Moisés Ballesteros finally arrives at Cubs camp following a visa issue
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Rahimi Harris and Grote. Middays 10-2. On 104.3 The Score. Cantrell swings at that one in the dirt. Swings and misses. Catcher Herrera throws it over to first for Nick Prado. And he is out. And that will end your ball game. The Cubs do not come back and get a win. They trail and lose to the Rangers by the score of 3-2.
Matt Spiegel on the call. The Cubs are underway with spring training in Mesa, Arizona. And it was nice to hear our friend Matt Spiegel on the call. We were a little worried about whether or not his voice was going to be A-OK and spick and span. But he went out there and he did a great job.
Rest it up, much like the Cubs. Rest it up. 0-3 this spring. You know who's 3-0 this spring? Yeah, your team.
White Sox. The mighty White Sox. White Sox. Go White Sox. What does it all mean? And now somebody will come up with a statistic that the White Sox were like 3-16 when they won the World Series in 2005. That's fine. Or the 85 Bears were winless before they won the Super Bowl.
To dash all your dreams. Why do I hear you saying that in Hawk Harrelson voice?
Let me tell you about that. Let me tell you about 2005.
Yeah, White Sox were 3-0.
Let me tell you about Cliff Polite. A lot of people don't know about Cliff Polite. He played softball. He played 16-inch softball.
And while I don't put much stock into A, spring training for veterans. How dare you? Or B, spring training record. How dare you? What I do put some stock into is who needs spring training the most. You know, like, for example, Mune Takamura Kami, you want to get him as many spring training at-bats as possible because he's got to go to Japan for the World Baseball Classic. We get more international competition, guys. That's a good thing.
Team USA. Did you see George Springer, by the way? He took batting practice in a Team USA jersey after watching the game in the clubhouse, and he just wanted to celebrate America, even though he plays for Canada's team in baseball.
Well, that's okay.
Is there surfing in the Summer Olympics? Yes.
Yeah.
Has there been in the past?
It was in Tahiti this past Olympiad.
Oh, it was?
Yeah, and then some whale decided to get in and have fun, and then they did a little breach.
Oh. I don't know how many years they've been doing it, but yes, they've been doing so. I heard them pre, because they did the whole preview of L.A., what is it, 26? Flag football. Here it comes. We're in 26, yeah. 28. Yes, flag football. Squash. Here we go. L.A., baby. Spread out all over the place, too, just the way they did in Italy.
Just don't let Ray Gunn break dance, and I'm pretty good.
Oh, man.
And I liked it when they had Olympic baseball, by the way, but that's a story for another day. Unfortunately, part of, you know, that's the fun part of talking about the Olympics is discussing travel and learning about other countries' traditions with sports and similar to the World Baseball Classic. Unfortunately, there's... The other side of it, you know, the bureaucratic red tape that it sometimes takes, not just to play or compete for your country, but to do your job. And Moises Ballesteros, unfortunately, had that issue. He managed to travel to Colombia from Venezuela. We know there is political unrest that is going on there amid visa issues that had delayed his arrival. Reportedly, the Cubs tried to get this going for him, this process, in January.
But unfortunately... He wasn't able to arrive until this past weekend. So on Sunday, Moises was ready and ready to get back to work. That begins the bigger discussion. Where does Moises Ballesteros bat as we try to figure out the jigsaw puzzle that is this Cubs lineup and really positions on the field? How are they factoring him in?
Deep. Thing that I took away from what was talked about, understand, Ballesteros is still relatively young. He's 22 years old. I think even though it was kind of a flash-in-the-pants situation, he's going to be a rookie this year. He can win Rookie of the Year in the National League. That's how few actual plate appearances he had last season. And we know he's a DH. We know he's, in theory, a catcher, but that his catching was not up to par through the Cubs lens, Craig Counseling Company.
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