Dan Bernstein and Laurence Holmes opened their show by listening and reacting to Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer's comments about the club's focus at the trade deadline being on adding talent that can help in 2025 and beyond rather than short-term rentals that only help for the remainder of this season. Score teammate Chris Emma then joined the show to share his takeaways from Bears training camp, with a focus on rookie quarterback Caleb Williams' processing and the team pausing contract negotiations with offensive lineman Teven Jenkins. Later, Bernstein and Holmes shifted their focus back to the Cubs, with Holmes explaining why he isn't a fan of Hoyer lamenting the club's bad "pocket" of games against other NL Central teams this season.