Mark Grote

I feel like we've been doing this every day for about two months now.

Do we not need to take a more serious look at the Cubs?

If you are going to add, if the Cubs earn addition, and we know that's the way it's worked with Theo Epstein and sometimes with Jed Hoyer through the years, do you even deserve me to make moves and give up resources at the trade deadline?

Are you guys worth my time?

Is it time to think about offense as opposed to pitching and the priorities that exist?

Because this is all we talk about.

We do talk about it when the pitching is bad, but it's not as consistently bad as the hitting is.

I would argue that it is consistently as bad as the hitting is.

I think the hitting is a big part of why they were able to put together two 10-game winning streaks.

The pitching's not as bad as the hitting has been this year.

Come on.

The pickings actually held up pretty well, all things considered.

I disagree with that statement.

We can look at the actual stats and see how that bears out as far as league ranks and pitching categories for the Cubs.

And when you talk about consistency, look at the...

Rollercoaster rides that both Edward Cabrera and Chota Amanaga have taken us on.

Look at Colin Ray in his last three starts.

You just needed Javier Asai to come out of nowhere to just give you a stable starting pitcher.

Two really good starts.

Ben Brown keeps giving you good starts.