Ron Coomer

But I think there's even room to manage and navigate around that.

He's got to earn Craig's trust against lefties, right?

Is that where you're sliding him in there?

No, no, I got you.

Here's what I'll say to that, Layla.

Moises Ballesteros, I believe, will be the best hitter in the Cubs lineup when he's in the lineup.

Point blank, period.

He does.

He does.

But again, I expect him to be in against righties, and I think when the righties are in there, he's going to mash.

Period.

That's one thing about Betts.

You make a mistake, he puts the barrel on the baseball a lot.

Yeah, usually when, and especially in the case of a veteran spring training, guy gives up a bunch of runs, everybody just sort of blows it off.

As long as he's working on stuff, he's trying stuff, it's spring training, it's hot, the ball's carrying, all the usual stuff that we hear from everybody making excuses in spring training, and most of us buy into it because we don't really have a choice.

But...

Jameson Tyone himself, after that 10-run performance, is not buying into it, referring to it as a, quote, big step back, referred to as a mix of mechanical problems within his delivery and mental challenges.

Now that he has had a few bad spring outings, Tyone speculates he might be pitching away from contact a little bit.

because of the hard contact that he has allowed.

Tommy Haddavy said that he is working with Tyone to use his lower half more effectively.