Matt Spiegel

In December, he's in the cage at Wrigley.

He wasn't out in L.A.

Not that there's anything wrong with him being out in L.A., but the fact that he was here and he was taking hacks at Wrigley Field doing stuff.

I think there is a genuine desire for him to be great.

I do worry about what happens to him if he's not.

And that's like this season even.

I'm worried about if he's not as great as he thinks he can be, how does that impact him?

But I don't think that it'll impact him to the point where he stops trying to be great.

It's hard to have bust on the table when you're a gold glover.

I know that Ian Happ gets on base and he provides a little bit of pop, but if you think about it in terms of how much Ian makes per year, because with this pass extension, would Ian make $20 a year?

So let's say that Pete's around $20 to $23 a year on his deal.

What he was in the second half of last season...

but is still that guy defensively.

How do you feel about it?

So Texas, a couple of them have brought up the idea, and I think it's good one.

If he's if the floor is Jason Hayward, you know, like if he's a guy that hits 20 bombs, but he plays excellent defense.

We don't have the whole contract yet, by the way.

But if we're saying that it's 21, 22 a year and he ends up being Jason Hayward, I think you're probably fine.

with it because of the way that finances in baseball are going.

But you'd love to see him play closer to the top of his potential.