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When Do Small Samples Become Meaningful?

The second week of April is an interesting time in the MLB season. We can no longer simply look at 2017 projections, as we have new, albeit limited, information. Plus, who wants to look back to where we were a week and a half ago. We have actual numbers to run with now.

At the same time, most of the numbers we have are nowhere close to meaningful. It can be fun to look at possible changes to individual players, but the articles have to be so laced with small sample size caveats that it can be distracting.