At some point in your life, you’ve surely heard someone tell you not to stress over spring training stats. In general, that’s great advice. In spring training, players are playing in strange ballparks that they won’t see in the regular season, facing a lot of hitters and/or pitchers they won’t face during the regular season, operating on different sleeping schedules with different nutrition, all while trying to introduce new swings or pitches in their repertoires. The 26th through 35th players in each organization frequently see a disproportionate amount of playing time. That leaves a lot of room for variance in performance at the player and team level.
Spring Training Stats: Finding the Signal in the Noise
