Few things distinguish the Enlightened Baseball Fan from the n00b as clearly as the ability to not overreact to the Small Sample Size.
When it comes to the team record, you’ll hear people say things like “I don’t even look at the standings until Flag Day,” or Mother’s Day, or Ramadan... And when it comes to individual stats, it’s probably prudent to wait even longer.
This is prologue to the fact that I had not even opened the Cardinals pitching stats on Fangraphs until yesterday. Sure, I realized the first spin through the rotation had been a little rough.