Mark Grody

And there's the underlying metrics of, like you mentioned, like the hard hit rate, you know, drawing walks, seeing a lot of pitches.

Like there's a lot of reason to believe that like this offense is going to get going.

And obviously there were signs of that last night and,

obviously most teams are dealing with not hitting in great weather right now, but I feel like the Cubs in particular have dealt with some kind of extreme.

So I think as the weather gets better, you know, that's going to kind of even out more too.

So, you know, they have a lot of proven big league hitters in the lineup.

So, I mean, I think that's the biggest thing.

I think the consistency is going to come.

Obviously,

Individually, there's always guys that are going through a little slumper, tough stretch.

But I think for the most part, there's a lot of belief in this group within the clubhouse that the offense isn't going to be an issue long term.

Yeah, well, I mean, part of it's hard because obviously they haven't had, say, a Suzuki yet.

He's supposed to rejoin them on Friday and be done with his rehab assignment and come off the IL.

So, obviously, that really changes the dynamic in the top part of the lineup when you're adding another slugger like that.

And, yeah, there's a lot of reasons to like Nico in that leadoff spot.

I know, obviously, you know, council has been kind of determining that based on whether it's a righty or lefty starting for the other team.

And so...

He has liked Bush in the leadoff spot at times because he can work in town and obviously half in the past has at times been in the leadoff position.

And also, too, when you look at what they've been doing without Suzuki, there's been matchup situations where Conforto's been in the lineup or Matt Shaw or Moises Balceros.

So there's a lot of moving pieces, whereas last year it felt like