Mark Grote

You know, the frustrating part of it is for us, we're not here talking about this on Sunday after Cade Horton's gym and after the Cubs actually doing work and teeing off against Miles Michaelis, which has become a truth in baseball that the Cubs like to face him and he doesn't like facing them either.

Especially at Wrigley.

Yeah, that seems to be a truth.

But one out of three ain't enough.

The math doesn't math.

No, I'm with you on that.

One out of three is bad.

The team has to be better, and that's both pitching and offense.

And, oh, Hobie Milner.

Please clean things up next time you come into the game and not give up a two-run bomb to K-Bear Ruiz.

That would also be advisable if you want to come back in games like that.

Because if Shota Minaga is going to be what I think he is, and I don't understand how anybody would have come to a conclusion, hey, this guy's not going to give up home runs.

He's going to give up home runs.

Your offense just needs to come to play.

That's the bottom line.

The Alex Bregman homers were nice, though.

It was good to see that.

If you would like a positive out of it, to take one out to left field and then going oppo was a beautiful thing to see from Alex Bregman.

And one thing that I'm always nervous about as it pertains to the teams that I watch and cover and care about is when you have...

A brand new player, a free agent.