Cubs' Nico Hoerner had a standout year — could 2026 be even better?

Cubs' Nico Hoerner had a standout year — could 2026 be even better?

In the final weeks of the 2025 season, Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner didn’t quite shrug off the feat of being in the running for the batting title, but he approached the conversation with a broader context in mind.“It's not what I go into every day valuing,” Hoerner said of batting average, noting that there are better statistics to measure a hitter’s success. “But it's a big part of how I get on base, just getting hits, and the ability to mo…