NICO!!! Hoerner Returns to AA with a Homer and Triple Already

Back at AA Tennessee for the first time in a couple months, top Cubs prospect Nico Hoerner is taking no time to catch back up.

The 22-year-old shortstop suffered a hairline fracture in his wrist after a HBP in late April, and the Cubs took it very slow and steady with his return.

It worked:

See Nico Hoerner.
See Nico Hoerner hit. pic.twitter.com/LSWr7qWpNE

— Eldrad (@thats_so_cub) July 6, 2019

That’s Hoerner crushing one way out to left center – over the 395′ sign – which was followed by a triple off the wall to right field:

Nico Hoerner with the classic "…and that ball is destroyed" textbook opposite field triple. pic.twitter.com/4RsCjVq3ow

— Eldrad (@thats_so_cub) July 6, 2019

The kid is right back to raking.