Ron Coomer

And he is getting that done.

I do believe that there's some positives there and some movement forward for him, to use that same term, in a positive way where he's getting better.

That's for sure.

I'm doing great, Gabe.

Thanks for having me on.

I'm looking forward to this all summer long.

And we're getting ready to get games started for real.

So spring has been good, but now it's time to start playing for real.

Well, I think there's, you know, I have a lot of confidence in the whole rotation, to be honest with you.

When your last guy or two, you know, are veteran pitchers that have thrown the ball exceptionally well, and then, you know, the sixth spot in the rotation that, you know, isn't going to pitch right away in the rotation is Colin Ray, who had a three ZRA last year in it.

and really knows what he's doing.

So the rotation's one of those things that's really solid for the Cubs.

I think when you start looking at arms, Cade Horton is probably one of the more elite guys in our game right now.

He's a guy that, great stuff, his last outing here in spring training, he had 10 punch-outs today.

great cutting fastball, you know, and then, you know, the guy that's going to start opening day and Matthew Boyd is, you know, the exact opposite of him with the back and forth, but they have some really good arms, Cabrera being another one with a great arm, so, you know, J-Mo, this is a good group, man, and I think even Angus is going to throw the ball well, too, so I don't know if there's one guy, I mean, arm-wise, you know, Kate Horton probably stands out, but

This is a deep, deep section of the team, and that's really good to have a deep rotation.

Coom, I completely agree in terms of how important the rotation piece of this is.

We all have the lingering memory of what happened in the division series last year against the Brewers.

I'm curious as to your thoughts with Matthew Boyd being the opening day starter.

Kate Horton would have been my choice.