Athletics Nation · Apr 2, 2018
Small samples to track on the Oakland A’s
The regular season requires a certain retraining of the mind. It’s easy to over-analyze early season performances when its’s all we’ve got to analyze at all. Things take a while to settle down, and for months numbers look hilarious while players settle in. Those early season numbers mean little a vast majority of the time; the Dodgers aren’t going to get shutout day in and day out. Baseball is a sport that takes a huge sample to mean a thing.
Except when they don’t.
It’s not clear what the A’s are expecting and hoping for from Lucroy this season. His veteran presence is his veteran present to the team, and the A’s may be content with a light hitting catcher who helps solidify a shaky staff.