Are you familiar with the popular baseball phrase “small sample size?” Well, that’s what we’re dealing with here. I won’t sugarcoat it. One week and eight games of baseball is not nearly enough to measure who is “slumping” or “surging.”
But every game truly does count, so the quicker the Dodgers who are struggling can snap out of it, the sooner they can distance themselves from the rest of the NL West.
Right now, a few of the big bats are struggling, but the depth of the stacked lineup has allowed the Dodgers to continue playing well and winning ball games. But for the ones who are slumping, is it time for Dodgers fans to panic? Or is it time to take a step back and exercise some patience?
Here are five guys who are fighting early struggles in Los Angeles, and whether or not they can snap out of it.