Examining the price of offensive production in baseball
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What is the price of offensive production in today's MLB?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Bears tight end Cole Komet. Cole, welcome to the party, pal. Well, thanks for having me. I heard it was a big day, so naturally I dropped everything I had going on today.
You've complained a lot through the years about not being able to hear the score on the 670 AM dial when you're inevitably cruising around downtown. And now that we have an FM signal, Cole, you can now hear the score all day, all the time, all you want. You can hear all the Bears hot takes you want.
Well, that's perfect. I'll make sure I blast that in the locker room. Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Midday's Tindall 2 on 104.3 The Score. The Jewel?
That's Jewel Osco, no? Gotta be. Yeah, that's right. Dansby did not know about the ways of the Jewel. But Ian Happ and Pete Crowe-Armstrong? Well, well, well. That's Joe Osco, no?
Gotta be. Hap's Chicago aptitude should be at a 10 because he's been here for 10 plus years now.
Yeah, and Hap deserves Bears for going to the 6-3 game against the Seahawks.
Oh yeah, he does. We'll have to reevaluate his Bears scale at some point in time.
Yeah, like you did Jack Sanborn.
You're still mad at that, aren't you?
Yes, this is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Pete Crow Armstrong's extension is the news of the day. And perhaps, was that the first test? The Juul? Was that the Juul test?
Oh, yeah. That was great. I mean, he could have thrown a Juul Osco.
Before you earn money with the Cubs, you must pass this exam.
Oh, yeah. And then he had the Juul Osco. I mean, that's a subtlety right there.
That's Juul Osco, no?
Gotta be. That's right, Ian. That's right.
While Mark Grady was sleeping last night, we got the news about Pete Crow Armstrong and the Cubs reportedly finalizing a long-term contract extension. I believe Jeff Passan was first to this, or at least that's how we all heard about it. And he posted the team's first 30-30 season in three decades last year, also getting a gold glove and happy birthday to PCA because tomorrow he turns 24. I do think this is intelligent spending, even though I know the Cubs used it in a different way when they would bring it up to us. But when you consider the going price of offense in Major League Baseball, it just makes more sense that if he's anywhere near the player you thought he was in the first half, that you would sign him to this type of extension.
And while we were thinking about it, and while we talked about it a lot last year when he had that great first half of baseball, what surprised a lot of us here at Rahimi Harrison-Grody was the fact that he wasn't talking about it, at least back in February. Listen to what he had to say to foul territory about contract talks.
Any extension conversations this spring training? I know, you know... That kind of comment really gets Cubs fans going, and I'm sure the organization's like, hey, this dude loves us. I mean, dude was in enemy territory growing up, and he's thick and thick, a Cubs guy. So anything there so far this spring? Do you think there could be conversations?
Yeah, I mean, I do. What I just appreciate about our front office is, like, they know what I'm here to do, like, it hasn't been such a huge topic of conversation to distract from like the everyday, you know, I'm only here for so long before I go play in Houston and this and that. So like, yes, there, there will be talks, there have been talks, but at the same time, like, We're not in really any rush to do anything, and I'd like to keep it that way just because I'm going to go out and play regardless and enjoy myself while I do. So there's bigger fish to fry right now, I think, than getting me paid. Like, yeah, I want to go focus on WBC and get to know those guys and then really, like, dive into this team.
I've gotten three years now with a pretty similar group of guys, and that's been really special to me because – I just feel more comfortable and more comfortable as we go. So we got too much stuff, too much good stuff going around out here that I don't really need to focus on anything else. Interesting. My how things changed in a short amount of time.
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