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Are Brandon Crawford and Hunter Pence hitting poorly or victims of bad luck?

SAN FRANCISCO — Managers, players and coaches often warn against trying to glean too much information from small sample sizes, but in a 60-game season, patience is no longer a realistic virtue.

60 games into a traditional baseball calendar, it’s too soon to know which players will make the All-Star team and which early breakout candidates will fade from relevance. In 2020, 60 games (and possibly fewer) is all we have.

So with five games out of the way, nearly 10% of the season is complete. And for. . .