Danks-McCarthy trade puts the spring in perspective

Jake Baskin, Sox Superfan

I just read an article from one of the Dallas papers that put spring training into perspective for me. The writer was complaining about the outcome of the Danks-McCarthy trade so far. By comparing the spring training numbers of the two it sure looks like the sox lucked out, but of course I couldn’t forget how confused and angry sox fans were when hearing about the trade a few months ago. For me, the simplest explanation for McCarthy’s statistical fate this spring seems to be the best, and that is that spring training means almost nothing. Sure, I’ve been following it because it’s as close as I can get to the real thing right now, but once April 2nd rolls around everything that has happened so far means very little, what’s coming up is what matters.