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After 22 games, the Royals’ Alex Gordon has a .994 OPS in 97 plate appearances. He’s never started off a season with such a stretch. In 2013, he opened up with a .907 OPS and just last year he racked up an .830 OPS in his first 22 games before finishing his 2018 at .694.
So, yes, it’s still comically early. The sample is really small; but, Alex Gordon at age 35 and playing what’s supposed to be the tougher league has demonstrated there’s still some quality baseball left in that body, in defiance of the analytics and the comically over the top risk aversion of the front office hive mind.