Presser: Alex Bregman On Signing With The Cubs
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Please find Freddie or Jesse on either side of the stage to ask your questions. With that, I'll leave it to Jay. Awesome. Thank you, John. I just want to start out by first welcoming Reagan and Knox and Bennett to the Cubs family. All right. Bennett is particularly excited about that. But anyway, welcome to the family.
What are Alex Bregman's initial thoughts on joining the Cubs?
We couldn't be more excited you guys are here. I just wanted to thank Scott. We've done a lot of deals together. We've had a lot of back and forth. A lot of back and forth. But I would just say that I appreciate the diligence, the dedication always. And it's also really comforting knowing that once we get a player from the Boris Corp into the fold we talk all summer and it's always about how do we make that player better how do we put him in the right frame of mind and I always appreciate that so thank you and then I just want to thank Tom Ricketts who's in back and Laura and Todd for the constant support of our department so thank you very much I think anyone that spent time around our office, around me, knows that this is a player that I've coveted for a long time, that our department has coveted for a long time.
And I think the baseball reasons for that are pretty clear. Nine and a half years of great production, elite strike zone control. He's got elite swing decisions. He pulls the ball in the air for power. He plays great defense.
How does Alex Bregman describe his commitment to winning?
He plays hard every day. I think that part is really clear. But the reason we're sitting here today is that whenever you're going to make a significant commitment in years and dollars to a player, you have to feel great about the person, about the human that you're investing in. And I couldn't feel better about that with Alex. People that have spent time around Alex know that he is obsessed with hitting, obsessed with winning. And if that focus was entirely on just Alex's performance, that would be impressive. But I think where Alex takes it to another level is his focus on ace and his focus on the organization and how we can all do things the right way towards winning. To me, when I think about the biggest compliment that you can give to a player in a team sport is to say they're an incredible teammate.
And every account I've ever gotten about Alex, from college, minor leagues, to organizations in the major leagues. is that this is truly an incredible teammate and someone that is focused every single day on us winning, us preparing the right way, and us playing the right way. So like I said, when you do make a significant commitment to a player, you want to make sure that the person and the player are both at the highest level. And with Alex, we know that. So I couldn't be happier to bring Alex to Chicago, to this great fan base, to Wrigley, and couldn't be more excited to put this uniform on Alex. So thank you guys so much.
Hey, everybody.
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a member of the winning baseball player and focused on winning and in talking with Jed and Carter throughout this process, I know that the Cubs organization is focused on winning and I'm looking forward to doing that and winning a championship here. I want to say thank you to the Ricketts family, Tom, Jed, Carter, everyone in the Cubs organization for showing me how much they valued what matters to me the most, my family, and winning baseball games. Thank you, Alex. Bruce, we'll go to you first. Welcome to Chicago. Great to see you, Scott.
In the nicest way possible, you are known as the ultimate baseball rat. Where does that come from? How was it created?
How did you get this wonderful reputation for being the ultimate teammate and the first guy there in the morning last to leave? I don't know. I think... From a young age, I have been obsessed with the game of baseball. I wanted to be the best baseball player I could possibly be. And I feel like to be the best of this game, you have to win. And I think it drives me every single day, every time I show up to the ballpark to win baseball games. And I'm looking forward to doing that here.
Hey, Alex. Megan with the Chicago Tribune.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:22
2
What are Alex Bregman's initial thoughts on joining the Cubs?
0:22–1:33
3
How does Alex Bregman describe his commitment to winning?
1:33–5:54
4
What makes Alex Bregman a coveted player for the Cubs?
5:54–10:10
5
How does Alex Bregman view his role as a teammate?
10:10–21:18
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