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Mark Grote

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
24917 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Do you think the Cubs' Cade Horton is one of those guys, like the young guy that you're not really sure, like you just mentioned about Jacob Mizraos, because we know Cade Horton's going to be a starter, but right now in the tiers, he's in everybody else.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

He is below 60 right now.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

How do you see that?

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Because people around here are going to see Cade Horton and be like, oh, Cade Horton's great.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Look at the year he had last year.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Why isn't he higher on the list?

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Again, looking at your โ€“ going back, you mentioned the Aces, Christopher Sanchez of the Phillies, Yoshi Yamamoto of the Dodgers, and then a name around here that is familiar to White Sox fans in their rebuild, doing what they had to do and trading Garrett Crochet, who was one of those three playing for the Boston Red Sox.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

And I don't think anybody's shocked that he is doing what he is doing considering what we saw here.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

But your thoughts โ€“

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

and the panel's thoughts on Garrett Crochet and how close any of these guys, and I'm going to touch on it a little bit, could be moving up eventually the next crop to move into that very, very tiny inner circle of guys with Skeens and Scooble.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Talk to me.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

I love that you did the honorable mention guys and Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

And as you wrote, still raging against the dying of the light, still offering glimpses of the ability that will deliver them to Cooperstown in five years after they decide to hang up their spikes.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

But both are below 50.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Explain what went into that thinking, having those two guys on the list as well.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

First thing I thought was, wait a minute.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Should the Bears have?

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Could the Bears have?

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Did the Bears try to do business with the Denver Broncos?

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Andy McCullough shares where Cubs' starters land in The Athletic's rankings (Hour 4)

Because when you look at that, I was like, off the top of my head, I thought, okay, Jalen Waddell, yeah, he's really good, and maybe he's better than DJ Moore.