Small Sample Spectacular

A peek at that Yankee CF competition:

Melky Cabrera: 8 ab, 1h, 0 xbh, 0 bb, 1 k

Brett Gardner: 10 ab, 5h, 2 hr, 2b,* 1 bb, 1 k, 2 sb

*one was a cheapie  

Comments

[Nick-YF]

I wonder how sound of an idea it is for any club to choose roles for players based on spring training performance. Say Gardner has a great spring and Melky has a poor one, should that be what guides their decision?

[Lar]

Performance, yes, stats, no.

[AW]

Gardner had a great spring last year too. It didn't translate to the regular season.

[Dan]

SMALL SAMPLE SIZE

[I'mBillMcNeal]

Brett Gardner = Gary Scott

http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scottga01.shtml

No, no, no, not true.
Gardner is better than Scott. But during spring training I'm often reminded of Scott, who had one of the all-time great springs, and Harry Caray pleading for him to make the team as the Chubs headed north. He did, and played in a whopping 62 games over two seasons. That first year he was send to Triple-A within six weeks.

You guys NEED Melky to be your CF. And if Gardner fades away, you'll always have Kevin Maas.