SPECULATOR: 2016 Snap judgements, pt 1
Apr 23 2016
Yup, that’s us. Sitting squarely (well, okay—truth be told, we’re squirming) in no-persons land of week three of the MLB season. Our head says to be strong, and continue on with our April ReSSSistance, but our heart looks at the numbers that have accumulated for individual players, and dang it, and either our biases have been confirmed or our opinions have been out-and-out challenged. What’s an analyst to do?
Enter the Speculator column, where we aren't constrained by issues like the legitimacy of underlying sample sizes. Of course, we can’t completely disregard our numbers-based approach, but we do have some more leeway as we project ahead. Players change, adapt, grow and regress, and there is the always the possibility that what we’ve...
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