“That’s a really good omelet.” Or cheeseburger. Or pizza. Maybe it’s a musical number, instead. Or a high school sports squad. The person told of the quality agrees, or they don’t. However, it rarely gets responded to like this. “It’s good. But because this isn’t among the three percent best ever, it’s not worth valuing highly.” That doesn’t happen, except in baseball.
Nico Hoerner has been very entertaining this spring, and that should be enough to make us happy. The crowd at Sloan Park was lapping up his performance on Saturday. He’s good. He’s good, even if, in seven years, MLB pitchers have adjusted to what he does.