Transition: Chicago's baseball teams have bullpen problems

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What are the bullpen issues facing Chicago's baseball teams?

Mark Grote 0:01

We've got things to talk about. I love it. It's like a hit and run. Now you've got to go. We know. We've been told you have more important things to do with your life.

Matt Spiegel 0:07

I've got to go to MLB Network and bash on some other cities.

How does the conversation shift to MLB Network's impact on local teams?

Mark Grote 0:12

Okay, I'm going to Chicago. Equal opportunity basher. I love that. Your guy, Rob Parker, who knew he was going to come in here and tell 50,000 watts of score fans that the Cubs and Sox are not playoff teams. Listen, this is on you, pal.

What are the implications of Trey Young's contract decision?

Marshall Harris 0:28

Nothing happened since he agreed to come on Friday that helped strengthen either of our positions about our teams doing better.

Mark Grote 0:35

Yeah, he makes this proclamation on Friday. Marshall calls him out and says, you've got to come on the show. We're going to debate you. And then the socks get swept by Detroit. So sad. Thank you to our guests here on Rahimi Harris and Grody. Rob Parker was one of them of the MLB Network. We also had Chuck Swirsky in studio today. What a treat that was and always is. Danny Parkins was on with us as well. Our producers, Ray Diaz, Tyler Buterbaugh, and shout out to my guy, Brandon Fryer. Also, our video producers. We see you guys on Twitch. Thanks for tuning in. We appreciate it. Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, and Max Curtis. And now, Transition is brought to you by Torque Coatings, high-performance coatings for your home or business.

Mark Grote 1:20

TorqueCoatings.com. It's Spiegel and Holmes, Lawrence and Matt. How are you gentlemen doing? Good job, Tyler.

Laurence Holmes 1:26

We will.

Mark Grote 1:28

Thanks, Lawrence.

Matt Spiegel 1:29

Oh, you want to start that now, huh? Lawrence, when you lead with it, then you don't have to worry about it at the end.

How do the Cubs and White Sox compare in their bullpen options?

Matt Spiegel 1:33

You know what I mean?

Mark Grote 1:34

That's true.

Matt Spiegel 1:34

I always want them to know.

What are the challenges faced by Sir Anthony Dominguez in the White Sox bullpen?

Mark Grote 1:35

That was for the win right there. That was kind. We just went up a notch.

Marshall Harris 1:39

Can I ask a question of the group?

Mark Grote 1:41

Yeah.

Marshall Harris 1:41

Because I'm just like, I guess this is breaking news, technically. Breaking news on the score, sponsored by iDot. If there's a car pulled to the side of the road, move over. Trey Young opts out of his $49 million option and comes back to the same team, the Washington Wizards, and they give this man four years, 212, with a player option for that fourth year, by the way. Is Trey Young worth this in the new NBA landscape?

Laurence Holmes 2:10

No, he is not.

Marshall Harris 2:11

Okay, I was making sure. I'm not crazy. Not really worth the 49. That's what I thought. I was like, why would you opt out of that? But I didn't know someone was aching to give him four years, paying him more than $49 million a year.

Matt Spiegel 2:20

Same team. So there's some kind of advantage for them and for him. They had to have agreed on this when they made the deal in the first place, right?

Laurence Holmes 2:29

I just think that he's a player that his game will never reach the hype of what we thought it would be.

Matt Spiegel 2:37

It's crazy to think of him as empty calories, which I've come to think of him as when the assist numbers are so high.

Marshall Harris 2:42

He's a lot of fun.

How does the performance of Kyle Schwarber affect Cubs fans?

Marshall Harris 2:45

He turns it over. He doesn't shoot that well from three, and he takes a lot of threes.

Matt Spiegel 2:48

But you know what I mean? I usually think of empty calories players like Carmelo Anthony's when I first heard that phrase. Like dudes who score a lot but don't make their teammates better.

Mark Grote 2:56

Except for college. It was the only time that that wasn't the case with Carmelo.

Matt Spiegel 3:01

You could take over in college.

Mark Grote 3:02

That's true.

Matt Spiegel 3:03

Different ball games. But a point guard with deep range who also gets a lot of assists.

Marshall Harris 3:07

But does he really have deep range is my whole point. I don't think he was ever as good a three-point shooter as he thinks he is.

Laurence Holmes 3:13

That's the problem, is that he's the first in the, hey, we've got to find another Steph. Exactly. He's the first one of those. And it's like, well, he's got incredible range. Well, sometimes, yeah. But not as consistently as you want or as he thinks. And so he ends up taking a lot of bad shots where I do think that if he were to convert his game a little bit more to go into the basket because he's hard to guard. Oh, that pick and roll?

Matt Spiegel 3:43

Well, this leads me to if you're the Bucs and you're going to trade Giannis to either a Jalen Brown plus a little bit package or a Miami Heat young players and lots of draft capital package, which one do you do?