way out in dead center just to the left of dead center swing and a miss by schwarber and that's out number one

here's the two two pitch swing and a miss strike three shota strikes out schwarber for the second time

he's got five in the game two two pitch swinging a miss right three shota ends up striking out

schwarber after a lengthy battle i think look there's this question of where does confidence come from

you know do you have to do it or do you have it you know i think we were all very confident in what

what shota was going to bring to the table from really the first time he threw a bullpen this spring.

And he's pitching at a really high level.

And I think he is really confident right now.

Mully and Haw, 1043, the score.

Shota Appreciation Day. What do you think? Yes, I think that's appropriate. Yeah. Oh, 104-3, the score showed up appreciation day.

What do you think?

Yes, I think that's appropriate.

I think he has earned it.

I don't know if it's an apology or an appreciation or just an acceptance of that.

He is looking like the pitcher he was in 2024, when he was the best pitcher on the Cubs staff.

And through four starts, for a lot of different reasons, they have not had to start

or any better than Shota Imanaga. And you got to give him credit for coming back to a situation

where you talk about confidence.

Yes, he's showing some confidence.

He's building it every bat, every inning, every pitch.

Mully, the Cubs, I think, were fairly confident last off season that he was not going to accept the qualifying offer.

And we did.

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