Nico Hoerner, Cubs agree on a 6-year contract extension
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What is the significance of Nico Hoerner's contract extension?
I'm so sorry to do this to you. I'm so sorry. But if you're the person who says, hey, it's only April. It's only one game. You guys go crazy after a game. Yeah, we see them all the same and they all add up the same. And then the next thing you know, that one game in April that we were so casual about that you didn't want us to necessarily address for your own personal reasons. becomes a real big issue when you're trying to figure out seeding and whether or not you get a home wildcard series, for example, or a divisional. So they all count to me the same, even though they're 162, and I'm okay and I'm not okay at the same time. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score, and... There was good yesterday in the Pekra Armstrong announcement being official.
Pekra Armstrong will join our show. You don't want to miss it at 145 today. We'll carry his press conference at 1. And then additionally, we get the news about Nico. But it was all after watching the Cubs lose a game that I don't think either one of us, Marshall, thought they would lose to the Washington Nationals for opening day.
The Nationals are not good.
There's that.
The Nationals have low expectations.
Scientific explanation is key here.
The Nationals are not expected to compete for the National League East division title. There's that as well. Then there are the Cubs. And the Cubs are predicted by just about everyone to win this division, despite the fact that they have not been winning this division, and despite the fact that the Milwaukee Brewers are out here winning. with always something brewing, whether they have lost their ace, Freddy Peralta, or not. And we'll get to the Brewers and their decisive win over the White Sox momentarily.
They scored two touchdowns. We'll talk about that coming up at 1045.
But what I'm saying is this was a disappointing start of the season. And I know it is just one game out of 162. But I think you can acknowledge that this is very much a disappointing way to start the season because it leads off a schedule that, from the outside looking in, is a soft schedule compared to what we saw a year ago when they were starting overseas against a Dodgers team that would go on to repeat as World Series champions. That's a very... Different situation than starting at your place, albeit on a very cold and not weather-ideal day because it's Chicago in March. But to drop the game in the manner in which they did, it's just not good. But there was good news, Layla. There was good news.
I want to say that the news of Nico Horner's extension outshines anything that happened on the field on opening day.
Well, that's it. So we'll get to the game in a little bit. Tyler Biederbaugh with a great open. I wanted to acknowledge it because that is how this goes. Yes, if you're describing this to your friend, which is always how I like to say, if you're trying to figure out how to summarize what happened with the Cubs yesterday, say, yeah, it was an ugly game. We'll get to that more at 1025. But in the meantime, they also extended Nico Horner. I did not think that we were going to get this answer that soon. We were saying, OK, now that Pete Crow Armstrong has been extended, Crane Kenny told us about the importance of the playoffs, helping the Cubs budget. He said all of the playoff revenue went to Jed. Those were his exact words, a.k.a.
Jed Hoyer and the baseball operations side. And we're seeing how they spent it. For example, the Pete Crow Armstrong extension. And then you and I asked earlier this week, who's next? Who's next? Because you don't stop now, boys, when it comes to deciding the future of your team. And as we always say here on this show, say it with me now, yesterday's price is not today's price. We know that is an economic truth, whether it's baseball. Yesterday's price! It's not today's price. Or anything else. So if that's the case, and you're really sincere about this, and you want to respect the spine of your defense, wouldn't Nico Horner be the next guy after a career season, after you saw his offense be one of the best in the National League, hitting that .297 average, after his defense was considered the best among second basemen?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the significance of Nico Hoerner's contract extension?
0:00–4:15
2
Why is the Cubs' opening game performance concerning?
4:15–9:27
3
How does the Cubs' roster compare to their competitors?
9:27–12:28
4
What does the Cubs' strategy reveal about their future plans?
12:28–15:17
5
How did Nico Horner perform during the opening game?
15:17–15:37
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