It’s so hard to draw the same conclusions in 2020 that we would in a regular baseball season. Sample size has always been a loaded phrase in the sport, and with a 162 game schedule shaved down to just 60, we’re trying to judge players on roughly two-thirds fewer games — 60% fewer actually, if my math is correct.
It brings up questions that, frankly, no one really seems to have the answers to yet. How can one ascertain a player’s true value if their statistics are drawn from such a smaller sample? How will it affect free agent contract values in the upcoming offseason?