How serious is the Cubs' pursuit of right-hander Zac Gallen?
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What is the Cubs' interest in right-hander Zac Gallen?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody.
Could you imagine Lovey Smith doing the whole good, better, best thing and saying bleep the Packers? Come on, guys. Good, better, best.
Never let it rest. Never let it rest. I'll see you on Tuesday. Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score. There's a deep fly ball to left center field. It's got a chance. Gone. Matt Shaw. Cubs lead six to nothing.
And that is courtesy of Pat Hughes, whose voice you will hear soon. This is Rahimi Harrison-Groney on 104.3 The Score. And a little bit more on Matt Shaw in a second, because that is also a topic that was brought up by one Bruce Levine. But there is some there's some development regarding. I don't know if it was a proclamation Bruce made as much as it was. Be on the lookout for this. Bob Nightingale, the dark angel of White Sox news. Talks are heating up for Zach Gallin, the best remaining free agent on the market. Team showing the most interest. San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks. A likely story. He could just go back to the Diamondbacks? Is this like when Eugenio Suarez just went back to the Reds?
No!
So the word was that he wanted a three to five year deal. And he got to free agency. And guess what? Nobody was out here trying to give him a three to five year deal.
Got any more of those three to five year deals?
They, in fact, have not had any more of those three to five years deals. And then he starts looking around. And I guess the idea is, well, if nobody's going to give me what I actually want, why not just stay in Arizona where I'm already comfortable and... Roll into the 2027 work stoppage season with one strong showing to get my money on the backside. If there's no, you know, salary cap, which precludes me from getting the money I think I deserve.
I like it because it's swimming downstream. When in doubt, do nothing.
Yeah. No, I'm with that. Although some people would say if you do nothing, you're already moving backwards because of the way time moved forward. The 30-year-old Kyle Mooney-looking Zach Allen. Look up Kyle Mooney, former SNL guy. He does those hilarious interviews at stadiums and whatnot. Looks just like him. You're so right. I know it. I didn't even need to do the side-by-side. Like, yes. I was looking at the picture. I was literally on Zach Allen's baseball reference. And I was like, who does this guy look like? And then you... Mr. Mark Grody. Kyle Mooney.
Oh, yeah, I see it.
Yeah, he looks like a lot. And Kyle Mooney is hilarious. You read my mind, Grody. That's how I was like flabbergasted. I was like, what did you hear in my head? If you like sports humor, you've got it with Kyle Mooney. Is that gallon hilarious? I don't know about that, but... Remember that one time we had Bruce on?
Yes.
I don't remember if we were all three together or not, but we asked the question of Justin Steele, and I asked Bruce, I said, when Justin Steele comes back, who will have been the ace of the team? And he said Zach Gallin.
Which teams are competing for Zac Gallen's signature?
He said Zach Gallin.
And then he starts throwing around terms like six-man rotation. Yeah, he did.
I enjoyed that part of the conversation because I think that's what the Cubs should do.
But there goes Bob Nightingale just swooping in. Swooping in to let you know that other teams are part of the discussion. Dang. There's one thing that Bruce Levine did report on that I think is also very worthy of discussion. The biggest question we've had since the Cubs signed Alex Bregman is, where's Matt Shaw going? How are they going to manage his at-bats? They want to get him regular at-bats. Well, how about this from Bruce Levine this morning on Mully and Haw?
Is Matt Shaw possibly a candidate to start opening day in right field?
If you can tell me that they're going to face a left-handed pitcher, I can probably say yes, right? Because there's going to be some platooning going on. I mean, look, Ballesteros is considered an important part of this offense going into 2026. That is DH, that is left-handed bat, but when you're facing a left-hander, that dynamic changes. I'm expecting Suzuki to go back and be the DH those days, or it can be Shaw, and then Shaw in right field.
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