Nate Tice

Phil Maton, the reliever who had been struggling a bit and, frankly, had had a lot of days of rest and didn't seem to have improvement in between them, so this makes sense, placed on the 15-day IL with right knee tendonitis.

That's retro back to April 8th.

And there's a couple of articles floating around about Phil Maton being frustrated with the year he's had so far.

The Athletic and the Chicago Tribune, Megan Montemaro wrote about it as well, if you want to check that out.

Ethan Roberts has been recalled from AAA Iowa.

So, that said, we'll get a little bit more into the Cubs in our next hour.

But in the meantime, so you heard from Michael Reinsdorf there, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody.

Well, Billy Donovan talked about it a little bit that same day later in pregame in Washington when the Bulls faced the Wizards in the first matchup this week.

Well, yesterday, pregame, he talked about what he heard from Michael Reinsdorf in a little bit more of an extended conversation with Chuck Swirsky.

Take a listen.

What did we say earlier this week?

Billy doesn't tank.

Have the last two games against the Wizards shown you anything to contradict that?

No.

Number two, what did Billy Donovan reportedly tell North Carolina that he wanted to wait until after the season to make any decisions?

This further enforces your point.

How about better guards?

You don't want the old six-guard lineup?

Old six guard.

We call him the six shooter.