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Covering the Spread: Analyzing Early-Season MLB Data With Dan Szymborski

Jim Sannes  —  @JimSannes Apr 18th, 2022
What are the keys to analyzing the numbers from the opening few weeks of the 2022 MLB season? Dan Szymborski joins Covering the Spread to discuss data to emphasize, the season's hot starters, and more.

One of the more difficult aspects of early-season baseball numbers is knowing which will stick and which are likely to regress. What are the keys to identifying legitimate changes? Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs joins The Power Rank's Dr. Ed Feng and numberFire's Jim Sannes to discuss what his ZiPS projections system looks at early in the year, which starts to 2022 he's buying into, and which may be due for regression.

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