First-Week ‘Real or Not Real’ and April’s Statistical Lies (Ep. 63)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann review a dozen developments from the first week of the season and analyze whether they're signs of things to come (02:00). Then they bring on Baseball Prospectus writer Rob Mains to talk about how April differs from the rest of the regular season (23:00) and how fans (and fellow writers!) can avoid being misled by early-season small-sample results (41:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices