There’s a metaphorical magnifying glass hovering above the beginning of each MLB season. Baseball is a marathon but humans nevertheless try to glean meaning from events that aren’t infused with much meaning, and that means overreacting to the first few series.
Well, we have reached the double-digit games mark of the season. Is 10 games that much more meaningful than nine? No. But it is a nice round number, and it also coincides with two times through the rotation order.
Last year, I wrote this exact article after the 10-game mark and my observations were all spot-on.