Layla Rahimi

Mark is on the right path here.

Too long.

Too long.

Including today.

We have far underestimated what the Milwaukee Brewers are capable of, whether they have their superstars or they don't have their superstars.

They have made prudent and shrewd moves to keep the pressure on the Cubs and to stay, frankly, on top of the Cubs regular season, postseason.

Yes, Jackson Trurio being on the injured list is a big deal, but it's not a big enough deal for me to be like, oh, division's wrapped up, everything's good now.

First of all, we know this is temporary, but second of all, we know that they have the types of players and the types of leaders in their organization, whether it's front office, whether it's the manager, that they're going to have their team ready to play day in, day out, and be one of the better teams in the National League.

And don't forget about the Cincinnati Reds.

For real, don't forget about the Pittsburgh Pirates either.

These are all up-and-coming teams.

Now, I'm not saying they're going to be better than the Brewers or the Cubs, but I think they're going to take a chunk of the wins away from the division that make it, hey, Cubs run away.

I don't see it happening.

I think it was eye-opening for ownership.

ownership to understand, oh, this is what it looks like.

This is a great reminder of what it can look like if we do the proper investment into our ball club.

And so you go back to a year ago, Layla, and they didn't get Alex Bregman.

They weren't even runner-up in the Alex Bregman sweepstakes to go out and

get him I think was the biggest step they took this offseason to saying we're going to operate a little differently than we have in the past this is more big market than anything we've seen the Cubs do in many many years and I love that Bregman is here what he brings and it's very

Not on the other end of the scale from what a Kyle Tucker is, but the impact has already been felt before a regular season game has been played.