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5 On It: How confident are you in what Edward Cabrera can bring to the Cubs?
31 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's time for Five On It. Rahimi Harrison-Roney. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104.3 The Score. I got five on it. Number one.
We've got a special edition of Five On It on 104.3 The Score. We've got Marshall Harris in the house and Russell Dorsey, National MLB Insider for Yahoo Sports, Insider and Analyst for Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV Plus and MLB Network. And here is question number one. Oh, and let me not forget. Russ Dorsey, this man, has a new podcast, The Relay with Russ Dorsey.
Subscribe on YouTube and wherever you find your podcasts. Now we go to question number one. Edward Cabrera pitched six innings in Monday night's 7-2 victory over the Angels. The Cubs right-hander struck out five while throwing 80 pitches in the opener of a three-game series.
Against the Angels, on a scale of 1 to 10, on the Confidence Meter, trademark, where would you rate your level of belief in what Cabrera can bring to the Cubs' starting rotation this season?
Give me an 8.5 out the gate. Man was nearly flawless in his first start of the year. I mean, he's going to be, you know, not throwing 115 pitches in game one. He threw 80 pitches. Again, one hit. One walk, six innings of scoreless baseball. He faced one over the minimum, retiring 17 of the 19 batters he faced. Got a hitter to ground into a double play. He looked fantastic.
And if you're the Cubs, this is exactly what you were hoping you were getting with Edward Cabrera. You had to give up Owen Casey, which was a big deal on the front end. Remember, that was a guy that they did not want to part with at last year's trade deadline.
But now you get your guy in Cabrera, and all of a sudden, this Cubs staff just feels a lot more stout with him, with Cade Horton, even if there are question marks with Matthew Boyd.
And with Shodan Managa and, of course, tonight's starter, Jamison Tyone, understanding that Justin Steele is coming back within a couple of months, you have to feel much better about the Cubs starting rotation than you did at this time a year ago.
My number is probably a seven. Because I really believe in the stuff and I believe that what his power arm brings and does to that rotations dynamic is really important. I can't go higher than seven because it has been a guy who has a history of some injuries in there. And so I want to be able to see him consistently in the rotation pitching every fifth day.
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Chapter 2: What did Edward Cabrera achieve in his recent game for the Cubs?
So you're going with Montgomery based on where he hits in the order, even though it's been this random draw. Every time I see the White Sox lineup, it looks different.
I know that Colson Montgomery is going to hit second, third, or fourth the duration of the season, likely third.
Why do you think Murakami can't do that?
I just feel like there'll be fluctuations because of left on left, things like that, where there are going to be some matches where you're like, hey, big dog, don't worry about it today.
Not hey, big dog. I have power. The man has power.
Yeah, he showed it.
I think Murakami will hit more home runs than Colson Montgomery. But I do believe that Colson Montgomery will lead this team in RBI. Miguel Vargas right now, with that one night, Leads the major leagues in RBI with six.
Good for Miguel.
Good for Miguel.
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Chapter 3: How confident are analysts in Edward Cabrera's potential impact on the Cubs?
And he may get more opportunities to do it. Remember, I think this offense is going to be just as good as the Cubs offense, and I think they'll have more power than the Cubs offense.
You're asking a lot, brother.
You say I'm asking a lot. Can I point something to you real quick? Sure. Let's go back to, I don't know, last season. The Cubs had more home runs than the White Sox, right?
Are you saying that as fact?
Yeah, the Cubs had more home runs than the White Sox.
Okay.
Let me point out another fact. There's the beginning of the season, and there is the end of the season. Okay. If we go back to post-All-Star break, guess who had more home runs?
I'm assuming it's going to be the Chicago White Sox.
The Chicago White Sox had more home runs than the Cubs after the All-Star break. They had 89. The Cubs had 81. The White Sox were eighth in baseball after the all-star break in home runs. I expect something closer to post all-star break in terms of production with all those young guys now having some more experience under their belt in 2026 than what we saw last year.
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Chapter 4: Who could be the White Sox's RBI leader this season?
get their bluff called, and they'll end up building a stadium in Indiana. Nobody wants that as far as the Bears go, but that's why the leverage is there. You've got to be able to click that option if you want to use Indiana as leverage.
Number four. Michael Jordan sat down with Gayle King for CBS Sunday Morning to discuss taking his competitive drive from the basketball court to the NASCAR tracks as co-owner of 2311 Racing. One of the topics of conversation, the greatest of all time debate. There's no such thing as goat, you know, to me.
Not to me. It's only because I think we learn from other athletes. We progress the game to say that one is better than the other. It's not really right.
Do you agree with Michael Jordan that there's no such thing as the GOAT? And I'm just going to throw this in there. Do you even believe that he believes that statement?
So human nature would say that that's BS. But I think when you really think about it and you think about how every generation has their own. For one generation, it was Bill Russell. For another, it was Kareem. For another, it was Michael. For another, it was Kobe. For another, it was Shaq. For another, it was LeBron. Whatever your criteria is... Did you say Shaq is the GOAT?
That was from position. There are people that say... that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the GOAT and I won't hear anything else. There are people that say LeBron is the GOAT and I won't hear anything else. There are people that say Mike is the GOAT and I won't hear anything else. And if you were born and raised in that generation, you're likely gonna have your arguments for why.
And so I think Mike is right in every generation watched their version of the quote unquote GOAT. In 25 years, I don't know what kids are going to be saying is the GOAT. They might say Kevin Durant. No.
They might. No, they'll say Wimby. Maybe. They'll say Wimby. As long as Wimby doesn't get hurt, they'll say Wimby. They'll be like Edwards. If you've seen Victor Wimby and Yama play basketball this year, you understand exactly why I said what I just said. You can like Anthony Edwards. You can like Kevin Durant.
But if you've seen Victor Wimbinyama, who I think Jalen Brown said he's not of this earth. He's not. That's why he's the alien. He's the alien. It's his logo. Listen, all I'm saying is, yes, there is a such thing as a goat. Michael Jordan's wrong. If Michael Jordan doesn't believe me, he can just walk into any barbershop.
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