We’re a week into the season, and Joe Panik is on pace for 81 home runs. This is amusing to me, an irony addict who likes tweeting on-pace stats and pretending that I’m just kidding. Secretly, I love these on-pace stats. They nourish me. They complete me. After the long, long winter, the on-pace stats are my fresh, newly dropped acorns, and Barry Bonds is probably going down.
Madison Bumgarner hasn’t allowed an earned run this season, and Clayton Kershaw has already allowed three. These stats are important.
Except, fine, I know these early stats aren’t really important.