Matt Spiegel

It shouldn't be as big of an issue as long as these other starters can stay healthy.

They're running out of arm possibilities if somebody else were to go down, especially with Matthew Boyd being on the injured list right now.

I got to ask you, with the offense, I feel like because of the hard hit rate and how well they've been

hitting the ball even though it hasn't resulted necessarily in hits all the time that the offense is really going to be leaned on now to be the ones to carry them as far as their not just regular season potential because the brewers are the brewers but their ability to keep up with offenses in the postseason

Megan Matamoros joins us to talk about the Cubs.

We love her insight going all the way back to when we were covering baseball together in Philadelphia.

She is a beat writer for the Chicago Tribune.

And Megan, I got to ask you, what's going on with this bullpen?

Because Phil Maytime, last three times out, has given up multiple runs each time.

And I know he's supposed to be a big part of this bullpen, but I know how Craig Council's patience works with such position players as far as the bullpen goes.

Oh, wait, that's me.

Yep, run around.

I told y'all, Colin Ray can pitch.

He's a viable option, not over the course of a season for 30-plus starts, but as a swing guy, he's one of the top swing options, if not the top swing option, in the major leagues.

And more than that, it was... More than just the fact that it was just the one run, how about three hits total...

All singles.

All singles.

That's all you're giving up, which maybe speaks a little bit to where Tampa is right now and their process.

That's much lower now, isn't it?

No, I think this is pretty much what a standard operating procedure should look like when you have either Javier Assad or Colin Ray on the mound.