Spring training stats are mostly useless, but are they? While we don’t want to focus too much on things like batting average, it is important to see which players are not only playing consistently but consistently playing well. In order to do that, I thought we would take a look at some of the spring training stat leaders and see what we can make of their small sample size success.
Below, I have hitter and pitcher leaderboards for spring training. For pitchers, we’re just looking at K-BB% leaders for starters who have pitched over five total innings this spring because K-BB% tends to stabilize early and shows us who is missing bats and not giving up walks. Those are simple stats but important stats. For hitters, I looked at the OPS leaders for hitters with over 10 plate appearances so far this spring, and then I cross-referenced that with the Statcast leaderboard for exit velocity. My goal there was to find guys who are not just getting hits but guys who are hitting the ball with authority regularly. That could tell us who is seeing the ball well or whose swing feels good.
It should go without saying, but please don’t simply take a player’s presence on this leaderboard to mean that you should draft him. I’ll show you the names below and then we’ll try and parse through which of the names might actually be fantasy-relevant and why.
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Spring Training Hitting Leaders
All stats are updated as of March 12th
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