What's your concern level 1-10 with Cubs, White Sox with Opening Day looming?
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What concerns do fans have about the Cubs and White Sox as Opening Day approaches?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. That sounds so crazy. 104.3 the score. Wow, I like that. Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 the score. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grote on 104.3 The Score. I mentioned the stadium discussion. That is coming up at 125. So this segment after the next one, we're going to talk to Chris Rose at one. And in the meantime, we have a bit of a countdown here. We didn't mean for it to happen, but Marshall brought it up because he keeps track of these things. We are exactly 10 days away from opening day. It feels like it should be further out, right? It's the snow that's getting me. Not that the snow doesn't happen on opening day here. That's true. But just it doesn't put you in the right type of mood. So here was the question we came up with backstage.
We call that our meeting. Mark Grady points and nods because he loves the term backstage. Thank you. It is the number one concern for each at the 10-day mark. So current. This is like news of the day type of stuff for the Cubs and the White Sox. I will say my two are as obvious as they would be. It's the two injuries suffered by your hitters in the World Baseball Classic. It's Kyle Teal. What's the timeline? How do we expect to see that playing out? Because soft tissue injuries are tricky. And then also, it's Seiya Suzuki. And I think Seiya Suzuki is a little more concerning because we've yet to understand the full scope of the injury yet, how bad it is. Craig Council said they've got to see him first. Came out of the game against Venezuela, that Japan and Venezuela had over the weekend.
And more importantly... This is a guy who was leading baseball at the All-Star break with RBIs, and you have to have his offense functional in order to talk about the totality of the season and have a prayer of being able to do so in the same breath after losing Kyle Tucker. Alex Bregman is great, but you need to say his offense if this thing functions well. So those are your top two concerns. I will say this. The Kyle Till thing, it hurts. It stings because you understand that he was set to have this breakout second season at the major league level. The Suzuki thing, I think the Cubs can deal with that maybe better than the White Sox can deal with the loss of Kyle Till. For me, for the White Sox, it's, yo, who's getting through this rotation?
Who's out here throwing pitches? on a starter basis, one through five, and can they get enough innings out of their starting pitching to make their bullpen somewhat effective? That's the number one thing for the White Sox. And for the Cubs, for me anyway, it's similar in that I need to make sure that what you thought you were signing up for from a starting pitching standpoint, beyond Cade Horton, And opening, well, yeah, opening day starter. Now I'm slipping. For the Cubs? No, for the Cubs. Matthew Boyd. The stepfather who stepped up. Sorry.
What injuries are impacting the Cubs' and White Sox's opening day lineup?
It's all good. And Edward Cabrera, like the last two spots. The last two spots are now in question. Shota Imanaga, along with, of course, Jamison Tyone, who's giving up a lot of bombs of late. So those are my two things. Yeah, we're lining up similarly, Marshall, beyond Shane Smith, I suppose, for the Sox. All-star Shane Smith to you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But also Rule 5 guy. Yeah. Oh, that's right. Marshall loves him. A good Rule 5 guy. But yeah, Davis Martin and Eric Fetty and Anthony Kaye. I am so excited about... And I don't want to rush it, and I know we're going to rush it, but I can't wait for the Noah Schultzes and the Hagen Smiths and the Tanner McDougals and those guys. So in general, I can't worry a lot about the White Sox because we have no idea what to expect, and the bar is not set very high.
So I can't really press their worries. As far as the... The starting pitching is a small concern right at the moment, taking in mind that it's spring training. But Jameson Tyone gets rocked yesterday. Cade Horton in his last start gave up three home runs. Your guy, Marshall. Colin Ray got knocked around in his last start. Matthew Boyd had a minor league start and just got knocked around as well.
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