Is Nico Horner the Lead Off Hitter?

"I think it will work. I like the idea of using a lineup to force a plate approach change," says Cubs GM Jed Hoyer. "Nico did rate as a good base runner, and Nico stole 20 bases last year." But he is not in an ideal world in a, in the offense that Jed Hoyer has sort of mythically described, right? As blowing teams out on the next great Cubs team, Nico probably isn't the lead off hitter".

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