"If I said "Steph Curry is the best player in the game," virtually
all speakers of the English language would interpret that as me saying "of all the basketball players currently playing the game, Steph Curry is the best."
You are catching on, bro. It doesn't make him better than Michael Jordan all-time. It doesn't make him better than Lebron 2 years ago. It doesn't mean make him better than Kobe 5 years ago. It is simply stating he's the best player playing at this point in time.
Jake Arrieta is the best pitcher in baseball. Period.
LOL.