 So, Hamels, he spent his prime in Philadelphia and was the World Series MVP when the Phillies won back in 2008, but since coming to the Cubs in the middle of last season, he's actually pitching better. He's winning more games and he has a lower ERA. So, how much of an impact would you say, Nick, does Hamels have on the Cubs coming into that rotation? Yeah, well, I think it's huge. You know, I think the moment Cole Hamels was born, he was a big game pitcher, right? I had the chance to face him in the 2009 World Series and he was lights out. Absolutely electric. The man likes it when the lights are on and the stage is on him, right? I think to be able to win in the playoffs, you gotta have three guys. And if you're looking at that Cubs rotation, with the guys they have in there, with John Lester, right? With the way you, Darvish, has been pitching as of late right now. And then you bring Cole Hamels in there. I mean, that's a good mix for the playoffs coming up. Well, I like this roster of pitchers because all of these guys have been number one starters at one period of time. That's what I like in the cage. They've been there, they've done that. And that's what's gonna lead you into October. A bunch of guys are not phase, excuse me. But these guys, they're battle testing. That's one thing I like. This offensive there, it's gonna carry them. But this pitching is gonna be right there every day. That's why I said this team might be better than 2016 at this particular time. One Achilles heel right now, possibility. It's a closer roll. They gotta get that fixed and then a horse. I mean, look at that. Lester, Hamels, Hendricks, Quintana, Darvish, as you said, is pitching better when you compare them to other rotations right now. You could start in the national league, but just look across the majors. How do they compare to teams that are contending right now, man? Well, I mean, I think of like just stuff in general. I think of, you know, the Washington nationals with Scherzer and Strasburg at Corbyn, but I don't think they're gonna play. They probably aren't gonna make the playoffs. I look at the Mets, right, with DeGrom and Thor and Wheeler, but I don't know if they're going to the playoffs either. So right now with where these guys are, also you have to remember these guys, like Frank said, have been battle tested, right? Lester, 12 plus years in the big leagues. Hamels, 13 plus years in the big leagues. Darvish and Quintana, right, seven plus years. This isn't just another role for these guys. This isn't just another season. These guys are trying to do something. They're trying to do something special. And like we had talked about earlier, this could be the last year for the Chicago Cubs to be in contention. Well, you look at it, most teams got a three-headed monster. These guys got a five-headed monster. Like I said earlier, all five of these guys have been number one starters on their team for more than one season. Of course. So when you got a roster like that, when you got a rotation like that, you can lean on these guys to, hey, we need you to carry us for a period of time. When they started slow, who did they lean on? This rotation, they went on a run, back-to-back starts two times around, found themselves in a winning streak. Well, yeah, when you Darvish really kind of picked his game up the last couple of starts we were talking about, that really kind of made it into that five-headed monster. I think he's just throwing strikes. I think that was the thing. There was a lot of talk of whether he was going to be effective in the bullpen, whether we're going to keep him as a starting pitcher. I mean, you can't walk as many people as he has. Now he's throwing that ball, as Don Trell says, with conviction, 96, 97 miles an hour. It's good to see that, because when he wasn't feeling good, it was just a little backdoor cutters, right? Backdoor cutters, backdoor cutters, frontdoor cutters. Didn't have a good feel for the fastball. Now it looks like he's trying to throw that baseball through the catcher and ended up with a lot more strikeouts. The guys has plus, plus all pitches, and he was nibbling. Go ahead and say he was nibbling. And so throwing the ball out of the plate and trusting his stuff, he was nibbling too much. Now, over the last couple of starts, I've seen him attacking the strikes on us, all he has to do because he has all the pitches to be a super one. And that's why this guy just gotta believe in his stuff. He's a great pitcher. That's a good sign to have him going, because you said this could be the last chance for the Cubbies. A lot of big contracts coming up next year, so it could be a different roster. Maybe they gave it a closer at the deadline. The injuries continue for the Yankees, but they're in first place. They have sustained. Guys like Torres are stepping up. Frazier's stepping up. The guys that we didn't expect to see are holding it down, but can they sustain it, Frank? Sound like Rich Team's problems, right? First world problems. They just keep winning because they have such depth on this team. These young guys have come up and made this team like a special team overnight because they're playing like superstars. I'm just wondering what they're gonna do with all these guys getting back. You can't sit these guys down. I mean, they're carrying a team. They're in first place. What do you do? And it becomes a contract situation, I guess, with all these guys. You play the man who you're paying the most, and it could cause some problems because this team is clicking, playing their A game. And I'm wondering what do you do, Cashman, when all these guys come back? What would you do? Which one would you move? I'm gonna go with a hot hand because beating the Boston Red Sox is not an easy task. But when you got a team that's playing this well and they're clicking, I will ease guys back in to check their temperature. Of course. The temperature's great, they're swinging well, they get the job back. But if they're not playing well, I'm gonna put these guys back in because they're carrying the fort right now. Now, well, listen, the New York Yankees, according to all their players on the IAL, have missed 102 more games played on the field than any other team at baseball, and yet this team's still in first place. So you know what that shows me? That shows me that the Yankees have one amazing thing, that's depth. That's why Frank's talking about maybe moving a few guys, right? Because when it comes back and that trickle down comes into play, Aaron Judge comes back, Troy Tulowitz, he comes back, D.D. Gregorius comes back, Aaron Hicks just made himself back. Well, what are you gonna do with guys like Clint Frazier, Brett Gardner? Guys that have been part of that roster for a little bit. Clint is absolutely mashing baseballs all over the place right now. I just think that right now the New York Yankees aren't that type of team that they need to go out and buy guys anymore. I think Brian Cashman really understands that now we can build from within our minor league, the Yankees minor league system is absolutely tremendous right now. I keep saying mine, but I still know that with what they're doing right, they don't have to go out and buy guys. They have plenty of guys in the minor leagues that could come and step up and that's exactly what we're seeing right now. Well, I know one guy's gonna come right back and get his job, that's Aaron Judge. Yeah. Of course. Stan's gotta figure out where he's gonna play. He's got a huge salary, you're gonna bounce him in the D.H. Hole, he's better off playing in Alfield because he's a much athletic guy who needs to be on the field and stay loose and hit his home runs. But been a D.H. for him. At this point, he's a superstar. I would try to move him and see what I can get for pitching because this guy is a great player and he can turn somebody else's franchise around. And right now the Yankees just got too many guys. Well also too, I think what the New York Yankees have done is they don't care who's in the lineup. Next man up type mentality. Whoever in that lineup, they expect to win and that's exactly what they're doing right now. I don't wanna be Debbie Downer and I don't wanna rain on the Yankees parade. Are you carrying rain on it? Carry rain on that. They are eight and eight only against teams that are 500 or better. They've kind of beat up on teams that are under 500. So talk to me, what do you guys say? Talk to me and join us. That's what Frank says. Talk to me and join us. Well you can talk to me in September. Get back to me on that. Get back to me on that. Because you never know what these guys are gonna do.