Of course, conventional wisdom suggests that I should dismissively answer “no” while proclaiming that “spring training results don’t count”. And, yes, usually that’s true. Even minimal research will show that numerous future World Series winners had awful records during spring training.
The only reason why I’m giving even a little credence to this question is that last spring the KC Royals reeled off six straight wins to open spring training. Aside from the results, last season I went to Surprise to see many early workouts and games in person and clearly felt the team’s desire to show the baseball world that their 2014 American League pennant wasn’t a fluke.