The Oakland A’s have played 13 games this year, which means we’re still in the thick of small-sample statistical silliness. The club is 5-8 overall, but Pythagoras suggests they deserve to be 6-7 and the eyeball knows they could have been 8-5 with some proper adult defense. Only time will tell the true story, but for now we can enjoy some exaggerated early-season numbers. (Click here to see the last installment.)
Actually, this one isn’t necessarily an April fluke. We already knew Chapman is a monster on the defensive side of the ball, after he shattered the advanced metrics in his debut last summer.