00:00You know, the Cubs have a very healthy payroll, and there are a lot of players that are well-paid
00:09that are not playing well.
00:12And does payroll influence lineups?
00:16Does it influence who's in and who's out?
00:20And that is a question about Maton, a question about Theo Barr when they're struggling.
00:28It's obviously a question about certain guys on the infield, the outfield.
00:36What about Swanson and Horner?
00:38There you go.
00:39Okay.
00:40I mean, you know, I think it's fair.
00:44Now, you know, the reverse of that is they can't win without those guys contributing.
00:51They can't.
00:51You can do this for a short time.
00:53You can bench Swanson again.
00:56And he was for a couple days, 10 days or two weeks ago.
01:00You can bench Horner if you wish because he's having these awful at-bats.
01:06The truth of the matter is they're really good ballplayers that have to play better.
01:12Bregman has to drive the ball more than he has.
01:14He knows that he talked about it on the entire road trip, saying he's got to do better, he's got
01:20to do more.
01:21But, you know, interestingly enough, counsel said last night, I've got to find more time for Matt Shaw.
01:28Okay.
01:29So will we see Shaw replacing some of these guys at these positions where he's been trained this year from
01:38spring training on to be a utility guy?
01:40If he starts to get hot, will we see more bench time for these guys?
01:44I don't think it's shocking.
01:47I mean, you know, look, when you look at Dansby Swanson, it looks like he's never picked up a bat
01:54right now.
01:55Right?
01:55I mean, you know, he's a really good ball player.
01:59He's hitting 180.
02:00Okay, that seems like an impossibility.
02:04So, and not to pick on him only because, you know, Niko has had probably the worst three weeks of
02:10his career this past three weeks.
02:13So it's difficult.
02:15And you understand why they're not scoring a lot of runs because their main guys aren't getting it done.
