Every time the Los Angeles Dodgers begin Spring Training we tell ourselves stats don’t matter — and then every year it seems like someone crushes it in the spring and manages to carry that success over to the regular season. Which leaves us back wondering: do Spring Training stats matter at all?
Last year, Chris Taylor did his best to make the big league roster by hitting .354/.483/.500 in 48 at-bats. While he wasn’t with the Dodgers on Opening Day, he eventually got the call and proved that his Spring Training statistics weren’t a fluke.
By the same token, however, it’s easy to forget the others who fared well in Cactus League play.