There is never a shortage of articles that will warn you about getting too excited about spring training numbers, and that’s generally wise. After all, I think we can all agree that despite a Cactus League stat line of .412/.464/.627 for Mike Freeman, it’s correct that hasn’t cracked the 40-man roster. However, it will be interesting to see if that performance piques the interest of any other club.
With all the obvious “small sample size” caveats in mind, earlier this spring Kurt Mensching wrote a piece for The Athletic that highlighted a few statistics that do seem to correlate with improved performance during the regular season.