What is the significance of the first few weeks of baseball season?

I'm really amused hearing all these people making assumptions about the rest of the season based on barely a week of play. "OMG the Red Sox are 2-5 the sky is falling," "OMG Wang has a 28 ERA send him to AA," etc...





Am I the only individual who recognizes that besides injuries, NOTHING that goes on in the first few weeks of baseball season is relevant to the rest of the season?





At the end of April last year the D'Backs were one of the best teams in baseball... How did that turn out?|||Yeah, teams get off to a bad start and everyone thinks they're done for the season.





The first few weeks aren't an indication of how well a team is going to do, but in the long run, the games count for a lot.





The first few weeks aren't to be taken TOO seriously, but the problem is that some people aren't taking them seriously enough. When a team is one game out of the playoff race, is anyone going to think back to that game they blew in early April? Probably not, but that game suddenly counts for a lot. This is how division championships are lost.|||I agree with you the First Month is important , but not as much .





i Start to realize how my team is doing the Yankees In the All Star break to me August is the Most important month in the Baseball season, i wait until then to see how the shape of the Yankees is|||Pennant races are won and lost in August and September.





But, nowadays, teams play as many as 28 games in April. If you have a crappy April and lose ground in your division, you may not be able to make that up later. So, April baseball is more important than it was, say, 25 years ago.|||you cant judge a team on how they do early in the season.it means nothing that a team is 3 and 9 or 6 and 15. a team can turn it around in a hurry. a win streak of 7 in a row could happen, baseball is a funny game.the braves are doing great now,but where will they be in august? no won knows that answer. the season needs to be played out by each team. i guess thats it.|||the first week does not matter at all


that's why i don't like to watch espn as much now because they make things bigger than they are supposed to be is just so ridiculous


every team has bad weeks if the red sox had gone 2-5 on July it would of not been a problem|||It really mean nothing at this point what happens It is not like in football if your team is 2-5 you may be in trouble but in baseball you can make that up in 3 days possibly. I mean I will not make predictions on who will win anything before the all-star break.|||In league play, every game is just as important. We have seen plenty of teams win the division by one game, but that wouldn't have happened had the team lost one more game, whether it is in April or September. Likewise, the team that finished a game behind could have tied for the division championship by winning one more game in April or September.





Sure, baseball has many more games on the schedule than other sports. Consequently, teams that make the playoffs will lose more total games than an NBA or NFL team, some coming in April and some coming later in the season. There are certainly exceptions to the rule - teams that struggled early but finished strong enough to win the division. Conversely there are teams that struggled down the stretch, but also won the division.





There are many other variables that come into play as the season progresses - injuries, pressure, etc. - but ask any player and I'm sure they will tell you they would rather have a winning record in April than a losing one.





It seems like you are just waiting to find out who will be in the races to start watching, even though a win now is just as important as a win will be then.