RELIEVERS: AL spring training wrap up 2017
Mar 25 2017
Spring training is (finally!!) wrapping up and while the sample sizes are too small to put any stock in, we know that teams evaluate players for roles based on these tiny samples that we get as well as a lot of work that we never see on back fields and in situational drills. But we do get a chance to pause and comment. Just remember to take it for what it is worth—particularly spring stats.
For example, Cody Martin (RHP, SEA) had this stat line on the morning of March 22: 13 strikeouts and 2 walks in 9.2 innings with a 0.00 ERA and 0.62 WHIP. One of the better reliever stat lines to that point in March. But by the end of the day, the Angels had scored 6 ER on 7 hits in 2.2 innings, taking Martin to 14 strikeouts, 5 walks, 4.38 ERA and...
Almost!
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