Positional Adjustment News Today

Gary Sánchez wasn’t good in 2021, but there may not be a path to bring in a starting-caliber alternative this offseason.

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports By now, we know that we shouldn’t trust early-season stat lines. We have seen too many fast April starts crash in May or June, too many batters or pitchers struggle in the first few weeks of a season, only to pick it up later down the road. There is a reason for that. Baseball is a game with a considerable degree of randomness involved; we need chunks of data to provide legitimacy to a specific player’s performance or stat line. The more data, the better. Here a...