What should the Cubs do next with Ben Brown? (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed Cubs right-hander Ben Brown's struggles and whether the club should demote him to Triple-A Iowa. After that, Spiegel shared intel on how the Bulls view a prospect as the NBA Draft looms Wednesday. Later, they discussed how the Bulls were never included on star forward Kevin Durant’s trade list as he got dealt from the Suns to the Rockets.

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0:00.0	Spiegel and Holmes
0:01.5	Afternoons on the score
0:02.9	There comes the payoff
0:05.5	Fly ball to right
0:07.4	Deep back goes Tucker to the wall
0:10.2	It's going to leave the yard
0:13.6	Three two pitch
0:14.9	It is a breaking ball but this one
0:16.9	I believe ends up more middle
0:19.4	Newport just goes out and hooks it.
0:21.5	This is part of being a young starting pitcher in the league and trying to make progress.
0:28.3	You know, as you have to get 15, 18 outs in a game, it's difficult.
0:36.4	And, you know, it's hard to see now, but there is growth happening.
0:42.3	It's hard to like like the growth when there's, when there's struggles going on.
0:47.3	But that's where the best stuff comes from.
0:50.3	So we just got to keep working on it and improve the quality of the execution.
0:58.2	Keep going.
1:00.9	Cubs manager, Craig Counsel, who will join us tomorrow on the Spiegel and Home show.
1:06.0	We'll discuss everything that's going on with his team as they go into game 2 of 4 in St. Louis.
1:13.0	Tonight we will have pregame starting at 610 on the score in the Southwest Airlines.
1:18.2	Cubs Radio Network.
1:20.0	So Ben Brown started out well.
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