The first week or so of the MLB season has featured plenty of surprises. The defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox are just 2-8 and Seattle Mariners’ infielder Tim Beckham has been the most valuable player in baseball based on Fangraphs WAR. This can just go to show that trying to make any meaningful conclusions from this early on is a dangerous exercise. It’s certainly possible that the Red Sox will finish in last place and Beckham will put together a career year since nobody can tell the future exactly, but the general rule is that things will even out toward expectations.
Bearcats in the Big Leagues: It’s Still Very Early
