We all know the dangers of relying on Spring Training stats; however, they also can’t be totally ignored in some cases. Danny Espinosa for instance shows that he is struggling in a small sample size while Scott Sizemore looks like a Hall-of Famer in his small sample size.
Clearly Danny Espinosa won’t bat .000 in the regular season just like Michael A. Taylor won’t bat .435 in the regular season.
#Nationals manager Dusty Baker said yesterday there will be open competition between Turner, Espinosa, & Drew for the Nats starting SS.
— Today in MLB (@Todayin_MLB) February 20, 2016
Here are your stats so far for your Washington Nationals this Spring on games through March 15th.
As was noted in these small sample sizes, the Trea Turner example used in the comments section earlier noted that an infield groundball that Trea Turner beat out for a single was inexplicably later changed to an error. That one scoring change if it remained a single would have changed his BA to .238 and his OBP to .320. That’s the impact of small sample sizes.
What can we learn from these stats? Very little in and of itself. It’s the quality of the at-bats and who the pitchers are and the situation.
Danny Espinosa had this to say after the game regarding his struggles, “Just fastball timing, that’s all it is. Not getting on time with the fastball. Once I get on time with the fastball, I’ll go from there.”
This tweet is before Tuesday’s game:
https://twitter.com/chelsea_janes/status/709757339751071744
