Predicting the spring training standouts

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY SportsEvery single year we go through the same thing with spring training, and every single year we fall for the same mistakes. The first phase of spring is just being excited to watch baseball. What actually happens is mostly secondary for the first game or two. It’s just about watching baseball happen live with your eyeballs. It’s thrilling! The next few days are filled with you looking for something to care about with these games, but reminding yourself there’s not nearly as much to learn from this stuff than we want. It’s time to stay disciplined, watch for some small tidbits but then remember what you’re really watching. Finally, the longest section of spring training is basically the entire month of March when we all lose our minds and forget our reminders from the previous portion of the spring. We are desperate to find meaning in this baseball. We’re watching, and we can’t tell ourselves we’re watching for nothing.

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