In the visiting clubhouse of Guaranteed Rate Field, I threw Héctor Rondón a softball and like a hitter teeing off on him when his fastball was at its straightest, he connected.



How does the talent on his new team, the Houston Astros, compare with the talent on his old team, the Cubs?



“These guys are way better,” he said. “Not because I’m now here. But the way they play, the way they focus, the way they prepare is the difference between those guys and here. I think they’re better than the other guys.”



Of course, what else could he say? He’s not on the Cubs anymore. He’s speaking in the Astros clubhouse. But don’t call Héctor Rondón a bullshitter, my friends.



“No,” he said. “I said the truth. I don’t have to be fake. I say what I see. And I think those guys prepare really good too. But it is what it is.”



He’s not the first...