Kevin Frandsen is who we thought he was

If you “read” my piece on spring training stats, you might understand my amusement to the fact that Kevin Frandsen, he of the 0-18 spring training start, ended up hitting better this spring (.202/.302/.378) than he has in his MLB career (.243/.303/.335). Spring training provides teams with a great opportunity to evaluate their players prior to the actual season’s debut. That said, spring is not a great time to look at someone’s numbers and use them to come to meaningful conclusions, for a variety of reasons. Mostly importantly, of course, is sample size. Players don’t get that many plate appearances or innings in spring training. Frandsen’s only got 41 PAs. Everth Cabrera has received the most for the Padres, just over 50 – or like one twelfth of a regular season. Further, the spring features different ballparks with different scoring environments, combined with many players that aren’t even major league ready or are simply working out the kinks. Learning a new pitch, adjusting sw...