At the same time, there are some short trials that you weigh heavily. If you deal me cards and the first 5 cards are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of hearts, I'm going to figure it's not a shuffled deck :- )
If you put Joe Shlabotnik at shortstop, and he makes errors on 7 of his first 12 chances, he's not getting opportunity #13. Small "sample size"? In theory, yes - in practice, no.
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And, in a "small sample" of Spring Training (or Kickham's 30 innings) we evaluate the players by eye, much more than by stats. Looks to me like Kickham is well-and-truly capable of teeing balls up, way too often. Erasmo Ramirez syndrome.
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He ain't a lost cause by any stretch. :: shrug :: he had a rough intro to the majors. So what? Most guys do, up to and including Alex Rodriguez. Kickham needs to avoid mistakes. If and when he does, he's interesting.
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