With Spring Training lasting forever (there are two more full weeks of this stuff!), it's time to break out the first edition of Small Sample Size Fun™ of the year.
Two player's spring numbers:
Player A: .318 average 1.000 OPS, 2 home runs, 2 doubles.
Player B: .302 average .920 OPS, 2 home runs, 5 doubles.
One of these players is a top prospect that many want on the opening day roster. The other is a AAAA All-Star who might be a fringe starter.
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This one should hopefully temper people jumping to conclusions from a small sample against not always top notch opposing talent. Player A is my man crush, John Bowker, and Player B is Brandon Belt.
Take spring results with a grain of salt. They're fun, but they don't have a ton of predictive value. The Giants are tearing it up, which is great, but when March 31st rolls around, everyone will be back to 0-0 and then things really matter. Gone will be the starters running wind sprints on the warning track and done playing after five or six innings of play.
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