Nico Hoerner

Yeah, I'm not sure if that's where things will be in the middle of the season, but we'll see.

I'm just going to be myself and go from there.

I'm at peace with that.

Uh, yeah.

I mean, it's a cool responsibility.

I think, you know, the first at bats, I think the only one that really feels different than the rest and kind of try to treat it the same, but it does feel a little different when you start the game.

Uh,

I think one thing that's a big part of it is just the opportunity for a fifth at bat that shows up a lot.

That's a really big difference.

So that's an exciting opportunity and just a cool responsibility in general.

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah.

It's a vote of confidence in that way.

And,

There's not even a conversation when I'm put there or things like that, I think, which is cool just in that it's empowering me to just be myself and do that over and over again and trust that it'll work out.

um yeah i mean to be clear i don't think i've heard anyone say launch angle in a cage in probably like four or five years um i think you know i don't want to hit ground balls but there's also like high fly balls also don't really do me any good unless they're at a dead left field also so it really does come back to hard line drives um all over the field over the infield and through gaps and

Trusting that little variance here and there off of that, you're still producing.

And producing on your miss hits is a huge deal.

And I think when I'm constantly on a line and I'm hitting the ball on good angles, like you guys said, then you're able to... Because you're not always going to be on time.

So the more I can produce when I'm not perfectly on time, the better.