The shortened season has made player evaluation and forecasting more difficult than ever. The mantra we often hear and use of needing a large sample size to make accurate projections and forecasts is difficult to apply in this environment.
But we must forge ahead and do our best. MLB organizations are not stopping with their evaluations, nor should we. In that spirit, I decided to pull some basic data and see what we can glean from it.
I went to Fangraphs.com downloaded three sets of information. For this article I am strictly focusing on hitting.
What I’m looking for here is not to see how the year to date numbers stack up against the pre-season projections.