How can that be? Does Spring Training mean everything, or does Spring Training means nothing? Well, it depends… and if you are a person who sees everything as black or white, you may never understand how those two opposing statements can embody what Spring Training is all about.
It seems like every year, some player comes out of “nowhere” and hits .350 or .400 in Spring Training and yet is sent back to minor league camp, while another hits .206 and makes the team. How does that happen? It happens because sometimes Spring Training means nothing, and other times it means everything!