Examining Alex Bregman's impact on the Cubs' clubhouse
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What is Alex Bregman's impact on the Cubs' clubhouse?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. I'm not a fan of any team. I'm just a fan of being right. Middays 10-2 on 104.3 The Score. Swing and a miss. And that is strike three. And Jake Braley is out on strikes. And the 1-2 to Caminero. Swing and a miss. He caught him on a breaking ball. Big strikeout for Colin Ray.
That was Pat Hughes, courtesy of the Cubs Radio Network. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody. On 104.3 The Score, the Cubs beat the Rays 6-2. They take the series and have a day off before they face the Pittsburgh Pirates at home. You can hear that game tomorrow right here on 104.3 The Score as well. And as we have mentioned, Colin Ray and Javier Assad stepped up in lieu of Matthew Boyd. And now... Kate Horton out for the rest of the season. Ray went five innings. He gave up only one earned run. He had two walks and two strikeouts. And he gave compliments to an unlikely source. But if you consider how this man has operated, it would make sense as to why it happened. Listen to Colin Ray talk about how Alex Bregman breaks down each game with him.
So is Alex Bregman over here going down breaking the game with you? Like, what's happening here?
Yeah. I mean, we're just talking about the game, what we did well. A couple of pitches here and there that we could have done differently, but for the most part, good things.
What was your feedback from him?
He's always giving good feedback. Pretty involved with the pitchers, so it's good. He's someone that you want to listen to, for sure. So you have this guy who's struggling a little bit at the plate, right? We have the two-home run game from Alex Bregman, but not to the Mendoza line in terms of what he's been able to do on a day-in, day-out basis, batting 188. But when you hear nuggets like that, it shows you the value that he has. And this is why I was excited about him. And I hate to make the direct comparison, but it has been made compared to what we saw from Kyle Tucker last year as a guy who, yes, had an effect on the lineup, but you didn't have this other stuff from his teammates talking about him adding to their games.
Well, and I think that's it, right? As a veteran and as somebody who understands the responsibility that is given to you, if you're not producing at the plate as consistently as you'd like, that doesn't mean that you can't be a good teammate and help the team in other ways. And just to have a conversation, I think, and you and I have talked about this. There's your coaches. There's veterans. There's rookies talking to other rookies.
How do Colin Ray and Javier Assad contribute in Bregman's absence?
You just want to have a stream of communication where sometimes the voice that you hear isn't always the most effective. And that's not a knock on one individual. It's just how you absorb information. And that's why I like hearing feedback. People talk about, especially the pitching side, talk about what they want to see from the hitters or what they tell hitters to look out for. And Bregman does that. If you'll remember last year, Ian Happ talked to Ryan Presley about what he was seeing that he was throwing. And guys like Happ, Bregman, have earned the respect as veterans who have spent their time in the league to be able to do so.
With Bregman specifically, let me be clear, I expect him to hit. He's just going through a rougher spot because that's 162. You go up and you go down. Right now, Nico Horner way up. Hitting .333 on the season. And some of his teammates, even Michael Conforto, who I was like, man, this guy looks lost to the plate a week ago, right? Think about everything he's done since then, including the two-run double last night, which scored a third run as it cleared the bases because of some bad fielding from the Tampa Bay Rays.
That was an adventure in fielding.
Yeah, but Alex Bregman, the impact goes beyond... what he does at the plate, beyond what he does at the hot corner. Because when you can have a positive effect on your teammate, when you are good for the room, as they say, that helps the whole team. And this team's going to need his offense as the days get warmer and more offense is probably going to come the way of a Colin Ray and a Javier Assad and the other guys in the rotation as well.
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