{"id":807,"date":"2011-03-19T20:28:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T00:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=807"},"modified":"2011-03-19T20:28:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T00:28:12","slug":"spring-training-games-week-3-nats-pitcher-goodbadinconclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"Spring Training Games Week 3: Nats Pitcher good\/bad\/inconclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is always a risk of over-emphasizing early spring training statistics.\u00a0 But as an analyst or even a fan of a team, you’re in a catch 22.\u00a0 There are players out there clearly pitching to make the team and thus their statistics and results are important.\u00a0 Meanwhile, you have to keep in mind that for every homer Mike Morse<\/strong> hits off a legitimate major league starter, he’s hitting another one off a guy who is a non-40 man minor league filler player who is pitching that game just to fill out the innings.\u00a0 So, when looking at these results we try to put the performance into context.\u00a0 If a pitcher is going against a split squad and is facing 3 regulars and 6 minor leaguers, his performance obviously has a caveat.<\/p>\n

In the 3rd week of spring training though, starters are getting “stretched out” and the teams are starting to look more like what they will in the regular season.\u00a0 So the good\/bad\/inconclusive starts to be more important.\u00a0 The Nats also managed to lose 6 of these 7 games, a troubling sign for the beginning of our season.<\/p>\n

Here’s links to Week 1<\/a> and Week 2<\/a>‘s Good\/Bad\/Inconclusive posts.\u00a0 And below are the links to running commentaries (when available), wrap-ups from beat reporters and box scores (if I can find them):<\/p>\n