this with everything we know about him and why he made this choice and everything you're telling us about him...

you are saying that he's going to help push you forward.

And for the duration of his contract, the Cubs should be a World Series caliber contender every damn year.

And that is different than the way this thing has felt since they unloaded you Darvish and non-tendered Kyle Schwarber and downsized and then slowly built it back up and went for it with this sort of

Well, we're good enough to win the National League Central.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Now you're telling us and you're supposed to be good enough to win the whole damn thing every year of this five-year contract.

Let's go.

I agree with 90% of what you're saying, but I'm going to need the Cubs to back you up because they still have to replace...