Laurence Holmes

What do you investigate?

What do you ask of them?

Do you ask if they're going to trade certain guys or not?

Do you ask about the development path or the timeline of the franchise?

How does that work from your perspective?

You've been around some very, very good and very smart franchises.

When Theo got here and Jed, they revamped everything, and we learned a lot in this town about, like, what you need is what the Cubs have institutionally, organizationally.

Is it up there with the best organizations in the game?

Everything that I have heard or read about you talks about how you're wired.

And it's the dedication to craft.

It's the hard work in the cage.

It's all of these things.

Where did that come from?

How did you get to be that type of player?

Is it hard when you're that dedicated to make sure that you're using all of that other time for the other stuff that is important to you?

But obviously, this is the gig.

This is what you've always wanted to be.

How do you handle trying to be a great husband, great father, all of that stuff along with being a great ball player?

Alex Bregman is here with us on Spiegel and Ohms on the score.

I went to your press conference yesterday, and on the right side, Lawrence, you've been at these things.