Contrary to popular belief, spring training statistics do matter. But maybe not the way you think. For instance, Miguel Cabrera’s .429 batting average and 1.127 OPS in the Grapefruit League last year ...

I cherry-picked some of the interesting hitters not at the top of the leaderboard who were having good springs. Unless Addison Barger can play his way in there. The K% isn’t great, but he has just a ...

Every year when spring training begins, baseball fans ask the same question: how much do these results actually matter? Whether you're watching your team stumble out of the gate or jump to a 3–0 start ...

MLB is officially back, and fans everywhere are thrilled to lay eyes on real, actual baseball games beginning this weekend at spring training. So exciting, in fact, that this time of year can often ...

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Spring training statistics mean little to proven, veteran players. When Opening Day arrives, Grapefruit and Cactus League numbers are wiped clean, and most baseball ...

Tom Robinson was a university intern when he joined Leeds United’s analytics team. That was 10 years ago and sports science was in a very primitive stage. GPS vests were borrowed and shared by a squad ...

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 ...