What is your immediate knee jerk reaction to this question?

I am thoroughly confused on the answer. I was absolutely sick of reading articles that stated things like... "Royce was off to s strong start before going on the IL".

they would claim stats like .222/.378/.444 triple slash line and a +133 WRC+ to show how good he was.  He was 33% better than the average 3b?????

I think of Royce as basically being a dumpster fire with an occasional HR.  he had a strikeout rate of 33%  12K in 36 ABs.  4 XBH in 12 games.

Yet if you look purely at WRC+ (which is one of the "darling data points" in todays game) he actually was the 6th best 3B in all of baseball.

What does that say about:

1) the state of baseball or at least the state of the 3B position in todays game?

2) The state of how we view player performance or value in general in todays game?

Am I simply yelling at clouds? I just cannot bring myself to say that ANYONE was/is having a strong season when they are hitting below .250, let alone .222.  .222 is closer to the Mendoza line (a historical reference for absolute failure) than a .250 hitter (which is considered a decent average).

This is not necessarily about Royce. I like Royce, and I naively may be one of the few out there who still believe he can get back close to what he was at some point, but how can anyone legitimately say Royce had a strong start to the season? Do you instantly lose credibility with a statement like that? or do I just no longer understand the game today and I should go back to yelling at clouds?