Nico Hoerner

World Baseball Classic, both leagues, every round, something.

I don't know.

But the guy is built to hit home runs and he absolutely dominates it.

He does it against the best pitching in the biggest situations.

And I really hope he gets to 500 homers and forces his way into the Hall of Fame.

And that would just make me so happy.

I understand.

Yeah, right.

And he's an incredibly smart player about his game, and he's kept himself in great shape as he's gotten older in his career.

And if he played in a different era and different things were emphasized, I'm sure he would have adapted and figured that out as well.

But I think he knows his value and who he is, and he just really dominates that.

And there's a lot to be said for it.

Across the league?

Yeah, I mean, I kind of think the biggest part of that is just the zone is smaller.

Like the edges are truly the edge as we're seeing.

And I think there's always been a little bit of a buffer zone just with human error from umpires that you'd expect.

So it's definitely the smallest strike zone the big leagues has ever had.

So I think that's just got to make it harder to throw strikes in general.

I don't think it's been emphasized to players, but maybe players are feeling that and just getting a little more passive defensively.

which could also lead to lower batting average, right?