Luis Medina

They had to do the other stuff to make up for that to get above a C. And that's why they end up with a B-.

You could argue that their bullpen isn't quite as strong as it was last year, but we don't know what Craig Council and that pitching staff, Tommy Hodderby in the game, what magic will they work this year amongst aging relievers that you're not quite sure if they're going to make it through a full season.

We do know that.

The bullpen that starts in Game 1 will not be the same bullpen that ends the regular season.

What will the production look like for Matt Shaw in the various positions he's asked to play?

Pete Groh-Armstrong, first half, second half.

What does the 2026 season look more like?

So there's questions, and I think B- would have been my grade, but B is a fair grade overall because they did –

do enough, I think, to say we are the frontrunners far and away to win the NL Central.

B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E.

Aggressive.

B-E.

Aggressive.

World Baseball Classic is not that far away.

And we know Japanese players are leaving earlier than the American players.

So they want to see him and see what he can do.

And if you go back to the last World Baseball Classic when he was launching, we're calling them moonshots now, right?

When he was launching moonshots.

Amazing.

Appreciate that, Governor Pat Quinn.