Nico Hoerner

There were some pitches.

Obviously, the whole line from the night was dominant and everything, but there were some pitches and moments where you kind of had like –

audible reactions to in the field, like just nasty pitches.

I mean, the five straight four seems he threw up to trout followed by a three, two breaking ball at the bottom of the zone.

Just a, one of those sequences that you just don't see out of many starting pitchers.

And that was electric.

100%, yeah.

And I'm glad you asked about the personality because obviously still getting to know him and all that.

But just the way he carries himself on the mound is –

It's dominant.

It's elegant.

He looks like he's expecting to have success.

He's composed but shows emotion.

He looks the part 100%, and the results follow.

there's so many ways to create value in our sport and you know there are more consistent ways that you see people getting paid a lot of money i think but i'm very proud of getting to this point by by being myself you know i still want to improve i want to add to my game i want to be the best version of myself but i'm also proud that you know my game in a lot of ways hasn't changed that much since i was in high school and in college and you're always improving around the edges but i feel like i've stayed pretty true to myself and i'm really grateful that um

That's valued in this game, and I just want to improve and keep running that out there.

there's so many ways to create value in our sport and, you know, there are more consistent ways that you see people getting paid a lot of money, I think, but I'm very proud of getting to this point by, by being myself.

You know, I still want to improve.

I want to add to my game.

I want to be the best version of myself, but I'm also proud that, you know, my game in a lot of ways hasn't changed that much since I was in high school and in college and you're always improving around the edges, but I feel like I've stayed pretty true to myself and I'm really grateful that, um,