Colin Rea shows he's a viable option in Cubs' rotation in a win over Rays (Hour 1)
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No NBA owner is going to say, yeah, we want to take. But Marshall, you and I both know there's a way that you can say it without saying it. Like, we really value draft capital.
We obviously value draft compensation and young players and then flexibility, I think, in that order.
Our goal is to win as many games as possible long term. He didn't say sustainable. He didn't say that.
They have to understand, we want to win, but we don't want to win if it's not sustainable. Well, when I think it's sustainable, I think year after year after year. But our church, Karnasovas, let you know, both with his words and his actions, he valued players over draft capital. Where is your source? Him not understanding that other teams value draft capital. So you might want to get some extra draft capital. Give me money. Money me. Money now. Me a money needing a lot now. And if you are good, be flexible enough, malleable enough that you can always have some draft picks in your pocket so that when the disgruntled superstar, that happens all the time, right, becomes disgruntled, you can have the pieces to make a trade for a...
Giannis Antetokounmpo. And maybe his brother too.
Come on, he's my brother. No, no. Don't you bring that up right now.
He functions better when he has a brother on the team.
All hell will break loose if the Nassus comes here.
Here comes a double scoop of trouble.
Has there ever been a time he hasn't had a brother? Yeah, when he first got to the league. Really? Okay.
Maybe it was just by his lonesome.
Just thought they were always a package deal.
Okay, so we can wheel, we can deal, we can oversee hostile takeovers, whatever you need, bud. It's a mailroom gig. And there's only one spot available. Kind of a package deal. We sort of work as a team. I'll tell you what, what if we split the pay right down the middle? You'd be willing to do that? Oh, yeah.
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Thank you for joining us. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. We're happy to have you on a nice day in the city and an eventful day here when it comes to The Score. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody. We have a lot to discuss, and we have to start with what we saw yesterday. Hear me out. The Cubs took 2 of 3. They won a series. beating the Rays 6-2 and doing so with star power that was originally unlikely sources. Number one, take a victory lap for Colin Ray and everybody who was team Colin Ray when it came to trusting him.
Oh, wait, that's me. Yep, run around. I told y'all, Colin Ray can pitch. He's a viable option, not over the course of a season for 30-plus starts, but as a swing guy, he's one of the top swing options, if not the top swing option, in the major leagues.
And Colin Ray wasn't the only one. But wait, there's more. Who also helped out in this series taking two games? That would be Javier Assad. Ten and two-thirds inning out of them, one earned run. Slow clap.
And more than that, it was... More than just the fact that it was just the one run, how about... Three hits total. All singles. All singles. That's all you're giving up, which maybe speaks a little bit to where Tampa is right now and their process.
Tampa going into this series, though, was and I don't know how much you care when it's 10 days into the season. Tampa going into this series as a team hitting for batting average was fifth in Major League Baseball.
That's much lower now, isn't it?
But that's the difference that three games can make. However, it's a good sign. We saw the Cubs hit for two straight games. We saw them put together big innings, which is something that will usually result in successful games themselves.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–10:32
2
What were the highlights of the Cubs' victory over the Rays?
10:32–11:02
3
How did Colin Ray prove himself in the Cubs' rotation?
11:02–12:21
4
What role did Javier Assad play in the Cubs' recent success?
12:21–15:11
5
How are the Cubs' offensive strategies evolving this season?
15:11–16:56
6
What are the implications of Seiya Suzuki's return for the Cubs?
16:56–24:19
7
What challenges does the Cubs' rotation face moving forward?
24:19–43:05
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