Russ Dorsey

Back to the Chicago Cubs in 312-644-6767 is the phone number here.

Who's your guy coming up at 11 o'clock?

That's right.

Who is your guy at 11 a.m.?

So get your names ready, get your calls ready, and all of that.

The one thing that is going on with the Chicago Cubs right now is they are without their closer.

Daniel Palencia is hurt.

he's going to be out for a little while.

And in the meantime, so far, at least on Saturday, and then getting into the game in a big spot as well yesterday in the scoreless 10th inning, was Caleb Theobar.

39?

Caleb 39 these days?

The 39-year-old?

Pushing 40, I believe, is the operative term that we use to describe such a guy.

Yeah, 40 is bearing down on Caleb Thielbar, who is the man so far that Craig Council is trusting.

I'm okay with it, but it's sort of like the starting pitchers that are out for the Cubs right now with Cade Horton and Matthew Boyd.

Eventually, you will be exposed at that position when we've seen too much exposing at that closer position over the last three years for me to feel comfortable with Caleb Thielbar being the Cubs closer.

But in a short run, if it's just two weeks, let's say, can you live with it?

Can you have a reasonable expectation that more times than not, I would say four out of five times, he gets the save.

If I told you sign up for an 80% save conversion rate, you would sign up for that from 39-year-old Caleb Philbar, correct?

If I know the endgame is two weeks, then yeah, I can live with it.