Chicago Cubs 4-3 Washington Nationals - 2016 Rewatch: Javy Baez Walk-Off, Bryce Harper's Walks Record & A Silly Pitcher

We are on the 2026 Cubs very briefly.

Something that I don't think either of us flagged about Michael Bush that I think Craig Council brought up in a...

I saw the quote in an article in The Athletic yesterday or today.

Basically saying Michael Bush might have walked too much this year.

Yeah, I think that's fair.

His walk rate went from 3% to 13%.

And he was like, yeah, it was good, but he was laying off so many hittable pitches.

Yeah,

yeah.

Which is, I mean, we're going to get back into a team that is on like a historic pace for walks right now.

So it feels weird to say it, but yeah, I just thought that was interesting.

He also said that all of the underlying numbers, like even beyond the obvious concussion issues...

Basically, all of Nico's underlying numbers of the plate were exactly the same.

So it's just that he's a high variance hitter because that's kind of like contact for his slap hits kind of are.

So that was another thing that I liked to see.

Yeah, well, hopefully we'll see them at some point next year playing baseball.

No, no, we'll see them in 2030.

Yeah, it's just, I just

can't imagine seeing baseball anytime soon.

Genuine question.

And I know this is like Google-able within like five seconds, but it just popped into my head.

If there's no baseball next season, does Nico's six-year deal basically become a five-year deal? Does that count as a year of his contract? I would imagine it...

Oh, that's a good question.

I would imagine it does because it's a yearly contract.

It's not a